Lil' Vintage Story Books

I saw thisover at Ingrid's blog and thought I might join in.

My book is A Letter To Amy by Ezra Jack Keats. I won this book in 1970 for a story book competition, I have no idea what I did though to win it.










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Sorry it's been so long

Hi there poor neglected blog, not sure if anyone is still here but I'm sorry i've been gone, life just seems to be getting in the way. There is no crafting going on but I'm going away in a couple of weeks with some lovely crafty ladies so hopefully I will produce something.

I did come baking today - one success and one failure

I made these confetti cookies thanks to a pin from Ingrid on pinterest. They taste great - success.


A few weeks ago I bought some Christmas m&m's from Costco thinking I would make some of these as gifts. Yesterday I found out Jeff has been eating said m&m's. So I thought I would try the recipe out to make sure of worked before I bought some more.



Not sure what I did wrong but they definitely didn't look like any of the pictures, they were way too dry and didn't flatten at all - failure.


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Pinterest

I've pinned lots of things on pinterest, including lots of recipes and I thought it was about time I started using some of them. I'm a bit of a breakfast skipper so I thought I might trythese breakfast bars from Nigella



Well they turned out pretty yummy. I replaced the nuts with some choc chips to make them a bit more kid friendly in our house, not too many but I didn't want nuts so the kids could take them to school.


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Holidays

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Lucy

Out in the sun making a mud pie concoction



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Book week

More poor neglected blog, I'm sorry I've haven't been here for a while, I've been busy with life stuff and there hasn't really been much crafting.

It was book week today and I tried to talk Charlotte in to going as Emily Eyefinger as she has been reading that and they also had Duncan Ball come out to their school but she said too many people would go as that.



She decided to go as Charlotte from Charlotte's Web. It ended up being pretty easy she already had the block tights and top, we got some stockings and stuff them and stitched them on the top. We picked up a spiders web at the party shop and tied it around some bent coat hangers. She was pretty pleased and then she got called out for her grade, with 2 other lovely girls, to tell everyone who she was.



Unfortunately I only got these parade photos because she goes to band on Friday mornings and Jeff takes her and who wants to get up at 7 if they can stay on bed!




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It's all about discovering

Charlotte and I had a fantastic day today at the Powerhouse Discovery Centre.


We had fun on the giant knitting nancy


Weaving amongst the trees (Charlotte could have stayed here all day)


Rag weaving, lace making and paper lace making.



I had fun catching up with some great bloggers. It was lovely to see so many out there.

Sign up for the newsletter they have lots of school holiday activities coming up and the next open day is on the 10th September, its well worth the trip.

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Birthdays

Charlotte has a couple of birthday parties to go to this weekend and I picked up a couple of copies of Kids Crafternoon - Papercraft this week as gifts, much to Charlotte's disgust, she's already put it on her Christmas wish list.



Then I decided to make a couple of these Art Journals to go with them.






We added some gel pens, stickers, some blank cards and tags




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Powerhouse Discovery Centre

If you live in the Hills area of Sydney you may know about the Powerhouse Discovery Centre @ Castle Hill.





I received an email from them today letting me know about an upcoming event. Their August open day on Saturday 13th August is focussing on handmade and in fact is called Handmade Revolution.

They have lots of activities on for young and old so if you live in the area, or can get there pop in and have a look, you might bump in to the kids and I.

To top it off the great people at the Discovery Centre have given me 2 family passes to give away right here which coincides very nicely with my 5th anniversary. So if you are local, free on the 13th and would like to come along for a fun day then leave me a comment.

(Forgot to say I'll draw the winners on Sunday night so I've got time to get addresses and send the passes out)

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New Shoes

Look what arrived in the mail yesterday



After seeing Cintia wearing these in Japan I knew I needed a pair.

They are from CMUK and there are loads of colours and it was hard to decide which ones to get. I wore them today and they were great, very comfy. I wore them with socks today but I prefer wearing shoes without socks so I will be giving that a try next time. Can't wait to try them out at zumba too. Now, of course, the kids want a pair so we are al waiting for them to release their kids version.

P.S. - I bought these shoes and this is an unsolicited post. I'll come back and let you know how they go the more I wear them.




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Baking

I know it looks like this blog is becoming a cooking one but hopefully I will have some sewing soon.



I made this cake on Friday afternoon and this is what is left now. I think the recipe is from here but I can't remember because I had it written down from somewhere.



Then today I did these cinnamon chips. The first batch were a bit well done because I got sidetracked but they are very yummy and I can't wait to make this or this



And finally some scrolls. I used Mel's recipe (just scroll down a bit) and made half cinnamon and half ham and cheese.


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Raspberries

I love raspberries and if you follow me on Pinterest you will know I often pin foods involving raspberries. I pinned this ages ago and decided to whip it up this week.






I did make a couple of changes to the recipe.
- I didn't use a food processor so I just rubbed the butter through with my fingers.
- My tin was a bit smaller so my layers are thicker but it still tastes great and I love the biscuit base being a bit thicker.
- I didn't use a full tablespoon of lemon rind I just used the rind of 1 lemon. A tablespoon seemed like a lot and I only had one. It gave it a nice lemony flavor without being overpowering.

It's been great to grab in the mornings and eat on the way to work this week.

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Lark Lovelieness

I got some lovely goodies at the Lark sale and they arrived on Monday.



This gorgeous Dumpling Dynasty Cookie wallet. I started using it straight away and I love it.



2 Anorak magazines for Charlotte



And this gorgeous weekend bag, also from Dumpling Dynasty. I got 3 of these and wish I had gotten more as they would make great gifts for Charlotte's friends.

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Petite Lasagna

I've been pinning lots of stuff on pinterest including these



Thumbs up from one child, absolutely disgusting from the other. There's no pleasing child number two.

(I used chicken mince instead of turkey too).


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Chocolate party

We usually let the kids have a "big" party every couple of years and Charlotte was supposed to have one in January for her birthday but then Jeff broke his heel and I just couldn't cope with a kids birthday party as well.






So I said she could have a party some time during the year and she decided she wanted to have a chocolate party and today was the day.






I made some cake pops for them to decorate although they were a bit too moist this time, some cup cakes for them to decorate and then they got down and chocolatey with choc dipped strawberries and pizza for dinner.

Can yo believe I didn't get one photo of Charlotte. Now we are all set for the holidays.




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Yoghurt jars

I saw this on pinterest recently and finally got some jars so I could give it a try. I layered mine with yoghurt, granola, raspberries and a drizzle of honey. Can't wait to grab it tomorrow for breakfast.



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Freshly Baked

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Communion

We celebrated Charlotte's communion yesterday. It was a lovely sunny day and all the kids looked lovely, especially the boys in their suits.


Charlotte looked absolutely gorgeous. We got her hair done in the morning and as we left the hairdressers she said she felt like a princess.



I was so organized I manage to whip Lucy up a skirt on Saturday night using some Denyse Schmidt fabric.

We just had family back to our house afterwards for a lovely afternoon that included these yummy cakes



We all had a lovely day



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Cam saves the day

Lucy has a party today and last night I thought I better whip up a bag for the present to go in. I wanted to do a lined drawstring ouch but my head just wasn't working so I googled tutorials, found one which gave me an even bigger headache, looked at google again and a couple down I see the word Curlypops



This lead me to Cam's tutorial, thanks Cam you saved me a headache.

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Hottie challenge

We are all doing the Hottie challenge that Cam is organizing.

This is my hottie


And this is Lucy's


We are just waiting for Charlotte to finish up and then the will be on their way to Cam.

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