DIY: Easter bunny box

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Here is a little DIY project for the Easter holidays. It's a gorgeous little rabbit box in origami style. You can find the instructions for it here: origami-bunny-box.
Happy Easter!!

Almost there - Being 37 weeks pregnant with twins

Did you ever want to know how someone looks being 37 weeks pregnant with twins? Well this is me with my huge tummy... Officially the twins are allowed to get out now. Everything looks fine.
Astonishingly this pregnancy was even easier than the last one. No lower back pain, no high blood pressure, weight gain by now is 18 kg. I had gained the same with only one baby last time.
So let's see how the labour will be, hope it will be the same nice surprise as the pregnancy itself! I dare not think about anything beyond labour yet... only how they might look like, whether they will look the same as my daughter or totally different perhaps?

DIY: Stamps for printing on fabric

This was last weekend's project. I made a stamp from foam craft sheet and a piece of wood and then used it for printing on a shirt purchased at Muji.

For the stamp you just need to cut the shape out of the foam board and then you glue it onto a flat piece of wood in the same size. Once the glue is properly dried you can use your new stamp and fabric paint and decorate your shirt etc. 

Retro nurseries

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While on the lookout for inspiration for the boys' nursery I came across these lovely retro style nurseries. I love those bold 70's fabrics and wallpapers. Not sure yet how I can add a bit of that style to my nursery though. Maybe I need to keep on browsing for some fabric...

A new stroller

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Yesterday we bought the stroller for the twins. It's stroller number three for us. For our first born we had a Quinny Buzz stroller since we were very enthusiastic about jogging back then. And it's true you can go and take the baby for a run. But in the city (especially in a stroller-unfriendly city like Hong Kong) it's slightly too heavy and too wide. Also the front wheel often gets you in trouble when you have to go up and down the pavement. So that's why we got an ESPRIT buggy afterwards. Very lightweight and folds away very nicely. So I was using that one for almost a year on a daily basis and believe me Hong Kong is a hard test! What happened was that one of the tires of the back wheels came off. Really a shame. I tried to fix it with bathroom silicon. But not sure whether that will last long. So that was why for the twins we have decided to go with  the brand that almost everybody seems to go with in Hong Kong. Therefore it's a MacLaren. In addition we found that tandem strollers are not very handy. Too long, very hard to manoevre. Plus I wanted the twins to see each other. I hope that will make them happier and calmer. That's the theory. In the end the Twin Triumph is only eight centimeters wider than our Quinny Buzz and still fits on regular escalators and through standard doors. And it's easy to manoevre. It also folds away relatively small. That's important when you have to take taxis as often as we do. So let's wait and see for the daily test on Hong Kong's streets in a few weeks time. At least it is very trendy even celebrities like Pitt/Jolie have one!

Free printables for download

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Look what I've just found! Free printable ABC flash cards. They also have other free downloads. Just check it oout over here.

I want clouds...

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I am totally hooked on clouds at the moment! So I will try to make a cloud mobile for the boy's change table. And I am also thinking of making some cloud appliques for a blanket... Maybe I could even print my own cloud fabric?

Nursery gallery

I just came across the nursery gallery at http://www.spearmintbaby.com/ . There are beautiful nursery ideas for everyone and every type of nursery. Love it!

DIY playhouse for my daughter

We finished the playhouse today. It's made of four sides of a playpen we were no longer using. I just added a cardboard roof and threaded a blanket through the sides of the playpen. On top of the roof I placed another blanket. And for more comfort I used a big cushion as flooring. Just added a bit of decoration and here we go...
My daughter loves it! Especially putting her toys and books inside and then closing the door. It's her little hut.

Inspiration for the boys' room

I was browsing the internet for ideas for the boys' room. IKEA + Children gave these stunning results:

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I love the colours. So I have decided to spice up the blue guestroom (which will become the boys' room) with a little bit of yellow. Only problem. The STUVA storage system is not exactly yellow but lime green...

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This is such a great storage idea. I already had on mind to use fabric boxes for the boys' clothes. But how lovely are those little tags!

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This is definitely a design I want to copy. I already bought the frame boards in order to use them as book shelves. What a beautiful way to showcase lovely books.