small kitchen tales

Playing with some mod podge and fabric Preparing for the market on Saturday. Lets have a looksy at what Kirsty's up to and while you are out visiting, have you popped round to this lovely lady's and wished her a happy birthday . Cupcake hugs to you Cam! Hope to see some of you on Saturday , for some handmade goodness! ✗ ♥

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I have been anxiously awaiting the postman recently in anticipation of gorgeous treasures. I received my beautiful pincushion from the big Foxslane Pincushion swap from Angie and absolutely love it as well as the gorgeous hand stamped strawberry tags. Thanks Kate for a fabulous swap, I definitely enjoyed being a part of it. The other treasure that was delivered personally at last weeks NCB has already gone for walks to the park with the little Miss of the house. At least the tea towels are mine to keep, but as I told Ms Clutterpunk , I could not possibly use them to dry dishes. Any ideas are more than welcome. What would you make them into? Speaking of swaps, have you heard about this one , I am hooked now thanks to Ms Kate . Wish me luck. Picked you some flowers on the way home from kinder, "they not smell mummy", but they sure are pretty. Have a wonderful week friends ♥ ✗ ♥

Made this (out of an old pair of jeans) , baked these , remembering this . ♥ ✗ ♥

Enjoy the long weekend Australia & New Zealand! Hope you are doing something fun. ♥ ✗ ♥

This week has been all about bunting, something to pretty up the kids craft corner. I really enjoyed making this and it didn't take that long either. I know, I really did surprise myself! For some serious creativity, you'd better pop round to Kirsty's . Enjoy! ♥ ✗ ♥

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I love to make gingerbread so I had to combine that with a cupcake and believe me when I tell you the house still smells of gingerbread . Ginger and Spice Cupcakes makes 24 conversions ingredients 150g butter, softened 200g brown sugar 100g caster sugar 4 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 300g plain flour 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon mixed spice 1 teaspoon cinnamon 100g crystallised ginger, diced finely 2/3 cup sour cream method preheat oven to 170C/150C fan, line cupcake tins with papers sift together flour, baking soda and spices and set aside beat butter then gradually add the combined sugar and beat until light and fluffy add eggs one at a time whilst beating well after each addition add vanilla and gradually add the flour mixture and sour cream half at a time add finely diced ginger and mix until combine spoon into cupcake papers and bake for 20-25 minutes or until slightly golden and tested with a skewer cool cupcakes and ice with a ginger caramel icing Gin...

Happy Monday friends! I think I have an addiction, it can be good, but it can also be bad at times, especially when we only live in a 2 bedroom house and storage space is limited. But how could I say no....I mean REALLY , I was so excited that I quickly handed over my $3 and smiled all the way home, looking at my 2.5 year old as he kept saying "that nice mummy!" Isn't it lovely? Let me put the kettle on and see what everyone else has found this week. ♥ ✗ ♥

Hope you enjoyed the cupcakes , the kids sure did, with a splash of sprinkles of course. Are you up to anything exciting today? Hope you have fun. Thanks Jessi for Amelie's gorgeous new ring , you are so very generous and she LOVES it! ahhh, aren't blog land friends fab! ♥ ✗ ♥

I'm glad you liked my hearts yesterday, they are definitely very sweet as they are made of lovely fondant. I promised you some cupcakes and took on board your fantastic cupcake critiques and put together a moist, not too sweet cupcake with a surprise inside and topped it off with a NEVER fail chocolate ganache icing and some sweet hearts to top it off. Choc Raspberry Cupcakes makes 24 conversions ingredients 90g dark chocolate 40g milk chocolate 250ml water 180g butter 225g caster sugar 4 eggs 200g self raising flour 30g cocoa 100g almond meal 200g frozen raspberries method preheat oven to 170 C/150 C fan, line cupcake pans with papers combine chocolate and water in a small saucepan and place over a very low heat and stir until melted and combined beat butter and sugar with electric mixer until pale, add eggs one at a time and beat well as you add the eggs sift flour and cocoa together in a small bowl, add almond meal. add to butter mixture and mix just until combined fold in ...

Finally home after a busy morning and back to making some more hearts and stars. Thank you for all your cupcake feedback , very helpful indeed. After I finish these I think I may bake some chocolate and raspberry cupcakes, come back tomorrow for some tea and a taste. In the meantime, why don't you pop round to Kirsty's and see what everyone else is up to. ♥ ✗ ♥

Obviously the edible kind, but I have been pondering this for a while as I am not a cupcake eater I always wonder what people like in a cupcake. Is it the cake bit, the icing, both? How much icing do you like on your cupcake, is there such a thing as too much. What proportion of icing to cake do you like? I'd love to know, stay for a cuppa and a chat, let me know what your ideal cupcake is. This one is finally on it's way to a secret someone that will hopefully like it. Have a great week and thanks for the chat ♥ ✗ ♥

(painted black) Technically it's a demolition yard find, but it still is a great find. Old, weathered and very bland looking school locker has been given a new life with a clean up and paint and will now house my lovely magazines which I love to collect . I am popping round to see what everyone else has this week while I wait for this paint to dry. ♥ ✗ ♥