I made 3 wee chicks for the 3 other people living in my house. They are going to be given tomorrow morning with some nice chocolate eggs. I hope everybody is having a nice Easter break and that there is way too much chocolate being consumed. I'd like to think that it is not only happening in our house.
p.s The pattern for these adorable chicks was found at roman sock. She has sooooo many fabulous patterns that you can use and not too complicated either.
You can not find a hot cross bun here anywhere. It is not at all French and I haven't quite worked out if there is an Easter bread or bun they do eat. All that aside last night I made my very first batch of hot cross buns to be eaten first thing on Good Friday morning. They were by no means the best buns I have eaten but they weren't too bad considering I couldn't find all the right ingredients all spice being the main one. There was a substitution of nutmeg and a little extra cinnamon.
As you can see we couldn't hold out till the morning and had to try one hot out of the oven last night with lashings of butter. Now looking at this picture it might just be time for a cup of tea and another one. I can hear them calling me from the kitchen " eat me before I go stale".
Sorry to disappoint everybody but I have no creative space happening today. I have been sewing and stuffing and creating for the last two weeks and in that time the house turned into a rather disastrous mess. The little monkeys were also a bit neglected so today is being spent cleaning the house and giving them some time. The other thing I am going to do though is head over to Kirsty's at look in on other peoples creativity.Happy Thursday to you all.
I have been away from this little space for a couple of weeks busy doing things. Things that involved making and showing. I was working up to having a small sale at my husbands place of work. They have a croissant morning every Wednesday that brings the staff together for morning tea and outsiders/artistic folk can set up a table and sell their wares if they like. I finally did it yesterday after speaking about it for 2 years. It was a reasonable success I wasn't sure what the response was going to be but I think I just wanted to get a wider audience to see what I can do. I have been basically making things for friends and then friends of friends. This is good without feeling to pressured but I think I need to move further afield .
In saying all of that I am back at the computer hopefully to catch up on my google reader, have you ever left it for a few days, my oh my so many posts so little time and also to figure out the best way of moving on the creatures I did not sell. I am going to ask for some help on this subject but that can be in another post and it will come with an incentive.
Stay tuned!
It's been a fairly nice Friday so far. I have been doing some more creating with the fabric and buttons from yesterday. Later on I am taking the kids to an early easter egg hunt then this evening I am off out with some girls for a nice meal. What more could I ask for an afternoon of chocolate then some good French tucker.I am heading over to google reader now and check what is happening in blogland then I am going to sit and contemplate what I should do with the above buckle.
Any suggestions?
Thought I would show what I got finished today. Not as much as I would have liked but it is something none the less.
The brooch's became duel purpose and can be worn as a necklace also.
Long time no see but I am back today with my creative space. It's full of looking into my old button tin trying to find interesting things to put on oddly folded bits of fabric to become brooches. How exciting is that and for more interesting stuff have a look over here.
Sorry to disappoint everybody but I have no creative space happening today. I have been sewing and stuffing and creating for the last two weeks and in that time the house turned into a rather disastrous mess. The little monkeys were also a bit neglected so today is being spent cleaning the house and giving them some time. The other thing I am going to do though is head over to Kirsty's at look in on other peoples creativity.
I have been away from this little space for a couple of weeks busy doing things. Things that involved making and showing. I was working up to having a small sale at my husbands place of work. They have a croissant morning every Wednesday that brings the staff together for morning tea and outsiders/artistic folk can set up a table and sell their wares if they like. I finally did it yesterday after speaking about it for 2 years. It was a reasonable success I wasn't sure what the response was going to be but I think I just wanted to get a wider audience to see what I can do. I have been basically making things for friends and then friends of friends. This is good without feeling to pressured but I think I need to move further afield .
Thought I would show what I got finished today. Not as much as I would have liked but it is something none the less.
The brooch's became duel purpose and can be worn as a necklace also.
