tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85346541459286483152011-07-09T01:44:48.745+10:00This is my spot to share things i love, from food, homewares to life's little happenings! I hope you enjoy, and keep coming back!jannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13674733048164302500noreply@blogger.comBlogger421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534654145928648315.post-50031726746516473612011-03-07T10:03:00.000+11:002011-03-07T10:03:19.750+11:00

I have had an extended sojourn from blog writing. There were a number of reasons for this. I was unsure who I was really doing it for, what was my purpose? I felt I didn't have the flair for writing that my favoured blogs have, and I questioned if I had anything worthwhile to share. Also, I had felt a little embarrassed after one of my posts was grammatically corrected by an anonymous poster. I

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I will say this right now. I LOVE CHRISTMAS. I adore it, I revel in it and I think about it constantly. Christmas has always had a magical feeling for me. I love everything about it. I think part of it is that it appeals to my love of traditions. Christmas is a perfect time to establish traditions that can be followed.My love of Christmas definitely starts from when i was a child. I think my

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I was initially very excited when i first saw the latest blog this topic - with the instructions of 'If time/location/ money/ the rest of the world didn't matter, where would you live? What would your home look like?I set to work straight away and started researching.... and looking, browsing through blog and google images, following links to other sites. Increasingly i became overwhelmed. You

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I have been inspired by a blog that i just read http://everyonewantsthis.blogspot.com/ to recreate her list of 'currents'. Lets have a see....Listening to: A the moment US baseball because my husband has control of the remote while i have control of the laptopCrushing on: I would agree with Miss Carly and say Chuck Bass from Gossip girl. I only discovered this serious during the school holidays

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I found this cupcake pack at Aldi the other week and decided to try it out. I often like to make cupcakes myself from scratch, but it never hurts to have a pack ready to go in the cupboard in case you need to whip something up quickly.What i really liked about this cake mix is that it comes with cupcake cases in the pack. This definitely makes it an all in one mix! It also comes with it's own

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I had a horticulturalist from Sydney Water come and visit the other day. It was part of a service where you pay $33 for a Sydney Water horticulturist to come and prepare a tailored watering plan for your garden. The qualified horticulturist looks at: soil type and qualityposition of plants and treestype of lawnhow much sunlight and shade your garden getsslope of your lawn and garden.and then

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Oooohhh what is my guilty pleasure? I think we all have those smaller ones, like a piece of chocolate (i like mine dark and creamy...).I would say mine is coffee and cake.. I LOVE going out for coffee and cake. My Mother and I used to go quite often when i was in high school. If we went out shopping we would stop for a coffee and cake. Sometimes if we wanted lunch we would share a sandwhich..

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It is school holidays for me and i have had a very serious urge to bake. I saw a recipe on Not Quite Nigella, where she added soft drink to the cake mixture. I decided i would give this a go. Originally i thought i had some creaming soda like the recipe stated, however i realised i did not. I made a few alterations to the orginal recipe, such as using diet coke (i figured there was enough sugar

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After the Planet Cake course I tackled the task of creating a cake for my nephew's 2nd birthday, with the help of my sister. My nephew was having a Thomas themed party, so a Thomas cake was inevitable. I did a bit of research trying to find some guides to help me with the cake. I really didn't fin much to help me with covering a fondant cake, although there is a very good tutorial out there to

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I recently attended a planet cake course. Planet cake are well known for their inventive beautiful cakes. I have long coveted their courses but did not feel confident enough to go. However i recently brought their book and had managed to make one or two cakes. I decided to treat myself and book in for the course.The course i booked was a beginners novelty cake, in the shape of a circus tent. The

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I came across this blogger community today and decided to join. I love the idea of it: An Australian blogger community where there is a weekly challenge posted, that inspires the bloggers to contribute.I loved the thought of this, because a) It connects me to other Aussie bloggers & b) It provides inspiration for posts.My first Blog this challenge is this question:If you could choose a day, a

