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Crafternoon

Crafter-noon, originally uploaded by ::Sardana (aka sardana_creations).

with my friend. We were shopping at craft fair in Salzburg this month. Some of my semi-precious stones and silver supplies were sitting at home for at least two years (oh well, as always). I made some earrings, finally!

I got a bit unorganised last time, got sick of it, went to Thalia, bought a Moleskine sketchbook and since this week I keep a diary/to-do list. Yay! It makes way easier to keep an eye on my goals since I have chaotic AND lazy weeks behind me. I started ripple blanket, my first big crochet project ever. Read all Stephenie Meyer's Twilight-books. Started to archive my old pictures on Flickr. Watched the Olympics here and there. Procrastinated loooots of things. So, time to get organised at long last.

Have a great {and well-organised} time!

xo,

Sardana

Happy St. Valentine's Day!

Happy St. Valentine's Day!, originally uploaded by ::Sardana (aka sardana_creations).

Warmest wishes from snowy {again} Salzburg!

How did you spend this day?
I baked Buchteln today, for the first time on my own. They are as heavenly as ML's Grandma's ones! Yay!!!!!

Love,

Sardana

Cannot Wait...

Can't await..., originally uploaded by ::Sardana (aka sardana_creations).

First spring-ish impressions from Salzburg.

Enjoy!

xo,

Sardana

Buchteln

Mmmmmmmh!, originally uploaded by ::Sardana (aka sardana_creations).

Semester break this week! We visited ML's Grandparents in Upper Austria. Grandma and I baked super-delicious Austrian speciality called Buchteln. It tasted heavenly, so I'd love to share the recipe with you! Here you go:

Ingredients:
300 ml lukewarm milk (I guess it is 1.26 cup in the US)
1 pkg yeast (42 g/1.48 oz/0.09 lb)
500 g flour (17.63 oz/1.10 lb)
4 egg yolk
60 g sugar (2.12 oz/0.13 lb)
1 pkg vanilla sugar
grated lemon peel
100 g (3.53 oz/0.22 lb) butter at room temperature
1 teaspoon salt

Filling:
100 g (3.53 oz/0.22 lb) apricot marmalade

1. In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in 80 ml (0.02 gal???) of warm milk, add sugar and 3 teaspoons flour and mix. In Austria we call this yeast mixture Dampfl. Sprinkle a bit flour on Dampfl, cover and let rise on warm place 20 minutes.

2. In a large bowl, mix egg yolk, vanilla sugar, grated lemon peel and 1 tsp salt until smooth. Add rest of milk, flour, butter and Dampfl. Cover and let rise again on warm place appr. 30 minutes.

3. Coat the bottom of baking pan or casserole (35 x 25 cm/13 3/4 x 10 inches) with butter. Knead dough briefly, roll out on a floured surface to 1/2 cm thick and cut into slices (8 cm/3 1/8'' in diameter). Do the same with the rest of dough. Place 1 teaspoon marmalade on each slice, fold the dough over the filling, forming balls.

4. Dip Buchteln into butter, set close together with the closure side down on baking pan or casserole and let rise on warm place 20 minutes.

5. Preheat the oven to 160°C/320 °F. Bake for about 30 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Mmmmmmmh!, originally uploaded by ::Sardana (aka sardana_creations).

Enjoy! See you on heaven!

xo,

Sardana

PS: please be gentle with me, it's my very first recipe translation from German into English. Critiques are much appreciated. Thank you! :)

PPS: unfortunately, the recipe source is unknown.

Sunday Stash Vintage Edition

Sunday Stash Flea Market Edition, originally uploaded by ::Sardana (aka sardana_creations).

I love flea markets! Every Sunday there is one on Münchner Bundesstrasse in Salzburg, and I try to get there at least once a month. Today I found several meters of wonderful fabrics, I couldn't resist to give them a good home. I can't wait to start to play with them!

Have a lovely week!

xo,

Sardana

New Project...

I did it!, originally uploaded by ::Sardana (aka sardana_creations).

...finished! My first oven mitts which was a huge fun to sew. I traced my old oven mitts, added seam allowance, appliqued, quilted, and that's the result. I used Windham print I've brought from a craft fair in Cologne November 2008 and wonderful kitchen print I've got from a private swap with Syl in Denmark, a Flickr friend of mine.

It was a surprise for ML's Grandma whom we met yesterday. She was happy + we were happy = happy family.

Have a great weekend!

xo,

Sardana

Reversible Mutter-Kind-Pass-Hüllen!

MKP-Hülle, originally uploaded by ::Sardana (aka sardana_creations).

Which means mother-child-passport case. Such a book gets every pregnant woman in Austria. First big batch of MKP cases, they are all reversible. More pictures, as always, on my Flickr.

I still have to catch up other things like

* A Little Fabric, A Little Chocolate swap {on Flickr, of course}, January round --> done
* make a mini quilt for Doll Quilt Swap 8 {ditto} --> done
* an oven mitt for ML's Grandma {I want to surprise her with matching potholders! And I wished I had Emmeline apron pattern right now!} --> done
* a secret project for my swap partner --> done
* take pictures of new {paper related crafts} things --> done

* continue blogging in German.

I'll edit my to-do list soon.

Happy planning!

xo,

Sardana

Thrifting & Good News

Thrifting, originally uploaded by ::Sardana (aka sardana_creations).

I was on a flea market last Sunday and found this beauty, pre-loved Brother sewing machine! I got it for 30 euros which is an affordable price.

Always wanted a second baby, in case my first one will get broken or to sew zippers only so I don't have to change foots all the time.

The lady who sold me this baby would like to sell her other, a serious one, a Singer industrial! For 400 euros only! My local retailer sells similar machine for 1500. *Sigh*.

Take care!

Sardana