Here's the super-quick scoop. It's embarrassingly easy. Had I known, I wouldn't have spent years messing with actually making them from scratch and then trying to keep The Girls from eating the raw-egg-laced dough (hence my embarrassment). You need: 1. Leftover fondant icing from icing your cake 2. Peppermint oil or flavouring 3. Optional: food colouring Mix colouring and flavouring into your icing, by kneading until … [Read more...]
Seeking Pinspiration?
Crikey- this time next week it'll all be over! Can you believe it? I thank the good Lord for coming up with Pinterest, and the interweb in general. Aside from providing my beloved husband (the internet, not Pinterest) it provides hours and hours of distraction and ideas to keep the Girls occupied. We've been busy with our Advent Activity Calendar, as inspired by Activity Mom this month, and it has been wonderful, so thanks to Activity Mom. … [Read more...]
Coca-cola gives free drinks to designated drivers!
One of the first real hints that Christmas is not too far away has to be when you see the Coca-Cola "Holidays are comin'" ad on the television. I may even have posted that I'd seen it as a Facebook status once. I suspect it has a lot to do with actually seeing the Coca-Cola trucks roll through the centre of Frankfurt all lit up way back in *mumbles a year that is now a considerable time ago*. Honestly: they actually have light-up trucks to … [Read more...]
Pinspired
If you know about Pinterest, you will know that the single most used word to describe it is 'addictive'. Trouble is, I get more than a little bit carried away with the pinning and forget to get on with the actual making part. And thus was born my idea for a linky. It doesn't matter what you've done, visited, made or bought, if Pinterest is the inspiration behind it, and you've blogged it, then link it. To get you started, here … [Read more...]
Kick-start Christmas with The Little Green Paintbox Giveaway
There is frost on the ground and I have seen my second Santa of the season, so I'm back with yet more wonderful gifts to give away as we get ever closer to Christmas Day. If you haven't come across The Little Green Paint Box before, you really ought to go and take a look. The family run company is a great source of Eco-friendly arts and crafts for all ages. Added to which they are also organic and fair-trade, so they really are … [Read more...]
Kick-start Christmas with a Grumpy Clara Giveaway and Discount
This competition is now closed and the winner has been notified. But you can still get 10% off Cupcakes for Clara goodies with the code DOMESTICGOD10 for ALL of December. What a way to start December! Oh the weather outside is frightful....ly cold and I have been busy inside. But 1pm today I had made and iced one one cake for a School Coffee morning, marzipanned a second and iced a third. I had two meatloaves in the oven and was also drying … [Read more...]
Kick-start Christmas with a Findmeagift Giveaway
I tell you, these giveaways are really putting me in the Christmas mood: I have bottled the Santa's Helper I made after seeing it on the Thrifty Christmas website. It's so delicious, I just don't know if it will last until December 25th, but I'm hoping to enjoy a glass or two whilst decking the halls next week. Today's giveaway is from findmeagift.com who have some truly original gift ideas for presents, at Christmas and all the year … [Read more...]
