Sorry for the lack of posts I have been so busy packing and clearing things out ready for our big move just 38 days to go (not that I'm counting!)
But I have managed to get a few things done and even managed to bake a few things!
I had my monthly delivery of My Cake Decorating magazine which is fantastic at £2.99 an issue it's a bargain because you get free cake decorating tools with each issue which are usually alot more expensive in the shops! Plus you also get some lovely recipes as well as tips on how to decorate cakes which for a self taught cake decorator like myself are invaluable! Anyway in one of the issues from this month there was a recipe for Tart au Citron quite possibly my favourite desert when I go to France I pretty much live on the things! Anyway the first run turned out well so my friend Sarah told me that if I wanted to stay at her's at the weekend I was to bring one along so Toby and I made one together!
My Little chef in his gorgeous Gruffalo apron (thank you Uncle Nick!) squeezing the lemons which is apparently alot more fun than rolling out the pastry!
Picture of the filling ready to go into the pastry case
But of course me being the absent minded person that I am forgot to take a picture of the finished and decorated Tart! But anyway it came out beautifully and was decorated with twisted slices of lemon and icing sugar! And as a Tart au Citron connoisseur it tasted lush especially with a large dollop of Creme Fraiche on the side!
But of course me being the absent minded person that I am forgot to take a picture of the finished and decorated Tart! But anyway it came out beautifully and was decorated with twisted slices of lemon and icing sugar! And as a Tart au Citron connoisseur it tasted lush especially with a large dollop of Creme Fraiche on the side!
We took it to my friend Sarah's house and were allowed to stay the night and the next morning we went to Stroud to do some shopping! The farmer's market and shambles market are both amazing some really amazing finds but in a little retro shop we managed to find these
My grandmother used to have a set just like this, Matt and I have been searching for a tea set for a while and more importantly a tea set that we could both agree on (very difficult when he likes classic designs and I like bright colourful retro designs!) but we finally found it and it brings back amazing memories of my wonderful grandmother!
On Sunday we went to Hempsted meadows for a car boot and actually managed to sell a lot of Toby's old toys and clothes and actually made quite a profit on them, I also managed to sell a few of my scarves and two of my recycled materials pillows which was pretty good going! Anything we had leftover we dumped into the charity bins so all in all a pretty successful day we cleared the house of old things and made some money and gave to charity!
Yesterday was spent cleaning the house top to bottom in an attempt to restore some order and I baked an apple tart (my new flan dish is getting quite a workout at the moment!) I cheated a bit on the pastry as I could not be bothered with the flaff of making my own but the rest of it is quite obviously handmade! It was a good way of using up some apples that were on the turn!
Again it was very tasty with a massive dollop of creme fraiche and the rest of it is in the fridge waiting for me to eat it cold!!
While doing all this my evenings have been spent in front of the TV slowly but surely knitting up a snood for myself to wear on my commute to my new job and I have also restarted my crochet project.
I got the idea from a magazine called Mollie's Makes again another lovely craft magazine with some beautiful ideas in it! The original pattern was to make a pillow case out of granny squares I decided to go a bit bigger and make a blanket/throw out of granny squares, I've been using tapestry wool and a plain ball of white DK wool
And here's the 30 squares I've finished so far it's quite a nice little project and will be very good to do when I go for a 3 hour car trip up to see my grandparents at the weekend!
But I'm not the only one who's been crafting my partner Matt has completed his first knitted toy, the little blue bear I think he's done a fantastic job and Toby has already stolen the bear and called it his own so I'm sure it will be a hit he's currently working on a project for a friend of his little girl whose birthday is soon so that will be an exciting little gift!
But anyway must get on cause I have hundreds more squares to do and snood to complete!
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