If you are after a plain, crispy cookie, you will love these brown sugar and cinnamon cookies. They are quick and easy to prepare and taste amazing fresh from the oven. Sarah baked up a big batch on the weekend while I was vacuuming - it was so nice … [Read more...]
A Cool Escape
Sponsored by Cold RockWe are finally getting some decent Spring weather in Perth, with the thermometer reaching the mid 30's this weekend. When the weather heats up, we love to walk down to the Boat Harbour to get some fresh sea air. Tonight we … [Read more...]
Chocolate and Vanilla Swirl Cookies
Chocolate and vanilla are our favourite cookie flavours. Sarah has combined them in these Chocolate and Vanilla Swirl Cookies. They look really effective with the swirl. We might make a big batch of these for Christmas.Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups … [Read more...]
Burp Cloths to Sew
We have been having a big clean-up of our sewing/crafting space this week. All of our sewing supplies have been reorganised. As part of the organisation, we discovered lots of projects from a few years ago, including this set of Burp Cloths that were … [Read more...]
Custard Cake
Eggs were left off our shopping list this week. When Sarah went into the kitchen yesterday to bake us a cake for afternoon tea, she realised we only had one egg left - which wasn't enough for the recipe she was planning to make. Not to be deterred, … [Read more...]
Christmas Gift Pouch
Gifts come in all shapes and sizes, so we have made up a few little Christmas Gift Pouches in red gingham and white homespun to match our Christmas theme. These are the perfect size for small gifts like jewellery, chocolates, or other little … [Read more...]
Book Reviews: From the Family Kitchen, and Fine Cooking Italian
Books are the perfect gift to both give and receive. Whether it be novels, craft or cooking books - we love them all. We have a couple of titles today that will interest home cooks and would make terrific gifts for Christmas.From the Family Kitchen: … [Read more...]
DIY Ombre
Sarah has a few DIY projects that she wants to create over the school holidays. First up was a DIY Ombre Tank which will be perfect for summer. This project only uses a small amount of dye but the rest of the package will be used in another of her … [Read more...]
