Easter activities

When all the plans are made and you are done grocery shopping, what is there to do next during the holidays?
Here some fun, last minute, activities to do during your spare hours of easter.
Decorating eggs does not have to be a childish easter activity. For instance, make these easy confetti eggs, silk dye eggs, gold and pink dip dye eggs or get a black marker and give each egg a different mustache. Fun to do and fun on the table!

Another thing fun and convenient is baking. Add all your ingredients to your existing easter shopping list and you are ready to go at any time you like. Bunny buns, carrot cake, easter cookies or cupcakes. By adding an easter related shape or decoration to a standard recipe, your baking is instantely easter proof!
For example, place marzipan carrots on top of your carrot cake, decorate your cupcakes with sprinkle or chocolate eggs and use cookie cutters for chick, bunny and egg shapes.

Do you have way to much food already? Then you can never go wrong with decorations.
Use porcelain paint to transform your boring white plates, spray paint plastic animals and add small hooks for place cards or use scrap paper to make a easter garland.

None of these easter projects are too difficult or time consuming and can be done last minute.
No idea how to get started? Use pinterest or google to find their tutorial and you are done in no time.

Happy easter!

Love,
Noes

Color me pretty

You don't necessarily need heavy colored walls and patterned wallpaper to add color to your interior. Bright white, Scandinavian style, rooms have as much potential and are adjusted to any feeling without any fuss.
Use any of these great looking accessories, they will do the trick!

A splash of neonOn a chair, small vases or a bookshelf. With just a flash of neon, you interior is already drastically changed.

      

Copper, gold and silver
Spray paint some planters or buy this beautifull lamp. My favorite, copper, has a warm color, which adds a lot to a light interior.

Patterns
Kelim, Aztec, flowers.. It doesn't matter which pattern is your to taste. Any rug, pillow or tile with a pattern is able to transform a white cold room into a white, stylish and warm atmosphere.
These few are great examples for what a pattern can do for your interior, as well is the one with the copper lamp above this piece.
And did you notice how great the two things are combined?

Even though many of these trends are mentioned in interior magazines with high priced examples, it doesn't have to be expensive. Once trends come out, stores gradually develop their own collection of the trend and that will be in your benefit.  Be sure to also check out stores like Ikea, Hema, Xenos and such when you are interested in items like these. That way you will not only invest in great accessories, it will also be budget friendly!

Have fun shopping!

Love,
Noes

Do nut worry

Last week I discovered something genius: a donut baking pan. I've been doing research about making donuts for a while now, because my friend Ryan loves them, but I wanted that perfect round shape. I just couldn't figure out how do that, until now.
I ordered a mini donut baking pan right away and since it already had a recipe included, I got straight to work.

The recipe exists out of simple ingredients and isn't complicated, add some time and patience and you have a cake stand full of cute mini donuts.
I must say 48 mini donuts, not 24 as the recipe indicated. But hey, the more the merrier!

Love,
Noes

Cupcake styling

Baking in general is a totally different story than baking for someone in particular. Yestherday my cousin Eefke and her husband Hugo had their birthday celebration going on and as you know, there is no party without cupcakes!
Since they are a truly stylish couple, the cupcakes had to be a perfect match.

When you find yourself in this situation but you're are in doubt, choose one source of inspiration and work from there.

As you can see, they were happy with the result and the party was a blast so... mission accomplished! On to the next fun challange.

Love,
Noes