Ellie
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Our first proper snow on the smallholding!!
So yesterday we had a good dose of snow and it kept snowing throughout the day!!! Little man was sooooo amazed and excited by the snow!! And not to mention the husbands excitement tee hee!!! Plus the garden wildlife are loving the lardy seed cakes little man made them late last week!!! Lucky little tweeties…
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A busy few days baking and making!!
We’ve been in the throes of Christmas baking here getting cake baked and frozen for when we have visitors, making pastry and now mince pies and so the wild birds don’t feel forgotten we have made them some seed decorations for a tree near the patio doors so we can watch them from the lounge!…
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Another month’s sketch journal
I have finished the sketch journal for last month!! Lots of things done and loads more to do!!! But for now we are feeling a little festive!!! To the point I may start the mince pie a thon this week, make some jumbly cakes and even another round of the chocolate caramel crackers!! Plus I…
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Lots of new additions to the shop!!!!
I’ve been a busy bee out in the workshop and generally here at the small holding and have produced a few new bits and bobs for my Etsy shop What do you all think?! Pop over to the shop to have a looks at these and all the other bits and bobs I have in…
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A little crafty update and a teaser for some shop updates this week!!
So I have been knitting on Some Christmas socks and the wool is working out ok! Then I’ve finished a project from the WIP wall of shame!!!! Yay!!! Meet the leaf babies!! So more about them later this week!! Then I’ve been out in the workshop working on some wood crafts and pyrography…. Then for…
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Episode 8!!!
New Podcast recorded Wednesday 22nd November 2017 Hello and welcome Been at least 2 months since my last podcast We’ve been really busy….. Visitors at the farm in the form of my Dad, and James’ parents both twice! We’ve built a workshop Had a lot of stuff done round the place, but I’ll update you…
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Collecting, processing and stacking
A big part of our new lives here this time of year is collecting processing and stacking wood for our Esse and logburner. The Esse allows us to cook, heat water and heat our home and the log burner tops us up on chilly nights and even sometimes allows us to cook tea on it…
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Chocolate Caramel Crackers!
Today I made some chocolate caramel crackers which I haven’t made in an age!! It’s my gorgeous cousin’s recipe and tastes like dime bar biscuits!! So…. Ingredients: Salted crackers : saltines, matzos or Doriano Italian Crackers (I use the Doriano) 8oz unsalted butter 8 oz light brown soft sugar 1/2 a teaspoon of vanilla essence…
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Soooo I’ve started a monthly sketch journal….
Other than for Drawing for displays and resources in school I’ve not done much drawing since leaving school/uni….. Mum gave us a journal book…. And I’ve started some scribbles…..