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Ahem
So.
Apparently I haven't blogged since August 20th. Ooops. I happen to have a very good reason. Or several very good reasons, actually.
Most importantly, one of my best friends got married this weekend. I was her bridesmaid, and we had a blast. It meant that we were all super busy for ages though. Admittedly, she was obviously more busy than I was, what with moving house as well, and all. But even still. I have been wedding occupied for days and I have loved it. We had a hen night:
And we had FUN!
This was the wedding dress competition; one of many games we enjoyed. It involved white bin bags, toilet roll, selotape and staples. What with the bride being on our team, and her also being the judge, obviously we won. Woo!
We also played this awesome peg game. We were given two pegs when we arrived. And then were given a list of 'banned' words. When we heard someone say any of the banned words we were entitled to steal a peg. Such fun! Banned words included: The Bride's Name, her husband-to-be's name, wedding, married, and then eventually we added the word 'peg' - this was how I lost my stash. Bah.
As well as being busy having lots of fun at hen nights, I've also been busy having fun making cupcakes...
...210 of them to be exact. It took about 6 hours to bake them all, and another 4 to decorate them. The colour scheme of the wedding was cream and poppy red, so these cupcakes seemed like a natural choice. They went down well. We even managed to bring some home.
(...and we also found a tray of them still in the oven 5 days later.... oopsie!)
The wedding was incredible. I was secretly quite jealous. I would have loved to have thought of all the things that these guys thought of when I was planning my wedding two years ago. It was just stunning. Every aspect of every bit of planning was beautiful. From the hall decorations, to the table layouts, to the timing of the day - everything was just brilliant. They got married in a standard school hall, but halfway through the frist day of decorating, this is what it looked like:
And once it was all finished, it looked incredible. I can't wait to show you proper photos.
It was such an honour to be involved so intensely with the wedding. Their story, both as individuals and as a couple is filled with ups and downs, sorrow and joy, but most of all their stories show the ultimate power of trusting in God's plan. It was such a pleasure to share in the happiest of days with them.
I shall post pictures of the wedding when a) I get permission from the happy couple, and b) I find some one who has pictures - what with being a bridesmaid I didn't have my camera on me.
As well as all of the above, I have been trying to learn how to do my new job. It hasn't been all that successful so far, but I'm getting there. I was plagued by IT problems over the summer, meaning I couldn't do any of the learning I had planned to do. But I've had two training days at work now, and it asll starts properly tomorrow, so I'll see how it goes. I cannot express how happy this job makes me. I have responsibility, I am surrounded by people I like, I have an office that I share with a friend, and I have a ten minute walk down the hill to get there. I love this. I think I could quite happily do this job forever.
I've also been busy getting more stuff done with the site - little maintenance bits and sending off orders. I'm really enjoying researching who visits the site, how long they spend there, where they've come from, etc. I hope one day, when I have more time and a bit more know-how, to use this data to my advantage.
I've also been making another quilt. A real cheat-quilt, actually. I've basically sewn the top half of one duvet cover to the bottom half of another duvet cover, put a double duvet inbetween, and am now sewing all three together by quilting lines diagonally over it all. It's not a masterpiece, but it'll do it's job, and look pretty enough. I'll post photos when I'm home long enough in the day to get decent light.
And amidst all of the above it has been my Boy's birthday. Our good friends very kindly hosted a birthday dinner for him, as they knew his birthday would be overshadowed by the wedding (being on the same day!) - and it was such a lovley evening. It was so good to be treated to dinner, and to hang out with good friends.
And so I shall leave you, with the promise of a forthcoming ethicality post that I started and didn't finish (sorry Andy!) and the thought that in three days I shall have my kitten home with me. EEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
x x
Apparently I haven't blogged since August 20th. Ooops. I happen to have a very good reason. Or several very good reasons, actually.
Most importantly, one of my best friends got married this weekend. I was her bridesmaid, and we had a blast. It meant that we were all super busy for ages though. Admittedly, she was obviously more busy than I was, what with moving house as well, and all. But even still. I have been wedding occupied for days and I have loved it. We had a hen night:
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| I made cake for all the guests to eat. |
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| I made a book for all the guests to sign. |
And we had FUN!
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| Me posing in my *beautiful* wedding gown - look at the garter! |
This was the wedding dress competition; one of many games we enjoyed. It involved white bin bags, toilet roll, selotape and staples. What with the bride being on our team, and her also being the judge, obviously we won. Woo!
We also played this awesome peg game. We were given two pegs when we arrived. And then were given a list of 'banned' words. When we heard someone say any of the banned words we were entitled to steal a peg. Such fun! Banned words included: The Bride's Name, her husband-to-be's name, wedding, married, and then eventually we added the word 'peg' - this was how I lost my stash. Bah.
As well as being busy having lots of fun at hen nights, I've also been busy having fun making cupcakes...
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| Red velvet cupcakes with white cream cheese frosting, with dark chocolate hearts. |
...210 of them to be exact. It took about 6 hours to bake them all, and another 4 to decorate them. The colour scheme of the wedding was cream and poppy red, so these cupcakes seemed like a natural choice. They went down well. We even managed to bring some home.
(...and we also found a tray of them still in the oven 5 days later.... oopsie!)
