Lucky Charm

A typical lucky Charm for New Year's Eve in Germany is a lucky clover together with a chimney sweeper. Ever since I was a little child this is what people brought as present when they were invited to my parents and when we were invited we gave it to them as a present. Tim and I will be invited to our friends and will celebrate together with them this year.  I wish you a wonderful New Year Celebration and with this Lucky Charm all the best for 2015!!

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas to everyone!

I've been in Stockholm with my husband during Christmas and we've just returned so I would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas, even though it is almost New Years Eve!

I will unpack my bags and get back to you later with some pictures!

Kram,

Isabell

Some pictures from our kitchen

I can't describe how much I love the scent of hyacinths. For me this is a typical smell of Christmas, together with cinnamon and the scent of the fir needles. The old tin you see in the picture is from my grandma from Sweden and is filled with the Christmas cookies I baked.

I also like Amaryllis very much, I have them every year:

One of my newest Christmas decoration is a heart shaped light chain, which is very cosy too and oboe the oven.

And as every year of course a mistle toe:

Christmas 2014

We've bought our Christmas tree yesterday and I just want to show you how it looks like at home at the moment. This year we picked one that is not so tall but has more branches, it will not be easy to enter the door :) Looking forward to decorate the tree tomorrow!

Our Advent candleholder shows that it is only a few days left until Christmas :

I got this little ornament from my mum this year, it will always remind me of a wonderful afternoon together with my parents at Blutenburg castle in 2014:

This is the only German decoration I have during Christmas, this is a typical traditional pattern often used for the traditional costumes in Bavaria and I really like it:

Have a lovely 4th Advent! Tim and I are going to light the last candle on the advent candle holder and after breakfast we will be going to Nuremberg to the Christmas market.

Isabell

Nyblom Kollén

I've been looking for new pillow cases for our bedroom pillows and I found beautiful ones from Nyblom Kollén. My absolute favorite is this one:

Picture Nyblom Kollén

I've already ordered it and I'm looking forward to get it and to prepare our home for Christmas. I'm counting the days… It's only 2 days left until I have one week of vacation. Time for food, time for baking, time for decoration and finally time for my Christmas.

Christmas market Blutenburg castle

I've been at almost every Christmas market in the center of Munich, but this year I found out that there is a Christmas market I haven't even heard of before and which is not so well-known ( which is very good in a big city like Munich). Blutenburg castle is in the Western part of Munich and I will go there this weekend.

Picture: Muenchen.de

Picture: Blutenburg

Have a lovely friday!

Isabell

Lantliv magazine Christmas edition 2014

One of my absolutely favorite magazines is Lantliv and of course their Christmas edition of the magazine. It makes me feel like I was at home in Sweden. But have a look yourself at the pictures below from this magazine and I guess you will understand why I like it so much. I can't help but red green and white is definitely the best mix of colors for Christmas!

Coming home

I had a very long day today with trainings and a lot of talking. Already on my way home I looked forward to coming home and couldn't wait to open the door. I like being at home but especially during Christmas. The lights of the Swedish candle holders are filling the entire room with a warm light and this automatically calms me down, no matter what happened during the day. There is a Swedish proverb : borta bra men hemma bäst (literally: away (is) fine but home (is) best) meaning there is no place like home and I totally agree.

Advent calendar

This morning when I woke up and entered the kitchen I found a little surprise from Tim: an Advent calendar. I took the pictures this morning when it was still dark outside, but I think you can still see the cute details:

Best part definitely Santa Clause :)

Happy first of December!

Isabell