Raindeers, Santa and Baby Jesus

Even though baby Jesus leaves Christmas presents here I wouldn't mind if Santa just dropped by for the fun of it, and left behind one of these Raindeer coatracks from NOtoys :)

Love each-other and laugh a lot!..and not just for Christmas!

loves Petra

Pre-Christmas ramblings

I've been pretty down the whole week.
Again, Christmas is on my doorstep and I've not done half of the things I was planning to.
Again I managed to be late (or never) with numerous things I actually started on time.
Again I was put of by the crazy traffic jams and shopping sprees around the city telling myself I don't get what is going on in this world. Why do kids need to get 8 presents from their parents alone? I have a feeling my kid doesn't even get what getting a present means..They get everything anyway...on a normal day too... My son actually turned his back to Santa when he told him he is not supposed to be rough with his little brother. He just turned and left...didn't even want his package. What is up with that?

Every Christmas there is a Charity event in Hungary that I love. It is called  a Shoebox (Cipősdoboz). What you do is take a shoebox, fill it with goodies you think a child of a certain age would like, wrap it up nicely, possibly add a personal note, note if it is a boy or a girl box and the age and drop it off at a venue. I felt at three and a half it is time to start actively including P in this act of giving. And I must tell you, it started off pretty nicely, he actually chose one of his good toys and he didn't even change his mind later. The meltdown happened when he realized I filled the box with his sweets. He explained very sincerely that if I give these to 'that boy' he will be very, very sad, and also...he doesn't care about that boy because he is not his friend anyway.

We did manage to drop the box of...not a simple shoebox, a BOOT BOX and I really hope we make a little boy somewhere out there smile while roaming through it.

Christmas Pop-Up Store

I went to Projekt Showroom

and all I got was this 'lousy' washi tape:)...

For now...

I am going back for more though! They are open till Dec 20. Among many beautiful things, some of which you can see in my facebook album they are selling the Red Dot Award winning INHALO. Seriously cool!

Sexy Plexy Christmas in your home

 Designer duo Sara Jurlin and Iva Kreković from Croatia create quirky plexiglas jewelery under the brand name Sexy Plexy. They just came out with their Xmas collection of jewelery and home decor. Non traditional yet very Christmassy!!

Find them on facebook,

Contact e-mail: sexy (dot) plexy (at) rocketmail (dot) com

Projekt Showroom #2: Christmas Pop-Up store

And again, we only need to sleep twice more, and on Thursday morning second  Projekt Showroom will open its doors, this time with the Christmas Pop-Up store. Andi and Kriszta collected for you all that is Xmas this time, you can choose from over a 100 Hungarian and foreign brands and get gifts for you kiddo, co-worker or grandpa all in one place. Need some Christmas decoration? They have that too. Important: no mass products! If you are looking for a unique, tasteful  quality products that is where you should be at least once between Dec 13th and 20th.

What I LOVE most about shopping at Projekt Showroom is that is is not just shopping, it is a happening! Ok, I know, I am a mom, I don't get out much, but trust me when I say it, the two ladies feel very passionately about each and every product they selected and if you have no idea what you are looking for, they will help you find out.

Wrapping-paper-making evening

Oh paper tree...

P chose paper patterns, I drafted a tree shape and cut one out of each pattern, he glued them together and decorated with buttons. They tell me in his kindergarten he is not into crafting...hm?!

Flannel Xmas decoration

Closer we are to the year end, faster the time flies. I have no time for anything..I am nowhere with the presents and I have millions of ideas rushing through my head...and most probably big majority of them will stay only that - idea.

Today I just want to quickly share cute decoration by boGár Krea (a.k.a. Brigitta Gábor) made out of Riley  Blake designs flannel.

Available from Meska
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Cardboard Xmas tree

As a big fan of cardboard I was really happy to see JULMYS Christmas tree by Ikea. It is not the most beautiful design in my opinion, and choice of color is also not my cup of tea, but I loved the idea. We never spend the holidays at home, so we rarely do any holiday decoration. In fact, last year was the first for one for us. With baby I being only a week old at Christmas, we were unable to travel, so we had Christmas brought to us by granny and grandpa.

This year we are back to our normal selves, packing up our bags, presents and saying bye, bye to Budapest for a while. But, with kids in the house, it is a little bit weird not to do any Christmas preparations, because lets face it...this Christmas craze starts earlier and earlier every year. That said, there will be some light decorating on my part. And we will have a Christmas tree, and it will be cardboard!

Cardboard Christmas tree is exactly what we need!

It is only two 70 x 62 cm corrugated cardboard pieces and a circular stand. Simple design, INCLUDING decoration you can really use in various ways. For me cardboard is the best in its natural color, so I will probably let P only scribble on decoration, but possibilities are endless. I also already bought a super cheap STRÅLA light chain with 10 bulbs which is battery operated and LED, so we can use that too.

Isn't this tree just perfect?

12 Days of Holiday DIY

It isn't too late to link up! All colors can be lionked up by Dec. 18th!

Dec. 1st - GREEN - The Design Confidential
Dec. 2nd - WHITE - Domestically Speaking
Dec. 3rd - BLUE/PURPLE ~ Fireflies & JellyBeans
Dec. 4th - SILVER - Freckled Laundry
Dec 5th - GREY - Primitive & Proper
Dec 6th - SPARKLE/GLITTER - a girl and a glue gun
Dec 7th - MIRROR/CLEAR - the DIY showoff
Dec 8th - EARTH TONES - Making the World Cuter
Dec 9th - RED - Its do very Cheri
Dec 10th - GOLD - 504 Main
Dec 11th - CHALKBOARD - WhisperWood Cottage
Dec 12th - MULTI-COLOR - The DIY Club