Monday: We went to Ikea again and bought some flooring to put down in the downstairs toilet as an extra layer between our toes and the cold terracotta tiles. It will also hopefully stop it being as damp in there New Flooring Tuesday: Nikki baked Creme Egg Brownies. The recipe was posted on Thursday, and we have been doing some… Read more »
Continuing on from last week there has been a lot more spring cleaning going on in this house… As you can see the charity shop pile has got a little bigger, even though I have taken one of the bags down already. This week we have mostly been focusing on the Sewing Room and the Lounge, which used to be… Read more »
So I have finally finished my latin dress! See all my posts about the making of my latin dress here. I have to say it took me quite a while to actually finish off the last little bit, because the fit of the top of the dress wasn’t quite right and I put it off for a while. In the… Read more »
Well it is coming up to easter now and part of that means creme eggs! I love these, and I wanted to do some baking, so I decided to combine the two and make some creme egg brownies. The recipe I used for this was a modified version of Mocha Brownies. Recipe: (Makes 32 ish) 110g/4oz Butter 130g/8oz Plain chocolate… Read more »
So we have quite a projects in the works at the moment, but since they won’t be completed for a little while we thought we would give you a little taster of some of the things that will be coming up soon. So here are some of the fabrics that have projects planned and in progress in our sewing room… Read more »
Sitting on a train far too early in the morning the day after my other half comes back from skiing is not my perfect idea of a Sunday. Especially as I know he is still curled up in my bed. But life calls, I’m on my way to Woolwich for the first meeting regarding the Greenwich Tall Ships Regatta in… Read more »
Well up to now I have been exceptionally busy all the time with dance comps and lessons and shows and haven’t really had much time to do a clear out. So now is the time to do it… We have decided that we have a lot too much stuff so this will hopefully be a fairly ruthless clear out (maybe… Read more »
Well I was sorting through some of my photos and I found lots of photos of food that I have made many of them don’t currently have recipes photos so I thought I would post them here and then the next time I make them I will try to take photos of the process so I can post the recipes… Read more »
Having been out of the country for last winter living with a very limited set of clothes (living out of my bag for nearly 6 months) and then once back home I spent a lot of the summer here and there with sailing so more living out of bags I have been enjoying the Winter and getting to wear a… Read more »
