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......
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