The wedding album is now more than two-thirds full and I'm enjoying seeing how coordinated everything looks. I think this is the first time that I've ever used the same paper range throughout - Doodlebug's Lots of Love.
Ingredients: 2 cups (260g) plain flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 3/4 cup (170g) unsalted butter, melted 1 cup (190g) packed brown sugar 1/2 cup (100g) caster sugar 1 tbsp (15ml) vanilla extract (yes, this is correct, but feel free to use less if it seems too much) 1 large egg 2 cups … Continue reading Crispy Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
It was another week where I felt unsettled and life going on somehow felt wrong. The Brainy One and I went out to lunch with a few family members to celebrate The Brainy Boy reaching a milestone birthdayI made an appointment for Tilly to go to the groomer - they're so busy, they can't see … Continue reading Me on Monday | 14 March
A quarter of this year's 100 Day Project has now passed and I'm on track with ticking off several items from my list of unfinished objects. 🙂 The Boy's albums have very few gaps left and his current album is almost up to dateI'm now on the letter D of the updated and revised edition … Continue reading The 100 Day Project | Twenty Five Days In
Ingredients: 100ml vegetable oil, plus extra for the tin 275g self-raising flour 200g golden caster sugar 170ml cold water 1 tsp baking powder 1 lemon, zested, 1/2 juiced For the icing: 1/2 lemon, juiced 150g icing sugar Method: Heat the oven to 200C/180Fan/gas mark 6Oil a 1lb loaf tin and line it with baking parchmentMix … Continue reading The Boy’s Vegan Lemon Cake
I’ve noted all my numbers this month, more out of habit than anything else. I seem to have run out of enthusiasm for making a Project Life style scrapbook page, so I’m simply going to record them here. Let's see how February looked ... 13 Step classes28 sessions of 10-minute PilatesA whopping 30 scrapbook pages created - … Continue reading Month in Numbers | February 2022
It was a strange week - full of the minutiae of every day life, coupled with the horror of what is happening in Ukraine and to the Ukrainian people. I went to Hatchards to collect an orderMy winter boots sprang a leakI went to the salon to have my eyebrows doneMiss Tilly was under the … Continue reading Me on Monday | 7 March
The newly redesigned wedding album is coming along nicely. I love these two photos of my sister and her family, so glamorous! But does it need a title or a spot of journaling? This is one of my favourite wedding photos - a candid snap capturing an unguarded moment. 🙂 Two more favourite photos deserved … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2022 | More Wedding Layouts
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