Rudolf

 cactus with pink flower in yellow pot

(Photography Project 365 – Day 59)

Today I would love to introduce to you the newest addition to my crafting nook.

Dear readers, please meet Rudolf. Dear Rudolf, please meet my dear readers.

Oh, and who’s that Rudolf exactly?

Rudolf is my newest cactus :).

 
 

cactus

I like him a lot. I think he’s brought nice and bright energy into this space.

 
Thank you for letting me share!

I wish you a cheerful and sunshiny day!

Love,
Petra

 

New Felt & Crochet Happy Picture

framed crochet and felt picture

I am very happy to say that I finished my new spring welcoming picture today.

It has crocheted birds, it has a tree in bloom, it has a happy flower and it has a few bugs too.

What I actually did is that I combined everything colorful that I could find at home (my crocheted birds, my crocheted flower, bug pins, felt, a few sequins and some artificial decorative grass). I just put all those things together in an enthusiastic and rather frantic way :). There was sewing, gluing, pinning and a lot of enjoying involved.

And that frame? It is a very cheap thing from Ikea called Nyttja. They have them in many colors.

I like my new picture a lot, I have to admit. It just brightens up the whole room and puts a smile on my face each time I look at it.

I wish you a nice and colorful day!

Love,
Petra
 

Wish You Were Here!

colorful spring flowers in planter narcissus and primula

(365/57)

Oh, dear spring, where are you? I am calling to you… please hurry and come soon! Please… pretty pretty please!

Of course, you know best when the time is right. And I respect that. So till you decide to appear I’ll try my best to pretend that you are already here.

Surrounding myself with heaps of colorful flowers might help, I think…

But still… pretty please!

Love,
Petra
 

Awesome Peach And Cinnamon Muffins

peach and cinnamom muffins in shabby chic muffin blue floral victorian liners

I think I’d have nothing against having these muffins on my table every single Sunday. They are sooo good.

They are moist, they have refreshing peach chunks in them and there’s this perfect amount of cinnamon that, along with milk in the batter, takes the taste into a really exciting level…

I highly recommend these! They are yummy!!

 
 

peach and cinnamom muffins ingredients

To make the peach muffins, you will need these ingredients…
 
 

diced peaches in a bowl for peach muffins

And to actually make the muffins you will need to do this…

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F (175 C).

2. Lightly grease a muffin tin with cooking spray or vegetable oil, or line with paper muffin liners.

3. Dice the peaches.

I am using canned peaches here.
 
 

sugar, flower, cinnamon and oil streusel topping in a bowl for peach cobbler muffins

4. To make the topping, in a small bowl, whisk together the sugar (4 tbsp), flour
(1 tbsp) and cinnamon (1/2 tsp). Add the oil and mix together until fully incorporated and you have a sandy texture.
 
 

dry ingredients in a metalic bowl for peach and cinnamon cobbler muffins

5. To make the muffin batter, in a small bowl, whisk together the flour (2 cups), baking powder, cinnamon and salt and set aside.
 
 

wet ingredients in a whisking bowl with wisks for peach and cinnamon cobbler muffins

6. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and milk.
 
 

adding dry ingredients in the wet ingredients for peach cobbler muffins

7. Add the flour mixture and stir until just combined.
 
 

folding diced peaches in the muffin batter in a red whisking bowl

8. Gently stir in peaches.
 
 

filling muffin liners with peach muffin batter in a muffin tin

9. Fill your muffin cups about 2/3 full with the muffin batter.
 
 

adding streusel topping on top of peach cobbler muffins

10. Sprinkle the muffins with topping.
 
 

peach and cinnamon cobbler muffins out of the oven

11. And bake at 350°F (175°C) for 20 to 25 min, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

12. When muffins are done, cool for a few minutes in the muffin pan before removing to cool on a wire rack.
 
 

peach and cinnamom muffins in shabby chic muffin blue floral victorian liners

Easy 12 steps that lead directly to heaven.

Enjoy, dear friends!

With love,
Petra

(This lovely recipe was adapted from barbarabakes.com. It makes about 15 muffins.)

 

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