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| My sunflower - may not be the tallest, but the first to flower! |
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| Sweet Williams |
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| White Rose |
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| The bees love this! |
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| Mitch - adores his toys! |
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| Coughton Court |
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| Stratford Upon Avon |
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| Even the dog needs an ice lolly these days! |
About Me
- Sarah
- I currently live in Birmingham and come from Solihull. I have a love of all things crafty, developed from my mom's love of crafts as I was growing up. I currently work in marketing, but I'm a qualified Aromatherapist, and use to be self employed alongside a day job, might one day return to that. I try to fit in crafts when I can, I wish I had more time and money to spend on it! I enjoy researching my family history and finding out about the past. It can get frustrating, but is really rewarding when you have a break through! I hope to meet people with similar interests as me and swap advice/stories.
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Summer Photos
A collection of photos from gardens, days out and other summer treats...
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Crafty Delights
Some lovely items I recently purchased as gifts & something for myself from some talented crafters.
Miss Bohemia
Miss Bohemia
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| Alice in Wonderland Mug - came with matching coaster |
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| I asked for this picture especially - matches my shop name! Miss Bohemia also makes some great jewellery which I've previously brought. |
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I fell in love with this fabric and thought about buying some to make my own items, but that's on the 'wish list' no time for that now! So I asked Mel to make this bag as a gift and the one below for me. Reminds me of summer holidays with my grandparents in Frinton!!  I also got a tardis fabric purse for a gift, forgot to take a photo, but look at Mel's stuff and you'll see loads there! |
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Lavender Lemonade
Having already made elderflower cordial this year, I thought I'd try something different. I was going with elderflower and rhubarb, but it didn't work out - I'm wondering if it's because I froze the elderflowers?
I did look on several websites and many people do freeze elderflowers and they are fine when making items later on, but it didn't work for me. I have some more left so I might try again, but for now I just made some lavender lemonade.
This was easy to do, but does need a fair few lemons, I used 7 I think to just get the 300ml needed.
Ingredients:
300ml lemon juice
250g sugar
1litre water (in total)
Approx 14 lavender heads - fresh or dried
Dissolve the sugar into 500ml of water, boil until dissolved.
Remove from the heat, add the lavender, cover and leave to cool.
Juice lemons.
Once Sugar mixture has cooled add the lemon juice and 500ml of water.
Strain the liquid into bottles.
Can be drunk straight away, or even better, chill the lemonade in the fridge and add a few ice cubes - delicious!!
I did look on several websites and many people do freeze elderflowers and they are fine when making items later on, but it didn't work for me. I have some more left so I might try again, but for now I just made some lavender lemonade.
This was easy to do, but does need a fair few lemons, I used 7 I think to just get the 300ml needed.
Ingredients:
300ml lemon juice
250g sugar
1litre water (in total)
Approx 14 lavender heads - fresh or dried
Dissolve the sugar into 500ml of water, boil until dissolved.
Remove from the heat, add the lavender, cover and leave to cool.
Juice lemons.
Once Sugar mixture has cooled add the lemon juice and 500ml of water.
Strain the liquid into bottles.
Can be drunk straight away, or even better, chill the lemonade in the fridge and add a few ice cubes - delicious!!
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