A few days ago I went to a party with some girl friends - it was so good seeing them and we chatted like girls do ... you know like talking about everything from saving the world, to every day life, kids, lifestyle... and then all of a sudden one of the girls complimented my hair. It made me so happy! Actually quite a few people have complimented my hair lately... and it's not because I just came out from the hair dresser ... because I didn't. So I thought maybe it's because I actually have hair now ... something I didn't two years ago when I was totally bold after chemotherapy.... maybe it's because I've grown my hair longer this year? But no. She told me my hair looks so youthful, shining and fresh, like I was 20 or something. So she made ...
Making my own luxury Rosewater
This summer season is filled with all the beauty and wonderful scents from all the flowers. Here in Scandinavia it's almost like one big firework during these short months of summer and daylight 24/7. I love it all so much! I love each and every beautiful flower. They all have their own uniqueness. It makes me want to capture it all, putting it in jars and preserve it, keeping it so I can find it during the long winter and remind me of natures beauty. So, every year I set out to make stuff based on flowers and plants I love. Today I want to share my homemade rose water. It's a simple but yet beautiful way to preserve the beauty, scent and color if the oh so wonderful wild roses. Who doesn't loooove the scent of roses?! I use my ...
DIY softening Foot salve
I love walking barefoot during summer feeling the grass or the soil or the sand under my feet makes me feel grounded or somehow closer to nature. Are you a barefoot walker? Does your feet get dry and does the skin crack during summertime? Maybe your feet need some love and care ? Today I want to share my favourite homemade foot salve with you. I definitely need to give my feet some extra love from time to time ... I mean they do a great job carrying me around all day ... and the skin gets dry and cracks if I don't take foot soak, use the foot scrub and use my footsalve. Cracked skin on the heel comes from dry, dead skin cells building up, so it's important to scrub the feet well before adding the salve. This salve is made from 100% ...
The best finger food :)
Today is Sols graduation day after finishing 10th grade. Congrats to my beautiful girl!! And of course there will be a party at school where we all have to bring some finger food. I chose to make some luxurious, typical Norwegian smoked salmon&tortilla rolls. I really love this simple yet tasty finger food. I'll write this recipe in English because I wrote my sweet bun recipe yesterday in Norwegian - and because I guess it's no need for a recipe for this rolls for my Norwegian friends. They are some kind of healthy, they are pretty simple to make and most people love them. You'll need wheat/potato tortillas, cream cheese (I used one with herbs and garlic), smoked Norwegian salmon or trout, dill, alfalfa sprouts or other kinds of ...
Siste skoledag og skolebrød
Det er siste skoledag for mine jenter, siste dag av 10 års skolegang for Sol og siste dag av 12 år på skole for Eirun... og hva passer vel ikke bedre enn nybakte, hjembakte, rykende ferske skolebrød for å feire. Her er min favoritt-oppskrift. Gode skolebrødCa24 stk 1 pose tørrgjær 200 g smør 3 dl melk 3 dl vann Ca 1,2 kg hvetemel 1 ts bakepulver 1/2 ts salt 1 ts kardemomme 150 g sukker Smelt smør og hell i melk og vann. Rør gjæren ut i lunken væske. Bland i sukker, bakepulver, salt, kardemomme og 2/3 av melet og rør til deigen blir jevn. Spe med resten av melet til du får en smidig deig. (Bruk gjerne kjøkkenmaskin) La deigen heve til dobbel størrelse ca. 60 minutter. Trill deigen til en pølse og skjær i ca 24 biter. Trill hver bit til ...
Cute Flower crochet headband
So, I have fallen in love with flower crochet headbands lately... so fun and easy to make. Yesterday night I made this super cute headband for Eirun, in less than one hour. This headband is simple to make, and if you know the basic crochet stitches you should be all set. I used a pony tail rubber band as base to make the headband easier to use. Crochet flower hippie headband 2:🌸what you’ll need: Cotton yarn suitable for hook 3,5mm Crochet hook 3,5 mm A rubber band (for pony tail) 🌸Stitches used Singe crochet sc Double crochet dc Chain ch Slip stitch slst 🌸Start: 1 sc around rubber band. Ch 8. Slst in 5th ch from hook making a ring. Slst in next 3 ch. you are now back to the rubber band. Sc one in rubber band. Dc3 in the ...
The best Avocado face mask
Some days are perfect for a little self care. Personally I think Sunday is a good day to take time to embrace one self, relax, recharge and share some time and have fun with the people I love. I must (sadly) admit I've never really been good at self care or doing things for my self. I'm most happy when I make other people happy and bring smiles all around me. But to do so we all need to take care of one self and love one self too... so ... when I first met my wonderful, beautiful soon to become daughter in law, and she arranged the most delightful, fun, caring, pampering home-spa-wellness day for me and the girls I realised how important and fun and good it really is to just take some time to embrace one self and make some little luxury ...
Cheers to the weekend
So, I was bragging about the unbelievably tasty elderflower limonade I got from my mom as a gift for my birthday. This limonade is so good and really versatile. You can mix it with water and drink it as limonade. You kan mix it with hot water, lemon and honey and drink it as tea (it's super good for your immune system) You can mix it with mineral water and a drop of freshly squeezed lemon or lime and drink it as a sparkling refreshment ... you can add it to your smoothie or any juice to add the delicious taste of elderflower... you can add it to sherbet, desserts, you can even mix it with a little bit of prosecco to make a summery, festive drink or mix it with white rhum, freshly squeezed lime, peppermint leaves, sugar and soda to make ...
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