I have a few different ice pop containers. I do like and use all of them, but I thought I’d share with you my pros and cons.On the very left we have Tupperware Ice Tups. These have lasted me quite a long time and really stand up to regular usage. They are of brilliant quality. The only issue I have is that they are not the easiest to put together and when I fill them and try to put the air tight lid I on. I often spill some contents. The ice pops are kept […]
I am sporting a new button on the side of my blog – which I had meant to add a long time ago.If you haven’t been over to Jade’s beautiful blog yet, please grab a cuppa and make your way, you will stay a long time, and return day after day. I am often inspired by Jade and her fabulous ideas designed to make life a little easier. A bit of organising goes a long way! I used to think I was organised, but I got nothing on Jade!-For years I have often chopped […]
Ok, so I know it’s no longer Valentines but who doesn’t love hearts and having fun with making food special? I like to do things like this all throughout the year as a fun way of showing my family that I love them.Stick one of these puff pastry hearts on top of soup or salad {or anything really – it’s pastry! yum!}Start with a sheet of puff pastry – cut it into 1cm strips.Take a strip and make an upside down ribbon shape. {Bad explanation – hence photo!}Please excuse these pictures – my kitchen […]
I thought this wooden cutlery was just the perfect touch for our Adventure is Out There Dessert table as it so beautifully matched the look and feel of the theme.Tied with some lovely blue and white twine and it is just oh so cute.I used plain kraft paper bags for the take home goodies. Inside were a pair of binoculars for each child and playdough. I had 2 other items to place in here, a bouncy ball and an airplane shaped pencil sharpener but when you’re silly like me and don’t count how many […]
In keeping with the Disney / Pixar “Up” movie, and wanting to incorporate balloons without them taking over the Adventure is Out There theme, we added a large bunch to his outdoor cubby house to look like the house and balloons from the movie. I actually think we could have doubled the balloons but I wasn’t sure how many we would need to achieve the look and under-ordered, seems 15 wasn’t enough! :)But he didn’t mind – and anyway, who doesn’t love a big bunch of balloons!We also had a small bunch sticking out […]
My little guy turned 4 last week. It has been a blur, these last 4 years. I can hardly believe it! They have been the best years of my life. Being a parent is the most beautiful blessing and I am truly honoured to be the mother of this little boy.Noah loves the Disney / Pixar move “Up” and for his 4th birthday I wanted to incorporate the movie into the theme. We decided to go with the catch phrase from the movie “Adventure is out there!”.I designed the invitations, cupcake toppers, bunting and […]
I’ve taken a little break from the blog this weekend to celebrate my little guy’s birthday. More on all of that very soon!For today, the last of our Valentine’s craft for this year was making our own heart shaped crayons.This is seriously easy. We do this for Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s, Easter, any occasion you can get a mould for you can make crayons for! :)You start out with crayons. Usually I use the little broken bits of random crayons that I collect through the year, but this time we started with some new ones […]
I love this recipe for basic cookie dough. It is simple, doesn’t use a lot of ingredients and so it is quick to make. Of course it tastes delicious too! It also makes A LOT of dough, so I always freeze about half of it for use later. It freezes well, and then I just defrost and bake up a batch with no mess, love it.Ingredients:1/2 cup of Sugar500g of Butter, softened5 Cups of Self Raising Flour {I use half wholemeal self raising}1 can of sweetened condensed milk {I use the light one}Preheat oven […]
We did some {more} Valentine’s crafting over the weekend. We threaded some beads onto pipe cleaners. And shaped them into hearts.I wanted to hang them from a little wooden tree, buy my little guy had other ideas.And so we made them into glasses as per his suggestion.Don’t you just love what they come up with? I really love his imagination and his fresh outlook on life. I learn so much from him everyday and I love having this time with him, we both enjoy it so much.
We melted hearts over the weekend, literally. I used a small heart shaped cookie cutter to make some heart shaped butter. I did a whole bunch the other week and just stored them in the fridge in a container in-between small layers of baking paper. This meant that they are ready when needed. And just in case you are thinking we eat one of those butter hearts each, we do share them as that is a pretty big bit of butter! Our tiny heart cutter got lost somewhere which isn’t surprising as it was a pretty […]
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