Cute Cottage Overload - sweet living by Andrea Stolzenberger

Hot drink on the cold porch

It is freezing cold. But with the right equipment and a little bit of sun you can even enjoy a hot drink on the porch.

For the Sunday afternoon tea we tried a new Scone recipe. It is said that the Grand Hotel in Torquay would be making up to 6.000 of those during busy days. The difference to normal scone recipes is 'no egg' and 'milk powder'.

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Home Made Dutch Apple Pie

With outside temperatures going down to -12°C, the best thing to do is home made dutch apple pie. For this one we have tried a new recipe with very dark sugar giving the cake it´s special warm color and taste.

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Cute Jewelry Box

Even if you do not have any real jewelry, you definitely need a cute box for it. This one is makes looking forward to Easter a little easier.

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Christmas Afternoon Tea

The 26th marks the end of the Christmas holidays in Germany. Reason enough to celebrate again with a special afternoon tea served on a self made etagere.

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2011 Christmas Card

With our 2011 Christmas card we are trying to combine both of our 'interests'. www.hellokittymuseum.com and www.cutecottageoverload.com. Thank You so much for following us through this cute, kitty overloaded year. Have a merry Xmas and a very good 2012.

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Christmas Fireplace

Just in time, our fireplace with the little cute black stove is finished. The tea made with water from the stove tastes better than any other tea. At least that`s what we think.

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Outside Christmas Lighting completed

Our outside Christmas lighting is finally completed. But there is lot of work that can be done inside.

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Fireplace Christmas Decoration

This year, we are perfectly within the timing. It´s the last week of Nov and we have the first fireplace fully loaded with Christmas decoration.

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Interior Christmas Decoration

Last weekend we have started to put up all interior Christmas decoration for 2011. This is our 'Disney Area' featuring mainly ornaments with famous Disney characters.

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Heart Shaped Stool

For Christmas we got a cute heart shaped stool with a little hedgehog family living underneath.

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Christmas Lighting 'foundation' completed

Slowly but surely the 'foundation' of our XMas lighting is completed. From now on we can apply additional detail items. Especially the tiny top floor window will be a challenge.

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Christmas Lighting next phase

We are making good progress on our Christmas lighting. Nov 5th and we are already in the first floor with some warm white LED icicles. But still the right lighting for the windows is missing.

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Hello Kitty meets range cooker in the kitchen

Just in time for the Christmas baking season our kitchen is ready. We think the style can be best described as a combination of cute Hello Kitty and traditional British range cooking.

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Christmas Lighting Early Stages

We have used the last warmer days to apply some early stages outside lighting. This year's 'foundation' is all about warm white LED outline of the porch and the entrance. Hopefully we find some good stuff for the windows as well.