The Pickled Herring

Last month we took a family trip to Oak Glen for some apple picking, donuts, and cider; it was the best! Astrid loves being outside and loves nature. It was so fun to watch her explore and carry around the same apple for an hour. A month later, I finally...

It's about this time of year when I start getting Christmas on the brain. Yes, I'm definitely one of those people who watch Christmas movies unacceptably early and start listening to Amy Grant come October (ok ok, I've already listened to her Christmas...

I have been really into trying new cake recipes these days. You may remember me saying in the past that I'm not much of a cake person, well, my friends, that has changed.
Lately, I've been baking tons of the cakes from the Fika cookbook. [sidenote: this is one of my most favorite Swedish cookbooks ever - so many make-again recipes] Most recently, this scrumptious fyriskaka, or apple cake. It has everything you'd want...

Hello again! I'm still here! :)
I recently quit my job and have just started the journey of being home full-time with my sweet Astrid girl. So far, I'm loving it!
That being said, I started this blog as a place to document my crafty adventures, and now, I am going to use this space as a place to document life. I will still throw in crafts, recipes and all things Scandinavian, but I will also be blogging about...