Saturday, July 19, 2008

My latest attempt at Digital Scrapbooking

It looks like I have managed to work out how to use the new program I have for digital scrapbooking! It has taken me a while to workout how to use the elements and page backgrounds, but the above layout has turned out OK, well for a complete amateur that is!

Jordan actually turned 11 back in February 2008 but it's never too late to get creative!

Monday, July 14, 2008

Holiday to Cania Gorge




Thanks to my new blogging friend Jo at Home Sweet Home I have been playing around with this program available as a free trial at LumaPix. I have put together a collage of some of the photos I took while on holidays to Cania Gorge during the school holidays.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Thread Storage Pocket

Thread Storage Pocket for my newly purchased DMC Linen stranded threads.

I wanted to keep the Linen threads separate from my other stranded threads.

I had made a thread storage pocket before but decided to customise this one to my own requirements. It turned out quite good, even if I do say so myself!

Having just returned from 2 weeks holiday (away from my sewing machine....is that really a holiday?) I was in need of some serious one on one therapy with my sewing room. My #1 machine is having her annual service and although I did get home early enough on Friday to pick her up, I resisted.

I knew I would have a pile of washing and ironing and felt that I should really get to that before I collected my machine.

Thankfully my #2 machine was happy to oblige, once my chores were done!

She's still got it!
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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Chocolate Lace Crisps

These fabulous biscuits are just out of the oven!


They actually look like the picture in the recipe book!



Women's Weekly Cupcakes & Cookies recipe book, I purchased last week for the princely sum of $4.50......well worth the expense I believe.

This is not the first thing I have made from the book, I was on supper duty at my local Patchwork club and I made Daisy Cakes and Snickerdoodles.

Each recipe has been simple and easy to follow....just my kind of baking! I was particularly proud of this batch of biscuits as they looked so good, and tasted even better.

Chocolate Lace Crisps
100g dark chocolate
80g butter
1 cup caster sugar
1 egg
1 cup plain flour
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
1/4 cup icing sugar

1. Melt chocolate and butter over low heat transfer to a medium sized bowl....I used the microwave.
2. Stir in caster sugar, egg and sifted flour, cocoa and soda. Cover and refrigerate for about 15 minutes or until mixture is firm enough to handle.
3. Meanwhile pre-heat oven to 180C/160C fan forced, line oven tray with baking paper.
4. Roll teaspoons of mixture into balls, roll each ball in icing sugar, place balls on tray. Mine didn't spread much so they can be spaced about 5cm apart. Bake about 15 min, cool on trays.

Makes about 50 - store in air-tight container at room temperature for up to one week.


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Sunday, June 15, 2008

The Kangaroos

Block 4 in Lynette Anderson's free stitchery Noah's Ark Block of the Month is now complete!

These cute little stitcheries are quick to complete and look great.
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Lynette Anderson has a give away!


To all my blog friends.....Lynette Anderson has a fabulous give away on her blog....go check it out and see if you agree!

Sunday, June 08, 2008

Now I need some Borders......

A lovely Sunday here today! Jordan stayed over at a friends house last night, and won't be
home until late this afternoon. Greg had things to do and that means I could spend the day in
my sewing room stitching away with a clear conscious! Not that I usually let a little thing like my husband and children stop me from stitching!!! It is an addiction after all!

That pile of cut fabric is now a top, and I am pleased to say that there was one brown toned fabric in the pile, a lovely paisley that worked well with the other florals.

I need a couple of borders now. I know for sure I will make the first one 1" finished but I'm not sure what colour, I will need to audition a few choices from my stash.

Then I am considering a second border, wider than the first, but not sure if I will use another couple of fat quarters from my stash for this as the pattern suggests.....stay tuned!
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