Baby's 1st birthday party

A baby's first birthday is always something special. It is a celebration not only for your child, but for your family.

We were celebrating our baby's first birthday a few weeks ago. I must admit that because of a lack of time I purchased almost all the cakes from the bakery. Only cake decorating is made by me. That way it was easy to relax and enjoy the birthday party.

Serving: chocolate cake, shrimp and spinach pie, sandwich cake and berry curd cake topped with sugarpaste.

Photo by Olga Golubew, 

http://studiohappymoment.eu/

Photo by Olga Golubew, 

http://studiohappymoment.eu/

Photo by Olga Golubew, 

http://studiohappymoment.eu/

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy New year to all my readers!

Dog photography

I did all kind of fun things during November which was my last month of maternity leave. One of the highlights in November was when we went to the Dog photography studio with my miniature dachshund.

I have been feeling that I cannot give enough attention for our lovely dog because our son is only one year old now. So it was very nice to spend some quality time with my dog for a change.

And look at all these lovely photos! I highly recommend their services!

Winter comes

Winter is coming! As the first snowflakes fell in my hometown about a week ago, I realized that it is time to create some winter feeling in our home also.

I created a warm and cozy feeling in our home by candles, smell of warm, freshly made pancake and with our new design lamp.

I was finally able to get my own Double Bubble lamp (all thanks to my dear friend).

Now it is time to enjoy the beginning of winter and warm pancake with berries.

Busy autumn

Autumn, so far, has been quite hectic for me. We moved into the temporary apartment  and will be living here until our new house is ready. We are so excited about our building project that we spent a day in Finnish Housing Fair and picked up some ideas for new home.

Sample kitchen

Sample basement

I also tried to cook something new - homemade spring rolls!

Yes, it take a bit of work but it is wort it.

Summer day trip

Yesterday our whole family spent a nice and sunny day in Porvoo.

After all, an easy evening snack options that does not require too much work and effort: strawberry cake or shrimp salad.

Relaxing summer continues!

Visiting some of my friends!

Last week I had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with my dear friends.

I spend a day at my friend's lake house. Time went by so fast, when we did some outdoors and we were able to eat outside near the lake.

I also invited some of our friends to visit us at our home. Even though we are in the middle of moving, I managed to serve some chanterelle bacon pie and ground beef and rice pie to our guests.

Chanterelle bacon pies in the oven.

Ground beef and rice pie.

At the end of the week, we were celebrating the wedding of my dear friend and I was honored to perform the first dance song for them which was Fly Me to the Moon. What a great end to a wonderful week!

Summer's 1st rhubarb pie!

At our house, we used the first rhubarb of the season to make this rhubarb meringue pie. Here is a recipe of ours.

Hitomi visit

Wednesday my dear friend and I stopped off my favourite local shop called Hitomi and look what I found!

Cake pincushions are made by Anne Hirvikorpi. I had to get one of those for my son to play with. So cute!

Let the summer begin!

Over the past few weeks I've been feeling like the summer is starting. My weekends have mainly been spent by attending different types of summer parties, for example weddings, naming celebration and graduation parties.

Last Friday, I decided just to relax and enjoy fresh strawberries with whipped cream. It is the best summer delight ever!

Happy Mother's Day!

In celebration of my first mother's day as a mom, I decided to bake chocolate cupcakes with lemon frosting.

I made 10 standard size cupcakes a day before and frost them an hour before serving. For lemon frosting I mixed together whipped cream and lemon curd cheese.

Feedback was positive!

30 Year Birthday Cake

Finally made my first sugarpaste cake.

This cake includes raspberry filling with strawberries and chocolate filling with almond crocant. Almost all of my baking ingredients are from Confetti.

Happy birthday to my most amazing husband!

Baking!

Last Friday we spent some quality time with our lovely friends and their cute 6 weeks old baby boy.

I wanted to bake something for us and this chicken pie recipe was passed on to me by a dear friend of my. I have to admit that this is one of my favorite pies.

Chicken pie is filled with chicken pieces, pepper, sun dried tomatoes, shredded cheese and curd cheese with herbs.

Pie was served with a salad and fresh bread. Simple and delicious!

Introduction

I started this blog because I love writing and sharing my text with friends and family around the world. I like to keep my blog pretty simple (as the writer also is). Blog will be easy to follow, with pictures and not too much text.

The inspiration I get from design, music and from my new hobby: baking! So at least these awesome topics my blog posts will include.

My blog is named after the great idea I heard in finnish TV show called Blogistania the other day.