tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87549943310193925982024-02-07T06:40:47.212+01:00Ninotschka* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.comBlogger546125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-44359246423492677462013-01-13T10:23:00.001+01:002013-01-13T10:23:27.003+01:00More Themed Party Ideas
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After I had to exclude so many great themes for my birthday
party, because I have already been to or thrown <a href="http://ninotschka13.blogspot.de/2013/01/what-makes-me-happy-starting-to-plan.html" target="_blank">these parties</a>,
I spent the past night online doing research on what other creative blogging
people have done in terms of themed parties and here are my favourites so far:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Superheros</b> – inspired by this great kid party by <a href="http://www.hwtm.com/index.cfm?page=albums/view_album&albumid=8338" target="_blank">SugarSweet</a>,
but I could also imagine a great adult version of the theme, e.g. dressing up
as your childhood hero</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1920s</b> – inspired by <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gIIp6NnJca4cFr1jD1GzxKSDpxUaUghZiXHl39ggXy71eKZVHLMgpXb1Fxd4neD1addjw1AWPmBLn660xoL2oyWQQs1BGGYTQA6fatVWksTpg41S2XsKxpACfNpjqewuxw4_5BXNIuo/s1600/flapper+girls.png" target="_blank">these wonderful girls</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
, ahhhh, those hats, those lips, and those dresses – how chic, I think the 20s
are my favourite past decade in terms of style, music and attitude</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Circus</b> – inspired by <a href="http://rubypr.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/circus-pattern.jpg" target="_blank">this Taschen book cover</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
I think cotton candy, popcorn, sequins everywhere, ballerina skirts...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">James Bond</b> – my all-time favourite movies, especially the ones with
Sean Connery and the latest ones with Daniel Craig, their 50<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>
anniversary would be a great reason to use it as a party theme and there is
nothing more glamorous than men in tuxedos and girls in golden bikinis </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I am really inspired
by <a href="http://hello-naomi.blogspot.com.es/2011/01/bond-james-bond.html" target="_blank">Naomi’s party theme</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pirates </b>– ever since I have been to a little girl’s birthday party with
this amazing home-made pirate ship cake, I wanted <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a party with eye patches and bare feet, with wooden
swords and fake rum myself as well. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What do you think? Any favourites of yours? Any great themed
parties you have thrown or been to?</span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-33086145040965094172013-01-12T14:10:00.000+01:002013-01-12T14:10:48.585+01:00Themed Party Ideas<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What makes me happy? Starting to plan a new party right
after having cleaned up the mess of the <a href="http://ninotschka13.blogspot.de/2013/01/quick-easy-nye-decorations.html" target="_blank">precious one</a>
;-) Seriously!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well, maybe this is partly due to the fact that I haven’t
thrown or been to a lot of parties since I had the little one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that is about to change. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Currently I am planning a big party for my birthday in
February. Not because it is a special birthday. Just an ordinary 37<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
birthday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At the moment all I know is that...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">... I want an all-adult party, so the grandparents are
booked to take the little one overnight... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">... I want to have lots of friends around me – both old and
new ones...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">... and I want a themed party with dressing up and motto
decorations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What the theme is, you ask? Oh well, that is a difficult
question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have already been to a number of great themed parties.
