jeanne d'arc living magazine - issue 8 (2010) christmas
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C h r i s t m a s
Brilliant Ideas of ChristmasFestival of Hearts
The voice of an Angel
The Prettiest Homes of Christmas
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Dear Reader,As editors of this magazine, and as wives and mothers, we must admit that we love Christmas! We’re absolutely crazy about Christmas and everything that has to do with it. We can’t wait to get started on decorating our homes. Some might say that we tend to go a bit overboard with our decorating, but we’re not about to do a half-hearted job! Jacob, Anette’s husband, likes to joke about how she replaces the labels of their vitamins jars with ones made of recycled paper with beautiful handwriting. While he laughs, we smile and think to ourselves that that’s a pretty brilliant idea, because pill bottles and vitamins jars aren’t
exactly the most decorative of things.
The month of December gives us free reins, so to speak. Going a bit overboard is almost expected, and anything goes! Regardless of what people’s homes look like during the rest of the year, most of them look alike around Christmas. We always focus of nostalgia and romance when decorating, and of course, classic recipes such as grandma’s gingerbread recipe! Bring out your candles and lace, and don’t be afraid to spend hours on end working on decorations for the Christmas tree… and
your pill jars of course!
It doesn’t take a private detective to spot the way we all react when we’re presented with wholesomeness. We’re thinking in the form of a well thought out and handmade present, a beautifully and personally set table, a home that more homely than
others, perhaps with a roaring fire in the fireplace, or a homemade meal made from the best ingredients imaginable.
It’s always important to remember that the price of the present isn’t nearly as important as the thought put into it! We’d rather receive a piece of jewellery from a loved one that has made it himself, or herself, than one that was just picket out at the jeweller’s. Actually, receiving a hostess gift like one of the ones you’ll find in this magazine would be so thoughtful and meaningful. In addition to this, a romantic dinner doesn’t have to be made using really expensive ingredients. As long as it’s thoughtful and homemade, it doesn’t really matter what the price tags say… Save your money and spend a bit of time on setting a beautiful table instead. Remember that quality time is one of the dearest ways you can show someone that you care about them. You can’t put a price on that, can you? Show your loved ones that you care about them, and let that be your
mantra this Christmas! This magazine will hopefully inspire you to make the Christmas very, very special!
We wish you a MerryChristmas and a Happy New Year.We will see you in 2011.
Lonnie og Vivian
C o n t e n t sPage 3. Festival of Hearts
Page 9. Christmas at Persbo
Page 26. Delicate Ornamants
Page 27. The Tastiest Confectionery of Christmas
Page 36. Jewellery we Love
Page 37. Vintage Jewellery
Page 49. Clothes we Love
Page 51. The Voice of an Angel...
Page 61. Drops of Amber
Page 67. Old Paper - for This and That
Page 79. Things we Love for Our Home
Page 81. Raw Nostalgia
Page 89. Spinach
Page 95. Quality Time as a Present
Page 99. A Flowery Christmas
Page 106. Delicate Ornaments
Page 107. Tradition or Renewal
Page 115. S
Page 121. Swedish Christmas
Page 137. Convenient Cones
Page 145. Memories
TheJeanne d’Arc Livingmagazine
Nr. 8 - 2010Published by Jeanne d’Arc Living
Editors:
Vivian Christensen
Mail: [email protected]
Lonnie Würtz Jensen
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Graphic Designer & Translator:
Bjarke Røschmann
Flower Arranger:
Susanne Sølvsten
Photo & Styling:
Lonnie Würtz Jensen & Anette Støvring Christensen
Text & Styling:
Vivian Christensen & Dorte Palsgaard
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We Scandinavians call Christmas the ”festival of hearts”. Ergo, no Christmas home without lots of hearts. Gingerbread hearts
are of cornerstone-like importance to us, and you can easily bake them yourself. We will
supply you with the recipe and a couple ideas on how to spice up this tradition.