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It was recently Mike and my 4 year anniversary since we met. To be honest i didn't really remember, as i am really bad with dates. However Mike reminded me in the morning and hinted that he had a surprise outing planned for the next day. He kept very tight lipped... but I had my suspicions.The next morning we set off. with Mike still saying mum on where we were headed. Once i saw a sign taking me

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I love making cakes, especially kids birthday cakes. The other week it was our nephews 3rd birthday. I offered to make the cake, and was told something chocolatey but simple would be perfect.I decided to make a marbled cake, with chocolate buttercream. I actually added some strawberry jelly sugar to the pink part to add a little extra flavour. I decorated the cake with m&m's just to ass a bit of

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We really love our home. Mike and i often look at each other and state how lucky we are to have found such a lovely first home. I saw this house on the internet and fell in love. The day we went to see it was the same say that we signed on the bottom line and paid a holding deposit because it was P.E.R.F.E.C.T! However, one small defect was that the pergola only extended over half of the decking.

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I have had a bottle of Cottee's sticky Toffee topping in mt cupboard for a while. I decided to do some baking duringt the holidays and decided to try to make some caramel/toffee cupcakes. Last year my now SIL made me some beautiful caramel cupcakes. I thought i would try to recreate them, but decided to be lazy and use topping instead of make the complicated caramel sauce that went into hers.

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Mike and I were both home together this school holidays. To my delight, and Mike's dismay, this meant that i was able to put into action some of my plans for putting together our entertainment room. The Mess before we began, with all the bags containing my books to the leftWe have this lovely large room in our house, that has quite a nice feature wall painted in a plummy purple colour. I

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How much do you think all of these veggies cost?6 Bananas400g Rhubarb1 Soup Pack400g Baby Carrots1 Bunch Shallots8 Apples1 Cauliflower3 CapsicumLarge pre cut fruit salad$20? More?I got the whole lot for $15.50!!! Yep .. that's right!My husband and I are going to be living off my wage for a while. Due to this i am looking at ways that i can cut down our budget a bit. I figure if i save money on

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I ADORE food blogs. It stumbled across the blog Not Quite Nigella one day when i was searching for a cupcake recipe. She had me hooked! I love reading about her food escapades, from restaurant reviews to her recipe commentary. I love how she begins with a little annecdote and then goes into her beautiful story. When i realised that this blog was updated daily it became one of my daily rituals. I

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I have found some BEAUTIFUL quotation cards from the blog Kind Over Matter which i will share with you from time to time. It is a beautiful inspirational blog.

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Ok... firstly.. if you are easily offended you may not want to keep reading. Still here? Intrigued by the title? Well you should be! heheheOn Saturday night we had my a-fore mentioned friend Maree's Hen night. Maree has a wicked sense of humour so we had though that it would be really funny if we made her a... ahem.... penis cake!! I was disturbed taken by the idea and began planning and

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Recently went to my parents place and finally picked up all of my books, and accompaning bookshelves. You see, i have loved books ever since i was a little child. I still remember the first proper 'novel' i read in first grade, called Amelia Jane gets into trouble by the lovely Enid Blyton. I was hooked!However i was so hooked that i refused to get rid of ANY book i ever owned.... so now here i

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I mentioned these yummy quiches on my previous post. I would highly recommend these as they tasted so damn good and were sooo easy to make! I found the recipe on http://www.exclusivelyfood.com.au/ but adapted it to what i had on hand.You could easily adapt this recipe and make these into any combination of flavours that you like!Makes approx 24 mini quiches4 large eggs1/3 cup full cream milk or

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I recently hosted a kitchen tea for my lovely friend Maree. She is my oldest friend and i have shared so much with her over the years. I was so delighted to be able to host the Kitchen tea for her and show her how much i loved and cared for her. I have three very close girlfriends, one of which is maree. The other two are Ange and Jo. We have been friends since highschool and are pleased to see

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Beautiful Free Art. Check out the website for more details. These are some that i am loving http://indiefixx.com/Feed_your_soul/index.html

