Friday, March 12th, 2010
It’s Mothering Sunday this weekend in the UK and I’ve put together a gift bundle that may inspire you to wrap your gift to Mum a little differently this year. The usual thing to give on a day such as this is a gift of sorts, a card and some flowers. But you can wrap [...]
Friday, March 5th, 2010
It’s Oscar weekend. I love the Oscars. I would sit up late at night as a kid and watch them and then when I was at drama school my classmates and I would discuss the winners with such passion the morning after as we waited for classes to start. I remember being so passionate about [...]
Friday, February 5th, 2010
Bright colourful corners are so welcome in my house right now and for the past week I’ve walked past this table and it’s cheered me up no end. Not only can I smell the candy and the sweets wafting up but it’s so cheery that I cant help but be cheered by it.
Creating a table [...]
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I’ve decided to create a table full of all things things ‘Valentine’s Day’ and I’ll show you everything that it contains over the next couple of days. But today is the day of these super simple candy favor bags with a Valentine trim.
I have used clear cellophane bags to hold various bon-bon’s, chocolate covered almonds…….oh [...]
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
This February we’re starting our Valentine’s celebrations early and have had a rather sweet and tasty start by making these fondant fancies. These cakes are so nice to receive as a gift or a favor and don’t have to be made only on Valentine’s Day. They are also perfect for Baby showers, Weddings and all [...]
Monday, January 25th, 2010
The right gift can occasionally be hard to think of. Especially after Christmas when you’re all spent out and the last thing you want to think about is buying more presents for people. But the fact is that folk are born in every month of the year and in my family we have a number [...]
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
The snow has gone (for the time being), the sky is brighter and what’s that??? The nights are drawing out by a few minutes each day! This means that inspiration is flooding in and far be it from me to stop it so I look forward to showing you all of my current projects over the [...]
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
It’s the eternal question? Do we have Turkey for Thanksgiving/Christmas or something else? Some folks, my Dad for instance, would never let us hear the end of it if we served anything other than Turkey on Christmas Day.
A fictional conversation now takes place…
“Do you remember when you served that other thing on Christmas Day, Chel?”
“What [...]
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
How to Make Homemade Truffles
Truffles are another thing that I’d put off making because I thought they were difficult. NOT SO! And the great things is that if you use the quantities laid out in this recipe you’ll have truffles coming out of your ears. These truffles not only taste scrumptious but make really awesome homemade [...]
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
So, in light of yesterday’s revelation I thought that it may be a good idea to put my money where my mouth is and really explore all there is to do within the lazy, hazy days of Autumn and pottering about in general, all the while maintaining my slower pace of course. The simples that [...]