Flavour horizons – Homemade spice blends

December 15, 2016 by nadel&gabel

 This year, my Christmas presents – yes, almost done – are a bit more on the (online) store bought side than on team DIY. Not by concept, it just happened. Nevertheless you won’t find a gift guide on this blog. I don’t think anyone needs another one. What you’ll find here – like every year – is some inspiration for homemade Christmas presents. One of my homemade presents is this set of spice blends. I chose three of my favourite […]

Categories: around the world, craft & DIY, dairy-free, digital design, freebies, gluten-free, In the kitchen, paper, spread, sauce & spice, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: african, arab, Asian, blend, coriander, cumin, dukkah, exotic, flavour, furikake, gift, glass tube, hawaij, hazelnut, homemade, japanese, jewish, kitchen, label, mix, oriental, present, recipe, seasoning, sesame, spice, taste

A year in Instagrams – Free printable calendar 2017

December 9, 2016 by nadel&gabel

  Third year, I guess we can call this a tradition by now! When it comes to Instagram I guess I’m not what you would call an ‘early bird’. But I finally made it to Instagram and I appreciate it as an extension to my blog, a kind of photo diary and mood board. So, after a bit more than a year nadel&gabel on Instagram, I found it to be nice idea to recap this first year in a printable calendar, trying […]

Categories: Behind the camera, Blogging, craft & DIY, digital design, freebies, nature, objects & places, paper • Tags: 2017, calendar, clipboard, download, font, food, free, freebie, Instagram, Kalender, landscape, memories, mood, nature, ostrich sans, paper print, photo, picture, polaroid, postcard, printable, seasonal, typography, vintage

Splash – Free printable calendar 2016

December 16, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Yes, I’ve made another one! Obviously a lot of readers were interested in the calendar I created for 2015, the year that’s now nearly gone already. So here it is: A brand new calendar for the upcoming year! Reduced in colour and based on different splashes and brush strokes on the one hand and vintage illutrations that lead through the seasons of nature on the other hand, completed by two of my alltime favourite fonts. And again in two versions, an English […]

Categories: craft & DIY, digital design, freebies, paper • Tags: 2016, animal, black&white, bodony, botanical, brush, calendar, clipart, clipboard, collage, download, font, free, freebie, gold, graphic, Kalender, ostrich sans, paint, paper print, printable, scrapbooking, scribble, splash, splatter, typography, vintage, watercolour

Small things – Beeswax food wrap

December 13, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Alright, christmas is coming closer and I am busy getting all my presents ready. This year will be very much a DIY christmas. It wasn’t intended like this from the beginning, but then I stumbled upon interesting projects, one after another, and thought that not only I could like them but also my family and friends. The pillow spray is one of them, this beeswax food wrap is another, and some more to follow up. Let me also say, that there […]

Categories: accessories, craft & DIY, digital design, fabric, storage • Tags: alternative, bee, beeswax, biodegradable, cloth, cotton, design, ecological, fabric, food, kitchen, label, natural, packaging, plastic free, reusable, sandwich, snack, storage, sustainable, tutorial, waxed, wrap

Good night – Lavender & lemon pillow spray

December 11, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Sometimes in the evening I feel like I can’t turn off my brain. My head is full of to-do-lists, adrenalin has be leading me through the day, and now it’s dark, I’m wrapped in my blanket, but the thoughts are circling and circling. Sleep is out of sight. Sometimes reading helps to get rid of the ballast of the day and getting tired. (I’m turning to children’s books lately.) Lately I came across the idea of pillow or linen sprays that contain essential […]

Categories: cosmetics, craft & DIY, digital design • Tags: aromatherapy, bed, calming, cosmetics, disorder, essential oil, insomnia, lavender, lemon, linen, pillow, sleep, spray, tutorial

A little something – Homemade truffles and a DIY gift box

December 21, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Now it’s the time when you can count the days till the christmas holidays are finally here. And before I retreat solely to the analog world for a few days, enjoying time with my family and long not seen friends, here’s a last christmas gift idea, that you still can easily whip up in case of urgent gift shortage. I made this nice collection of truffles for some of my colleagues. But your neighbours, your postman, your aunts and uncles […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, craft & DIY, digital design, freebies, gluten-free, In the kitchen, paper, storage, vegetarian • Tags: box, brigadeiro, caramel, chocolate, chocolates, christmas, coffee, condensed milk, Craft, dark, flavour, gift, hibiscus, orange, package, praline, present, rasberry, recipe, sweet, tag, template, treat, truffles, tutorial, white, wrap

Into a structured new year – Free printable calendar 2015

December 14, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Christmas is coming closer and closer, final preparations are made, holiday menus are planned, cookies baked, last gifts bought and nicely wrapped … besides a lot of work and christmas party and market appointments. I’m happy that I nevertheless managed to get this calendar for 2015 ready before the new year begins and just in time to serve as christmas gift – for me and for you, my constant readers! Buy some heavy weight paper, turn on your printer, buy […]

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Happy Easter 2014

April 20, 2014 by nadel&gabel

With this first picture of our latest trip to South Tyrol I am wishing you all happy Easter holidays! I will be back soon with some more impressions of beautiful Alto Adige.

Categories: Blogging, craft & DIY, digital design • Tags: Alto Adige, easter, greeting, holiday, mountain, South, travel, Tyrol, wishes

Merry christmas! … and last minute gift wrapping ideas

December 24, 2013 by nadel&gabel

All my gifts are wrapped… ..and now I am totally excited to finally give them away and spend the holidays with my closest ones! When it came to gift wrapping, this year I stayed with kraft paper, black & white, geometric and a dash of gold (wire). The christmas cards I designed myself, fixed – of course – with masking tape [btw: Yes, I long thought about it, but as a font addict finally I couldn’t resist and bought the […]

Categories: craft & DIY, digital design, paper • Tags: black&white, card, christmas, decoration, gift, gold, holidays, kraft, paper, present, tag, wrapping