I’m chuffed with how the border turned out. It was a bit of a mystery until the last minute, but looks good I think, nice and sturdy for a baby blanket. Now we just need the baby!
Monthly Archives: August 2012
New baby craft
Posted onJustin’s cousin had a baby yesterday so I made this up for the beautiful little girl
Meggie on her First Communion day today.
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The dress is slightly off white and it was a bit too chilly to go bare-legged, so we thought a pair of leggings would go well. How hard is it to find cream leggings? I’ll tell you…impossible. So in a bit of desperation, we got a white pair and soaked them in a warm tub of tea for about half an hour, and hey presto, creamy leggings! They were a perfect match. Dress is from valley girl, taken in at the top and sides to fit miss petite.
Red Velvet cake
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Made this for Meg’s First Communion today. Red velvet cake, lemon cream cheese icing and fruit on the top and in the middle. Yummo.
Licking the bowl ( literally for Meg) and the spoons is mandatory for all onlookers.
Park run 2
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Personal best time for 5kms. Am so excited to get under 26 mins, and the best bit is that 2 of those kilometres were under 5minutes each. Cheering quietly over here!
My confirmation email just came……
Congratulations on completing your 2nd parkrun and your 2nd at Ginninderra today. You finished in 18th place and were the 3rd lady out of a field of 36 parkrunners and you came 1st in your age category VW40-44. Congratulations on setting a new Personal Best by 16 seconds at Ginninderra parkrun!
Diagonal crochet blanket
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Now to tidy up the edges. Couldn’t be happier with how it turned out.
End product
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Sweet dessert
Posted onIt is one of those cold, rainy, wintery nights and I just feel like some yummy dessert. Thought I’d make some apple pies…easy way of course.
Using shop puff pastry sheets, cut them into quarters and brush with some melted butter. Sprinkle lightly with a brown sugar and cinnamon mixture. Plonk on some tinned apples.
Then turn over the pastry from one corner to the other, and press down the side with a fork. Place on a baking tray. Brush again with melted butter and sprinkle a little extra sugar on the top.
Whack them in the oven till they are browned and crispy. Serve with custard or ice cream, or both!
Watch “Fran’s 40th 28th July 2012 – Speeches” on YouTube
Posted onMy 40th birthday party was a hoot. Here is a video of the speeches.
Crochet
Posted onNew project on the crochet front is this Diagonal stitch that I am making into a blanket. I like it. It was tricky to start cause I was learning from photographs and I can’t read a pattern, but in the end I got the hang of it, and now I am bulldozing ahead.