Especially in Australia people are very creative and enthusiastic about them, I
have to say ;-) And I certainly do not want to repeat a theme. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have been to a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bad
Taste Party</b> – very, very funny, but unfortunately:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been there, I have done that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have been to several <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wig
Parties</b> – hilarious, but only if it is not too hot. These wigs otherwise
kill you and your fancy make-up ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have been to a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sea Life
Party</b> – with male and female mermaids, pirates and odd sea monsters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have been to a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cowboys
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have been to a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">White
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have thrown a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Breakfast
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I<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> have invited my guests to a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Las Vegas Gambling Night </b>– with big bucks and low lights and
someone who actually stole the highest coupon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We threw an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Australia
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My overall highlight was a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mafia Party</b> which we have thrown for my husband’s 30<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
birthday. Too many highlights to mention them all, but I just say 17 men with
hats, a nun, lots of fake money and a shot man singing karaoke and a lot of
other dubious folks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wow! I have to admit I have been to more great themed
parties than I initially remembered. But after having gone through all the
photos of the past few years, I have to say. A lot of great themes are already
out of the race for my birthday theme ;-(</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I guess I have to immerse myself into other people’s parties
and steal some great ideas!</span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-42760681069061245492013-01-06T20:28:00.000+01:002013-01-06T20:28:00.062+01:00Quick & Easy NYE Decorations
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I promised you a more detailed report of <a href="http://ninotschka13.blogspot.de/2013/01/happy-new-year.html" target="_blank">my freneticdecoration craze</a> so here it comes ;-)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />On December 30<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> it suddenly began to dawn on me
that the next day was NYE... and we were having a party... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at our place... and I had prepared absolutely
nothing in terms of decorations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">ARGGGGHHHH!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">No problem one might say, but I love party decorations.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I think they are
vital for setting a party mood. For making guests feel special and welcomed. For
getting the fun and the party started. For lifting all spirits especially on a slightly
difficult night like NYE on which not only a few people feel a bit depressed
due to the whole review and resolutions thing. </span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I would spend hours, days and weeks planning party
decorations. And I could easily spend a fortune on decorations for one night
only. And here I was, with no plan, no clue and no possibility to shop (it was
Sunday and we still have the lovely tradition of one shopping-free day per
week). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">ARGGGGHHHHH!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After I stopped beating myself up and thought of all the
good reasons for having more important things on my mind than party decorations
(a number of Christmas parties, family Christmas in two cities, a flight with a
toddler in between the two Christmases, lots of small and big presents to make
and buy, my usual hurray-I-am-on-annual-leave-tonsillitis, my husband moving
back to Berlin, a birthday party of a very good friend...), I started to get
through my boxes and drawers... and I found pink. Lots of pink. I am not
exaggerating. I found pink EVERYWHERE. And so I decided to make it a think pink
NYE.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I made a few lucky bags out of pink paper and silver
stickers...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />... and filled them with little lucky symbols which I found
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">... a felt heart for love, a band aid for health, a shell
for a journey, a piglet for luck, a cent for money, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>paper clip for success, a balloon for fun and antlers
for courage (I know, but I was running out of lucky symbols ;-))</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plus I cut out 2012 from plain paper and wrapped it around
pink tea light holder...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">... and blew up all the pink balloons I could find and hung
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />... and I filled all my silver Christmas ornaments in glass
vases of all sizes and shapes.</span></div>
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white napkins...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not too bad, but...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Quick – 2 hours max</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Easy – no special skills needed at all and a colour-scheme
really makes your life easier (I know I sound like a wedding planner ;-))</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cheap – if you have a helplessly overstocked decoration and
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, now I can think about a new party, just to try out some
new decorations and buy more glittering stuff ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Happy Sunday! </span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-27252539837603237352013-01-05T15:46:00.000+01:002013-01-05T15:46:00.141+01:00Christmas Review
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I know, I haven’t told you a thing about Christmas. It is
always such an exciting build up until the BIG DAY and then... nothing. Well,
not nothing, in our case it is more... relaxing... playing with new toys...
