On a glorious English summer’s day I have voluntarily shut myself indoors so that I can indulge my new addiction – Spider Solitaire! Thanks Vickie for introducing me to such a ridiculously addictive game that is available, it seems, on every computer in the land!
Help was at hand though, given that I am not even [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Honey biscuits bring relief from spider solitaire!
Posted in General ramblings, Recipes, tagged biscuit, egg yokes, food, Recipes on June 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Real Devon scones
Posted in Recipes, tagged devon, food, jam, Recipes, scones on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What better to go with home made strawberry jam than real scones?
This recipe was given to me by a real Devonian man, Mr Fisher, and it makes about 6 or 7 good sized scones. I had the greatest of fun at the week end making English High Tea for a wedding reception, and scones with [...]
Strawberry Jam
Posted in Recipes, tagged jam, preserves, recipe, strawberries, strawberry, strawberry jam on June 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
These quantities make about 5lb (about 6 jars) of delicious jam.
1.6kg (3.5lbs) strawberries
3 tbs lemon juice
1.4kg (3lb) sugar
knob of butter
Put the strawberries in a large pan on a low heat for about 10 minutes to soften them. You can also mash them a little so that some are whole but most are pulped.
Add the [...]
Wierd and wonderful!
Posted in Something caught my eye today, tagged handmade, Hove, recycled on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was in a lovely little shop called ‘HOPE’ in Hove today, where they make all their own knitwear – literally in the shop, and picked up a great little leaflet for Crafty Creatures by marymoax.co.uk
http://www.marymoox.co.uk
The creatures themselves look gorgeous and all made from recycled bits and bobs – right up my street!
humble pie
Posted in General ramblings, tagged bloggers, Garden chit chat, gift, gift wrapped, humble pie, jewellery, treat on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I suppose that my second only ever post should include a large helping of humble pie! Humble pie is probably my least favourite dish but one that I have to eat on a regular basis, so here goes…………..
I have been very vocal for many years about bloggers: ‘too much time on their hands’ and ‘living [...]
Hello world!
Posted in Shop news!, tagged beads, beautiful, creative, jewellery, lucy, lucywallis, original, wallis on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All of my life I have been making and doing, cooking and sewing, cutting and sticking and for me the greatest creative buzz comes from making, original creations from things other people were throwing away. To make new plants from old, tasty dinners from fridge finds, home-brewed compost from kitchen scraps or a fabulous cushion [...]
