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baked goods

Custard Kisses

Saturday, November 05, 2011
I've been a bit under the weather this week, with long hours of work and a terrible cold. So, what better way to cheer up a rainy day than with a batch of kisses? Of the baked variety, of course. Here's another one of those amazing Women's Weekly Books (from Amazon, £3.90) that I seem to be using a bit as a baking...

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food

Making Jam and Chutney at the Make Lounge

Saturday, November 05, 2011
I figured that I can't possibly get married unless I can make jam like a proper Afrikaans House Wife. I'm not entirely where I got that from, especially considering that I'm neither Afrikaans nor a House Wife, but I suppose everybody's wedding anxiety manifests itself in different ways. So, when I saw that the lovely folks at The Make Lounge were offering a...

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Alan Dart

Alan Dart's Knitted Cake Toppers

Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Our wedding is in three weeks, and with moments to spare, I was introduced to these beeeeyoootiful wedding cake toppers by the lovely Pennie Roberts. They're actually part of a wedding cake pattern by Alan Dart, a toy-knitting guru. I saw them. I wanted them. I ordered the yarn. And then I told The Groom. It went something like ... "Hi. You know...

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