Joanne

Joanne the Blue Angel loves horses. She is looking for someone who could give her a loving home and plenty of time to chat about her favourite animals! :)

Dressed in a lovely blue dress with lace and ribbon trim, decorated with a stylish wooden button.



A romantic touch, Joanne wears a blue bracelet.

Savoury swirls

A rainy day... What shall we do? 'Let's bake!' said my little girl. And so we did.

This is one of my favourite recipes, very simple, quick and yummy!

Savoury swirls

For the dough:

750g flour

2 tsp salt

1 sachet yeast

500 ml milk

100 ml oil

Mix the yeast with a little milk and mix with the rest of the ingredients when frothy. Knead the dough and no need to rise, roll it out 1cm thick straight away!

For the filling:

200 gr margarin

2 egg yolks

2 tsp salt

egg whites for brushing

seeds for sprnkling

Beat the margarin with the salt and egg yolks and spread it on the dough. Roll it up like a swiss roll and cut into finger thick rolls. Lay the swirls on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment. Brush witht the beaten egg whites and sprinkle whith the seeds. Put into pre-heated oven (200 C) and bake for about 30 mins. Enjoy!

We love it with a mug of milk!



Sophie

I fell in love with this blue material as soon as I saw it!

New fabric!

I found some lovely 'vintage' fabric - in my Dad's wardrobe! :D

And today I went into a fantastic fabric shop. It was really hard to choose, they had so many lovely bits! But at the end I came out with these:

Can't wait to get sewing!

Another new book

I've been looking for a book about Budapest for my three year old for quite some time, but I didn't like any - until now! This one has a short story and lovely illustrations about the city, also some information about the buildings.
The Little Witch of Budapest

My pincushion :)

My needles and pins were all over the place! One time I couldn't find my embroidery needle anywhere for two days :S I was really worried that my one year might have eaten it. So I needed a pincushion to store my loose pins & needles!
I found the idea here.
I made within 5 minutes using a fabric sample and an old shirt :) Unfortunately I didn't have time (and the talent!!) to make the decoration, but will try to add something like that later ;)

Kitty Bunny

Kitty Bunny in her casual trousers and jumper.

I was very nervous when I made her :s I've been thinking about selling a bunny for quite some time and she was the first one. I checked the stitches about hundred times before sent her off to her new home! :D

Now Kitty Bunny is a happy bunny with her new owner... who was delighted with her! :)

The Boy Bunny

My first ever bunny! :) He came out pretty well ;) I came across the material in a charity shop, it was a pillow case originally. Even the button came from that!

Lenka by Szegedi Katalin

My daughter got a new book this week. I fell in love witht the illustrations first and couldn't wait to get it for her!

http://szegedikatalin.blogspot.com/2010/05/lenkanak-malaca-van.html

Sarah doll

Let me introduce you Sarah doll! I made her using some scraps of fabric and yarn, and since her arrival she is one of my daughter's favourites :) She has to come even for the walks and holidays ;)