A Day In The A Blue Mountains.

Thanks for visiting my blog. I welcome you to take your time and browse , visiting my bush garden and discovering the wonders of my city within a national park; Blue Mountains National Park. Via my blog you will travel with me through the successes, trials and tribulations of gardening on a bush block. I share with you my patchwork & quilting, knitting, paper crafts, cooking and life in general.

Sunday 31 March 2013

Easter Sunday 2013


Easter Sunday means a huge family gathering.
So we grated and 


we sliced


and drank lots of coffee


caught up on devouring chocolate


brought out the fancy


glass ware


hunted eggs


followed the clues


until the glittery foil caught our eye


admired the statuettes


along the way.


Chocolate rabbits appeared


in unexpected places.


More than enough chocolate


appeared


to supply a chocoholic


for a month of Sundays...


perhaps even longer...


The house is decorated with bunting made from upcycled paper.


Little kids, and big kids, trampolined the afternoon away.


Here's hoping that your day was fun too.





Saturday 30 March 2013

Relaxing Afternoon


The afternoon was spent preparing for Easter Sunday, packing gifts.


Making chicks with my DD and Miss Five.



Colouring in eggs to make bunting.

No pressure.
Time with family.


Thursday 28 March 2013

More Easter Cooking - With Miss Five


Miss Five is now at school.
She had a bit of a wobbly start to school with quite a bit of separation anxiety going on.


She spends three afternoons a week with me.


Yesterday afternoon she decorated some milk arrowroot biscuits with glace icing.


And of course, we couldn't forget the obligatory Easter egg.


They are now bagged and tagged ready for giving on Easter Sunday.

This morning I had my first attempt at decorating with royal icing.


I need a new craft like I need a hole in the head...seriously!


I decorated yesterday's chocolate pops with some left over white royal icing...for the kids.


I think I've over committed myself!


I've cooked Easter goodies every day this week.


I baked some Figolli yesterday which I decorated this morning.


After I had finished icing them I realized I'd forgotten the Easter egg!

Luckily I still had some icing over to glue them to the cakes.






As you can see...I still need lots of practise...

The truth is though...I don't really have the patience for this type of fiddly craft!

I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday season and that you get to spend lots of time with family and friends.








Wednesday 27 March 2013

Easter Cooking


Here are my Easter treats all ready to gift to my sewing buddies.


I made lavender shortbread hearts and packed them into cello bags along with a chocolate Easter egg.


You can find the cutest Easter tags 






I went a bit crazy with the chocolate and...


certainly wasn't thinking ahead.
What do I do with fifty plus choc pops?

What are you cooking for Easter?


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