A proper post at last! I have been unable to make any felt over Christmas, so I have been working on the pieces I made prior to the festive period, seen here. I worked on the second and third pieces, the third became the Christmas present for my parents in law, and I mainly beaded […]
I know, I know, this is slightly late!!! However, here is the mince pies recipe, including my pastry recipe. So firstly, here is my pastry recipe! 1lb plain flour 4oz Trex (which I think is a type of Shortening ) 4oz Hard Margarine 1 egg yolk 2 fl.oz cold water 2oz caster sugar for sweet […]
I’ve busted my wife’s site. In trying to fix a problem I went and did something silly. Please check back soon and it will be fixed (or I will probably be chucked out on the street). John
AN UPDATE – I HAVE REMOVED THE TWO IMAGES THAT GO WITH THIS POST IN HOPE THAT IT MIGHT FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH MY BLOG, LETS HOPE IT DOES IT!! Yes! If you are looking for that last minute gift, look no further than the Raspberry shop! If I put anything else in there I […]
Good grief, I have been having a nightmare with making new felt for corsages. I have had a couple of requests, all for the pink ones I made a while ago. Now at that point I was using a different wool roving, not sure where from, but it felted really nicely, with no bother! Well […]
This past weekend I worked on 3 new pieces of felt. I laid them all up at the same time, felted the first and then waited another 24 hours before I did the last two. Working like this I was able to get a feeling of how some of the new materials I have been […]
yes I have finally made it! I have made my mincemeat for this Christmas, and it was as easy as normal, so if any of you would like to experience really nice homemade, and easy to make, mincemeat, here is the recipe, 3 lemons 8oz sultanas 8oz currents 8oz raisins 8oz caster sugar 1lb of […]
This has been sent onto me by Julie, and I have tried to think about it carefully, I should be making mincemeat! 4 jobs I’ve had 1. Project Manager, working with my husband – argh! 2. selling ‘Christmas Stationery’ in Heelas (john Lewis) in Reading 3. Client Contact for 16mm Film hire company 4. Chambermaid […]
This is taking an age, I’m trying to tidy and organise our spare room/office/workroom and I cannot believe how long it takes to put together Ikea cupboards! Anyway in the process of tidying I have found some more of the things I bought while on holiday in Cornwall. On the Tuesday we were away we […]
it’s been a while again 🙂 Since coming back from our holiday I really don’t feel like I’ve stopped, even when I should have been relaxing I still seem to have been doing things. So Williams birthday was cool, we have a great meal at Pizza Express, and the boys really enjoyed it, we also […]
