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Sewing in school

Sewing in school

A few weeks ago I was really pleased to be asked by the Year 2 teachers at Grace’s school if I would go in and do some cake decorating demos. The whole school are holding a tea party to celebrate the royal wedding and the Year 2s are making cupcakes for every child in the...

The MADs 2011

It’s time to celebrate everything that is good in the world of Mum and Dad blogging with The MAD Blog Awards 2011! It’s time to dig through your reader and think about those blogs you love to read – the ones that make you laugh or cry or inspire you to get cooking or crafting....
Oaty ginger cookies

Oaty ginger cookies

Today Grace and Dale are off to the Gadget Show Live in Birmingham and last night, leaving it until the last minute, Grace asked if there were any snacks she could take for the journey. Having scoured the cupboards and realised there was very little in the way of snack food, I threw on the...

Finish QuantuMatic photos and website

My time as a juror for Finish QuantuMatic has come to an end and if you missed my final verdict, you can read it here. I also promised that I’d let you know when the photos that the professional photographer took were up. The microsite, with details of the other jurors and our photos is...

Cowboy cake

The brief for this cake was ‘something cowboy themed’ and it was great fun to work on. The cake was a 3 layer vanilla sponge filled with strawberry jam and vanilla buttercream. I covered the whole cake in white sugar paste then added a band of blue for the jeans, brown for the belt and...

Spring gardening

Not to be outdone by Grace and her grasshead, Faith and I have been busy outside planting some seeds and, by some stroke of luck, they have actually started to grow! I’m not known for my green fingers, but it seems there may be some hope for me yet. Faith had some money for her...

Finish QuantuMatic – the final verdict

After my last post I duly gave all the plates, dishes and glasses a good wash by hand to remove residue and cleaned out the dishwasher. I also decided to reposition the QuantuMatic device in my dishwasher, moving it slightly to one side. And hey presto, now we’re getting on like a house on fire!...

Innocent Queen of K

I always knew I was destined to be a Queen. Ok, maybe not, but I was very excited that Innocent picked me to be their Queen of K. They sent us a full set of their new magnets (some of them even glow in the dark!) and asked us to use the K magnet in...

Meet Mr Grasshead…

This year we are taking a much more organised approach to our gardening as last year we left it a bit late to start growing things! I’ve already sown seeds in trays and my Dad has dug the garden over to get rid of the weeds. He has created two raised beds for me to...

April Bake It! recipe – pizza rolls

Thank you to everyone who joined in last month with the carrot and orange cake recipe – there were some delicious looking cakes! As there was no prize I won’t pick a winner at random this month but I’m please those of you who joined in enjoyed the recipe. I’ve been so busy recently with...

Finish QuantuMatic – the first few washes

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am one of the 10 bloggers who make up the Finish QuantuMatic Jury. We have been asked to try out the dishwasher product and write up our thoughts and experiences with it. I have used the QuantuMatic for my first few loads of dirty dishes so I’ll...

My Book – The Baking Pocket Bible

I can’t quite believe it – I’ve written a book! It’s in the shops and on Amazon and people are buying it! Those of you who follow me on twitter will probably know by now that last year I was approached by Crimson Publishing, who had been reading my blog and asked if I’d be...