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Fruity Bread

Fruity Bread

Who doesn’t like fresh, crusty, home-made bread?!! Several years ago I bought a Panasonic Bread Machine (I had another make before this but it wasn’t good – the paddles kept breaking off into the dough!) – and I use it a couple of times a week. My husband only really likes white bread... 

Unusual Shaped Card

Unusual Shaped Card

At our Stamp Club last month, we were challenged with making an unusual shaped card for our ‘homework’. So, last week I took along the round card I’d made for the Fresh as a Daisy competition at Happy Stampers Festival plus this flower. I started with some plain, heavy, white watercolour... 

Fresh as a Daisy

Fresh as a Daisy

Last weekend I attended the Happy Stampers Spring Stamp Festival at Port Sunlight. As usual, there was a competition, this year entitled ‘Fresh as a Daisy’. It had a size limitation and the stipulation that it contain mainly stamped images, of course. Over the years I have entered this... 

Wine Coasters

Wine Coasters

We have quite a few parties and unofficial meetings at our house and some visitors like to drink wine! Not me, of course, anyone who knows me will confirm that I never touch a drop!!! One of the problems I find is that people tend to put a glass down somewhere and then can’t remember which... 

Altered Pate Dish

Altered Pate Dish

I seem to have collected a few empty pate dishes (really excellent stuff from CostCo!) which I’ve been keeping because I was sure there’d be something I could do with them! When I recently bought some flavoured tea bags (Lemon & Ginger etc) I decided not to store them out of sight in...