Make It Monday 19th February 2024

Good morning!

We had some very hot days, all in a row, so the poor garden suffered. 

Every morning I was up and out early, picking tomatoes, cucumbers and berries. 

This week I made yoghurt in a new, electric yoghurt maker.

I made a toolbox gift box for Wayne's Valentines surprise.

Toolbox gift box for a special Valentine

​There was a very cute little watering can in the craft stash, and with the help of the Scan and Cut it is now decorated, wrapped, labelled and in the present box. 

No. 2 Son requested more Iced Coffee Syrup, so I told him where the recipe was, and where he'd find the bottles and he made a double batch.

I used two jars of potato to make an easy potato salad.

For Valentine's day I made a blackberry mousse for dessert. It looked so pretty in some of my vintage dessert bowls. 

I made a card for the Happy Mail Project.

A fun card for the Happy Mail Project

I managed to get a set of coasters done, using a pretty pale orange cotton from the stash. I'm not usually a fan of the colour orange, but this is so soft and pretty, and these little cotton coasters can be tossed in the washing machine over and over so they are great for everyday use.

Pretty pale orange cotton coasters, perfect to brighten up an autumn kitchen

And this is today's offering of tiny tomatoes from the garden. A whole colander, almost full. All washed, draining and then they will be turned into relish.

The tiny tomatoes are coming in by the colander full now. I can't wait to turn them into relish!

We had visitors one night, and it was easy to put a nice meal together and get the guest beds ready on the spur of the moment. 

And of course all the usual goings on in our house: the cooking and cleaning and gardening and general plotting and planning all happened.

What did you make, bake, grow and sew last week?