weekending

A few snaps from our weekend, a very decadent cake! some perfume making by miss E and I found some quiet time to finish off a scarf. I really enjoyed this weekend, so much so, I'm already looking forward to the next one!

swapping

just a couple of things I've signed up for, in case you are interested to. Click on the pictures to take you to the sign up pages.

deadline

The farm is nearly finished and some animals have arrived to check out the progress. There are just a few more things to do and then it's all finished, another row of crocheted carrots, weave in some loose ends of thread, and sew a pocket on the back so it will fold up into it's own case. It's a really rainy day today so I think I'll get a chance to finish it all off.

Happy weekend to you! and if you are a mother, happy mother's day for Sunday- I'm hoping for a lie in.

progress

I have been working on what seems like a ton of things all at once, which simply means that nothing is ever finished off and I have lots of people breathing down my neck. One such person is a five year old girl who desperately wants her farm mat finished so she can play with it. Well I'm certainly keen to get her to stop breathing down my neck so I've set a goal to have it finished on the weekend. Then I can get onto some other crafting, sounds like a win,win to me!

( I feel bad I've just looked up the other post to link to and it's nearly a year since she asked for it! No wonder she's keen to have it finished, what a bad mum.)

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Yes, sun filled day today and we made a special outing to our local park. It was so good to get out and burn off some energy. A perfect ending to the holidays.

I'm not a royalist but I thought I'd make a little something to eat with some tea tonight as I watch (well crochet and watch) the royal wedding. I made a batch of cupcakes to decorate with miss E and a friend she had over. Their cupcakes were quite colourful and diverse in their decoration. I however was inspired by Kate's (Diana's) engagement ring, a stunning sapphire set with diamonds, I was pleasantly surprised when my husband (without being prompted) recognised this inspiration before he quickly ate a couple of them.

Wishing you a safe and happy weekend!

wet

If these school holidays had a theme it would be "wet". It's been frustrating for all, no trips to the park and lots of inside play and all of us wishing that it would stop raining for a day or so. Today wasn't much different. After a short walk down to the library it started to rain so we took shelter in the library cafe till it cleared enough to walk home without getting soaked. Then I was lucky enough to make it to a local secondhand book sale where I really lucked out. I got the above two books by Edith Holden (one I already have but it was in very poor condition) but these are both in very good condition. We got a stack of golden and kids books and a couple of good children's craft books too All for less than it cost for the three of us to have a coffee, two fluffies and share a gingerbread man, so I was very pleased (almost makes up for two weeks of rain).

The afternoon was spent watching a DVD from the library and working on some more crochet dishcloths, they are a bit addictive and the perfect little project for a cold, wet day.

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Edible? Not sure but I'm going to find out, do you know what they are? But these,

definitely are ! The recipe was shared by Hanna, I can report that they are a big hit in our house and I'm dreaming up some different variations too, they look like bad for you truffles but they have very little in them that would make a nutritionist cringe (at least that's what I think, maybe a nutritionist would disagree) I really think you should try some.

over

Well the Easter weekend is over now and I didn't get around to sharing many Easter things last week, I just went by in a blur. I did however fit in some time to make some Hot cross buns, I used a recipe that Jess from Spinning a Yarn shared on her blog. It makes delicious buns that disappeared quite quickly, it seems a much better recipe than all the others I've tried and makes very light fluffy buns. I'm thinking of making them not only at Easter but over the winter as a warm weekend treat.

Hope you had a good long weekend friends.

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