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A White Christmas

A dining scheme always looks much better when it has a colour scheme. I dont know about you but whatever your choice there has to be a large splash of white. Whether you tone it with warmer ivorys, beiges & golds or reds or opt for the cool tones of white, blue & silver together, crisp fresh whites are a must have for ......

You have to love this cute Kids Cooking Christmas Starter kit that comes beautifully boxed & contains Snowy the bowl, Rudolph the spoon, A Silicone Christmas tree Bun Tray & A5 Double Sided Wipe Clean Recipe Card with recipes of coconut ice and a Christmas sponge recipe.This makes a wonderful Christmas present or pre gift for Christmas to make the family Christmas cake!!All dishwasher safe. Silicone Bun Tray is also oven safe.£14.99visit http://www.finishingtouchinteriorsboutique.co.uk/The......

How to Bake A Gingerbread House & Gingerbread Men Ingredients for gingerbread MenIngredients140g unsalted butter 100g dark muscovado sugar 3 tbsp golden syrup 350g plain flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp ground ginger and 1 tsp ground cinnamanpinch of cayenne pepper (optional) 2 balls stem ginger from a jar, choppedTo decorateicing, sweets, glacer cherries..whatever you fancy 1. Heat oven to 200C/180C gas mark 6. Line 2 baking......

You may have noticed but things have gone a bit Christmassie themed around here in the past week. Ok so we arent even in December yet but its under 30 sleeps away & I am starting to feel a little on the festive side. Shopping has commenced already I am taking my mum to Cambridge next week to hit the shops in a big way...excited...VERY! (I totally love Christmas shopping, chosing pressies for everyone). But lets move on to the serious subject......

Guest Writer Hannah Jones from www.hannahbuns.blogspot.com/CHRISTMAS PRESENT CAKEHey! This was just me having a little fun trying out new things. I have made two Christmas cakes and turned them into presents. I wanted to make it really colourful and fun. The children really liked this one but maybe if I do it again I might add a Christmas teddy bear or something like that. Thanks for taking a look at my blog :)......

Well just 30 more sleeps until christmas & I thought in the festive spirit of things it was time for another PRIZE GIVE AWAYTHE PRIZE? This gorgeous handstitched, Charlotte Macey 'Figgy Pudding Tea cosie' worth £38.00 All you have to do to enter is pop on over to ......

Well its just 33 sleeps now until Christmas, so for my boutique pick of the week I will be show casing Christmas inspired products from my new online store http://www.finishingtouchinteriorsboutique.co.uk/This weeks pick is this beautifully hand stitched santa sack from Charlotte Macey Textiles. Each has an appliquéd patch of spotty cotton and is decorated with a spotty pudding and "bring me some figgy pudding" stitched handwriting. They are......

decorativeartwork. is a small company I found on Facebook that designs and creates high quality, elegant & unique handmade crafts & giftsRomantiquePersonalised Decorative Name PlaquesLOVE Heart & FlowersAll products in the store can be ordered online & you can have a design personalised with a special name or script of your choice on it for a small extra charge of €2.50. If you have a special event coming......

Make your own Christmas heart decorations- I have always been a a lover of hearts whatever the season, both woodern hearts & wire hearts, but for the Christmas season hand sewn hearts are ticking all the right boxes for me. This cute homemade-style felt heart is a baragin price of £1.99 from Sainsbury’s but if you like to get crafty & make your own then Amazon do these great sewing kits below Buttonbag Winter Hearts Sewing......

Creating a well designed & functional kitchen takes time. Your kitchen is the heart of the home & needs to reflect your personality. You firstly need to create the work triangle which is the three main working areas of any kitchen, the sink, oven & fridge & these need to work efficiently. This means the traffic flows easily between all three making them accessable. A cottage kitchen needs to be simple yet cozy feeling.......

A warm welcome this morning to the lovely Hannah Jones from hannahsbuns. with her monthly guest post for my Friends Feature Friday series, & what scrumptious delights she has for you today my lovelies. Hannahs Buns Amazing Chocolate Mini Cakes.Hey Guys, Ive been so excited about these cakes. I have been wanting to do them for ages and after going to the cake show last week and seeing other peoples on their stands I made it my......

I am completely thrilled to be finally launching my new online homewares boutique! Apologies for the delay in the launch but its here at last. I have selected some beautiful shabby chic and vintage inspired goodies for the home, as well as cute kids cooking sets, beautiful hand stitched kitchenwares & gorgeous handmade linen cushions. There is also some wonderful Christmas items on offer too, so pop on over & take a look for yourselves.http://www.finishingtouchinteriorsboutique.co.uk/Alongside......

Good Morning all & what lovely news this morning I have been nominated for The Blog Guidebooks 2011 Top Blog how, exicting is that. To stay in round one however I need your votes so if you love my blog then please follow the link to vote to keep me in. I really appreciate your support.Blog Guidebook: Round One - Vote Now (Elimination Round): Vote now for your Favorite Blog of 2011 Only the blogs with the MOST votes will go on to the next round.......

Well with less than six weeks (yes you heard me right 6 weeks) until Christmas I thought it was about time I pulled my act together with a special series of creative ideas on our build up to the festivities. So I will be trauling the web & various shops to bring you inspiration & do-it-yourself ideas. So from baking to making with your own Christmas decorations & ideas for table settings every Monday will now be a 'Make it Monday'......

This week I have been talking a lot once again about my love of eastern influences with a spotlight on oriental interiors. Today I thought I would post some gorgeous African themed spaces. The most popular exotic style in interiors is African style. Warm neutral walls are themed with accents in rich & bright colours, oranges, reds, yellows & chocolate tones. Natural materials like woods, stones & ceramics are......

A big warm welcome today Kirsty from 4theloveofwood who kindly joins us here for her monthly guest post ......Thank you again to Sarah here at Finishing Touches for welcoming me with another one of my beloved furniture transformations.This time around I didn’t paint or build anything, but I did work on this on and off for 3 months.I found this little chest at a second hand store here in the Vancouver area.They wanted too much for it but......

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