Good morning!
The sun was shining, but it's clouded over in the last half hour. There's still a breeze though, so I'm praying that clothesline full of wet washing will dry before it rains. Last week was rather busy and looking back, lots of things were accomplished. Making I made nine card kits for a shoebox swap. I put together nine little gifts for friends. I made five happy mail cards and sent them out. I crocheted two dishcloths for a gift. Baking I volunteered to take morning and afternoon tea for the weekend. I made banana bread, date muffins, vanilla cupcakes and ANZAC slice and doubled each recipe so I could leave some for Wayne and the boys and to freeze for this week's lunchboxes. I made tortillas for a meal, and froze some. Sewing Every day something was cut out and pinned ready to sew this week. There are pot holders, jar openers, dusters, a couple of aprons and hanging tea towels. I will be doing a little market in a few weeks, so I'm building up stocks to have a nice variety of things for folk to buy. Growing The rhubarb that Lacey keeps digging up is growing again. This rhubarb is indestructible. I just stood and smiled when I saw it standing tall, well about 20cm high, in the pot. The second pear tree is full of blossom; I'm hoping for at least a couple of pears this year. The raspberries have woken up and are full of leaves and standing tall in the berry bed. Looking forward to lots of lovely fresh raspberries this summer.
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Hello! We had a return to winter the last few days, with very cold winds and rain, we even had a fabulous hail storm on Saturday. We didn’t get any garden damage, but those hail stones were bigger than usual and there were so many, the yard was white for quite a while. Makes last week: Wooden Christmas ornaments Cards for the Christmas workshop Cards for a card swap this coming weekend I made these retreat survival kits for an upcoming retreat I'm attending. They were so much fun to do, and used up things from my craft stash. The only thing I had to buy was the lip balms, because I ran out of time to make them. Baking last week:
ANZAC slice Choc Crunch Slice Pizza bases for the freezer Meatballs and mince for the pantry shelf Dehydrated bread crusts for crumbs Processed some stale bread for fresh bread crumbs and put them in 1 cup lots in the freezer. I use these to make stuffing for roast chickens and to make a mock chicken roast. Sewing last week: I made a serviette holder for our kitchen and just love it. It used up some fabric I had left from another project, so there was no cost. Even the button was recycled from the button jar. Growing last week: Picked rhubarb from the garden Picked more rosemary from the garden and hung it to dry Good morning!
It is so windy, has been for a few days now, but everything here seems to be holding up very well. My making for the last week: 3 bunches celery through the dehydrator 8 kilos of chicken canned for the pantry shelf My baking for the last week: ANZAC slice for lunchboxes Banana cake to use up some black bananas My growing for the last week: Picked some more rosemary from the garden Picked some mandarins off our tree Walked around the garden every morning to check the wind damage and pick up sticks and leaves My sewing/crafting for the last week: Crocheted a couple of dish cloths while waiting at appointments Two gifts for Christmas that have to remain secret, I'll reveal them when I do the Handmade Christmas show and tell in November. Made some pot holders for the present box using fabric from my stash Prepped card kits for a weekend retreat this coming weekend Prepped card kits for World Cardmaking Day What did you make, bake, grow and sew last week? |
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