special issue 1/2013
mother‘s day special
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Editorial
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Say it with flowers
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10 DIY: Flower bookmark 14 Breakfast to bed 18 Pancake cake with strawberry-lemon frosting
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editorial
Best wishes, mum! Dear readers, welcome to our Mother’s Day special issue. Mothers’s Day will be celebrated on May 12th 2013 in many countries (check your local calendar – just to be sure...). Sunday is a perfect day for a family gathering. In this issue you will find some ideas for DIY gifts as we believe that mothers will appreciate handmade gifts more than those bought ones. And because there is no party without something sweet, we have a recipe for you... However, the most important thing on this special day is to be together with your mum and all the people she loves and thank her for everything she did and still does for us every single day. Mothers definitely deserve something special! Happy Mother’s Day!
Jana Pěkná Editor in Chief
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Foto: Carrie Eberhardt/Flickr.com
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flowers Say it with
There is no more expressive gift then flowers. May it be a rich bouquet, a few humble blossoms in a vase or a potted flower or even a paper one – it always says more than a thousand words. Be inspired by these ideas and give your mum the flower, which will please her the most.
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Foto: Alicia Hotovec-Ellis/Flickr.com
You can make an extraordinary and luxury bouquet using some feathers. Choose feathers in colors matching those of the flowers, or choose a contrasting color for an even more dramatic efect.
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Foto: Saaleha Bamjee/Flickr.com
Make an easy flower paper card: use a colorful paper, a bead, a piece of wire and some washi tape.
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Foto: vmiramontes/Flickr.com
It‘s spring! The most beautiful bulbs like tulips, daffodils and buttercups are at their best shape. Give you mum a whole bunch of them!
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Foto: impian kitchen/Flickr.com
Exceptional gift 2 in 1: fill a nice flowerpot with some floral foam. Place some cupcakes, cakepops or chocolate pralines on sticks an press them into the foam. Complete with fresh or artifitial flowers. 8
Foto: Rhonda Fleming Hayes/Flickr.com
Is your mum always busy? Buy her some succulents! They are almost care free. You can place a few species in one pot. Placed on a work desk they will delight your mother every day. 9
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Flower bookmark
Do you remember doing bookmarks for your mum as kid at school? It is an easy and nice gift. Let‘s make today a little bit different but interesting bookmark. Not only it has the practical purpose, but it will also beautifully decorate your mother‘s book on the bedside table.
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How to do it You will need: • a piece of ribbon (about 50 cm depending on the book size, you will need more for an extra large or thick book) • hair rubber band in matching color • fabric like satin or organza (needs to be 100% polyester) • a bead • felt flower (we have used ready made one, but you can cut yours from the felt) • thread • needle • scissors • candle Instruction: 1. From the satin or organza cut out 3 circles – each a little bit smaller than the previous one. On each quart of the circles cut aproximately 1 cm deep into the fabric. Place the circles near a candle to seal the fabric and make it a little bit wavy. 2. Sew all the 3 circles together draping it a little bit. Sew the felt flower and the bead to the flower and one end of the ribbon to the reverse side in the same step. 3. Turn the second end of the ribbon around the rubber band and sew it firmly.
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Breakfast
to the bed Make something special for your mother. She will be surprised when you wake her up with breakfast to the bed served on a tray made by yourself. Prepare the food your mother likes the most and don‘t forget to bring a book too, so that mum can stay in bed and lounge for a while...
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We have used a crate in which strawberries are sold to make the tray. We have colored it with white acrylic paint and decorated it with a bow. The inside of the tray was layed out with a decorative paper and the same paper was used to decorate the small vase.
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party time! There is no party without a sweet treat. Surprise your mum with this beautiful pancake cake! It is so easy to make that even kids can prepare it on their own, the smaller ones of course with a little help of their father.
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Pancakes, cream, strawberries and a touch of fresh lemon... Easy, quick and stunning! The bunting was made with skewers, cord and washi tape.
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Pancake cake with strawberry-lemon frosting You will need: For the pancakes: 500 ml milk 2 eggs 200 g all purpose flour pinch of salt 20 g icing sugar For the frosting: 300 g frozen or fresh strawberries 250 g mascarpone 200 g whipping cream (30% of fat) 2 tablespoons of lemon curd or 1 teaspoon of lemon peel and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice sugar to the taste fresh strawberries for topping Instruction: 1. Put all the ingredients for the pancakes to the mixer and mix well until smooth. Put the batter into the fridge for 30 minutes. 2. Use a 15 cm wide pan and start making pancakes. Make them a little bit more thick than the traditional french pancakes. You should get about 10 – 12 pancakes. Let cool completely. 3. For the frosting put the strawberries into a small pot and cook on slow until they are soft, about 3 – 5 minutes. Let cool completely. 4. Whip the cream until it makes firm peaks. Add the mascarpone, cooked strawberries with their juice, lemon curd or the lemon peel and juice and mix until smooth. Add sugar to the taste. 5. Place the first pancake on a plate. Top with aproximately 2 tablespoons of the frosting and spread. Put on the next pancake, the frosting etc. until all the pancakes and frosting are used. The last layer should be the frosting. Top it with fresh strawberries.
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Happy Mother‘s Day!
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