Pin It and Do It #15: Christmas table decoration

I'm dreaming of a silver sparkling Christmas! It may even come true if I keep spraying everything I own with white, silver and glitter paint. I've pinned lots of holiday table decorations that are made with some reindeer toys, candles, pinecones, twigs and bottle brush trees. I'm definitely making some bottle brush trees later because they are super cute and I don't think any stores sell those here in Finland.

So I decided to make my own table decoration for Christmas and I used these pins as inspiration: this one from citrusandorange, this one from Design Shimmer, this one from CountryLiving (just look at those crazy decor prices!) and this one from hom-e tumblr.

I bought my little deer toys from BR-Lelut and Christmas trees from Sokos. Those trees were on sale for only one euro each! The only problem was this original color:

Lots of silver spray, spray glue and glitter shaking and the trees changed into more subtle color:

I really like how those trees sparkle in the dim light. Now I only wish I would've bought more of them! Oh well, one more reason to make those bottle brush trees later.

Just a reminder: This is the fourth pin I've made for the October 2012 #PinitDoit challenge but to keep track of the total of pins I've made I'll keep the original number in my headlines. I hope it's not too confusing.

Happy Mother's Day

Today is the day to celebrate all mothers! I helped my mom with today's menu but I must admit she did all the hard work like cooked the pheasant. Here's the hand drawn menu I made and I'll write later about some treats and decorations I made as part of the Pin It and Do It -challenge. My godmother is a vegetarian so that's why we have two options for main dishes.

Translation of the menu:

Pheasant breasts in cherry sauce

Sweet potato mosaic

Zucchini chips

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Falafel

Sesame-yogurt sauce

Sweet potato mosaic

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Pesto spelt bread rolls

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Coffee and cake

Happy Mother's Day!