The wedding was incredible. I was secretly quite jealous. I would have loved to have thought of all the things that these guys thought of when I was planning my wedding two years ago. It was just stunning. Every aspect of every bit of planning was beautiful. From the hall decorations, to the table layouts, to the timing of the day - everything was just brilliant. They got married in a standard school hall, but halfway through the frist day of decorating, this is what it looked like:
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| excuse the terrible quality - I was using my old point and shoot |
And once it was all finished, it looked incredible. I can't wait to show you proper photos.
It was such an honour to be involved so intensely with the wedding. Their story, both as individuals and as a couple is filled with ups and downs, sorrow and joy, but most of all their stories show the ultimate power of trusting in God's plan. It was such a pleasure to share in the happiest of days with them.
I shall post pictures of the wedding when a) I get permission from the happy couple, and b) I find some one who has pictures - what with being a bridesmaid I didn't have my camera on me.
As well as all of the above, I have been trying to learn how to do my new job. It hasn't been all that successful so far, but I'm getting there. I was plagued by IT problems over the summer, meaning I couldn't do any of the learning I had planned to do. But I've had two training days at work now, and it asll starts properly tomorrow, so I'll see how it goes. I cannot express how happy this job makes me. I have responsibility, I am surrounded by people I like, I have an office that I share with a friend, and I have a ten minute walk down the hill to get there. I love this. I think I could quite happily do this job forever.
I've also been busy getting more stuff done with the site - little maintenance bits and sending off orders. I'm really enjoying researching who visits the site, how long they spend there, where they've come from, etc. I hope one day, when I have more time and a bit more know-how, to use this data to my advantage.
I've also been making another quilt. A real cheat-quilt, actually. I've basically sewn the top half of one duvet cover to the bottom half of another duvet cover, put a double duvet inbetween, and am now sewing all three together by quilting lines diagonally over it all. It's not a masterpiece, but it'll do it's job, and look pretty enough. I'll post photos when I'm home long enough in the day to get decent light.
And amidst all of the above it has been my Boy's birthday. Our good friends very kindly hosted a birthday dinner for him, as they knew his birthday would be overshadowed by the wedding (being on the same day!) - and it was such a lovley evening. It was so good to be treated to dinner, and to hang out with good friends.
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| My Boy. With a ship. Happy Man. |
And so I shall leave you, with the promise of a forthcoming ethicality post that I started and didn't finish (sorry Andy!) and the thought that in three days I shall have my kitten home with me. EEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
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| Sherlock. My 'other' boy. |
x x
Broked it
Again.
I was playing around last night with crazy complex how-tos for changing the font in the post titles and dates, etc, and just as I thought I had it working, it inexplicably went haywire, and the sidebar disappeared under all the posts. I fiddled around for another hour or so, looking up every possible solution on the net, but to no avail. It genuinely was inexplicable - it worked, and then it didn't. I'm utterly convinced it has nothing to do with the coding for the font changes, as it worked fine for a while, then stopped. And I've sinced removed all the coding for that, and it didn't change, so I've put it all back (with a different font). I've removed the sidebar, changed the layout, changed the html, changed the widths, added sidebars, reduced all the post titles, reduced all the gadget titles... and nothing. So I've just removed it all for the time being as I couldn't get it to look decent.
Anyway. That completely isn't what this post is about.
This is:
there are new products in the shop :)
I've added a selection of hanging hearts
and a variety of handwarmers
and some plain envelopes with patterned ones to follow soon.
Head over to the shop and have yourself a little look.
It's been a really busy few days here, with all the cutting and machining and trimming and stitching and turning and filling and sewing and photographing and uploading and everything else that goes on day to day (blog reading, emails, general life stuff!)
I think I'm going to have tomorrow off from doing site stuff; I'll have a lazy morning, then off to a church babrbeque in the afternoon with my Boy. Yummity yum.
Let me know what you think about the new products; leave me a comment or drop me an email
x x
Sweet and Sour Recipe
Well hello there.
I've been beavering away today making things...
More on that tomorrow.
For now, I thought I'd share one of the simplest, tastiest recipes I know that a couple of people asked me for ages ago. Sweet and Sour Sauce. I don't have a photo, but it's pretty simple....
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons tomato puree
- 3 tablepsoons caster sugar
- 1 tablespoon white wine vineager (I occassionally just use white vinegar and a bit of sherry when I don't have white wine vinegar)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce (I usually use light soy sauce)
- 1 mug water
- 2 teaspoons cornflour
- Put all the ingredients except the cornflour into a saucepan. Put on medium heat. Stir occassionally.
- Mix the cornflour with a little (up to 2 teaspoons) of cold water.
- When the ingredients in the pan are boiling, add the cornflour mixture whilst stirring.
- Keep sauce on the heat until required. Keep stirring occassionally.
I really like this sauce - I much prefer it to pre-made jars of sauce from the shop, and you can add to it whatever you like. Tonight we just had diced turkey breast with slices of carrot (really need to go shopping!) and it was tasty enough. Given the choice I'd add onion and pepper and pineapple, but that'll have to wait till next time!
I hope everyone else is well. As I said, I've been beavering away cutting and stitching and trimming and turning, and hopefully I'll be able to show you more of that tomorrow.
x x
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