Jingle Bell Keyrings

What better way to spend a rainy afternoon than making these little beauties....
The clear shells I bought on Ebay and the papers were out of my scrap paper box.
I'm going to sell these at a Christmas fair this November. I am helping to make items to raise money for my nieces playgroup and hope these will sell for about 50p each as a little stocking filler item.

What's on my desk? Part 2

This beautiful wish stick was a gift from one of my best friends. She knows me too well.

Rainbow Birthday Cake

This was a birthday cake I baked for one of my besties 30th birthday earlier this year. I wanted something visually stunning and fun so make her feel like a kid again. For this recipe I cheated and used a cake kit and premade icing from my local supermarket. I just divided up the cake mix into 6 equal portions, added colouring and adjusted the cooking time so they didn't overbake. There are also many recipies on the internet . Because the cake was double the hight of the cakes I would normally bake, and so it didn't turn out wonky, I leveled each layer by trimming of the top of each sponge, which also thrilled my neices when the offcuts ended up in their triffel. 

Zentangle

While at a local craft fair I came across a stall selling Zentangle books. I think I might be hooked……

Murder Mystery - deciding a starter

I have finally decided the starter im going to serve at my murder mystery party - spinage and herb roulade. This is a vegetarian dish so will save me having to prepare two separate starters and can be made in advance and heated up before serving. The recipe comes from The Hamlyn All New Colour Cookbook and I shall be blogging about my atempt after the party.

Scrapbook Sunday - Orlando

One place I had always wanted to go was Walt Disney World in Florida, I never thought I would realistically get a chance, due to the expense, getting a group together and that there are so many other places I would love to visit on my bucket list. So when one of my best friends said she was taking her clan and would I, along with some other friends, like to join them, I jumped at the chance. We went in July / August 2013 for a fortnight and it was just as magical as people told me it would be and without a doubt the holiday I have ever been on.

I am a bit disappointed with myself for not taking half the amount of photo’s I thought I would while we were away, mainly because there was so much to do and there wasn’t the time to stop and take pictures expect when you are queuing for rides! That being said, between all of us I have got more than enough photo’s to make several scrapbooks. I have made two so far, one each for my best friends for their birthdays earlier in the year. They were slightly different as we didn’t spend the all our time in one group so saw and experienced different things. I also wanted to make a complete scrapbook one friend but leave enough photos left for my other friend to make her own scrapbook as she bought one while we were away. I still would like to make myself a scrapbook but I must admit I am a very slow, so I think this will have to be a task to be put aside until I have moved and finally got myself a proper desk to work at.

Most of the pages I have used templates and some I have scraplifted because I loved them so much I give it a go.

Take Take tickets

Woo hoo! Tickets for Take That at the o2 arena booked for next June.