Longing for Spring

People in Austria are definitely longing for spring! It´s so cold here - and we even had new snow last week *brrr*   I hope spring will win out over winter soon!

My parents invited us for lunch yesterday and we brought a small treat for them in this gift bag (I´ve seen so many people doing these bird´s nests on youtube - now I tried them myself):

Both images are from the Graphics Fairy.

I´d like to enter my bag into these three challenges:

http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.co.at/2013/04/au-natural-with-jenni-bowlin-studio.html

and

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.at/2013/04/spring-colours.html

and

http://citycrafter.blogspot.co.at/2013/04/city-crafter-challenge-blog-week-153.html

I used "pearls" ... in this case: fresh water pearls - a product chosen by Mikey´s Mom (Ros)

Thanks for stopping by!

Gift Packaging/1

Just a quick and easy gift packaging for a small bottle of lemon-olive oil...

This is my entry for http://papercraftstar.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/challenge-137-birds.html

Thanks for stopping by!

...and a matching gift bag

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/04/challenge-31-anything-but-card.html

Thanks for coming by!

Food Wrap Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

This is my 2nd post today!

I made this "chocolate-bar-wrap" 1) as a treat on the pillow for my next overnight guest  2) for the challenge at  http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2011/04/350-cards-gifts-week-food-wraps.html

I couldn´t resist to use one of my favourite stamps again...

Gift Wrap Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

A while ago my aunt bought some tiny espresso coffe cups and they came with really nice boxes - I told her NOT to throw away these boxes!
So she gave them to me and here is what I made - no, wait - I´ve to show you my inspiration first: my small plum tree - I love it - the fruits are gorgeous: big and sweet!

And now - here is what I made: I covered one box with designer paper and embellished the top... easy!

I think I´ll make more of these - they´ll be cute gift boxes!

I´d like to join in the challenge at http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2011/04/350-cards-gifts-week-gift-wrap.html with my box.

Thanks for visiting me today!

 other challenges
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2011/04/bit-of-upcycling.html
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-38-and-winners-of-37.html
http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/week-127-altered.html

Still living… and a lightning-fast gift-wrapping

… but that´s not a matter of course.

I had a few very unpleasant days… let me tell you the story:

Last Wednesday I was so happy and full of joy, because I finally got Dorcas´ Blog Candy – so many beautiful things!! Thanks again!

And she sent me such a sweet card with even sweeter words in it!

http://dorcasdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/08/just-hangin-out.html

But then…. later in the evening our  unit which is responsible for the heating and the hot water, stopped working.

I called the customer service, but they were very unprofessional, made 2 mistakes and so my hubby and I had to endure 5 (!) days in a house with 13°C/55°F room temperature and -5°C/23°F outside. And we had no hot water to take a shower or warm our hands.

So you can imagine that I really wasn´t in the mood for being creative or blogging – I was angry!!! *gggrrr*

To ease the situation I made soufflés and cakes (chocolate cake with raspberries!) in the oven which was the only source for warmth.

Ok. Enough of that. Since yesterday the unit is working again and it´s warm in here again :-)

Not long ago I needed a quick packaging/gift-wrapping for our 3 nephews – they´re 7, 8 and 13 – to put money and sweets inside… because I had really no time, I remembered this kind of packaging – so quick and easy and still not usual – the boys liked them and opened them very carefully although they´re usually more on the wild side:

I left them quite plain to achieve a more masculine look - the embellished side was the one to open the packaging.

So, this was my sign of life - enjoy your day and thanks for visiting!

I link it to

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/2010/12/going-grey-with-scrap-creations.html ...

Make a gift or some kind of wrapping

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/2010/12/tuesday-throwdown-28.html ... clean and simple

Freundinnen...

… sind in Gold nicht aufzuwiegen!


Ich bin daher immer auf der Suche nach Ideen für kleine Aufmerksamkeiten, Mitbringsel etc. …

Für 2 von meinen liebsten F. hab ich diese Kleinigkeit gemacht:

Man nimmt ein Kuvert – verschließt es und schneidet oben einen schmalen Streifen ab. So bekommt man eine „Tasche“

Dann nimmt man ein Stück Karton – passt es größenmäßig dem Kuvert an und faltet es 2 mal, sodass eine Art Umschlag für das Kuvert entsteht.

Jetzt nur noch nach Belieben verzieren und einen „Verschluss“ anbringen.

Ich hab meine beiden Taschen mit Gesichtsmasken gefüllt – die Schönheit muss gepflegt werden!

Solche Goodies sind z.B. auch ideal als kleine Aufmerksamkeit der Gastgeberin: ein personalisiertes Geschenk auf jedem Platz bei einem „Mädelstreffen“… das macht sofort gute Laune!

Happy Weekend!

AB