Kool Kooky Kreatures

Vertical Vegetables

A brilliant idea on Instructables from my friend Pippa.

Cupcake Bear

Ever since I finally learnt how to crochet I have been dying to make one of these and I had to show you my homage to Amigurumi Kingdom's Cupcake Bear. I didn't use Jou Ling's pattern but the idea is all hers. Here is a link to Jou Ling's shop on Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=14120

Red Pandazzzzz

Red Pandazzzzz
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A little comic strip of the red pandas at Paignton Zoo :D

Knitted Robots - Bleep Bleep!!

I love knitting but I have phases of it. Knitting is more of an Autumn/Winter thing for me. There's something that just feels so right about curling up on a comfy chair in front of the fire with my mug of steaming hot chocolate and getting out my needles.
I am quite an impatient knitter though so quick and easy patterns with chunky wool, which knits up quickly, are the norm for me.

Talking of knitting, a few people have emailed and asked for the pattern for my knitted robots. I will be putting this together quite soon and then a PDF version will be available in my Etsy and Folksy shops so watch this space!

UK Handmade Magazine!

Yay!! Its Spring and the new issue of UK handmade is available to download or view online!
There are a couple of Easter tutorials by yours truly and an article I wrote on Colour Meanings along with lots of other great content from some fabulous contributors!

Click on the picture below to view!

Sunset at Bigbury

Bigbury is one of my favourite places to chill out. Even in February you can have a most fabulous time (even better because you get your pick of car parking spaces) and just relax!

This sunset was absolutely stunning for a mid-February day.

Spring Birdies

Spring Birdies
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New birdies have just flown into my Etsy shop!

Delicious Sunflower Seeds

Recently my friend Debs has introduced me to the wonderfulness that is sun flower seeds dry roasted in soy sauce. They have the most amazing flavour and after Debs bringing some into work for me I had to make my own. They are simplicity itself! All you have to do is throw a few handfuls of sunflower seeds into a roasting pan with some soy sauce and cook in a hot oven for about 10 minutes. Delicious! One tip - always prepare more than you think you are going to need. If you dare to offer them to any members of your family you will find them snaffled in next to no time!

These are a brilliant healthy snack as they are a great source of protein, Vitamin E, iron, zinc and magnesium. In addition to this they are also useful in lowering cholesterol levels. What a little powerhouse the sunflower seed is!

I Love Apple!

Well, its a new year and this happy bunny has a brand new Macbook Pro! Yay!! I love Apple products because they are so user friendly and instantly usable. Being the impatient person I am, this is heaven for me!
Along with my new Macbook I also got a monitor for my desktop so that I can turn it into a regular computer and I got Apple TV so that we can watch everything on our family TV too! Happy happy!!

Cupcakes!!

I love cupcakes - don't you? Those spongy, icey, creamy, toothachingly sweet pieces of heaven - nom!!! I collect cupcake books ( I will share a list in a later post) and I just had to tell you about my latest aquisition which is "Cupcake Magic" by Kate Shirazi who owns and runs Cake-a-doodle-do in my very own Devon. This wonderful little book is packed full of mouth-watering goodies and has sections on Low-faff, mid-faff and high-faff cupcakes along with savoury and seasonal cupcakes too. I was laughing out loud over this book as Kate writes fabulously funny anecdotes as well as brilliant cupcake recipes. Go on - buy it - you know you want to!