450 grams of Honey450 grams of Flour2 Egg Yolks 1 teaspoon of Ground Ginger2 teaspoons of Ground Cinnamon1 tea spoon of Gingerbread Mix*10 grams of Potash
Warm up the honey until lukewarm and mix it in with the fl our. Leave it to cool and set for a week. After a week, fi nd a warm place to work with the dough and mix in the egg yolks, potash and spices (*Gingerbread mix is a spice mix containing cinnamon, cloves and ginger with a mixture proportion of 2:1:1). Roll the dough thin and stamp out the hearts using a heart-shaped form. Bake at 190-200°C for about ten minutes. Leave them to cool down before decorating
them.
Icing:Make the icing for the hearts using pasteurized egg whites and icing sugar. The egg whites keep the icing from running after application. Decorate the hearts with icing and motifs or little cards. We have used little cards here. Put the icing in a little plastic bag and snip off a bit of the corner to make a little hole. You will now fi nd yourself able to make the most accurate and delicate patterns or writing. Try writing a little personal note or sweet nothings on them. These hearts are perfect for hostess gifts. Keep the gingerbread hearts in a cool place in an air-tight container. If you place the gingerbread hearts on an old kitchen scale or platter, you’ve just made a pretty display. Add a bit of spruce or perhaps a vintage ker-chief. You can place a cheese bell over the cookies to keep them from going soggy. This adds a bit of extra charm.
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A C o u p l e o f F a c t s a b o u t G i n g e r b r e a d H e a r t sGingerbread is one of the oldest types of baked goods known to man, as honey was around long before refi ned, white sugar. Gingerbread cakes of various shapes, decorated with icing came around during the 1800s, and they were considered delicacies and only served at special occasions. Heart shaped cookies were especially popular. They were sold at the market, and they were a convenient way for a boy to tell a girl that he fancied her... a lot easier than phrasing it anyway. Gingerbread hearts would soon become a phenomenon associated with Christmas, and around 1850, scraps were added to them, solely for decorative purposes. However, the stories date back to well before the 1800s. In Exodus, the second book of Moses, the Israelites’ migration through the desert was described, and it states how they ate manna. This was, by the Israelites, described as tasting like gingerbread. Ergo, gingerbread was evidently around at that time as well!Source: Hjerl Hede
A fi ne looking, old silver platter works wonderfully as well. Make a little doily of handmade paper if you like, and place the heart on it. This heart has been decorated using icing and a little Christmas card. The icing keeps it in place. A single branch with a couple of pinecones and a bit of silvery glitter will work wonders for this decoration. If you plan on using a heart as a hostess gift, place it in a great looking little box with the decorations.
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De c o r a t e d , P a p e r Mâ c h é H e a r t s .These hearts look really cute due to their chubbiness… and they can be decorated in all sorts of manners. This is how we have done ours:
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The Skier HeartThis heart is made in the way mentioned above. The main difference is that the motif depicts a skiing angel. The heart has been decorated using spray-on glitter. An old hook has been fixed to the top.
The Snowy HeartWhat you need: Paper mâché heart, fake snow, glitter, pinecones, coarse ribbon, and a platter.
What to do: Wind the ribbon a couple of times around the heart with a little branch with cones. Place the heart on the platter with a couple of pine branches and pinecones of various sizes. You can place a crown or other adorable items on the platter as well. Spray with fake snow and a bit of glitter.
Heart with a Girl MotifWhat you need: Knitting pin, hobby glue, cardboard heart, steel wire, silver wire, old letters/paper, motif, little cross, prisms, a little branch of Japanese False Cypress and 10 centimetres of lace.
What to do: Use the knitting pin to pierce a hole through the heart and feed the steel wire through it. Make a loop at the top and a smaller one at the bottom. Tear an old letter into smaller pieces and glue them onto the heart, one piece at a time. Let each layer dry before adding the next. Place the motif onto the heart as the final layer. Glue the little cross onto the heart as well. Tie a little branch of Japanese False Cypress to the bottom loop using a bit of lace. Fix the prisms using steel wire. We find this child motif on the Internet, but why not use pictures of your own children? The picture should be sepia tone so that you can just print it on plain paper. Making stiff photo paper stick to the heart is going to prove a challenge. 7
Most hardware stores will have heart shaped bread forms for sale. Serving this magnificent
looking loaf of bread is so much more interesting than serving a plain “brick loaf”. Bread hearts
will make great decorations as well… just like this one in a bread slicer.
Tip: Emptying the form becomes a lot easier if you grease the form before the dough is put in it.
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