Crafts Beautiful

glass painting-acetate

2008-02-22T12:44:04+00:00

wondering if the experianced can help me..i bought some glass apinting cards that have the acetate with them..well have since used with alcohol inks for another project and wondered if anyone knows where i can buy (on-line) just the acetate..i bought crafting acetae from my craft shop but this seems thicker…can anyone point me in the direction of where i can buy some more(the type)like i got with the cards(when i bought the cards-so glass decorators know- they were on the same shelf as transfers and glass paints)

Carrot Loaf

2012-02-07T16:41:13+00:00

I made this carrot cake loaf on saturday, which I was meant to make on friday 3rd feb. as it was carrot cake day!

Never made a carrot loaf before so, googled on it and came across a James Martin recipe to use.

Not very keen on walnuts but, they seemed to finish the loaf off nicely. Hope to make one friday/sat for church this sunday.

Half of this loaf went to friends of ours just across the road from us. We possibly couldn’t eat it all x

TFL x

Yummy finger iced buns :)

2011-02-08T10:00:48+00:00

I made 14 of these on Saturday and they very yummy i must say

If you would like the recipe let me no

Being as so many of you would like the recipe, I’ll upload it on here in the morning for you all, when im on my laptop again

Banana Loaf with Vanilla Frosting

2012-02-01T22:34:57+00:00

It is as it says in the title, and this was made for my church for the tea/coffee after the sermon.

Was LOVED by all ad was told everyoe was wiring into it. Couple of people said it was AMAZING, goes really good with the frosting and definately going to mae again as Josh said he even liked it

TFL

seville orange marmalade

2012-01-25T18:05:37+00:00

Louise and Barbara were asking about marmalade on the Good Morning thread
so here is the recipe.
Seville oranges are only available for about 2 weeks in January
no fungicide on the peel, so you can peel and slice and eat marmalade from these lovely bitter oranges.
No longer bitter once in Marmalade though!

For each 1 kilo Seville oranges
2 lemons
2 litres of water
1 and a half kilos granulated sugar.
Large saucepan or jam pan
Square of muslin, or clean foot and ankle of pair of tights (to hold pips and pith while cooking,
but allows easy removal when sugar is added)

Halve the oranges and lemons and squeeze out the juice. Put in pan.

Quarter oranges, remove pith and put onto muslin square.
Any pips left in the juicer also go in the muslin.

Slice the oranges as finely as you have patience and place in saucepan.
Add 2 litres of water and leave to soak 8 -24 hours (again depends on how patient you are)
Tie all the pips and pith up into a sealed parcel and suspend in mixture.
I use fine string and tie it round the handle of the pan so I can remove it later without scalding my fingers.
(The aim is to extract all the pectin from pith and pips to help the set of the marmalade.)

Heat and cook for about 1 hour or until the slices of peel are tender.
Remove muslin parcel onto a plate (very hot just now).
Add sugar to pan and stir on low light to dissolve all the sugar.
Over the pan, squeeze out as much of the pectin as you can when it has cooled a little.
Bring to the boil and bubble til the marmalade test sets on a saucer.
I use about 2-3 drops of mixture and let it cool.
Finger test and if the marmalade wrinkles, it is ready.
Allow to cool for about 10 minutes, then bottle into clean hot jars and seal.
The wait here is to make sure the fruit lies evenly throughout the pots instead of all sitting at the top in a bunch.

Eat at breakfast next day. Yummy
1 kilo of oranges makes about 8 pound jars of marmalade.

Small pot holders

2012-02-01T12:32:58+00:00

I decorated these small pot holders and they could be nice presents with some flower pots in them. It’s never too early to get ready for Mother’s Day!

New Glass Case

2012-01-23T17:56:52+00:00

I made a lot of decorated glass cases and this one is the first in this new year. I painted a plain plastic case, add some napkin motif and quite a few layers of glossy varnish, so that it would be as smooth as egg!

My first decopatch items

2012-01-31T10:51:14+00:00

I thought I’d share some pics of some of the first decopatch items I have made. The cat is a work in progress and I’m soon to start a giraffe, Hope you like them!

Painted porcelain

2012-01-28T14:14:00+00:00

Have discovered I still had some Pebeo porcelain paints at the back of my cupboard…....so as I had a white
plate decided to see whahether they were still workable…..the result is attached…..I fired it in my ordinry oven….....

experimenting with Fimo to make cogs

2012-01-27T17:11:53+00:00

I saw Corinne Brad’s video recently on the CB forum here,
and thought I would have a go at making some Fimo clay cogs.
Not papercraft embellishments yet,
so thought I would post my efforts here.
The metal ones that you can buy are quite expensive.
I will try incorporating these into some of my steampunk makes soon.
Thanks for looking.