Ricciarelli are delicious Italian (Tuscan) almond sweets, apparently originated in the XIV century. Making them in New Zealand is quite spec...

On Sunday we had the Dante Alighieri Society Xmas Market (Mercatino di Natale), and I made lots of sugar decorations for sale. ...

Thank you all for entering the  Kimono Tango's  competition. The winner was selected using Random.org.   Congratulations Martin...

 For the hot chocolate spoons I used little wooden spoons, the idea is simple, just dip the spoon in a cup of hot milk and stir! T...

More ideas for more white Christmas tree decorations. Meringues are classic, in the past I used the meringue wreaths from m...

Christmas is getting closer, and greeting cards are piling up! Today I received this one from my publisher , and they used a photo from...

Around this time of the year I take out my Japanese stamps to make Nengajo (Japanese New Year Greeting Cards). Next year will be the year of...

Today I am running around and, as I don't have time to upload photos, I will be recycling some of last year's ideas. These are the m...

I am starting to take out the Xmas decorations, today the kids started their tree (we have 3 Xmas trees at our house, you will see!) and it ...

So many bloggers have started posting Christmas recipes, decorations and ideas. I love it! I am not one for bright neon lights, never ending...

The day we went to Venice it was raining so hard that I could not take good photos, and we spent most of the time in museums. Anyway, I have...