reading new books...doing nothing...for once.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We did have a wonderful Christmas though. One with one
family on Christmas Eve and the other one on Boxing Day with the other family! We
had great food, beautiful presents and the little one was overwhelmed by the attention
of the extended family, by all the presents and all the Christmas traditions:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The baby in the <a href="http://ninotschka13.blogspot.de/2010/12/beautiful-nativity-sets-kripperl.html" target="_blank">Kripperl</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our bad taste Christmas Tree Ornament competition</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The nativity play at church with girls in white dresses and
golden headbands as angels</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The waiting for the Christkind (baby Christ brings
the presents in southern Germany, not Santa, who is responsible for the north
of Germany. You see, job sharing does work!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The cramming of all the wrapping paper under the table</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">You see a lot to digest for a 2.5 year old. Nevertheless, I
think it was the best Christmas ever. For her. For us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Forget about baby’s first Christmas. The babies are just too
small to see anything but maybe the lights. They are too tiny to understand anything
of the Christmas magic. So, please leave them alone with Santa or presents or
photos or Christmas trees ;-). Because that is all very frightening. All they
care about is their usual milk and a clean nappy and somewhere quiet to sleep
(maybe mum’s or dad’s belly?).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The year after the babies are starting to see more and
understand more, but still it is all very confusing and way too much to cope
with. So there is a lot of crying, bumping into Christmas trees, sitting on presents
instead of opening them and all of that in the presence of a hundred burning
candles. No fun, I can tell you ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This year, however, it was fun. And it was magic. And exciting.
And it was not frightening at all. Therefore the little one asked on Boxing
Day: ‘When is Christmas again?’</span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-18920993166111257232013-01-04T22:33:00.003+01:002013-01-04T22:33:39.681+01:00Happy New Year!<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dearest readers, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Great food! Good music! Fireworks all around us. What else
can you want? Well, maybe pink decorations. I will tell you a bit more about my
frenetic decoration craze on December 30<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> soon ;-) But for now,
have a wonderful evening! And an even better New Year!</span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-58791713149534003392012-12-25T11:30:00.000+01:002012-12-25T11:30:00.288+01:00Merry Christmas <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Have a merry Christmas all of you!!! Kisses and hugs from
your loved ones! Pressies from Santa! Great food! Peace! And a relaxing
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* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-49063771429644548142012-12-24T13:00:00.000+01:002012-12-24T13:00:13.211+01:00Frohe Weihnachten<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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euch allen!!! Strahlende Kinder, friedliche Verwandte, schöne Geschenke,
leckeres Essen, Musik, Kerzen, Ruhe und Frieden wünsche ich euch von Herzen!</span></span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-66301549772236769512012-12-24T08:52:00.000+01:002012-12-24T08:52:00.621+01:00Advent calendar bag No 24
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bag No 24 is of
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />... always a bit of a sad moment for me. My little one
thinks this will go on forever I guess, so she quickly opened the bag, ate the
gummi bears, gave the cookies to her baby doll and then moved on...</span></div>
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* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-61568189198926620702012-12-23T17:50:00.000+01:002012-12-23T17:50:00.652+01:00Advent calendar bag No 23
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our Advent calendar rope looks very sad by now. Just one bag
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">By the way whoever came up with the idea of using Velcro to
stick pretend play fruits, veggies (http://ninotschka13.blogspot.de/2011/12/homemade-christmas-adventskalender.html
) and cakes together? Thank you! That was brilliant. My little one loves to cut
them with her little wooden knife and it gives me the time to do the same with
my sharp knife without any yelling from her.</span></div>
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* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-47284800118302230302012-12-22T15:30:00.000+01:002012-12-22T15:30:02.734+01:00Eye Candy: Christmas Cookies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All it takes are 5 girls, lots of icing, sugar stars,
hundreds and thousands and butter cookies – et voila! Almost too beautiful to
eat. Well, almost ;-)</span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-4611271024287398912012-12-22T14:50:00.000+01:002012-12-22T14:50:00.149+01:00Advent calendar bag No 22
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The sweets department really is the strong side of Vicky’s shop. Bag no 22...</span><br />
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birthday with all her dolls and animals. Oh my how she longs to turn 3! Ever
