Summer holiday

Summer holiday started. Almost three weeks without any plans. Awesome!

Yesterday I checked how our potatoes have been growing. Really good it seems!

Cranberry white chocolate cupcakes

I've started project emptying the freezer to have room for new fresh berries! I have some cranberries that I have saved and used for special occasions. Some in smoothies and also for cakes with cranberries and caramel sauce... Another combination I wanted to try was cranberries and white chocolate. Love the mix of super sweet from white chocolate and sour fresh cranberries.

I did plan to make a coconut-white chocolate frosting to top them with but it did turn out more of a sauce than a frosting and it didn't look pretty. Although it was really good. I have to work a bit more on that frosting before I share that recipe with you.

Here is the recipe for the cupcakes.

100g soft butter
1 1/4dl sugar
2 eggs (room temperature)
1/2dl coconut milk
1 tbsp vanilla sugar
11/4 tbsp salt
2 1/2dl flour
1 1/4 tbsp baking powder

100gr white chocolate
2dl cranberries

Mix the butter and sugar until its soft and creamy. Add one egg at a time and continue mixing. Add the coconut milk. Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Sift the dry ingredients carefully into the egg-butter mix. Add chopped white chocolate and cranberries. Spoon the mixture into paper cases until they are 2/3 full. I got 10 big cupcakes out of this.

Bake in 175c degree oven for 15-20 minutes. Enjoy!

And so they were three...

I December we got a new family member, Echo. He is my new agility dog. I'm already competing with Imma. If you wan't to check our competitions out you can find them here on youtube. Assa the portuguese waterdog is just a beloved family member. :)

From left: Imma, Assa and Echo

Echo, yeah living up to his name too ;)

Imma and Echo. They're actually sister and brother, they have the same mum. Echo is a lot bigger than Imma though.

Granny coin purse

I made a bunch of new things for the craft fair in May (yeah I know almost two months ago)... A few new styles and designs. It was a hassle to get the purse frames for these but when I finally had them in my hands this is what I came up with.

Once again. Perfect use for scarp yarn and even fabric. This one is lined with white blue checked vintage fabric. Still available in my shop :)

Through instagram

Spring have been keeping me busy. We started renovating our bathroom in March. So much work although we're not doing it ourselves. Within a few days we will be able to use our new sauna so that is an awesome feeling! Preparing the garden for spring, doing garden work, training with the dogs, working on new items, work etc. I've started using instagram lately, you can find me here: http://instagram.com/sofiasobeide

Enjoying the country side

We found a secret door in our sauna...

spring spring spring

These guys are just patiently waiting on their shelf...

Shipping out orders with cute angry birds stamps.


What have you been up to?

Missing you

I have been planning to get back to blogging again for SO long. So much have happened. Many big changes in my life during the last year.

Graduating
Getting married
Starting a full time job as a teacher
A house of our own
A third furry family member

Can it even happen any more things in one year?

Now life is calmer and I have started to miss blogging.
I think I'm back.

We have tiny lake nowadays

Our new furry friend Echo

It is gone

the summer. I really feel I didn't have time to enjoy it much this year. Due to all the wedding planning. After our honeymoon I started working at my new job. Many changes under a short time! I think I have been able to keep up with it fairly good though. The summer in my garden.

I'm a Mrs now

The wedding is over. So much planning for one day and then it is over before you even realize it.

We had a wonderful day though. The weather was good (could have been better but could also have been much worse), the guests had fun and the food was SO good. I had so much to think about and had quite a hard time just enjoying the evening. Anyways, now we have been happily married for over a month. After the wedding we went for a short honeymoon to Gdansk, Poland. It was nice and relaxed just enjoying the city and good food. Here is a sneak peek... Click on the photos to visit our photographers site.

Giveaway time!

I'm back home again. Soon I'll tell you more about what I've been up to.

I started a giveaway over at my Facebook page. All you have to do is comment on the pic and share it with your friends (on Facebook). No need to like my page although you may do that too :) You can win a pair of white earrings made from vintage cabochons on surgical stainless steel post.

The chances to win are pretty big and the giveaway ends August 6th. Click on the pic to get to the giveaway.

On it's way somewhere

I'm participating in a photograph challenge. The theme (free translation from English): On it's way somewhere. I found these guys in the garden, all on their way somewhere. I was quite amazed by the pattern on the frog in the first pic!

For more entries check these blogs: Edith och jag  Mamma med ambitioner.