My tiny little bakery

This is the sign I have above the door to the kitchen. I absolutely love to bake, even though it doesn't always come out perfect. My kitchen is tiny so it's not always that easy.. I grew up with amazing women like my mum and grandma who baked all the time, and still do! In Sweden women bake a lot in general, it's just part of our history and heritage - and at the same time we are very headstrong women and not stepford wives by a mile! Although I have to admit that I love wearing a big 50's dress, a flowery apron and spend the afternoon in the kitchen with doughs!

Today I made a batch of bread which filled the house with that lovely freshely- baked- bread-smell. In Sweden we call this type of bread "Tekaka" which strangely translates to Teacake.. yum yum.

Pottering

Cosy Saturday morning at home pottering with various Christmassy things. Planted an Amaryllis bulb - my favourite Christmas flower, hope it will be out in blossom soon! Writing Christmas cards, maybe next year I might have a go at making my own...

Christmas

Woke up one morning and a lovely friend of ours had dropped off a Christmas tree outside our door. So I had to take it in and decorate it! I bought some new baubles this year really cheap and made them a bit special by replacing the boring standard string with some nice ribbon. The theme for this years Christmas is red, lots of white (because I love it all year round) traditional olden things and some sparkle thrown in there too! A tree isn't a Christmas tree withous some sparkle!

Sparkle!

Lots of lights in the windows makes the house look so inviting and Christmassy!

Snow!

I am snowed in! Reigate is a white wonderland at the moment, it is so pretty. It is just a bit of a problem here in Surrey when the snow arrives and disrupts all travel/work and life in general. It took me 4 hours to get home the other night from work, but we decided to go straight to the pub with some friends where we sat in front of the fireplace drinking pints and lovely glasses of red wine. My boots dried off and warmed up nicely in front of the fire! Scrummy!

Homely Things

My blog is completely self-indulgent. I just love Homely Things, pretty things, nice smelling things and homemade things. With this blog I will post photos and notes of my own homemade things, bread, cakes and food here plus other things that I'd like to keep a record of. Maybe someone else will enjoy it too - even feel a bit inspired.

Jennie xxx