Did you know a repurposed brick makes a great candle holder? Make this adorable advent arrangement with a brick, some evergreens, and cute mushroom ornaments with me, and light a new candle every Sunday until Christmas Eve!

“Bratäpfel” are tart baked apples, filled with a sweet marzipan apricot filling, topped with lightly roasted almonds and a sprinkle of cinnamon. This is one of my favourite warm and comforting desserts to make for the cold and dark season of the year.

Turn your drift wood treasures into a reusable advent calendar! Make a hanging advent calendar in shape of a Christmas tree with driftwood, twine, small pouches, ornaments and string lights you already own or decorate it in the theme you are going with this year. Just roll it up after the holidays and reuse it with different decorations for years to come!

Marzipan is a soft paste made from finely ground almonds, icing sugar, rosewater, and sometimes almond extract. It is a very popular treat in Germany, an ingredient for baking, easy to make from scratch, and absolutely delicious!

Easily make your own Vanilla sugar at home by adding vanilla beans and their seeds to a container of granulated sugar. The sugar will get saturated by the vanilla bean flavour over time. It has a fine warm vanilla flavour and is great to use for all kinds of Christmas baking, cakes, sprinkled on treats, in whipped cream or in your favourite hot drink.

This natural cacao butter lip balm will keep your lips super soft and moisturized and has a pleasant slightly chocolatey smell from the use of natural cacao butter. It is easy and quickly made by melting only five ingredients and adds just the right amount of shine to your lips!

These brownies are super fudgy and loaded with all the goodness of root vegetables. The earthiness of the beets enhances the flavour of chocolate and makes them a delicious and vegetable- packed treat without the crazy sugar overload of most regular brownies.

This stunning fall wreath is made with eucalyptus, Russian sage, lavender, blue thistle and globe thistle, added peacock feathers as beautiful accents and a golden metal floral hoop for the base. Make this stunning fall wreath with me!

This cake is super chocolaty and moist, not overly sweet and through the use of almond flour, naturally gluten free. It is always a crowd pleaser, and you can make sure no one will miss out on a great cake. Cinnamon and Amaretto give this delightful dessert a warm and extra almondy note- perfect for a fall treat!

I love growing and drying my own herbs for herbal teas. It brings me closer to nature and gives me a chance to preserve the flavours of summer for the long winter months ahead. Homegrown teas taste fresher and better than store-bought and you can create my own tea blends.

Make this easy, light and heavenly creamy addition to cake without any additives or preservatives at all! Homemade whipped cream is a great addition to a piece of cake, pie, ice cream, coffee or hot chocolate.

This German apple cake is easy to make and delicious without being overly sweet. It looks beautiful and makes everybody happy!