Handmade theme party decor.

Heeelloooo and welcome to my blog, my new readers!!! :)

Yay, here are finally the photos I took of the handmade decor I made for Flo's maritme birthday party. I did not only work on a nautical outfit, but I also wanted our home - especially the kitchen with the party buffet - to look maritime. :) So here's what I made:

I already started planning the details a few weeks beforehand and collected some materials, but since I have a lot of supplies at home, I didn't have to buy a lot. :)

I made this brooch using fabric leftovers and paperboard.
Some tiny food toppers made of striped paper.
Eeeeks, I'm soooo proud of those handmade sailor hats, I made four of them. :) Can't believe how good they have turned out. :D I found the idea online, but I didn't use any tutorial. Instead, I tried out myself how to make them. :)
Lots of handmade cake toppers: you just need to clue the piece of paperboard onto a wooden stick, I used a hot-glue gun for it. For the blue toppers, I made an anchor stamp myself. :)

I used my circle cutter to make tiny garlands...
And I made pretty pinwheels out of striped paperboard and buttons, using the same technique as in my felt pinwheel tutorial. :)
Two handmade hair bows for the ladies... :)
And of course, not to miss my handmade maritime fabric bunting I sewed a few days before the party. :) No party food table is complete without a bunting! :)

I also made those paper wall decor elements (don't know how they are called) and Anja was so sweet to design maritime, striped paper for us and made this super amazing paper ship garland after an idea we found on Pinterest. <3
Of course I also made pom poms do decorate the walls. :)
Aaaand, finally, the wall decor above the food table of which I'm gonna share photos in a few days... :)
Thanks for reading &have a fantastic week! :)

While you are reading this post, I'll probably be totally freaking out and tidying up my home, because this evening, my lovely blogger pals Stef & Stefanie are arriving to spend the week with me! <3

Lu

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A guest post with a recipe for lemon & raspberry lemonade.

Heyy, happy sunny day! :) Today I'm guest blogging over on Frieda's Retrogalerie, a great German blog, mainly dealing with sewing, thrifting, awesome DIY projects, pretty vintage stuff and family life. :) Alex. who lives in Kassel - the city I originally come from - has invited me to prepare a guest post for summer. :) Check out her super blog and see my refreshing recipe for a homemade lemonade with raspberries, lemon & lemon balm. :)
Lu

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Summertime photos.

Here are lots of new photos of what happened recently. Hopefully you're enjoying summer as much as I do! :)
1. The first tomato we harvested fromour balcony. // 2. Lemonade. // 3. The Dutch quarter in Potsdam. // 4. We bought a new cooling bag. // 5. Walking the dog. // 6. Summer outfit, wearing my red vintage shorts.
1. Hanging around in Anja's garden with some delicious snacks. // 2. Outfit for our little journey to the seaside. // 3. Fresh fruit salad. // 4. On the beach. <3 // 5. Picknic at the sea. // 6. Homemade mascarpone snack.
1. Helly, friendly stone face. // 2. Mogli on the beach. :D // 3. Enjoying the beautiful weather. // 4. The lighthouse in Warnemünde. // 5. This is where we spent our night. :) // 6. At the harbour.
1. Ohhh, how much I love bare feet in cold sand! // 2. <3 // 3. Warnemünde. <3 // 4. & 5. The most beautiful beach at the baltic sea! // 6. Home again. // 7. Fresh lemonade. // 8. I moved my laptop to my sewing table so that the Internet won't distract me from writing a super boring essay. // 9. Flo made the best homemade pizza I've ever eaten! <3

Happy Monday! :) Lu

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Guest post on Magnoliaelectric.

Hello, lovelies! :) Feeling like trying out a new sewing project? :) Today I'm guest blogging on Magnolialectric, because my lovely blogger pal Stef has invited me to share a summer DIY for her blog. :) Check out her awesome blog and learn how to sew a pillow case with a zipper, I provided an easy to follow step by step tutorial. :) It's in German, but I think international readers will also be able to understand it due to the photos. :)
Have fun and say hi to Stef! :)
Happy Sunday,
Lu :)

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Everybody has a summer holiday...

Dear readers, I hope you're all enjoying summer! :)
As soon as my holidays begun, weather became awesome!!! The first week of my holidays is now over and it has been awesome! Some of our best friends were here, Flo and I went to the lake twice and sat in the sun, Anja and I spent an afternoon in her garden, using her parent's garden shower ;D and Flo and I have been to the Baltic Sea for a short holiday. It was more than awesome and I wish I could turn back time and enjoy this precious time again! :)
When we go to the seaside, Mogli loves this, too. He loves water and he loves being outside and he totally enjoyed our trip and the hours at the doggy beach.

