Baking a cheese cake

Craft-a-Doodle

I am really a sucker for paper art. I wish I had more time to doodle and make cards and so on. For this purpose this is a great book. It has some really nice ideas to get you drawing. Most are not very complicated, they only need time. This book is so creative. The different artists offer a nice range of styles and ideas. I think everybody could find something in here.

Diaper Bag

With the big event coming closer and closer it is time to get some stuff for baby and me. Maybe the first thing I bought is not the most necessary, but I had to have this cute diaper bag by Pink Lining. Isn't it great. I think the style goes with a lot of my things and is cute but not overly kitschy. The bag is really big and I hope I can carry all the stuff I need in it.

The bag comes with a changing mat and a clear bag for diapers. The brand Pink Lining is not cheap, but it was one of the affordable bags (I had my eye on some made out of leather and these were so expensive). I think I can still use this bag when diaper time is over. Right now it will serve as my hospital bag.

Hot chocolate with marshmallows

My Filofax

I have to admit, the fever caught me and I am finally the proud owner of a Filofax. I don't want to tell you why this is so special, only that I love mine and can't wait to use it. I have no calendar for this year, because I still use my Moleskine and will order one for next year. In the meantime I plan to make some custom pages for my planner.

I even got some free address pages with my order.

Lost by Gregory Maguire

This was a somewhat strange book. I had some problems to really get into the whole thing. The story centers around a writer who lost her inspiration and travels to London to get it there. She stays at her cousins house and suddenly strange things happen. This book was kind of a ghost story, but somehow more about the ghosts that hound as from the past.

The book was interesting and sometimes even scary, but it left me a bit helpless. There were many things put into it. It is definitely no light read.

I would give this book 3/5 stars.

Gummy Bear Cookies

Recipe found at A Beautiful Mess