Yay! So excited to be getting ready for another Eurovision. Today I started the pickling process for some plums we’ll have at our party, and I’m also starting to look for decoration inspiration and, of[…]
Eurovision Party 2016 : Ready!
Old-fashioned Raspberry Kräm ready for dessert! Swedish table runner, elderflower syrup & napkins from IKEA… authentic to me! DIY dandelion bouquets to go with this year’s Eurovision art theme made from yarn pompoms on sticks[…]
Eurovision 2016 – Judge-Along Booklets
Here are the printable booklets for the 2016 semi-finals so you can judge along at home. We give a score out of 5 for song, outfit, & performance and use that to determine who would[…]
Eurovision Party Playlist 2016
Everybody knows Swedish pop favourites like ABBA, Roxette, Ace of Base and Robyn… but I’ve put together a list of music released in the past year (more or less) by some lesser known Swedish artists[…]
Eurovision 2016 Party Invitation
The countdown is on, and we’re less than a month from Eurovision 2016! Time to start making plans whether you have a big to-do for all 3 nights or just the grand finale! Just fill[…]
Eurovision 2015 – Judge-Along Booklets
Here are the printable booklets for the 2015 semi-finals so you can judge along at home. We give a score out of 5 for song, outfit, & performance and use that to determine who would[…]
Eurovision Party Playlist
As in years past, I’ve been curating a playlist of artists who hail from Austria for our pre-Eurovision party… mostly because I rarely think about Austria, and I feel like it’s important to recognize that[…]
Eurovision 2015 Invitation
The 2015 Invitation is here! (Thanks for the nudge, Jeremy!) Click the image above for the full-size customizable version with space for what/where/when (was/wo/wann in German, so Google Translate tells me). Here’s our agenda: I’m[…]
Oldebroek, Gelderland, Netherlands – Volkstelling 1830
I’ve been doing some family history, which brought me to the images of the 1830 census in Oldebroek, Gelderland. There isn’t an index for those images, so I was going through page by page looking[…]
Wild for Washi
I’m not going to lie. I got a free sample of the new Scotch Expressions washi tape and went straight to Officeworks the next day to buy more colours. Everything must have tape!