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...]
Pumpkin Cake
Pumpkin, Sultana, and Coconut Loaf Cake is a favourite at our place. The mashed pumpkin makes for a moist cake, and the sultanas and coconut add to the texture. With the mashed pumpkin it is somewhat healthy and it makes for a great lunch box … [Read more...]
{Book Reviews} Just Your Style and Art Quilting
This week we are reviewing two titles that will interest Quilters.Just Your Style by Gudrun Erla includes designs to make 7 different quilts. What we love about this book is that each quilt is shown in two different colourways, so whether your … [Read more...]
Plum Pie with Pavlova Ice-Cream
The lovely folks at Sunbeam, recently sent us a Pie Magic Family to review, complete with a delicious sweet pie recipe, created by their home economist, to bake a Plum Pie with Pavlova Ice-Cream. Yummm. The pie was super quick to prepare using the … [Read more...]
Rocky Ledge Bars
If you like chocolate brownie. you will love Rocky Ledge Bars. They have a moist, cake like consistency, and are studded with white and milk chocolate chips; caramel baking bits; and mini marshmallows.Ingredients:· 125 g (1 stick) unsalted … [Read more...]
Bonjour!
Most of our crockery is white - we love having all of our dinnerware and serving ware matching and it is easy to buy replacements when you get the odd plate chipped or broken. Sometimes though, white can be a little bit boring. I jazzed up a few … [Read more...]
Sew Can She
Just wanted to let you know that we are excited to be guest posting today over at the Sew Can She Blog. Caroline from Sew Can She brings you the best sewing tutorials from around the web every day. We were asked to make up one of the featured sewing … [Read more...]
Chocolate Whoopie Pies
Chocolate Whoopie Pies are the perfect treat - two little fluffly chocolate cakes, sandwiched together with a delicious chocolate chip buttercream filling. They freeze well and when popped into your lunchbox frozen, are ready to eat for morning … [Read more...]
Honey Castella Cake
We love everything Japanese here at A Spoonful of Sugar, and Sarah is always keen to try out recipes for Japanese sweet treats. This week she treated us to a Honey Castella Cake which is a traditional Japanese sponge cake - made without any oils or … [Read more...]
Drawstring Pouch
Drawstring Pouches are so handy - perfect for storing all manner of things. Using the Pretty Drawstring Pouch Tutorial, we enlarged the pattern by 3/4 inch on all sides to make a slightly larger pouch. These ones have been decorated with a patch of … [Read more...]
{Book Reviews} Artful Halloween, and Party Ensembles
This week we are reviewing two titles that will be of interest to those of you that love to decorate for Holidays and put together Parties for special occasions.Artful Halloween: 31 Frightfully Elegant Projects by Susan Wasinger, is packed with … [Read more...]
Paper Cut Book Marks
As avid readers and lovers of the classics, we were excited to see the fabulous bookmark project available free this week at the Cricut Craft Room. If you have a Cricut machine head on over to the Cricut Craft Room and download the free software so … [Read more...]
