Avocado Pesto – delicious and easy

I could literally live off of avocados!! I’m just so in love with them and there is nothing better than to dip some bread into an avocado. 

So today I’m sharing with you an easy peasy avocado pesto recipe for all those of you who love avocado just as much as I do.

What you need (serves 2):

• 1 avocado
• ¼ cup cream cheese
• ¼ cup chopped almonds and /or bacon crumbles
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tsp vinegar
• Salt & pepper
• Handful of basil (optional)
• 1 garlic glove (optional)
• Pasta

1. Start by cooking your pasta and frying the almonds and/or bacon carefully (afterwards crumble the crispy bacon)

2. Add the avocado, cream cheese, basil, garlic, oil, vinegar, salt & pepper as well as about 10 tbsp of pasta water into a food processor and blend well. If you feel the pesto is too thick add more pasta water.

3. Mix the cooked pasta with the avocado pesto.

4. Sprinkle the chopped almonds and/or bacon crumbles

5. Bon Appetite!

This dish is really super easy but super yummy!

Enjoy your meal,

Personalize your doormat – easy peasy DIY

Most doormats are kinda boring. And the cute ones are usually way too expensive. As really wanted a welcoming doormat though I decided to DIY one – it’s a pretty easy peasy DIY which doesn’t take up a lot of time.

You need:
- Acrylic paint (I used black)
- Big round brush
- Plain doormat

First of all you should think about what you want your doormat to say. I like the phrase ‘oh, hello’ so my decision was made pretty fast. I also knew right away that I wanted to use an italic font. I used a sharpie to draft the phrase on the doormat and afterwards traced it with my brush. If you want to use a very specific font you can also print and cut out your phase and then stencil it on the doormat.

I really love the outcome and am happy that future visitor will be greeted by it. 

What do you think?

Easy DIY homemade wall art

Have you recently seen all the new creative diy wall art and wall hanging on pinterest and instagram? Oh boy, I didn’t only see them, but I fell in love with them and I knew immediately: I want to try this out! 

There is kinda of an awkward wall in the living where it’s difficult to put something up as there are heating pipes on the wall and it’s set between two windows and thus kind of narrow. One of those wall hanging would be perfect for it though :) So I didn’t spend too much time thinking about it but ran to the next craft store and bought everything to get started right away.

You need:
- 2 wooden hoopsà I got on small and one large one
- About 3 balls of wool / yarn
- Scissors

I decided to go with colors which are already present in the living room – grey and dark bluish green (matching the dining nook) and picked wool which was bit thicker and fluffier.

I started with the large wooden hoop and wrapped some wool around it to get an idea of how long I want the wall hanging to be. I started cutting the wool twice as long as I wanted it to hang, about 40 inch in total length. Once you have cut a bunch of wool strings you can start attaching it to the hoop: Fold the middle section of the wool over the hoop and pass the ends through (this is called a larkshead knot) and then repeat over and over. Carry out the same steps on the small hoop. I stopped once in a while to see how many more strings I want to add (and even after hanging the wall art you can still add some strings if you feel there is something missing :) ). 

Once I reached the amount of wool string I wanted my favorite part started: trimming the wool – it’s just like giving your wall hanging a hair cut! I decided to cut some small edges into the string from the big hoop and give the small loop a pointy look. Afterwards I attached the small hoop to the large hoop and hung it on the wall.

I’m so happy with the outcome and it’s such an easy but pretty DIY with a great effect – all guests have asked about it and are amazed by its simple beauty.

What do you think?

How to make a star / ornament out of paper bags -- easy DIY

I love honeycomb balls, tissues poms and paper lanterns – basically anything fragile made out of paper which can be hung from the ceiling catches my eye! This project did raise some discussions at home whether it’s a specific Christmas-DIY or not. My take on this is that it is an all year round decor – yes it can definitely be used during Christmas time but in my opinion it isn’t bound to the holidays at all!

To make these lovely stars / ornaments (or better: lovely addition to your home decor :) ), you only need 3 things:

• paper lunch bags (you can use brown bags, white ones or any pattern of find and like),
• scissors,
• glue

For each star you need about 7-8 bags depending on the size of your bags and if you want the ornament to be more narrow or wide. I used 8 paper bags for my star.

1. Start with placing one bag in front of you (the bottom of the bag should point towards you, the opening of the bag away from you). Now fold the bag in half lengthwise and then crosswise. Afterwards fold the upper half of the bag diagonally so that a point forms in the middle. Set the bag aside for later.

2. Glue the other 7 bags on top of each other à place one bag in front of you, again the bottom of the bag should point towards you, the opening of the bag away from you. Spread glue on the bottom of the bag and along the middle of the bag (like an upside-down T)

3. Once all 7 bags are glued together grab the folded bag from step 1 and glue it on top.

4. Now cut along the folded diagonals.

• (OPTIONAL: if you want your star to have a pattern cut out a small triangle on the lower half of each side of the bag)

5. Add glue to the star on top and then fan out the rest of the star in order to connect the bottom and the top bag.

Attached some string to the star – and you are DONE :)

As said before I love these stars and to me they are just as additional home decor season unrelated. What do you think?