Monthly Archives: November 2011

Potato and Onion tart

November 30, 2011
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I will have a recipe section on my blog as i have so many that i have tried out and i would love to share them with you all hears one of my favorites!!

Ingredients

  • 375g pack of shortcrust pastry (ready rolled)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 450g/1lb onions thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves of garlic crushed
  • 3tbsp fresh thyme leaves or 1tbsp dried
  • 750g/1lb 10oz floury potatoes, peeled and thickly sliced
  • 2 eggs
  • 200ml carton creme fraiche
  • 2tbsp wholegrain mustard

Method

  • preheat oven to 200 (c)/gas mark 7  use the pastry to line the base and sides of swiss roll tin about 23 X 33cm
  • Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onions for 8-10 mins until they are beginning to caramelize, stir in the garlic and most of the thyme, and cook for a further 2 minutes .Scatter half of the onions into the pastry.
  • Parboil the potatoes  in boiling water for 4-5 mins drain well and arrange in the case, scatter the remaining onions.
  • Beat the eggs, creme fraiche and mustard, and pour over the vegetables scatter over the rest of the thyme and bake the tart for 20 minutes until the filling has gone golden.
  • Serve.

 

 

Felt phone case.

November 21, 2011
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My wonderful 11 year old sister Just emailed me a picture of something she made I think it’s a phone case anyways it’s made out felt and I’m very proud of her and so happy that something she has made is finally up on my blog, just need my other sister to get creative so I can put it up on here (:

Hand made Christmas

November 17, 2011
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So I have been crafting away like mad so I’m up to date with the very few weeks we have till Christmas, so far I have made some Bunting (and had some requests because people love it)  and some cute little Christmas trees, and now I have been asked to make an Angel so I’m going to have a mooch on the web and see if  I can make one, I don’t know why I doubt myself, serves me right for saying I will defiantly make something without knowing if I can, without it looking like a 3 year old made it.


So here is the bunting took me aprox 4-5 hours to make 51 inches long (130cm)  I used Divine Twine from pur-ple which is currently my favorite ebay store (she sells really lovely buttons too go check her out) this was my first time at making bunting and I was really pleased with the result and im am going to make lots more with different fabrics and styles (:


I was going to make bunting out of these Christmas Trees but i prefer them as hanging decorations and with the beads and sequins i think the tree lights will refect off them beautifully and they will sparkle like jewels, Oh also the bunting is a substitute for tinsel I am not a fan of tinsel so i think it will look better (:  I have cross Stitched some gifts too so those wont be uploaded till after xmas, (trees are also a gift for someone and decorations for me :P )


So now i am ultra prepared all my material is cut and ready for me to stitch Merry Christmas Everyone, happy Crafting (:

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It’s Caturday

November 12, 2011
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Super Kawaii Nyan cat scarf perfect for the up and coming winter!!!
you can find it here!!!

Wire wrapped ring

November 12, 2011
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These are some of my new range of wire-wrapped rings made with non-tarnish enamelled copper wire and gemstones. They’re so fun to make, and each one comes out totally unique! you can find the ring and other lovely hand made jewelry here!!!

I love this ring seriously thinking about buying it love the croc skin bead LOVE IT!!!

Pillow fight !

November 12, 2011
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Okay just saw these and needed to show you all, how amazing are pillow fights going to be now? we have a whole armory of weaponry and ammo I LOVE THESE   very creative and wont cause any damage  COOOL!!! I found them here!!!

Pretty Pink Cupcake

November 10, 2011
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Find me something more perfect than this absolutely divine, really love cupcakes and the various things people do with them, it really is an amazing art form, super creative, amazing to look at and they taste pretty good too.

Teapot Phone cover

November 9, 2011
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Another stunning phone cover, the amount of talented people who make submissions to my blog never cease to amaze me! all the stunning work and skill! Beautiful, this crafty lady has a lil folksy store with all sorts of bits and bobs go check it out here!!!

Hand Made cupcakes

November 7, 2011
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Sorry i haven’t posted in a while but i have been SUPER busy and not had the time to get any blogging done! So here is something i found while mooching around the interwebs, these super cute hand stitched cupcakes, how freaking cute are these seriously ???!!! perfect for decoration at a cupcake bake sale or a tea party, they would also make really handy pin cushions!!!   you can find them here!!