Thursday, July 7, 2011

Bon Voyage!

My lil' sis Jess and her new hubby are off on their adventure.
 The girl and I headed over for dinner the other night. (Don't they look similar? Both have blue eyes!)


And I took a loaf of bread! Went great with Jamie's chicken carbonara!



I took dessert, of course!


and we discovered Little Miss's fondness for 'bunny ears'!






(I love the cat's face in that last pic)

So even though we'll be in touch via the web, we'll miss them!!
Have fun guys! And remember the kid's request- "send me lots of presents" haha

My Creative Space

A follow up tonight.....of this post.
 She agreed to pose in it- but that's it! (Doesn't she look impressed?)


 It's View B of this pattern, which I found in Daylesford, of all places, after searching forever online!


She said she'd 'out' me on my own blog, but I told her I told her I was proud to show off my
buttons...er, snaps and buttons sewn on top. Shh!


 So this may be up for sale if you're interested....Size 8. Send me an email!

Sunday, July 3, 2011

A new baby

I finished this little pinwheel quilt this week, and have already posted it to it's new owner (a worlds record posting for me!). I did have a little pile of clothes etc as well, so I knew I'd better post soon or she'll be too big!


I used a vintage sheet on the back, so cute and easy.


A 'slightly scrappy' binding, 2 colours to blend the front and back together.


Straight line quilting (except this photo is of the wonkiest bit, but hey, wonk is fine!)


And again, yummy corners. I surprise myself every time they work, believe me.


Oh, and I have to show off my 'non gardening'. Most of the back and front look like this at the
moment....(weeds pretending to be grassy lawn)


 But in a little neglected corner, a bit of beauty.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Give me bread and i'll write you a blog post!

 A little while ago I received an email asking me if I'd like to receive some bread. This was in the middle of some controversy around blog land at the time, with a huge 'cash for comment' dilemma. So do I or don't I? It came down to the fact that I, as a single parent with no other financial support but me, can't usually afford yummy, Artisan style breads, so I signed myself up!

Actually, it was this first line that sucked me in " Hope you’re well! Big fan of your lovely blog (always makes me chuckle!) and was wondering if you’d like to take part in the following campaign…" Yep, sucked me in haha

The Authentic Sourdough arrived this afternoon. I actually have a lot of meals planned to make with this, but I decided on easy. quick. and yummy. Of course! And also to see if the kid and I will get sick of it after a full weekend of meals. I'll keep you posted on that one......



And I'll do something I haven't done before- share a recipe! In true Masterchef style, here is what I call my "quick and easy lemon squeezy" Cheesy Eggs.

Gather ingredients as below- Feta (we only eat Bulgarian Feta), cream, eggs, butter and oregano.


Melt the butter, and cook a small piece of feta in it, breaking it up with the spoon.


 Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of cream (I lurve Philadelphia Cream for Cooking, it doesn't separate like thickened cream, and less fat!). Mix together for a few seconds.




Then break the eggs into the pan. I let them sit for a little bit, until the white has cooked, then gently stir to mix it all together. Once the white has set, I turn the heat off, and let the yolk cook in the residual heat. Season with oregano, salt and pepper. That's just how I like it!




Then our favourite ingredient- olives! Specifically black olive paste and whole black olives.




So the first plate- toasted sourdough, a tblspn of the olive oil from the olive tub (marinated in herbs and lemon and oil, so a really yummy mix) spread over the toast, then eggs on top. A few black olives on the side.




The other version was olive paste spread on the toast, then the eggs on top.




We split it in half and had one of each. We both eat them differently, too; I'm a biter, she's a scraper!




She scraped both pieces clan, and all the juices had soaked into the bread; so then made a sandwich of that! Yum!


This recipe is loosely based on a Turkish dish my daughter's dad used to cook. The other good thing he left me (besides the child, of course). there could be many variations; bacon, chorizo, Turkish sausage 'sucuk' is the best.

I have 5 vouchers from Bakers delight to give away. Comment on this post, or wait until my 2nd recipe, and tell me which one you'll be trying! Thanks for joining in a bit of fun with me!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

De-Stashing

 A few weeks ago, I had a friend come and force help me get rid of some of my fabric I wasn't going to use. I've only hung onto it for like, forever! So a giveaway is happening!





I took a few different angles, as you can see there is a fair bit. A range of colours, and some kids prints in there. The rule of the giveaway is

you must be able to either pick up fabric, or be willing to pay the postage.

Email for a postage quote if you want postage, otherwise go ahead and comment!

Edit: I'll draw it a week from posting!

Thursday, June 23, 2011

My Creative Space

In between couching it with a headcold this week, I finished one top off, and have another one to finish tonight.


Same pattern as here; joining in over here.

Monday, June 20, 2011

A prize! For Me?

It was my first day back at work today after a delicious 8 days off. I thought I
was ready. I really did.
Nope.

We slept in. Raced out the door. Risked the whole trip with a flashing petrol light.
I rang a colleague on the way to cancel my first few appts, and the lovely girl drove over to my centre and opened it up for, AND saw my first client! That gave me time to get me and her a coffee!

The rest of the day was a blur; I jumped in the car FINALLY and headed to school pickup and basketball training. Halfway home we realised- the kid left her school bag in the hall! In our hurry in the cold to the car, I hadn't even thought about it! A mild tanty occurred when I firmly said 'NO' to driving back to school for an empty bag.

Imagine my delight when I found the card in the letterbox and found the postie had
cleverly hidden my parcel for me.
Surprise!


 Jennie had a giveaway over on her blog, which was hotly contested for and
which I luckily won! Check out the cute remote control!


I was also channelling my lovely afternoon yesterday today,  when I thought it would collapse around me. An amazing afternoon tea, organised by...the most organised hostess! Nikki provided the venue, more pics are over there as well!


 Amazing lemon tart- after the first one disappeared, I kept saying 'there are two!' Yum!


Awesome prizes for a raffle;


and even a take home treat, which I gave to my lovely sister for allowing me a
 child free afternoon!


 And that mini dress? soooo cute! I put the hat on top to help reference the size,
the pen didn't help for me!


Yep, the good stuff definitely outweighs the bad stuff. What crappy day?