Variations on Strawberry Jam
My local Morrison’s had a load of strawberries reduced to £2.50 per kg, so I bought the lot. Apart from strawberries for breakfast, snacks and desserts I also had to … Continue reading
Novelty vodkas for a lovelylady
A while back I tried to make Haribo gold bears vodka. Unfortunately I misjudged the amount of gold bears I should put in there, by quite a lot and ended … Continue reading
Strawberry Jam
When I started making jam I suddenly found out how easy and how *cheap* it is to do. This weekend I made 9 jars of strawberry jam, for a total … Continue reading
Basil Vodka
This one is so easy it feels like cheating. I had a little leftover vodka from making blueberry vodka, a nice bushy basil plant and a small bottle. I have no … Continue reading
Fruit Flavoured Vodkas
I wanted to make raspberry vodka this weekend, but neither the local farmer’s market nor the supermarket had any nice ones. I also wanted to make rhubarb and vanilla vodka and some … Continue reading
Cherry Cake
I really do need to keep in the habit of updating this more often. Sorry. This weekend I made a dairy free cherry cake. It can be made with … Continue reading
Sunshine in a Jar Piccalilli
I find most shop bought Piccalilli too sharp and the flavour of malt vinegar and mustard powder to overwhelming. My mother mentioned the same problem. We both love the idea … Continue reading
Honeyfree Jewish Honey Cake
A very lovely friend of mine is allergic to honey, and several friends are lactose intolerant, so I was looking for a cake I could make that was Honey … Continue reading
Candles from The Eternal Magpie
Last night, being cold, grey and icky in general I decided instead of comfort food I would go for comfort candle. I’d ordered a set of the lovely Steampunk Themed … Continue reading
2012/3
I was planning to do a last post of 2012 with pictures of the cakes and bread I baked, plus all the biscuits I made. Then in the week … Continue reading
And now on to baking :-)
I love baking, and it’s much quicker and easier than sewing too, in fact, you can bake an amazing cake from scratch in under an hour and leave … Continue reading
My amazing son is volunteering in Nigeria
So, as many of you know, my amazing son Ashley O’Sullivan is volunteering with VSO and has been posted to Nigeria doing healthcare and AIDS relief! Nothing like being thrown … Continue reading
Patterns
I managed to photograph my dressmaking patterns this weekend, which led to looking at the pattern sites online and a sudden rapid expansion of my wishlist. McCall’s in particular seemed to have … Continue reading
The rest of my fabric stash
I probably need to make a decision as to what to do with some of this, or to give it away. I mean, what am I going to do with … Continue reading
Some more thoughts on roving dreads
I am pretty much decided on making my own. I can make them for less than half the price they cost to buy and I can get exactly what I want. … Continue reading
Costume Inspiration
A collection of photos for costume inspiration for Brass Coast. Again, many are a Pick’n’Mix selection. I will not be baring my midriff, and certainly for March I will not … Continue reading
What is this LARP I keep writing about?
Live Action Roleplay or LARP, sometimes LRP, is basically for those of us who never grew up and still like to play dress up and let’s pretend. Remember the old Dungeons and … Continue reading
General Patterns for Brass Coast/ Empire
Apart from the £30 challenge, I also intend to sew other costume bits. Of course, some of these are just an excuse to make beautiful clothes that I will also … Continue reading
Why I keep posting, not sewing
Unfortunately a couple of weeks ago a lady in Waitrose was in somewhat of a hurry and failed to notice me, or more importantly my right ring finger. She … Continue reading
Pondering the basics
The first Empire LARP event will be Easter weekend which is end of March/ start of April. While I, and I am sure many others, will be praying for a … Continue reading
Fabric haul from last weekend
I promised to upload pictures of my fabric haul from Walthamstow. So here goes, lots of lovely loot! As you can see, the bargains I got are amazing. You can’t … Continue reading
Making a costume for Empire for under £30: Part 1, Planning
I really love the idea of this challenge. People spend so much on LARP costumes when there really isn’t any need to do so if you can sew. Even if … Continue reading
Faerie Crafts and Hobbies 