What is an almond gift, and what about Annie?

Well, it is quite a long story..

In Denmark we celebrate Christmas Eve on the 24. of december, by eating the christmas meal, singing the carols, and giving each other presents. In my familly (as in many other danish families) we have roasted duck for the main course with potatoes, "brown potatoes", which is caramelized potatoes, pickled red cabbage, and a lovely sauce with red wine and cream. Does that sound odd ? ;-)

The traditional dessert for most danish pople actually has a french name, "Riz a la mande" (" Risalamande" or Rice with almonds). You boil some pudding rice with vanilla corns, vanilla stick and milk, and allow it to cool down and get tasty over night in the fridge. Then you add sugar, almond flakes and whipped cream, and it is nearly ready to serve. Did I mention that we eat a hot cherry sauce for that dessert? Does that sound odd too?

So whats that about the almond gift?
You also have to remember one more thing: The Almond! You have to hide it very secretly in the jar with the Riz a la mande, so that no one will know where it is. On Christmas Eve the person, who finds this single almond, will get the almond gift of course ;-) It could be anything, actually, in recent times it was very popular to make a small pig of marzipan, now a days iy is often a game to make the waiting time for the presents bearable.

So what about Annie and the advent calendar?
I made a small almond gift for Annie, inspired of the good old days. It´s not made of marzipan, but I have given it a golden look, ready to be a part of your christmas decorations collection. For christmas it will be nicely wrapped.

Wish you all a merry Christmas!

Maybe Annie already guessed

Here are the advent calendar gift for Annie on the 21th of december. I know, I already gave here a crown ornament, but I think this patina gives it a much different look. Have a nice day!

On 13th of december, a crown..

I made a small ornamental crown for Annie for the christmas calender to day with the sparkling effect, I tried to achieve earlier. It will also very soon be listed for sale on Petit  Brocante with different patinas....
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On december the 11th..

The two small perfume flacons in the middle of the picture are my calender gift for Annie today. Annie made the bag herself, and I think the colors fits nicely in. The duck must eventually have become wellknown being photographed that much, and you can still order it on Petit Brocante.
Hope you will have a nice weekend..

On the 5. of december..

..My gift for Annie to day is a tiny sparkling christmas tree in a french urne. There is a lot of glitter effect on the tree, but the picture doesn´t show it right away, if you click to enlarge it, you will get a better result...

Advent calender 3. of december

I got a beautiful poinsettia from Annie in the advendt calender yesterday, today it is my turn. I thought Annie might need a golden crown for her shabby house..so here it is..

This is what you can win

Here are the pictures of the giveaway presents (chair and christmas tree not included) of the Christmas giveaway on Petit Brocante :

• Box with golden top star and two candle holders
• Religious picture (madonna and the child) in a golden frame
• Bambi
• Golden and rusty crown
• Box with four christmas tree ornaments
• Small zinc ornamental cross

All you have to do to participate is to be a follower of Petit Brocante and to click the "I like" button to follow PB on Facebook too. Then you are automatically registrered. I will make the draw on december the 10.th. If you put a picture of the giveaway on your sidebar, I will be very greatful, but this is not a must.

I´ve added a lot of christmas stuff under Seasons on PB today, hope you like it...

Getting in the christmas spirit

I just love it, this romantic feeling of christmas. My christmas is mostly dominated by natures colors brown and green combined with the silvery colors of ice and snow, or the golden colors of fire and sun. It like it to have a little touch of magic and times gone by.

I´ve tried to get that feeling in the selection of christmas tree ornaments, I´ve made. They are all used and aged and can tell a story about many holidays, dreams and wishes come true. Heres a small selection in both the silver and golden line. Look for more and follow the updates on Petit Brocante..

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