Well it’s Friday and if you’re thinking about the weekend and thinking about baking – well add this to your list. This is a simply delicious quiche and makes for a perfect weekend lunch or dinner. I just love quiche so much. Even if I have to spend a couple of hours in the kitchen […]
{Keep Reading...}Green with envy
August 11, 2011 By 6 Comments
Don’t worry this is just a post about green yarn, nothing more juicy than that. I’ve always been a pink girl but when you knit or craft you find yourself experimenting with new colours and combinations. And I’ve learnt that the right shade of green can look amazing…..even when you’re a pink girl at heart. […]
{Keep Reading...}BlogHer 12 New York City
August 9, 2011 By 17 Comments
New Yooooooooork! Concrete jungle where dreams are made of. And next year I’m going to be there. You see for a couple of years now I’ve watched from afar as bloggers have gathered for the annual BlogHer conferences. This year some lovely aussie bloggers I know got to go and I’ve decided that next year it’s my […]
{Keep Reading...}cherry clafoutis
August 9, 2011 By 8 Comments
I actually have 4 french recipes to share with you this week. Sunday was dreary and retro daddy went into the office all day. I was not impressed. I have replaced 4 letters of his employer with ‘crap’ when referring to it because we never see him. So to make myself feel better I decided to stay […]
{Keep Reading...}Paxton jacket
August 8, 2011 By 7 Comments
There is no better feeling than finishing off a little craft project. I have just finished sewing on the buttons on this dear little cardigan and am just loving it so much. I also love how the buttons came from my stash and didn’t require a trip up to spotlight where I would definitely come […]
{Keep Reading...}chill your madeleines
August 7, 2011 By 6 Comments
OK, well when the recipe says you should chill your madeleine mixture for 3 hours, they mean it. They look and taste so much better. So do it. Chill your mixture. I left mine in a mixing bowl in the fridge overnight. But don’t let bits of mixtures drop outside your moulds will you. I […]
{Keep Reading...}honey, orange and cinnamon madeleines
August 7, 2011 By 10 Comments
I love my madeleine tin. It brings back all the memories of retro daddy living in paris and our saturdays spent shopping. I was living and working in london and the highlight of the month was always when I got to go to paris and shop – and see retro daddy of course. We’d walk […]
{Keep Reading...}I love knitting for newborns
August 6, 2011 By 9 Comments
I love knitting for newborns. And my sweet, sweet friend Francine has just had her 3rd baby. A little boy born yesterday and he weighs 2 kilos. So tiny. I love hearing baby news and I love to crack out the knitting needles and make a few things. Francine’s two girls were also little premmies […]
{Keep Reading...}Violette Field Threads giveaway
August 4, 2011 By 64 Comments
Ok, well I love a good giveaway and I also remember what it’s like to be a mummy in small business. Starting out. So when I got the chance to giveaway some gorgeous sewing patterns for a new pattern brand, Violette Field Threads, started by two mummies over in the states, well I jumped at the chance. Look at […]
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