Winter holidays and sweet-treats go hand in hand. In Sweden, Gingerbread Cookies top the list, but, I grew up with a tradition that included many different types of holiday cookies. My Great-Grandmother’s Christmas Eve cookie plate was more like a platter than plate; and...
This is a week with festivities galore in Sweden. Today, December 10, is the day of the Nobel Banquet in the Stocholm City Hall. December 13 will bring Lucia celebrations: the Swedish celebration of light, set on what was, at one time, considered...
Opening a mail from Arielle at ARTCAMP is pure delight. She has this rare ability to know what I’d like before even I know what I’d like . She’s done it again with this DIY for a 3 Tier Chandelier Wreath her...
Build your very own rainbow.This is a puzzle for you to make with your own two hands and then for you to build your very own rainbow inside the house — again and again I’ve been so excited to share...
Hello, November, you beautiful sweater-weather-month, you! Soft, knits are exactly where my mind is right now. Are you feeling this, too? I want to dress in them and I want them in my house. Boy, do I have the thing...
Eastward travel jet lag, in the winter, is my “kryptonite.” This time of the year, the sun rises, in Stockholm, just before 9 AM and sets around 3 PM. Even high noon, feels like you’ve forgotten to take your sunglasses...
Happy Friday. This week has been special in the most unusual way. I’m solo with our youngest two and have loved the attention I could give them with this changed dynamic. Aren’t family interactions fascinating? Due to this, I’m delaying my...