No noel just yet

I'm not ready for the ornament invasion yet - Nikolina Flora is in a big way. So guess we'll be trimming our plastic tree soon

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Random christmas snaps

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Christmas bla bla

Gleðilig Jól from the Faroe Islands to all the people that visit my blog and fellow bloggers :-)

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Candy wreath 2011

Look what I made. Very American - I think it would fit in the home of McCallisters

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Grannys datebread

The hole family has been more or less sick so fare this december. I have managed to semi decorate the apartment and do some backing. I always bake date bread at christmastime. The recipe is an old one from my grandmother.

Ingredients (1 bread):
2 eggs
200 grams brown sugar
500 grams flour
1 spoon (generous) backing powder
400 grams dates (cut into half)
1 teacup boiling water

How to:
Take out the stones and cut the dates in half. Pour a teacup of boiling water over the dates and set aside (this makes for a moist bread). Beat eggs and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add the flour and baking powder and mix well. Last but not least add the now moist dates to the batter and bake at 180 degrees celsius for a good hour. Bon apetit

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Get into the groove

I can´t seem to get into to the christmas spirit this december month. Evan though Kristjan, Nikolina Flora and I attended two children's christmas parties this weekend. The boxes with christmas ornaments are still waiting for me and will continue to do so until the spirit awakens. Meanwhile I´ll be eating Ris a la mande with caramel syrup

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Plastic Fantastic

Spring...so this is my last chance to show you our christmas tree. We had a plastic christmas tree this year...so it stood way too long in our livingroom (approximately 2 months too long)

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The value of sentiment

Bought this neat looking christmas-ornement-tree-hanger from IKEA. The selected ornements hanging have great sentimental value. The white paper cuts are inheritance from Anna. Santa Claus were a handmade gift from my nephew, Hákun. The gold snowflake a gift from Kristjan many years ago. The mushroom I bought on our romantic getaway in Berlin and I could go on and on and on and on....

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Green christmas

I´m so into these DIY wine bottle lights and imagine that it would look great with a whole group of bottles in different hues and sizes on my credenza.

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Eco ornaments

These DIY origami christmas ornaments by domesticali are too cute! Look easy enough to make and very eco friendly indeed.

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Christmas lights

Our pantry should have christmas lights hanging all year around.

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One lonely forgotten ornament
It accrued to me yesterday, that I´ve forgotten to take down our christmas-ornament-clockwork-thing......or maybe it will hand there until next christmas? My new shopping-bag in organic cotton by H&M has the reasonable size and the handle is large enough to put over my shoulder - perfect for small grocery shopping.

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Merry merry christmas

I wish you all a merry christmas and a prosperous new year. I´m on the Faroe Islands having a gay time ;o) //Svanna

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...and there was light<7h1>
Vintage christmas lights are just so much charming and prettier than the stuff you can buy today. Found these lights over at Ric Rac and Buttons. They´r unfortunately sold, but there´s a lot of other goodies like these knee hugging elves.

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Free of charge

I love window shopping and it´s so inspirational to do so in December. Picture 1) I´m loving the kitschy honeycomb paper ornaments that are all over this year. Picture 2) A new take on snowflakes. Picture 3) Hot seventies angels?

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Make your wrapping that more special

As expected Etsy is booming with noely things. Here are some favorites. Heart these christmas ornaments by ara133 on Etsy. The stars are sure to make any wrapping paper look like a million. The gift tags are made by Paper Leaf and the cutest wrapping paper with matroska dolls is made by Enna

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