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I have plans to eventually redecorate our bedroom. It has a lot of potential to be a really lovely room. with a fantastic enclave built into the back wall, which fits our bed, with bedside tables built into the side on the enclave. The roof also has lovely floral cornices. The walls are painted white with a pleasing feature wall in the enclave.What i also love about our room is the wrap around

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This morning i went digging through the freezer and spied some chicken breast, which i pulled out to defrost before i headed to work. I was planning on making Honey Mustard chicken, as i have had a masterfoods packet sauce in the pantry for a while and wanted to use it up.However two things prevented me from cooking that meal this afernoon. The first being that my husband called to let me know

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After finding the paint i got to work. I firstly laid out the frames in front of the wall that they were to hang. Here i sorted and arranged them into a rectangular shape. Some of the frames i was keeping with their timber finish, while others i was going to paint. The frames were varying sizes so it made it a little bit more complicated to arrange. Next i went through my wedding album and chose

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I LOVE photo walls. I think i get it from my mother, who created huge photo walls long before they were fashionable. In my family home she had photos lining the walls on either side of the hallway as you entered the house. On one side were photos of her family through the generations, and on the other side my fathers. It gave me a lovely sense of family heritage; I loved pouring over the photos,

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My husband and i woke early on ANZAC Day. We had a busy day ahead of us, with two birthday celebrations to go to. Earlier in the week i had made my own super fluffy omelette and had been keen see if i could replicate it. It seemed a miracle that i had managed to make a successful omelette, given that all previous attempts has been a dismal failure, with me turning it into a scrambled egg mixture

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I thought seeing as this was originally meant to be a food blog i should really post some food item. Now that the cold weather is starting to kick in i have been turning to my winer warmer dinners, soups, stews, curries and so on. For me the classic winter warmer is pumpkin soup. My husband and i were out shopping the other day and decided to stop for lunch at the food court. We were hungry but

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After the wedding i have experienced post wedding blues. I just loved the creative outlet that planning the wedding allowed me. I had thoroughly enjoyed researching, looking at wedding blogs for inspiration and designing bits and pieces. I have now focussed that creative outlet on our house. I love our little home, and have always been delighted that we brought it. It had been freshly painted

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Alright so i am a lousy blogger. I am the type of blogger that i hate... the blogger that never really blogs. But i am persisting.My last post was about preparing for my wedding. Well the weding is long gone now. It was a fabulous day (doesn't every bride say that?) with everything going very well. Although it is so true when they say the day goes fast! It wasn't until we got up to exchanging the

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Ok so, time for some more wedding madness. Things are really revving up now it is only 5 days until the wedding. Woot Woot! We have meetings wit the reception, last minute details to attend to etc etc.There have been a few dramas, namely the fact that we are still to pick up the Groomsmen's pants, which are still to be altered, my sister's Bridesmaid dress has also offered a series of dramas with

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Ok, so i am a lousy blogger! I started the blog at the craziest time of my life, with the end of the school year, christmas, New Year AND my upcoming wedding. I am now less than a week away from my wedding, and have been making bits and pieces for the day.I thought i would share some of my handiwork. It's my way of gaining forgiveness of my (as yet) non existant readers!!!These are my DIY invites

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Well, i thought my second post should be a 'where i'm at' kinda post. I have put together a 'montage' of pics of cakes i have made. Although, some of my favourite ones i don't have any pics of...I am hoping that as i keep exploring the world of food blogging my baking abilities will get better!I currently tend to use recipes from the Crabapple bakery cookbook. I have found almost all of the

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Well this is an exciting moment for me! My first official post!I discovered the world of blogging only a few months ago, and i was hooked. Many 'spare' hours are spent trawling through posts and finding out a world of new food discoveries.I have LOVED looking at posts from a whole series of food challenges, including the Daring Bakers, Hay Hay it's Donner Hay and Tuesdays with Dorie. I would love

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