After a somewhat hectic week, I was very much looking forward to going to the Christchurch Food Festival, a celebration of all things yummy from the local area. There were so many stalls...

To mark my last week with the People Team and my first within Marketing, I decided that I wanted to make a gingerbread house, it's something that has been on my 'to bake'...

It has been an age since I posted anything on my blog, and has suffered a bout of neglect on my part, I promise there has been a very valid reason, a lot has...

Our beloved family dog Rosie, died last weekend, I rushed from work back to Suffolk to see her before she was buried in our garden (one of her favourite places for an afternoon...

The weather man has been promising blue skies and sunshine for many weeks now, and when it kind-of came true today, we jumped in the car and zoomed off in the direction of...

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I ended up in the lovely Molly's Den again yesterday, I was eager for Jason to see the vintage loveliness that is Molly's Den and show him some beautiful pieces of furniture I'd...

I have been wanting to make an Easter cake since last Easter, so this year I got my ingredients in early and made this beast of a cake from Lisa Faulkner's cookery book...

I had the orange juice left over from making the breakfast muffins on Thursday, and thought rather than throw them away I'd make use of them. I couldn't decide on cookies or muffins,...

Thursday evening after I'd got home from work saw me undertake quiet a task in our small but perfectly formed kitchen, baking 48 breakfast muffins, comprising of 24 Carrot and Sultana, 24 Banana,...

Today I've had the whole day to myself (Jason has been off on a chocolate making course) so I hopped in the car and went to visit Molly's Den, a huge warehouse full...

I've been experimenting with a few muffin flavours in preparation for the ones that i am making for my very first Dandy-Lion bakery order. Earlier in the week I tried some carrot, banana,...

This weekend has been a whirlwind of house viewings, cleaning and de-cluttering, so it was nice today to have a somewhat relaxed day. Jason's Mum came over for a Mother's Day Sunday roast,...

I have to say, I'm rather enjoying my mid-week baking sessions. This week I made some birthday fairy cakes and an orange drizzle cake. I've also got my very first order for the...

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I've been making lots of cards for people at work and will soon have more listed on my Etsy shop, in the meantime I'd thought I would show how I make them ....

This weekend has been eventful to say the least, and to cap it all off I had an afternoon of baking to prepare me for the week ahead . . . bliss! This...

This weekend we stayed at Jason's parents who live quite close to the New Forest, so never one to miss an opportunity we donned our wellies and ventured out to Ashurst route map...

For this weekend's new bake we attempted Sticky Toffee Pudding, a personal favourite of Jason's, however neither of us have ever backed it and didn't realise that the traditional pudding was made using...

Birthday card design that I was asked to make, I'm really enjoying using buttons more in my designs, watch this space for some more to come on my Etsy shop . . ....

For Christmas I made Jason a lap tray as the cushion that he was using was getting in covered in all kinds of food, and consequently ended up in the bin. I bought...

Jason has the unenviable task of sorting out what we do for Valentine's day, and this year he cooked a delicious fish pie and for pudding . . .  a lovely lemon souffle...

I've been busy doing some new card designs, and seeing as Valentine's day is just around the corner I chose this as my theme. At the moment I seem to be really drawn...