Handmaiden

Christmas Cooking

A good day to get some cooking done for Christmas. I have tried out Donna Hays pudding recipe and Nigella's Christmas cake.
The pudding is all tied up now and drying out in the pantry after 4 1/2 hours of boiling.
Sharon

Infusing Oils - Rosemary

This summer I am looking forward to experimenting with oil and vinegar infusions.

This is the easiest option but will take at least a month for the flavour to impart. Neither a cold or hot infusion just simply washed and dried rosemary from the garden straight into a good quality olive oil.

Sharon

Herb Garden

Spring is in the air and I am starting on my herb garden and I am using this calendar from Yates.

Download Yates_seed_planting_calendar_

These are the seeds to grow in September/October.

Sharon

It's Raining Reindeers

I have always been an organised gal so thought I would make a start on some screen printing for my Christmas napkins between rain showers last week.

Sharon

Felted Booties

I have been meaning to post this for awhile but others just got in the way. Having learnt the resist method of felting I turned my hand to a smaller project  
of making booties. They shrink about 30%.

I think they are fabulous and now I have made my first lot I can see me experimenting.

Sharon