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Strawberries and Cream Victoria Sandwich
A twist on the classic this Strawberries and Cream Victoria Sandwich recipe is to die for! Ingredients 200g Self Raising Flour (sifted) 200g Caster Sugar 200g Butter / Margarine 4 Eggs 1 tsp Vanilla...
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Shaun the Sheep & The Campaign for Wool at London Zoo
This week I was told all about an exciting event being held at London zoo between August 30th and September 1st. As a crafty lover, and not so secret nature freak I thought this would be a really fun...
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Bunting Birthday Card
A strange and unexpected realisation occurred this month, Italians, as lovely as they are don’t send Birthday cards.. Yeah I know right? It was time to put a stop to the madness, I got out my pens and...
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Homemade Italian Gnocchi
During my time in Italy I learnt that after 23 years of “hating” gnocchi, actually I pretty much love it. That is to say the real deal stuff… For years I’d battled with it, willing myself to like it,...
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Autumn fun with Cath Kidston’s new mushroom range
After a long hot summer in Italy, I have come to think that autumn has to be one of my favourite months. Enough sun to mean just a light jacket, but that little bit of breeze that reminds you that...
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A Homemade Light Box to Improve your Photos
My little blog is coming up to a year and a half old now and looking back over some of my older posts its clear that the quality of my photos is a work in progress. To make everything look a little bit...
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Craft it Bake it.. And a little bit more
Warning this post contains serious deep and meaningful babble Blogging, for me, began as a very personal thing, a way to write, to make something look good, and to have my own stamp out there in the...
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Cath Kidston Craft For Crisis
Last week I was asked to take part in Craft For Crisis with Cath Kidston; those of you that know me know that I have a bit of a personal vendetta going on with homelessness and it’s always been...
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Homemade Christmas Gifts: Rosehip Brandy
This post comes as part of my ‘A Very Penniless Christmas: Homemade Christmas Gifts’ Range- Join My Homemade Revolution! A great gift idea for an booze lovers this Christmas is the super easy and...
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Christmas Garland Decoration: Festive Face Off
Last week I was asked to take part it a bit of a crafty challenge, with the words Christmas and hamper thrown in I was keen to get stuck in and find out what this was all about! The lovely people at...
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Homemade Gift Ideas: Top 5 Hot Chocolate Jar Recipes
The last few weeks have been a little bit crazy, and even though I’ve been talking about it for ages Christmas seems to have crept up on me a little! One thing I’ve always meant to do every year was to...
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Walks around Oxford
With its parks, university, rolling hills and rather flooded field there’s an abundance of places to walk in Oxford and each route has it’s own quirks; heres a low down of where to walk and how muddy...
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Woodland Trust Birdy Homewares Range
With a new house in the pipeline I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect home wares- buy accident I stumbled on these beautiful new birdy themed range from the Woodland trust. An unlikely source I...
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Raspberry and Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes
Try a twist on a classic lemon drizzle loaf with these super quick and easy and zingy Raspberry and Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes! Makes 12 Muffins or 1 loaf Ingredients - Zest of 1 Lemon - 225g Caster Sugar...
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Plan and Design: The Hallway
The joys of buying a new home (and one with lovely cream walls and carpets) mean a blank canvas, far too many design magazines and the best of all, picking paint; I’ll be doing a few blog posts with...
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Grand Designs LIVE
This weekend Paul and I were lucky enough to get the chance to attend Grand Designs LIVE at the ExCel in London. We are massive fans of the show and in the process of buying a new house so this was the...
View ArticleRaspberry Bakewell Tart & Muffins
I made 12 muffins here to give all my work mates their own little treat; but as you can see this recipe can also be made on a larger scale in a 20 inch cake tin Makes 12 muffins Ingredients 375g...
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Try this Sweet Potato Pasta Sauce for an exciting twist on chips and mash! Ingredients 1 large sweet potato 50ml of Milk (you may need to adjust this depending on the consistency of your mash) 100g...
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Washi Tape Inspiration
We’ve all got some lurking in a draw, spotty, stripey, wavy or just plain cool here’s a little list of Washi tape inspiration - Washi Tape mac keyboard - - Washi Tape Cake Bunting - - Washi Tape...
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Plan & Design: Bedroom
With move in day imminent (2 weeks to go!) it was about time we decided on some important furniture – first up the bed. We have built in wardrobes so the main feature of the room will be the bed....
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