Monday, March 31, 2014

Happy Birthday Noa and Ithamar - Continued


We had a garden party to celebrate Noa and Ithamar's birthday.
I was in charge of the decor and chose a theme of bright pastels
to complement the beautiful spring weather.

With the help of my niece I painted the disposal cups with water-colors
(our powers gave out and we didn't do them all
but a kind guest understood that the white ones had a 
white polar bear playing in the snow:-)

I wrapped the white napkins with wool in matching colors
and made the paper party balls that were hanging from the ceiling
(they were spaced out and difficult to photograph).

For the children's corner
(which is what is written in crayons in the middle photo)
I made some cookies for desert and put them on
white plates that I embroidered with cross-stitch

And I finished with a trip to the nursery for some plants to decorate
It was such a nice day.


Happy Birthday Noa and Itamar




Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Qadima - Revisited


I went on another afternoon walk when I was in Qadima
I started out with perfect blue skies and halfway through the weather changed


the wind had really picked up by the time I took this photo
but I did manage to finish my walk just before it started to rain


Monday, March 24, 2014

#100happydays


Today marks the beginning of a new challenge for me - 
#100happydays launched by this lovely site
For the next 100 days I will submit each day a photo 
of something that makes me happy
my 'happy moments' will be available on twitter 
and you can check them out through my feed 
I'm so looking forward to re-discovering the little joys of life


Featured: a plate of almond cookies

Friday, March 21, 2014

The Essence of Spring


airing out the cupboards  visiting old friends  fresh juice in the market  cleaning and tidying the kitchen  adding accents to the sun-room  a visit to the nursery  scented lavender bags  a morning walk  homemade mango-almond muffins for breakfast


Wednesday, March 19, 2014

The Table


My niece Dana assured me that she could always 
be relied on for a good joke.
her latest - what has four legs and STILL cannot run?
a table!!!



Monday, March 17, 2014

Another Ikea Hack


A set of plain white pot-holders from Scandinavian Ikea
has been upgraded into a Parisian tribute


with embroidery inspired by a Japanese craft book 
it's a small small world


Friday, March 14, 2014

Flowers for Friday

 

I took this photo during my travels
in a beautiful place called Ronda in Spain