I prepared lots of food for a nice picnic, I made blueberry-lemon muffins, a fruit salad, mascarpone with fresh fruits and sponge biscuit and we took ice tea and pizza (not homemade) with us. :)
Do you spot the little insect on his head and his tongue coming out of his mouth? :D I love the expression of his face in this photo! :D

Those precious days passed by way too fast, but we enjoyed it a lot and now I'm looking forward to an awesome week with some of my very favourite bloggers, can't wait to tell you more!! :)
Enjoy summer!!! :)
Lu

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What I Wore: Maritime Party.

Dress: plain dress from H&M, upcycled by me :)

Neckerchief: amazon

Belt & flats: H&M

Hat: handmade

Earrings: Primark

Triangle ring: asos

Bracelet: vintage from my Mama <3

Heyyy, happy Saturday! :) I hope you're fine! :) I just came back from a short trip to the seaside and here's an outfit post matching my current mood. :)
Last weekend, we were having some visitors, some of our best friends came over the weekend to celebrate Flo's birthday with us.  :)
Because I love theme parties and because I love to decorate, I offered Flo to prepare maritime decor and a maritime buffet for him (I'm gonna share photos of it, soon). :) I wanted to have an outfit that fits the party's theme, but I didn't want to spend lots of money on it, so I upcycled an old, plain, red dress. :) What is more, I sewed the hat myself! :) I made four of those, one for myself, one for Anja and two for other guests. :) Mogli got a handmade cape, too. :)
So here's everything that I wore. :)

Mogli's tiny cape: handmade

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Homemade blueberry shake.

Hello, happy Friday! :) I love milk and I love fruits and here's a quick recipe for a blueberry shake. :)

You need:

- Fresh blueberries
- Milk
- 1 tea spoon of honey
- 1 vanilla pod

Puree the fresh blueberries with the milk. If you don't like the tiny pieces of peel, you can use a sieve to get rid of them. :) Next, use a sharp knife to scrape the vanilla off the pod and add it to the shake. Finally, add a tea spoon of honey, stirr everything and here's your shake! :) I love the taste of honey and vanilla with blueberries! :)

Lu

(In case you are missing my weekly Friday interview feature, don't worry, there's a short summer pause and you'll be able to read the next interview soon! :))

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Rainbows and Apple Crumble!

Woke up today morning and saw this beautiful rainbow! N and I were both excited. N who was halfway through dressing for school, ran to wear his warm pants and grabbed his jacket. Then both of us went into the cold, 4 degrees Celsius temperature balcony and clicked this (it was a full end to end rainbow) - 

Beautiful! Ain't it?? 

Some things are just worth it!

Like having a freshly baked warm apple crumble with some cold vanilla ice cream. Gooey apples baked to perfection, crisp walnut-y rolled oats crust. Yumm! And icing on the cake, erm, crumble is that I made it myself... my first ever apple crumble. Recipe to follow soon... :) 

Happy Friday!!

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What happened recently.

Hello! :) The summer holidays have finally come, yay!! :) I've already spent lots of time outside and with friends, can't hardly wait for the next amazing days to come. :) I hope you're enjoying summer as much as I do and here are a few Instagram photos (find me as @luloveshandmade) of what happened recently in my everyday life. :)
1. Fabric for some sewing projects. // 2. Dinner with Flo. // 3. Homemade chocolate cake. // 4. Eeeeeks, you can now see Mogli and my handmade doggie bow tie on the DaWanda ad on the Hello Handmade site!! :) // 5. Outfit of the day. // 6. Flo and I preparing his birthday party.
1. Anchor cookie cutters. // 2. Party dog. // 3. Starting my holidays in my new PJs. // 4. I found this amazing beauty on the street. - Unbelievable what people throw away. // 5. It perfectly fits onto our balcony. // 6. My maritime outfit for Flo's birthday party. :)
1. - 3. The party buffet that I made!! :) More photos coming soon. // 4. During a walk in the woods with our friends I found this tiny bench. :D // 5. Hello, little friend! // 6. Solid dinner in the beer garden with our friends.
1. Happy girl, lots of ice cream only for myself! :) // 2. Old fire truck. // 3. Beautiful Potsdam. // 4. Getting my comfy cord chair out onto the balcony. // 5. Reading the latest Mollie Makes issue. <3 // 6. Relaxing at the lake. // 7. I love my picnic blanket. // 8. Enjoying summer with Flo. <3 // 9. Favourite sorbet! :)

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Handmade accessory.

Hello! :) I once found this amazing white feather necklace on Pinterest and wanted to have such a beautiful accessory myself. During a craft night with a friend of mine some weeks ago, I tried to make a similar necklace with faux leather. I drew the shape of a feather on the faux leather's back with a pencil and then I cut it out with a tiny cutter. Finally, I attached the necklace. I love it pretty much, especially because of its color. :) Such a great idea (that's one of the reasons I love Pinterest, you always find inspiration and things to try out yourself)!
Happy Tuesday!

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