Thursday, July 28, 2011

wibble wobble jelly in an....orange?

Mum send this idea to us and it's a hit!
I looked up a recipe here although really it's rather straight forward.
I did make the jelly a little firmer than usual by not adding as much water.
We used a muffin tin to keep the oranges upright in the fridge.
Also another tip is that it's much easier to cut the wedges when the half orange is face
down on the chopping board, the jelly seemed to break up if you cut it with the jelly facing up.

Stop the artsy photos already Mum and let us eat them!

Bathroom serenade

We can always tell where Mary is if we hear singing.....


Piano time......

We recently started Hannah and Becky in piano lessons...it was a trial for a term to see how they went and whether they were ready/old enough. Both love it and their teacher has said they are doing really well. They are both at the same level which is rather handy as they can help each other.



I got crafty this evening and finally made a bag for their books, I love using decorating fabric for bags as it's so strong and durable. It's girly approved apparently because it has sparkles (not sure if you can see them in the picture)

More Dortje pants and Nutties

I finished a pair of Dortje pants for Mary this time, all her pants are up around her knees as she's been growing like a weed! I should have come and looked at my last review before I started as I remember only after they were done that the back pockets are really too low and need to be moved up an inch...oh well! Curved hems are hard to sew by the way, I think I will do straight edges on the next pants hems. The fake fly looks great though and these turned out better than the one I made for Beck as the cord was thinner and so the topsticthing etc looks neater.

Marys munching on a couple of nutties in the pic, it's a family favourite recipe and is basically an anzac cookie but we've always called them Grandma Hoopers Nutties.

Recipe goes a little like this:

1 cup sugar
1 cup plain flour
1 cup oats
1 cup coconut
1 tablespoon golden syrup
1 tsp bi-carb soda
2 tablespoons boiling water
4 tablespoons of butter (4 ounces)


Mums method that she gave me is a little sparse on instructions but this is how I do it, boil the water in the kettle while I'm melting the butter and golden syrup in the microwave. Add the water to the mix and then the bicarb and watch it foam!
Then add to the already mixed dry ingredients and roll into small balls and bake in a mod oven for about 10mins.....don't leave them as they burn real quick! They should be a golden colour when done and will still be a little soft but will firm up on the cooling tray.
Enjoy!

Saturday, July 16, 2011

P is for......

Pinnies made from Ottobre 4/2004 and made reversible using the tute found here.
(P is also for Puffer which is rather impossible to get a 4 year old to use, even though it's makes a cool whistle and everything! A freddo frog was the clincher in the end! She's putting on a brave face here as she's rather not well.)P is also for Pyjamas worn underneath Pinnies because everyone is feeling a bit under the weather and it's raining outside so pyjamas is a perfect outfit of choice.

P is for Puppets made from the scraps of the pinnie fabric and then
P is for hilarious Puppet shows!


Thursday, July 14, 2011

My week in pictures....

Earlier on in the week I looked up from the dishes to see thisWe also feasted on this caramel pudding....check out the artistic dribble of sauce down the side of the dish!Spent some cold winter evenings with the machine whirring and made these for Becky. I don't have a big picture of the purple skirt but it's just a gathered skirt with elastic waist, nothing fancy. The embroidery around the bottom took forever as it's a very full skirt.
The second outift is the Ottobre 4/2004 leggings and a gathered skirt from a Spotlight knit I've had stashed away for ages. I thought it a more grown up print/colour so I had been waiting til the girls were a bit older.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Warm Jammies!

We're having a bit of a cold snap at the moment.....lots of snow on the Western Tiers which you can see from the end of our street.Consequently we need some really warm jammies at our place, so the girls are now snuggling up with comfy knit tops made from fabric Grandma scored out of the remnants bing at Spotlight! Bargain :)
It's the Ottobre Creative Workshop t-shirt pattern 301 which I use for all their basic t-shirts. I did the box style shirt this time rather than the slim fit to give them a bit of extra growing room.
The flannel pants are ones that I've made recently using the Make It Perfect PJ pants pattern that I tested for her book. They are a great pants pattern but waaaay too long for my little gnomes, Mary is in a size 3 but cut short to about a size 1 and a 1/2 and Hannah and Beck wear size 5's but cut to the size 3 length :PHere's a little something I wanted to remember as well.....it was rather funny at 4am this morning. We have a little night owl who like to come and visit most nights and this time it was accompanied with this....
"Dadda!! Dadda!! Can you come and help me, my blankets are all confused and I can't fix them"

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Birthday time...

Another catch up from May this year.
Our baby is not a baby anymore!
From this....
to this.....in just 4 short years!


Happy Birthday baby girl!