This project was based on a wedding sampler from CrossStitcher Magazine. It is also part of the reason I haven’t posted much lately, as it was a fairly big project, designing, stitching and then finally getting it framed, and was done as a surprise for my lovely Mr M. It was published around the time […]
Today, I’m not gonna lie to you, started off pretty well, working with some of my favourite people, having a giggle as we worked…. Then a couple of depressing mini meetings later… everything went bad…. I didn’t get to eat my lunch until half 3 (the bad/good thing of being a Microbiologist is that you […]
It almost seems like a waste of an afternoon off, when the rain is pouring down, and it’s super miserable outside. However, we have had excitement today! Part of our laboratory at work has been out of action for about…. 6 months (!) or so, which has been very annoying. Today, the work is finished […]
A simple-ish meal tonight, revisiting and adapting the risotto recipe used in a previous post. Goat’s Cheese, Pea, and Lemon Risotto recipe – adapted from Rose Elliot’s New Complete Vegetarian Ingredients 1.2l (2 pints) vegetable stock –I use this homemade bouillon from 101cookbooks/ River Cottage 25g (1oz) butter 2 tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 […]
It’s been a while, but I decided to return to my Knitted Mouse. It is the birthday of little lady in question this week, so I thought I would make a new outfit. Pattern wise, I used the standard pattern from the Ultimate Book of Baby Knits as before, but worked it in mainly in […]
So, today started off well…. and productively. I went to the cake decorating shop and bought some teal coloured fondant icing ready to make some flowers for my friend’s sister’s wedding cake. Oh, and finished the book I was reading… P.s. everyone buy Summer Loving by Rivka Spicer. It’s awesome. Back to what I was […]
I thought about it. The MRSA cross stitch was just too cute and nerdtastic to stay unstitched. Well, by me anyway. So I took the design that I made for our Trainee’s leaving present, and made one for myself! First I drew in a cross across the design to find the centre: Then…. well, I […]
A couple of weeks ago I saw a post about homemade soft pretzels on Diary of a Mad Crafter and decided I sooo wanted to make me some of them! I then semi forgot about them again until my friend brought in a giant soft pretzel to work (yes, soft pretzels have made it to […]
So, time for another cake! A couple of years ago, when our American friend was still living in England, we used to get together to celebrate Thanksgiving, as she couldn’t go home for that, and then again for Christmas a few weeks later. She later moved back home to Seattle, and came back in Novembertime […]
Mr M got carried away with the shopping this week. He bought 2 large Butternut Squashes… which he then has failed to do anything with! I consulted Rose, and settled on a nice risotto. ————————————————————————————— Butternut Squash and Sage Risotto recipe – taken from Rose Elliot’s New Complete Vegetarian Ingredients 1.2l (2 pints) […]
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