Monday, July 20, 2009

New dress


Don't you love it when a new item of clothing rejuvenates things in your wardrobe that you haven't worn in ages? My new Juliette Hogan dress does just that for a pair of boots that I bought two years ago and have NEVER worn (I am aware that this sounds like a shocking waste of money, but they're pretty cute...)! The problem was that I didn't know how to wear them. And now I do. New dress, I love you.

PS: You can borrow her sometime if you ever feel the need for a clothes swap.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Photos from the weekend...



Hi Fi,
I hope you don't mind these photos going on the blog, thought you might like to see them but I will take them off I you don't want them here! I think you look gorgeous, thanks for being such a great model. I have some wonderful new wool from Mel to make into a jumper which I am excited about! I also think I might try making that lovely brown cardi/tunic/cabled top one day, it looks so cosy.

In case anyone other than ourselves ever reads this stream-of-consciousness blog, the patterns and designs shown in these photos are Mel Clark's originals and will be available to purchase and download from South Seas Knitting blog, Slip Slip Knit, soon. Anyway, hope work is going well! I am knitting like a crazy person to get enough done for the Devonport Craft Market which is on the 2nd of August. Hope you can come and say hi!

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Leftovers lunch and healthy cakes


Lunch made from last night's dinner. I cooked an awesome dinner last night. Free range pork fillet with a sage, caper and lemon stuffing, with roasted pumpkin, beetroot and the last of the capsicums from the garden. Also did some vege sausages for G. Leftovers made a good hash. Lemony coleslaw with cabbage, carrot, apple, walnuts and fennel (from the garden).
Tim thinks this picture is just a mess and I'd have to concede that it probably is...


And these get me in the good books with E because they're dairy and gluten-free:

3/4 C rice flour
1/4 C ground almonds
1/4 C cocoa
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t  salt
1 C caster sugar
2 eggs, separated
1 C rice milk
1/2 C chocolate chips

Mix first 5 ingredients, plus half the sugar in a bowl.
Whisk egg yolks with rice milk and stir into dry ingredients.
In a separate clean bowl, beat egg whites until peaks form. 
Add remaining sugar to whites and beat until peaks form again.
Fold one third of egg white mixture into flour mix.
Gently fold in remaining egg white mixture and chocolate chips.
Spoon batter into 12 well-greased muffin pans and bake at 200 degrees C
for 12-15 mins or until firm when pressed in middle.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Instead of studying




This is what happens when you are sick to death of uni and the dumb exams which ask you to study the children's responses to reading (for goodness sake!)...so much for not making any more pairs of things for a while! And just as a note, the baby things are not for me...they will be gifted! The pink wristwarmers are quick and fun, made them for Selina, you should make some to learn how to cable! The buttons cover up my awful seaming hehe.