I'm back ( sort off)

Here are just a few photos for now

This is the first time I am using my phone to blog. Let me know if it worked.

Meet "Tigga"(Tigger)

Just like I promised here is a picture of  "Tigga"

Isn't he cute?

What a great kitty he is. You wont believe what Sami does to him ( nothing bad, lol) and he does not do any thing to him. All the kids are in love with him especially Sami and Sahra.

Not much sewing  happening right now, but I will soon start, lol. Thanks for the patterns, can't wait to pick and start. The only problem with that is, is that I do not know which one to pick first.

Take care

Jasmin

Crafted with Love

I tried to post this yesterday, but for some reason it would not let me.

This is what Nesreen made us for Valentine's Day

Create by Nesreen

She is really in to Origami right now and worked very hard on it over the weekend.
Hope you had a nice Valentine's Day

Jasmin

Takeling a teenager's room

For a while now Nadia has been asking me if I could redo her old tag board and rearrange her room. So finally this weekend we tackled her room, lol.
It took us almost all day and  I had to get Salem to help us, because her furniture is to heavy for me ( I know mom I still need to take it easy,lol).

So here is what Nadia's old tag board looked like before we took on the change

And here is a picture off her room after we rearranged it

Can you guess where the tag board is?

In case you can not see the tag board good (which I can't) here is a closer look

Nadia is so happy with the outcome of her room and thanks to Karin for sending me those amazing fabrics I was able to redo her blah tag board in an  amazing wall art.

How was your weekend?

Take care

                                       Jasmin

Something sweet...

Today I thought why not share something sweet with you for a change.

Sweet Cherry Muffin

Here is what you will need for a dozen: 

100 ml neutral  vegetable cooking oil

200 ml buttermilk

1 Egg

250 g Flour (I used regular unbleached flour)

2 tsp. baking powder

150 g sugar (I used 100 g)

1 pack. Vanilla sugar

1 can or jar pitted cherries (drained and chopped in pieces)( if you do not like cherries you can use any other canned fruit) 

Preheat oven to 375 F or 160 C.

In medium bowl whisk oil, buttermilk and egg until well blended. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder, sugar and vanilla sugar. Mix and  add to the liquid mixture. Whisk well until smooth and add chopped cherries. Scoop in a paper lined muffin tray and bake for apr.20 minutes.

Enjoy!

I am really not good in writing recipes,lol. Let me know if you need any help.

P.S. : This will be a great treat for Valentine's day.

I got the recipe from one off the German magazines, lol.

Look who's 4

I cannot believe my little guy turned 4. It seems like yesterday that he was a baby and now he is so grown up. Time sure flies by. Makes me feel old, lol.
We were not able to got to Chuck E. Cheeses because Al came home late from work, but still had a good time. I think we will go on the weekend and I make sure I take some pictures.
But like I promised you yesterday here are some pictures of last evening.

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY SAMI. I LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH.

Take care,
Jasmin

First sewing of the year and more

Today I did my first sewing of the year. It felt so good to finally sew something again .Recovery has been long and boring, and I know I'm still supposed to take it easy, but I think it should be OK to sew twice a week for now. I really like what my "sister" is making out of her scrapes, that I had to copy her, lol. It is a great project and the instructions are super easy.

So, here is my first scrap square

Not bad at all

I am so exited about it and can not wait to make more of these.

So besides sewing, I have been teaching the little guy some pre-school stuff at home. He is very exited about it and I hope he will be ready for "real" school soon, but for now I am enjoying him at home. Here are a few pictures of him

It is good to be back

Take care for now

 Jasmin

Just because...

Just because it is Friday today, I thought it would be great tohave a second post to share with you, with some things the kids made last night.
Once a week we have pizza night, and you know that we make homemade dough for it. We had some dough left over and the kids had asked if they could use it. I said sure why not. So after they ate and washed their hands they got busy in the kitchen. I sneaked a glimpse to see what thy where doing and saw that they were using some cookie cutters. How creative of them.
So this is what they  made :
Homemade shaped bread. How cool is that? All we need now is some "Hummus" to go with it.

I sure love my kids and their creativity.I can not wait to taste some of their yummy bread, lol.
                                        Happy Friday and have a nice weekend.
                                                            Take care
                                                          Jasmin

You asked for it...

You asked for it.....and I deliver.

Lets backtrack just a little:
A few days ago I have gotten some "Happy Mail" with gorgeous fabric in it. It was a gift from my best friend. She blogged about it, saying/writing that it would be nice to show the things I would make from them. How could I not?!.
Sooo, this is what I made today.

Front

Back

I made a pillow using this tutorial. I guess after seeing all the wonderful pillows you had made recently, it was time for me to make some too. I am in love with the "Atlanta Star" quilt you made for me, and now thanks to you,  I will have some beautiful pillows to go with it. I still need to make one more like this, and then I think I will make some smaller ones and some other things. 

You will just have to wait and see, lol.

Take care

Jasmin

Almost wordless Thursday

Sami's new hobby

It was very cute and fascinating to watch him. He was so “absorbed” that he did not even know I was taking pictures of him, lol.

                                                              Take care
                            Jasmin

Happy Mail

Look what came today :D,

Happy Mail from my best friend

I love,love,love the fabric. Thank you sooooooooooooooo much.
Take care,

Jasmin

What a bummer

Look what came back in mail mail today:

I mailed my "Holiday" mail out last week, and this is what came back in my mail today. It's only one (of course it had to be the one that I mailed for my "Omi"grandma) but it makes me wonder if more will follow?! I'll guess this is what I get for mailing them out from my house and not the Post office. So next time I make sure I mail it out at the post office. I applied more postage, and hope they will send it out this time.

By the way, when I went to mail the surprise box to you this is what I discovered

Sami added his own little message to the box. When I asked him what he had wrote he said:

Merry X-mas.

How cute is that?

Take care

                        Jasmin

Still here

I'm still here. Things have been pretty bussy here.With Thanksgiving behind (we had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Turkey, potatodumplings and "blaukraut"and best of all my family) and the holidays ahead fast aproaching I am not sure if I get everything done and mailed out in time.
I wish I could show you some of the things I have finished but that would spoil the surprise, so I guess you have to wait just a little longer lol.
Here are just a few pictures from the last couple of days to share with you

  

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and a long weekend.

Take care

Jasmin

How do you..

... say "Thank You" in a way that is really special and filled with lots of love?

Let me back track a little. Yesterday we received a huge package and I mean huge (it was bigger than Sami) from my best friend. It was filled with lots of treasures and goodies. She has a way in sending "treasures" in the right time. It was overwhelming (in a good way) to see everything she and her family have mailed. All of it was either picked out with lots of love and care, or handmade with lots of love, care and time invested in it. We are so thankful and are very grateful to have friends (who we consider family) like that. So saying just "Thank you" is not the right word. I do not think there is a word that can describe how thankful we are, so I thought pictures say and tell more then a thousand words. Take a look:

P.S.: Karin, I am in love with my quilt and the other treasures I have gotten from you.The quilt fits perfectly on my bed

Take care

Jasmin