DIY leather baby shoes

Browsing through my favourite winter decoration book (Dezembertage) I saw golden leather shoes for babies and was hooked at first sight. But I looked everywhere and I couldn't find any in the shops. So I finally decided to make my own. I found this super easy pattern Baby Shoe Pattern and golden leather was also not too difficult to get hold of. And then I only needed to find out whether my sewing machine was able to get through the leather. But to my astonishment it was not a problem at all. Easy! And since I used leather you don't have struggle with lining or anything. The shoes were ready in less than an hour! 

Christmas fun with the little ones

Have some fun with Christmas preparations this year and get the little ones involved! Cookie cutting, using stamps for decorating, playing with dough, smelling spices, checking out the Christmas decoration... just let them try one of them for a start! Fun is guaranteed!

What to wear for Christmas this year?

Any ideas yet how you will dress your little one for the festive events this year? I haven't. So I started browsing the internet for ideas...

Here is my girl's section:

Source: http://petitbazaar.canalblog.com/

Source: http://news.millamilano.com/

Source: http://www.lesculottescourtes.com/p4

And here comes the boy's section (this was actually pretty hard as I have a little girl and boy's fashion tends to be a bit boring in my eyes):

Source: http://petitbazaar.canalblog.com/

Source: http://babyccinokids.com/blog

Source: http://www.eliasandgrace.com

I like the red girl's ensemble very much. So now I only have to check what we already have and where I can find the missing items... Happy X MAS shopping!

Advent calendar

My mum in law has made this gorgeous Advent calendar for our 18 month old daughter. Now I am thinking of what to put in it. Healthy little snacks such as raisins and other dried fruit seem perfect. Maybe some cookies (it's Christmas time after all) and some little toys...

I already bought some stamps because she loves them so much and small pretzels will be in the pockets too and also some lady fingers and as said before the raisins. Now I have only eight pockets left over. Let's see what I can get for them...