Month: April 2020

Do it yourself: Deco Ladder

April 23, 2020
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These days our creative juices are really flowing at home. After three years, we finally decided to decorate our terrace. A bit. But we wanted to keep things as simple, cheap, and useful as possible.

I found my old maypole in the garden, and we came up with the idea to build a decorative ladder out of it. You can, for example, embellish it with hanging vases. Finally, we have a place for all our herbs!

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Building a Decorative Ladder by yourself – DIY Tutorial

You don’t have a maypole or birch tree at home right now?! No Problem!

If you want to build a cheap decorative ladder, I recommend you to go into the forest and collect branches.

You will also need a string, a saw, and the hanging vases for decoration. Of course you can also decorate the ladder in other ways, e.g. with a chain of lights or candles.

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What you need:

  • Branches
  • Cord
  • Saw
  • Hanging Vases

I bought our herbs for 0,99€ each at Lidl.

  1. Cut your branches to the desired length
  2. Put the branches on the ground and form the A-shape. So you can see where you connect the branches afterwards.
  3. Now you can fix the ends with the string.
  4. Try to fix all the branches relatively tight so that the ladder holds well!
  5. Put up the ladder and decorate it!

My tip: Only get herbs when the ladder is in the shade or inside. Unfortunately, our herbs died after one week. However, we have now put beautiful plants on our ladder!

DIY, Dekoleiter, Deco Ladder, Do it yourself, Dekoleiter selber bauen, Hänge Vase, Kräutergarten
DIY, Dekoleiter, Deco Ladder, Do it yourself, Dekoleiter selber bauen, Hänge Vase, Kräutergarten
DIY, Dekoleiter, Deco Ladder, Do it yourself, Dekoleiter selber bauen, Hänge Vase, Kräutergarten
DIY, Dekoleiter, Deco Ladder, Do it yourself, Dekoleiter selber bauen, Hänge Vase, Kräutergarten
DIY, Dekoleiter, Deco Ladder, Do it yourself, Dekoleiter selber bauen, Hänge Vase, Kräutergarten

Last-Minute DIY Easter Gift Ideas

April 11, 2020
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Easter Sunday is just around the corner. You’re still looking for the perfect gift to surprise your loved ones?

But, wait, you can’t manage to get anything. The icing on top, there’s no order service anymore! Well, I have a quick solution for you.

What do you need?

A pen, paper bags, a ribbon, and scissors.

1. Cut the rabbit ears into the paper bags.

2. Don’t open them yet, and try to draw a face as far down as possible.

3. Now you can fill the bags. I have mine with chocolate and homemade macarons. If you don’t have any sweets at home, you can also fill your bag with a nice saying or a coupon. Moreover, you can paint some eggs and fill the bag with them.

4. Now, tie the bag so that the ears stick out, and the bag looks like an Easter bunny.

This year I have made a lot of bags. Even if we cannot visit our relatives because of Corona, we can still put a little something in front of the door so that nobody is alone! If you still need decoration ideas for your Easter table, please have a look here.

Simple DIY Easter Table Decoration

April 9, 2020
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Colourful Easter eggs, sweet bunnies and lots of chocolate; I love Easter! It’s not only because my birthday is in April, but also because the family gets together again after Christmas.

Just so that your loved ones won’t forget the Easter brunch at your place, I have prepared a small Easter decoration for the first time this year. You can easily recreate it.

Do it yourself Easter decoration

If exhaustive and expensive Easter decor is not up your alley, then you’re at the right place.  You can pull this beauty within a few minutes before your family reunion. In any case, you’ll need white eggs, linen napkins (would be an advantage!) and a magic marker.

First of all, you’ll need to boil the eggs for about 8-10 minutes. And if they‘re only for decoration, put them aside. Afterwards, you can carefully paint a face on the eggs with the marker pen. Another idea is to write the names of your guests on the eggs!

My eggs got a little flower wreath on the “head” because we just had them in the garden. Maybe you will find a small wreath of flowers on your next walk or in the garden. Just in case, take two or three more with you, because it doesn’t always work out on the first try.

As soon as the eggs are painted, start folding the napkins!

Just fold the napkin to form a ribbon. Put this ribbon around the egg and tie it at the top with a cord or ribbon. The two ends of the napkin should look like rabbit ears.

That’s it for all deco lovers! If you still have time to buy napkins, you will find them here. I would choose their colour depending on the plates. Slight colour contrast actually works quite well. With white or beige dishes, I would use pink or green napkins for Easter. If you are also looking for a new set of dishes, I link you to my set here.

How do you like my table decoration for Easter? Have you already planned a decoration for the Easter holidays? If so, in which style and with which colors do you decorate this year?