Christmas
The Christmas Sweetie tree is one of the those Christmas traditions that I recall from my own childhood, although when I say tradition it may have been only one! Still it’s something, an idea, that’s stuck with me for the last 25 years or so. It’s a simple enough thing to execute and, if you’ve got [...]
Christmas is almost upon us and we should be looking to decorate the cake in within the next few days, I suspect that I’ll be aiming for Monday, although only so I can get a post up here, otherwise I might be inclined to leave it for a couple more days and either do it [...]
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Jolene and I spent a couple of hours last night collaborating on this Christmas Wreath for the front door last night, we’re fairly pleased with the end result even if I did get pricked so many times by the pine needles that my hands broke out in a mild allergic reaction that made it look [...]
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later … that’s right the spirit of Christmas has finally caught up with me, almost. Anyway, in preparation for it’s imminent arrival I felt compelled to make some decorations, contrary to my usual ‘bah humbug!’ approach to Christmas!! Actually, it wasn’t just me, Jolene started it with [...]
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A little post about making marzipan and a reminder that your cake needs fed … The world’s best Christmas cake … ever! – Part 1 can be found here. It’s not too late to begin, but you do need to get a move on now … there’s feeding to be done! Feeding the cake is [...]
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You’ll need: printer paper sharp needle sharp scissors 6″ x 4″ piece of felt 36″ of 6 stranded embroidery thread stuffing Stitches used: Blanket Lazy Daisy Instructions: Click on the pattern below and print and cut it out. It’s sized to A4 so you’ll need to make sure your page size is set to [...]
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These Christmas tree ornaments are so easy to make I couldn’t resist posting a little how to. You’ll need: Pencil Thick Cardboard or Mountboard Scissors or Craft Knife Old Book Pages Paintbrush PVA/White Glue White Acrylic Paint Water Glitter UHU Glue Button Embroidery Needle Thread What to do: Using your pencil, draw a five point [...]
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Not many people like your average fruit cake, most people don’t like your average fruit Christmas cake … I don’t make average fruit Christmas cakes. And everyone like them. When I was little I remember Christmas cakes as being dry and largely unpalatable, the grown-ups seemingly forced themselves to partake – it was Christmas after-all [...]
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Over the past few weeks I have been busy with a couple of commissions and finalising a new idea for Christmas tree decorations. I’m reserving the commissions for a post of their own because they took me so long that they deserve a gold plaque, never mind their own post! I know it seems too [...]
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