Just before Christmas holidays I was asked to make some accesories for a colleagues four year old daughter. She had to dress up like a candy for the school Christmas festive. 

So I came up with a candy necklace and a candy headband.   

I would recommend that you make a sample so that you can judge how much candy and ribbon you will need to use.  Also, you can vary it for different holidays by changing the color ribbon and candy used.

 

Candy necklace -edible

You will need

Plastic wrap 

Ribbon of your choise

Candy also of your choise 

Scissors

clear tape

How to

Lay out about one meter (3 feet) of plastic wrap, cutting it in half lengthwise. Place a few pieces of candy every 10 cm (3 inches).  The exact number will vary based on the size of the candy. You want each section to look full.

Roll the plastic over the candy to cover completely and seal the candy in the middle by rolling each one separetely.

Tie between each section of candy with clear tape. Then tie each end with ribbon 

Tip: you can go with the easy way by using individually wrapped candy. Just put the candies on the row and tie them with small pieces of ribbon.

Hair Candy Headband

You will need

a simple headband

old stuff from christening or wedding favors

How to 

This project was easier than I thought it would be! Maybe because I was in a hurry and finished it in about ten minutes! I made it by wrapping a simple girl-sized headband in white fabric and twist a pink satin ribbon around it and stich it by hand. The topping is made out of white and pink tulle fabric, which I rolled after I stuffed it with a paper ball and tied it up with satin ribbons. All the materials were from wedding or christening favors that I have kept, so I 've recycled them!

The Candy necklace and the caramel headband were a great hit and little Dimitra was very proud of wearing them!

 Isn't she cute?

Sometimes  photos that we shoot by accident can be amazing...  Coco is a cutie also!

Greek Traditional Holiday Sweets

 

Άσπρα αρνάκια, κουραμπιέδες,

στάλιασαν μες την πιατέλα. 

Γύρω ζάχαρη το χιόνι 

και λευκό χαρτί, νταντέλα. 

 

Every year my mom - and as far as I know every greek mother - makes our (Greek) traditional  holiday sweets. This year I've decided that I should try to make them also... ok she helped me... a lot! And they were delicious! There's no need to post in greek the recipe, even thought it's a recipe from an excellent cook from Crete - we all know more than one.

So, here's two recipes for kourampiedes (icing-sugar covered butter almond cookies) and melomakarona (oily honey chinnamon cookies) I found in english. Also Happy Turtle has a recipe for Vasilopita, a kind of cake we make for New Years Eve.

Ευχάριστο άρθρο για την προέλευση τους καθώς και μια μικρή έρευνα αγοράς για τα γνωστότερα ζαχαροπλαστεία από το αθηνόραμα.

Και, από τον Γιώργο Δαμιανό η ετοιμολογία του μελομακάρονου, δεν ήξερα ότι έχει σχέση με τον... μακαρίτη!









 

Dancing Snowflakes

 

 This year I decided to go with simple decoration for my office. I hanged around 18 paper snowflakes.The materials that I used can be found almost in every office: A4 photocopy paper, a classic paper punch, thread  and a laminator machine. Just that. So simple. Cut, laminate, punch, hang.

 I didn't used a tutorial, it's something that I remember from when I was a child, but you can find a lot with a google search. For example, here is Marthas Stewart tutorial. And patterns here and here to make your life easier.

 

I was born in a cloud...
Now I am falling. 

I want you to catch me.
Look up and you'll see me.
You know you can hear me. 

The world is so loud. Keep falling. I'll find you.
We're over a forest.
There's millions of snowflakes.
We're dancing. 

 It's midnight at Christmas.
The world is so loud. Keep falling. I'll find you.

In a moment or two.
I'll be with you.