Finding a fun and unique newborn gift can be quite an ordeal. You want to find something different, something that the new parents have yet. At least, that’s what I was thinking when I was looking for a gift for a newborn baby boy. But …
Nostalgia in the kitchen
We’ve created a kitchen apron using a cross stitch pattern in the 50s style by Les Brodeuses Parisiennes. I love the 50s style; the beautiful dresses, the pearls, the hairdo’s. I never cook without an apron, so when I came across this pattern I couldn’t …
Cross stitch towels
These ready to cross stitch towels are what got us all excited for cross stitching again a few years ago. We had no idea they existed. Once we found them in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul our enthusiasm for cross stitching grew even more. Cross …
For the bride
When a Turkish woman gets married, she normally has a collection of towels, head scarves, bed linnen, kitchenware, pyjamas and the like all prepared to take to her home that she will share with her husband. In Turkish we call this collection of items ‘çeyiz’ …
Once upon a time…
How we adore stories that begin with those words. We loved fairytales growing up and continue to do so today. That’s why we try to give everything in our daily lives a magic touch. We loved incorporating the fairytale theme in preparing for the arrival …