Festive chocolate log
For the past few Wednesdays, I have been joining in with #BoothsCheers over on twitter. Each week they send out bottles of wine and beer that they have on offer for their 12 Deals of Christmas to bloggers, who try them and then suggest recipes they think would go well with. I’m certainly no wine...
Christmas Crafting
I know, it’s only mid November and it’s too early to be talking about Christmas, but when you like to make stuff then you do need to start in good time. Every year I have grand plans to make things but always leave it too late. I’ve started earlier than usual this year but I...
Cologne Christmas Markets – Highlights and Giveaway
Following on from my mammoth post about our trip to the Christmas Markets in Cologne courtesy of Germanwings and 9Flats.com, I thought I’d share some of our highlights and I have a great giveaway too. Food It will probably come as no surprise to you that one of the first things I was looking out...
Cologne Christmas Markets (Part 1!)
Last week we were incredibly lucky to fly out and visit the Cologne Christmas Markets, thanks to Germanwings and 9flats.com. I visited some German Christmas markets several years ago and fell in love with them then, but never had the opportunity to take the children. Needless to say, their excitement was as great as mine when...
Handmade Christmas wrapping paper
This year we have made lots of our Christmas gifts so we thought we’d make some wrapping paper to go with them. Faith has some handy Christmas themed stamps, which we used with ink pads but you could cut shapes out of potatoes using cookie cutters if you don’t have any ready made stamps. I...
Knitting revealed!
So before Christmas I posted this picture of my half finished knitting as I didn’t want to reveal what it was and spoil someone’s Christmas surprise. Several people had a go at guessing but no-one got it right. Now I can reveal that it was… … a pair of slippers for my Mum. They were...
Christmas break
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. We have had lots of presents, delicious food and plenty to drink. Dale and I were very lucky as we were treated to a night away in the Donnington Valley Hotel as one of our presents. We started with a visit to the Spa where Dale had a...
Snow fun
I have to admit I do have mixed feelings about the white stuff. When I wake up in the morning and see that perfect white covering outside I am as excited as a small child! However, I am not a small child and I have things to do, places to go and people to see,...
Mug Cosy
As well as getting ready for Christmas, I have several family members who have their birthdays in December (very inconsiderate of them!) so I have birthday presents as well as Christmas presents to sort out. My mother in law’s birthday is Christmas Eve but because she is usually at work then, we go round and have a...
Story cubes
Last month my sister took me to The Spirit of Christmas Fair in London. It was my birthday present and we had a lovely, girlie day out together. While I was there, I saw something called story cubes in the programme guide, which I thought looked like something Grace would love. Unfortunately, as is always...
Yule-Blog Bake Challenge
A while ago I was invited to take part in the Most Wanted Yule-Blog Bake Challenge, and as I’m always up for a baking challenge I thought I’d have a go. The brief was to bake, photograph and blog something that represents Christmas to you, the only rule being that it has to be a...
December Bake It! Recipe – Mincemeat Squares
Firstly, thanks to those of you who baked the recipe last month, hope you enjoyed it. I’ve seen quite a few tweets about people enjoying it, but there weren’t many posts on the linky! The winner of the cookie cutter prize is Kim from ‘Cakes from Kim‘ – congratulations! Please can you email me your...
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