Ingredients (to make approx 3 cups of jam)
250g punnet of strawberries
2 cups sugar
One third cup of water
25 g jam setta with pectin
Glass jars
Thoroughly wash and dry jars. Place empty jars in an oven set at 150 degrees for 10 minutes to sterilise them. Wash and hull strawberries. Place berries in a bowl and crush them. You can use a blender if you prefer a smoother consistency to your jam. Measure one cup of crushed berries, and add sugar. Let it stand for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mix water and jam setta in a saucepan on low heat. Bring to the boil and allow to boil for 1 mixture while stirring constantly. Add jam setta mixture to the berries mix and stir constantly for 3 minutes until the sugar is dissolved. Fill prepared jars. Let stand at room temperature for 24 hours. Jam will keep for up to 3 weeks in the fridge or in the freezer for up to one year.
Our local shopping centre has recently opened a Smiggles store – lots of great stationery products. They had some cahier style exercise books – with a stitched spine. I did a simple applique on one to customise it.
I also experimented with a quick kids craft this week – making non slip socks. This would be a great technique to ensure the soles of little baby shoes/socks are non slip. Place a piece of cardboard in the sole of the shoe or sock. Using dimensional fabric paint, paint motifs on the sole of the socks. Leave to dry for 24 hours and voila!! I am sure kids would enjoy creating their masterpieces on the soles of their socks.
Posted by Lisa
love the sock idea
The jam looks wonderful! I didn’t get to make any this year and I am quite sad about that. Next year for sure!
The notebook is adorable. The applique is the perfect addition!
The jam looks great and the labels too. I LOVE the sock idea – quick and easy enough for kids to do. Gee you have some wonderful ideas girls!!
Those strawberry labels?? Too cute!
Thanks for sharing another great idea with us! I love the Swell fabric that you used!
i’m so excited about your sock idea! i’ve been paying way too much for non-slip kid socks when i could’ve been making my own the whole time!! thanks for the ideas!! (and love your pics, too!)
Ooh the jam looks lovely and luscious.
The embellished book is wonderful -what a great idea to jazz up a plain book.
The non-skid socks would make a great gift for a little one. You are so creative!
Cheers
They look fabulous. Home made jam is deliscious and labels/decorators add to the fun.
Lisa, great ideas! love the labels! and how did you stitch to the notebook?
what a great receipe aas strawberries are really cheap here at the moment…will be adding that to my shopping list(jam setta)
I’ve always thought about putting dimensional paint on the soles of socks, but have never done it. Good on you for doing it! Sounds like you’ve had a busy week!
Wow so many good ideas in one post!
I will definitely be trying the sock idea – thanks!
Thanks for the jam recipe and the great ideas! The labels look so good, I love the applique!
You’ve been soooo productive. The appliqué turned out great, the journal and the socks look like fun too. I’ve never tried making jam but I’d like too.
Love those labels! So sweet and cute!
Fantastic labels you made for your delicious jam. I had to click on Smiggles (love the name) to see what it was. You always have such clever ideas.
Oh, I would love to taste that jam on some hot toast…mmm…And love the strawberry label…The customized notebook is such a nice idea–simple, but elegant–I like that! Have a delicious day! ((HUGS))
Isn’t freezer jam the best?! Love your labels and the socks are too cute!
I love the labels you made. Freezer jam is the best. I love how you always do such varied projects. I have got so many excellent ideas from you.
I love freezer jam it always tastes so fresh like you have just made it. Your labels are adorable, so great for giving as a gift.
That notebook is fantastic! Did you do that on your machine or by hand?
I love the socks!
Yum — nothing like strawberry freezer jam. thanks for the recipe! I love your adorable little labels too!
Those socks are genius! I’m putting together a roundup of kids crafts and I’ll be linking to this. My nieces and nephews would love to paint on their own socks, and they could make them as gifts!
Your strawberry labels are such a cute idea. Great job!
What an interesting way to make jam. Your labels are simply gorgeous!!
Cute socks and notebook too.
those labels are wonderful…make the jam look even tastier!
Love the strawberry jam labels, and the jam itself sounds quick and delicious! Shall have to try some.
What a great idea on the socks!
i love the socks, i think i may just have to have a whack at some, and not for the kids .. for me 😉
Fresh Homemade Jam is the best.What a cute idea for the socks!
Andrea
Oh very yummy & very cool! How is that thow quilt coming along 🙂 ?
Smiggle!!! My daughters favourite shop…Your so lucky to have one near by…we need to go to Melbourne on a plane to find one!! Cathyx
hey I could use the non slip idea on my little booties thanks for the tip…have a great weekend
Strawberry jam is so highly addictive! I love it so much! I really love those jam jars!
Your jam looks fantastic! Every (Northern hemisphere) summer I make preserves to remember the taste of fresh fruit during our winter.
I love those strawberry labels! They look great. Strawberries never make it to jam here though – we eat them up too quickly!
That is a great idea about the socks!
Your strawberry tags look great! I didn’t get to make the strawberry jam this year, darn it. But it is good, isn’t it?!!!! Cute notebook!
Love the smiggles book. I saw one of those shops the other day on my travels. Have to love stationary.
love the strawberries…they’re too nice to be used as labels!
WOW you are so creative!
Ummm your strawberry jam sounds easy. I have been using the jam setting in our bread making machine and they have been so delicious. Yea yea I know cheating LOL.
oh my goodness…maybe this was why i had strawberries on the brain! i remember seeing these little labels and thinking how fab they were. you were such an inspiration and i didn’t even know it!
beautiful! i love strawberry jam!
That paint would work great on the soles of a fleece sock pattern I’ve got. I’ve yet to make them because I’m pretty sure I’d kill myself on the stairs wearing them.
woohoo!! I’ve been trying to figure out how to make strawberry freezer jam using jamsetta but all the recipes I found were American and I wasn’t sure about converting them. So here it is almost 4 years after you wrote this post and you’re saving my time and sanity!! Thanks