Welcome to Gudrun's ! This is the place for sunshine and positivity. The world of all homemade, creativity, good food and natural lifestyle in a simple and laidback way. Please feel like home and soak in the inspiration and ideas and recipes shared. Hope This will bring a sunbeam into your day and inspire you to make something too. Most content are in English and Norwegian. ENJOY!

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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20 reasons Qigong makes the Day better

A few months back I was lucky to be invited to a friend that wanted to share the wonderful art of qigong with me. She taught a mini class and learned me to fall in love with this slow, balancing movements and I find it a wonderful way to start the day. At that time I did understand this could be a great way of finding balance. Little did I know how much impact these simple, slow movements have on the body and soul. Qigong is an ancient form of Chinese yoga that cultivates “qi” (life energy) also known as chi and incorporates deep breathing and stretching. Chinese shamans, Taoists and Buddhist monks originally practiced qigong thousands of years ago as a way to seek peace and harmony with nature. The method I learned from my friend is ...

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The best biscotti ever

Yesterday I got SO many awesome gifts. Probably by now some of you already know I loooooove homemade. I love eatable, sustainable, handmade .... my people probably know this too ... so for my birthday they had really poured their hearts in and made me some wonderful gifts. No1 of course: the gift of love - the gift of being together, sitting around the table, talking, laughing and sharing good food. They made me the cutest breakfast - my man took me on a perfect lunch date and in the evening they created the best dinner&cake. I feel so blessed. 💕 I got these super yummy biscotti from my daughter Sol, that I'll serve you the recipe today. These are soooo good and are perfect along with a cup of tea or coffee. I got so many good ...

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Rhubarb&strawberry sherbet

Yes, I admit I'm a ice cream lover.... or maybe more like a sherbet lover. The fruity, fresh, tasty, real taste and smooth texture are perfect for dessert all year but in the summer I think I could live of ice cream and sherbet only.... ok, and some fruits and berries ... and fresh veggies .. and... I also have this love for rhubarb. It makes me super happy when the strange large leaves and the super sour and tangy stalks appear in my garden. I kinda feel like I want to wear the leaves as a hat and run into the kitchen to find a cup of sugar like I did when I was 5. So, because I love homemade berry-fresh sherbet - and because it's my birthday tomorrow I think I'll serve you one of my all time favourite homemade sherbets made of ...

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Crochet daisy head band

Finally it came some rain in Oslo today. The nature, trees, plants, flowers were all dry and need the life giving water now. So - we smile even if it pours down. Besides I love the smell of summer rain and the freshness it brings. The rain didn't stay for long and soon the sun were back making all the raindrops twinkle like little jewels. I've used the day making this super cute, hippie, daisy head band. I've written the instructions in Norwegian and English so nobody will miss out. This time the Norwegian instruction is first, so you'll have to scroll down for English. Today it turned out my beautiful girl, Sol, (her name actually means sun ☀ or sunshine in Norwegian) had dressed up perfectly for the new headband and ...

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Cheers to the weekend

Happy Saturday. Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Lucky me was invited to garden party over at some neighbors yesterday. The summer is the best time for gathering and enjoying the light Scandinavian summer nights, friends, drinks, good food, laughter and conversations. As I'm a mother I really enjoy parties with room for children, teens, adults and people of all ages. I love the laughter, the playfulness and the laid back feel of garden/summer-parties. Today I want to serve you some cool summer drinks suitable for party people of all ages. Strawberry-rasberry-lime lemonade Juice from 3 freshly squeezed limes 100-150 ml sugar 100-150 ml frozen raspberries 7 strawberries 500 ml water.Add all the ingredients to a blender and mix ...

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Glitter girl solid perfume

I got this awesome Idea on instagram today and just had to do my own take on glittery solid perfume. It's summer, it's weekend it's perfect timing for this wonderful, natural, homemade perfume-glittery-cream. 1. The perfume is made of 100% natural, nontoxic, pure essential oils. 2. It won't vanish into the air so quickly (like store bought perfumes made of alcohol and synthetic fragrances) because we use heavy oils and beeswax as carrier oils, and these will sit on your skin and hold onto the scent of the essential oils added. 3. Natural glitter added to make your skin summery, glittery, beautiful. This will suit your tan perfectly and natural. I whipped up this solid glittery perfume in minutes, using only things I had on hand. ...

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Fresh, sweet and delightful smoothie and the purpose of this blog

I'm so happy and thankful you've found my new blog-home. http://www.gudruns.blog I really hope you enjoy it and that you've found all the new and old content (I've brought all the content from my old blog, so nothing will be missing). As you've probably already discovered I blog about a wide range of things. I blog about my silly little ideas and my life. I blog about natural living, essential oils, creative and DIY-projects like knitting, crochet, paper art .... I blog about reuse, old cars (mainly vintage vw ) I blog about food and share my recipes. I blog about gardening, nature, love.... Most blogs are more specific - more into one theme... but you know what ... I'm just not like that. I'm more like all over... all in a beautiful ...

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