since the day she turned 2 actually ;-)</span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-63936940086856816152012-12-21T15:48:00.000+01:002012-12-21T15:48:00.150+01:00Advent calendar bag No 21
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In order to make the ice cream shop even more popular, bag
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />... offered two new ice cream flavours: cherry and vanilla
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />... or tomato and glitter as my little one called them.</span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-86500788739097170122012-12-20T20:47:00.000+01:002012-12-20T20:47:00.266+01:00Advent calendar bag No 20
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bag no 20...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />... wow, Christmas is really just around the corner. So
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* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-10777784339585240682012-12-20T11:44:00.000+01:002012-12-20T11:44:00.275+01:00Quick Gift: Hot Chocolate Set <span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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Still need some pressies? Yes, it is the same thing every
year ;-) Here is a quick and very sweet idea</div>
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friends, sweet guys, child care taker, neighbours, colleagues, children, snow
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Why?</b> Because everybody
loves a hot chocolate. To warm up after a long day outside. To give one an
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Buy </b>a beautiful
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Make</b> a bag full of hot chocolate powder, a bag of chocolate sprinkles, a
bag of homemade Ginger-Almond-Crossies (http://ninotschka13.blogspot.de/2011/12/homemade-christmas-ginger-almond.html)
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<br /></span>* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-72263960138866352102012-12-19T19:44:00.000+01:002012-12-19T19:44:00.510+01:00Advent calendar bag No 19
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The ice cream department is getting better and better, bag
no 19...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">... contained a cardboard stand for the ice cream cones to
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />Simply beautiful, isn’t it!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-10299363567668079602012-12-18T16:43:00.000+01:002012-12-18T16:43:00.089+01:00Advent calendar bag No 18
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bag no 18...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">... an ice scoop. In her favourite colour pink. So we had
more ice cream and more ice cream and more ice cream ;-)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-39200458081744877442012-12-18T15:30:00.000+01:002012-12-18T15:30:02.293+01:00Last-minute gift for little girls: Tutu <span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love to make a lot of presents, but sometimes I just run
out of time. Or I find something which is just perfect...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><tags: children="children" present="present"> ... like this little Tutu found at H&M for 5 EUR. My little ballerina will love it ;-)</tags:></span>* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-630441749826702882012-12-17T21:41:00.000+01:002012-12-17T21:41:00.249+01:00Advent calendar bag No 17
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My little one always wants to sell ice-cream. I have no idea
why, we haven’t been that often to the ice cream parlour in summer, but somehow
it must have made a lasting impression on her. So you can imagine her joy, when
bag no 17...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">... contained a cone and two scopes of ice-cream made of
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />She was so excited that I had to buy ice-cream all
afternoon. And she doesn’t know, yet, that there are more to come, because this
is only the first part of the amazing<a href="http://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/products/50185751/" target="_blank"> Ikea Duktig dessert set</a>.</span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-84894839132684830712012-12-17T21:25:00.000+01:002012-12-17T21:25:00.709+01:00Shopping Tipp: Beautiful Sticky Tape
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Aren’t these tapes amazing! I found them at Rossmann today
and the whole lot is just 4.99EUR. Incredible, isn’t it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">They are not washi tape but more sticky tape, so you cannot
remove them and they do not have the nice matt finish of washi tape, but I like
the designs very much and since they are not as expensive I am so much more
likely to actually use them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more
expensive ones I tend to keep forever, never really daring to use them. And
that is not the real point, is it ;-)</span></div>
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* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-90661092769844874882012-12-16T20:39:00.000+01:002012-12-16T20:39:00.043+01:00Advent calendar bag No 16<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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Okay, after <a href="http://ninotschka13.blogspot.com/2012/12/advent-calendar-bag-no-15.html" target="_blank">some necessary office supplies</a>, bag no. 16...</div>
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I think there is no other sweet that hasn’t changed a bit
since my childhood. No new name, no new fancy packaging, still the same white
& pink colour variants, still the same taste... and that is why I love
them. So dear marketing, don’t you dare to ever change them!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This year I started to do chutneys and jams and I love it!!!
