I just love cup cakes!
Thursday, 15 November 2012
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Saturday, 7 January 2012
Gingerbread Party
This year I held a Gingerbread Party at my house, in the past I have been to one, hosted by my Canadian friend Carol.
As this is all new to us, we needed to make gingerbread for the first time. We had a few test batches.... some better than others LOL, but eventually we got there. Then we had to get a template as we needed to make several houses as we were making 5 houses.
Shopping for lots of goodies was fun but my husband was able to get hold of some really cool toppings from the American shop in Aldershot (one of the only benefits of him having to work away a lot). He got loads of cool toppings including festive cake glitter and tiny gingerbread men that you can sprinkle. He also got loads of American sweets including Baby Ruth, Reeses cups, Peanut Butter M&M's and loads more.
We got each house a silver platter so that they could take their creations home, here are a few pictures:
Would love to hear about your festive creations.
Take care and speak soon.
Hugs
Emjay x
As this is all new to us, we needed to make gingerbread for the first time. We had a few test batches.... some better than others LOL, but eventually we got there. Then we had to get a template as we needed to make several houses as we were making 5 houses.
Shopping for lots of goodies was fun but my husband was able to get hold of some really cool toppings from the American shop in Aldershot (one of the only benefits of him having to work away a lot). He got loads of cool toppings including festive cake glitter and tiny gingerbread men that you can sprinkle. He also got loads of American sweets including Baby Ruth, Reeses cups, Peanut Butter M&M's and loads more.
We got each house a silver platter so that they could take their creations home, here are a few pictures:
Would love to hear about your festive creations.
Take care and speak soon.
Hugs
Emjay x
Christmas Projects
I know these may be a little late as most of you have probably seen these on youtube, but having a family does take up most of my time, so better late than never. LOL
Here is an album that I made the kids Nan for Christmas, it is in her favourite colours. It is an envelope mini, which is quite simple and easy to make, which is just as well as I have a few to make.
The flower on the front was handmade, and for a while I was a bit addicted to making them so I have plenty... LOL.
The main purpose of this album is to hold as many photos as possible, which hopefully you can see I achieved.
Some of the trims used here can be found at Suhafuha's Zibbet store.
I hope you all had a great Christmas, and a very Happy New Year.
Please visit again soon.
Hugs Emjay
Here is an album that I made the kids Nan for Christmas, it is in her favourite colours. It is an envelope mini, which is quite simple and easy to make, which is just as well as I have a few to make.
The flower on the front was handmade, and for a while I was a bit addicted to making them so I have plenty... LOL.
The main purpose of this album is to hold as many photos as possible, which hopefully you can see I achieved.
Some of the trims used here can be found at Suhafuha's Zibbet store.
I hope you all had a great Christmas, and a very Happy New Year.
Please visit again soon.
Hugs Emjay
Monday, 7 November 2011
Halloween Projects
Hi Everyone
Thought I would share a few things I have made working up to Halloween. Did a video on my YouTube but have only just got around to putting it on my here.
As I have quite a big family, and we live quite close to each other, we spend a lot of special occasions together, such as Halloween, Easter, Christmas etc. This year it was my turn to do a party at my house (pulling my hair out at the mere thought...... hee hee.)
So after getting things organised at the last minute, like food, decor, etc. I decided to make my own invitations. These needed to be quick and simple, as I was making quite a few in a short time.
In the end I think they worked out really well, were easy to do and served their purpose.
The next thing I came up with was to alter a couple of bottles of wine to use as prizes in some Halloween games. Firstly I started with a bottle of good quality wine, changed the labels and and created a super spooky bottle of booze. Check out my video......
They went down very well (a little too well with a couple of guests) and everyone wanted one of the bottles.
Emjay x
Friday, 30 September 2011
Son's Birthday
My son turned 12 this summer, how time has flown by....
I can still remember the day I bought him home from the hospital, he was so tiny, my husband could hold him in one hand.
So this year for his Birthday he wanted to go target shooting with his dad, grandad and uncle. They all went to an Air Rifle shooting range and spent the day shooting targets.
I can still remember the day I bought him home from the hospital, he was so tiny, my husband could hold him in one hand.
So this year for his Birthday he wanted to go target shooting with his dad, grandad and uncle. They all went to an Air Rifle shooting range and spent the day shooting targets.
They also shot anything else they could get their hands on, including tin cans and plastic bottles.
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| The remnants of a coke can |
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| My son admiring his handywork |
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| My son and his grandad setting up some more targets |
My son had a great time and wants to go again soon as he thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.
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| The 3 Musketeers |
Thanks as always for reading my blog, hope you enjoyed it.
EmJay
Home Grown
Hi Everyone
At the start of the year, the kids and I decided that we were going to have a little project together. This project was growing our own veg. Not as easy as you would think.
The potatoes were amazing and we had so many that I haven't had to buy any in ages. We don't have a greenhouse, so we decided to grow the tomatoes in the conservatory, which was ok to begin with but for ages there were no tomatoes on the plants. So we decided to put them outside and within a week we had loads and still have loads growing even though it is nearly October.
The lettuces, peppers and cucumbers were a no show as they were eaten by every slug in the garden. However as you can see the carrots are amazing and there are plenty to go around to all the family and friends.
I would love to hear about projects that you have attempted this year.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend and come back to visit my blog soon.
Emjay
At the start of the year, the kids and I decided that we were going to have a little project together. This project was growing our own veg. Not as easy as you would think.
The potatoes were amazing and we had so many that I haven't had to buy any in ages. We don't have a greenhouse, so we decided to grow the tomatoes in the conservatory, which was ok to begin with but for ages there were no tomatoes on the plants. So we decided to put them outside and within a week we had loads and still have loads growing even though it is nearly October.
The lettuces, peppers and cucumbers were a no show as they were eaten by every slug in the garden. However as you can see the carrots are amazing and there are plenty to go around to all the family and friends.
I would love to hear about projects that you have attempted this year.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend and come back to visit my blog soon.
Emjay
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