DIY candle light holders

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. 

Chinese Proverb

Happy start of the week flowers! The theme of light stays with me for a while. The days are getting darker - and little flames have such a nice way to not only light a room, but also warm the heart. Just in time i noticed, in India, people now celebrate the festival of light, called Diwali. This seems such a joyful and happy tradition to me. To read more about it, visit my lovely blogfriend Arti.

On the pictures, you see some candle light holders i created as a DIY  for the winter issue of KidsLife, which is almost ready now. They are fun and easy to make - you need:

Simple glasses

Semi-transparent paper, red paper

pretty ribbon, golden sequins

Cut the transparent paper and your ribbon to fit around the glass and fix the ends with glue. Cut a little heart fron the red paper and glue it in the middle. And as the cats meow, add a golden sequin to the middle of the heart - it makes love shine! Put a candle-light in and enjoy the lovely glow!

Photos: Martina Voigt-Schmid

Light up your way!

People are like stained-glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.  Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Love these magical landscape light installations by norwegian artist Rune Guneriussen. It so fits into this time of year and tells a fairy tale of it's own. Let your light shine lovelies, have a beautiful day!

Photos/Installation: Rune Guneriussen

Bonnard Garden

Did i tell you i love Bonnard? His garden scenes are great and i'd like to have one of those in my living room. This is our garden photoshopped in Bonnard style (well - kind of). This spring is so wonderful - all things blooming at once!