Such a satisfactory task. And it makes the whole house smell so wonderful. I
always try to do unusual flavours which are not available in the supermarket
and I usually make them less sweet and more fruity by using 2:1 or 3:1 preserving
sugar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of my favourite new recipes, which is also a great
Christmas gift, is this Orange Ginger Jam which I found in the Living &
More magazine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">8 small organic oranges with thin peel<br />
2 organic lemons<br />
1l boiling water<br />
1,5kg sugar 0r 750g 2:1 preserving sugar or<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>500g 3:1 preserving sugar<br />
1 tablespoon finely grated ginger <br />
1 tablespoon citric acid</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wash oranges and lemons and cut in 8 columns. Then cut
columns into thin slices and put them into a pot. Cover with the boiling water
and let it brew for a few hours. Bring to the boil with the sugar and ginger,
and cook uncovered for about 1 hour. Dissolve the citric acid in a little cold
water and add it to the jam when it is no longer cooking. Fill the jam in
sterilized jars and store in a cool place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The given amount make about 8 jars, enough to give a few as
presents and enjoy the rest yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hmmmmm! I love that tart citron taste!!!!</span></div>
* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-38146078146501330282012-12-15T20:35:00.000+01:002012-12-15T20:35:00.633+01:00Tutorial: The World’s Easiest Pillowcase
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The world’s easiest pillowcase is an ideal gift because it
looks a million dollars and it is really a piece of cake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is an envelope pillowcase which means that you do not
need any buttons or ribbons to close it (which always feel uncomfortable on a
pillow to me anyway). Nevertheless it is still a pillowcase which you can take
off the pillow easily and throw it into the washing machine (very important
with a little one with chocolate hands ;-))</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is so easy that I could draw the how to on a single page
and I promise I haven’t left out a single step...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">... except turning the pillowcase inside out in the end and
stuffing a pillow in it. But I guess you would have figured that out yourself, wouldn’t
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Don’t worry about the lengths and the width not including
any seam allowance. It is a trick and not a mistake, because if the pillowcase
is a tiny bit smaller than the pillow itself, the pillow will look wonderfully
plush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">From my point of view a thicker cotton fabric works best,
because it stays in place but is also pleasant on the skin. Stretchy fabrics
are a bit tricky, but work as well. Really you cannot do wrong with this pillowcase.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Depending on the design you chose the pillow can look very
feminine or very masculine, very subtle or screaming, very soft or a bit
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since I needed a Christmas present for my uncle who is the
proud owner of a little forest in Bavaria, I opted for a masculine, wooden look
with a soft interior...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Doesn’t that wood effect look cool? I found this fabric at Ikea and
immediately I knew it was the perfect fabric for this project.</span>* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-9714248883616140832012-12-15T17:36:00.000+01:002012-12-15T17:36:00.452+01:00Advent calendar bag No 15<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span>After we are stocked pretty well on goods, bag no 15...</span><br />
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... contained some office supplies, like this notebook to
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As you might have noticed, many things in my little one’s
shop are branded. Super-easy to do if you have a custom-made stamp. This stamp
was the one thing I really splashed out on, while I generally tried to keep the
costs as low as possible and recycle a lot of things for her shop . And I think
it is so worth it! Every simple hand-made paper bag looks super-professional
and it gives the whole shop a unified and design-y look, which I guess I
appreciate much more than she does ;-) Anyway, every now and then you have to
do something, just because YOU think it is prettier, don’t you <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
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</span><br />* Ninotschka *http://www.blogger.com/profile/11282052907059699722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754994331019392598.post-66263378021862777472012-12-14T14:35:00.000+01:002012-12-14T14:35:00.510+01:00Advent calendar bag No 14
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In bag no 14...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">... there were more goods for the sweet tooth department...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">... animal cookies, here called granny cookies, because
Vicky’s grandma gave them to her for the first time ;-)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">... <a href="http://ninotschka13.blogspot.de/2012/12/advent-calendar-bag-no-9.html" target="_blank">another imaginative bottle</a> and a little scoop... <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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