Fresh Fringes

We love the recent trend for thick, blunt fringes worn by our favourite celebrities. There's more popping up every day, here's a list of our favourites.Jessie JThe Queen of the bob and blunt bangCarol VordermanA fresh blunt cut fringe cut into her gorgeous brown hairLucy SeigleClaudia WinklemanSpecial MentionHolly Valance Strictly W...

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Romania Part 2

Yesterday I told you how I ended up going to Romania and shared some photos of the sewing classes that I ran while I was there.  The awesome thing about the classes and craft materials is that the ministry has two long term volunteers with them at the moment and one of them was a seamstress in one of the main opera houses in France before she came to the ministry.  I...

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Romania

At the end of August this year I travelled to Romania for 2 1/2 weeks.  There are lots of beautiful places to visit in Romania (and I shall give you tips for a couple to check out if ever you go at the end of this post) but I was not there or a holiday.  Neither was I there on business, although there were business men on our flight.  No I was there to teach and...

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Tahoe Trip, Labels and Spiral Embroidery

Up at the crack of dawn this morning.. making labels.  Yes, even the labels are handmade.  :)I just got back from a couple days in Tahoe, at my family's cabin.  We went up there to get the cabin ready for winter - put up the snow panels on the snow tunnel, put the dirt bikes and the canoe away, and anti-freeze the pipes.  Just in time too - the temperature was down in the 20s...

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Menu Plan Monday

This week's menu plan Monday will have to be really quick as we are off to Cadbury World!Monday - Turkey Meatballs with pasta and saladTuesday - Pork Jambalaya with saladWednesday - Chicken Paprika Bake with steamed veggiesThursday - Chicken Cashew nut Stir FryFriday - Fish with a Chorizo crust with mini rostis and saladSaturday - Noodles with minceSunday - Birthday dinner (I KNOW I asked someone...

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Alex Jones' Hair Extensions

For anyone watching Strictly this weekend would have seen the transformation of Alex Jones' hair from shoulder length bob to layered long hair.Should Alex continue with the new loo...

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Gingerbread

This is the famous gingerbread.  The one I have been making for years and years.  It's a Mary Berry recipe but not the one that you might have seen online from a recent TV programme about baking.  This one is from one of her older books and is very similar to that recipe but not the same:You can see from the spine that it has been well used over the years.  As...

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