Wishing you all a Merry Christmas x......
Christmas Colour Inspiration
Id like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas just incase I dont get a chance to pop my head in again, with it only being 4 days away & so much to prepare & baking to do I am wondering if I will have 5 minutes to sit & browse my beloved blogland!!! I have just braved some last minute food shopping & quite honestly feel a little frazzled from the madness of it all. Well tonight I am going to make a gingerbread house with the kids......
The Icing On The Cake!
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So a number of weeks back I posted my Christmas Cake Recipe, well here's 'Part 2' of the installment with my show & tell (now freshly iced cake.)My decorating recipe. Ingredients:-4tbsp apricot jam700g natural marzipan2tbsp sherry or rum700g royal icingIcing sugar to dust1 Place the cake on a board. Put the jam in a bowl, stir in 1tbsp boiling water to make a glaze and brush all over the cake. Roll out the marzipan on a surface dusted......
Festive House Tour
I wanted to squeeze in one more festive house tour & I found this cosy cabin over on Country Living. There is something very magical feeling to me about a cabin style home all decorated for Christmas. I can imagine the thick falling of snow outside, while children are playing on sledges & building snowmen. I have always thought I'd love to go ski-ing over Christmas & love the idea of being snug & warm infront of a roaring......
Create A Magical Christmas
A Festive FeastI shared a recipe with you last week for a cranberry & mincemeat filo tart which I was making for my friends for our girls christmas get together. Well it certainly went down well & we had a fabulous evening together (love my girls).So as promised here is the rest of the menu I served up for the evening a turkey & cranberry wreath served with a pomegranete, pear & walnut salad....For The Turkey &......
Another Festive House Tour
Well after yesterdays little snop around a festive country home I started browsing for more decked out pads & found this gorgeous home (check out the lush log burner, I am so swooning right now). A beautifully decorated, warm & cosy home this is right up my street with its rustic wooden accents. To view the full house tour visit House To Home......
Festive House Tour
Lets take a little old nose around a gorgeous country cottage all decked out for Christmas. I saw this christmasy home in a post by the lovely Sarah over on Modern Country Style & just had to share it. I love to see a home all sproused up for the festive season & this beautiful & traditional home really has a wonderful feeling about it. Its timeless style is perfect for this time of year, it feels very cosy & inviting.......
Christmas colour inspiration
Frosty blue is a cool & soothing pallette & its one I've opted for in my dining room this year to match in with the already blue & white colour scheme. Its a refreshing colour pallette & I love it mixed with sparkly silver. My dining room is the only space I can be allowed to colour co-ordinate this Christmas since having kids means plenty of home made & mixed items on the tree in the living room. (Who......
Cranberry and mincemeat filo tarts
I have the girls round for dinner tomorrow evening, we try to get together every Christmas for a meal & normally go over to Chilford Hall, but after it was tragically burnt down earlier this year plans for an Xmas meal haven't quite come together. So I decided to have my buddies round for dinner instead! Not quite the same glitz & glamour as usual but we are getting together never the less for good food & good wine. I was browsing the......
Create A Magical Christmas
A couple of weeks ago I showed you a tutorial on some Christmas tree decorations I had been making at home (little robins & Gingerbread men). Well I have had the felt & the cotton out again to make some special mini stockings for the family each with thier initials on them. I plan to hang them on the tree with our other creations & fill them with everyones favourite sweets. (Another great idea would be to make them into......
Christmas Colour Inspiration
Its all about snow white & a bit of sparkle for me this year & that will be the theme in my dinning room with a sprinkle of silver glitz. ......
Living spaces
I know I am a little obsessive about cosy spaces with open fireplaces but ill never get bored of posting about them. I have already chattered on recently about the appeal of traditional or country style over the cold winter months so I won't bore you by repeating myself but you have to admit this living room is incredibly inviting it has all the key ingredients for a perfect space. Open fireplace, tick, comfy sofa, tick, lots of snugly scatter cushions,......
Create A Magical Christmas
Date & Apricot PuddingI found this scrumptious recipe over on House to Home & think I will give it a whirl this Christmas as its a great alternative to your traditional pudding & since I am about the only one in my house that likes Christmas pudding maybe its time to try something a little different Ingredients 60g (2oz) medium oatmeal 10-12 fresh dates, stoned 20 ready-to-eat dried apricots 8tbsp whisky 250g......
Christmas Colour Inspiration
I wont get a chance to post colour inspiration tomorrow as I am spending the day in Cambridge doing a touch of Christmas shopping with my partner. So here's my post a little earlier than normal with a little bit of festive colour decore to get you inspired. Its not the most traditional of Christmas colour pallettes but I have to say I do like this pretty pink inspiration.......
Bathroom Inspiration
I love to see a beautifully designed contemporary bathroom, espcially as for the most of us its just a dream to have the luxury of a big bathing space like this. The luxurious big baths are stunning features that really have the wow factor in both of these gorgeous spaces.......
kitchen inspiration
Contemprary gloss kitchens have a real apeal to them I think. Its the clean cut lines & simplicity about them & that they are also easy to wipe clean. White is the most popular gloss door but this can often feel very clinical where as black doors can be very dominating in the average kitchen space & really darkens a room too. I find myself drawn to gloss doors in beige, latte or soft dove grey. The soft muted colours are comfortable......
create a Magical christmas
I have been busy making felt gingerbread men & felt robins tree decoration's with my step daughter. We both enjoyed making our own creations. I have also been working on some mini stockings for the tree too but I will share those another time. Find instructions below to make your own felt decorations..... To make a felt ginger bread man tree decoration you will need Brown feltgingerbreadman......
Christmas colour Inspiration
You cant get more traditional than red at Christmas and being that its a popular colour in many homes anyway its easy to incorporate into you christmas decorations too.......
bathroom inspiration
This cosy bathroom has a really modern country twist too it. Ive looked a lot at plum inspiration over the past week with tuesdays kitchen tour & last weeks Christmas colour Inspiration posts. I am loving this colour pallette & here seasonal plum mixed with subtle grey & the warm natural wood makes a delightful combination. &nb......
kitchen tours
This bold aubergine colour choice looks stunning teamed with white silestone worktops & the pale blue glass tiles & plentiful stainless steel appliances including the fridge drawers below a built in larder cupboard, a double door wine cooler & coffee machine blow the built in microwave & dishwasher drawers. Its a perfectly utilised & workable space that happens to be very eye catching too.......
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