For Lee

I spied this over at a new blog I've come across, Just Something I've Made, and immediately thought of Lee from Glimpse of Style.

http://justsomethingimade.blogspot.com/2009/09/copper-metallic-gourd-embellishing.html

Image via JSIM

Now Lee, I don't really think of you as a crafting type of a person but with your recent interest in knitting, you never know what might inspire you.

Kitchen Idea love.

The new movie Julie and Julia is all the talk at the moment. Apparently its a wonderful movie. What has been noted though is Julia Child's kitchen. After all our kitchens are a workspace so why should they not be organised like one, hence Julia's pegboard which her husband made for her.

Image via Smithsonian.com

Each pot and pan has its shadow outline drawn so it always goes back in the right place. Even the pegboard colour is lovely.

I have an aversion to stacking pots as I invariably want the one on the bottom so this is a perfect solution for me. Now to renovate a kitchen and figure out how to work it in...

Julia donated her kitchen to the National Institute of American History but her pegboard was at a different institution in California until being reunited recently which coincided with the release of the movie.

Playdoh recipe edit

I just wanted to let you know I've edited the playdoh recipe as I realised I'd missed an ingredient. This is the actual recipe:

Microwave Playdoh

1 cup plain flour

1/4 cup salt

2 tbsp Cream of Tartar

1 tbsp cooking oil

1 cup hot tap water

food colouring

Sift dry ingredients together

If you want to colour the whole batch add colourng to water

Add in liquids and stir well

Cook on high in microwave for 30 second increments, stirring between each.

Its ready when it forms a ball and is not sticky.

Let cool a little

Turn out and knead on surface for a minute to make a nice soft dough.

If the mix isn't coloured, you can knead in colour now.

Store in an airtight container in the fridge to prolong its life

Reheat on very low for 1 minute ot warm and soften if required

Gift ideas #4

Oh how could I forget! My eldest will be getting his first bike! There are great ones with a push handle which controls the steering but unfortunately they are too small for my tall boy.

Gift ideas - found!

I've found one of my gift idea's! Soccer nets and at a nice price too. Available from Sam's Warehouse. I'm off to get a set today to put away for gift time.

Gift Ideas #3

A quick idea for Christmas for the rellies kids. Seeing as I have to post them over, I could make a batch of playdoh as I have a lovely and smooth recipe, colour it up a few different ways and parcel it up with some tools and the recipe.

Incase you are interested, my great recipe is from one of my friends.

1 cup plain flour

1 /4 cup salt

2 tbsp Cream of Tartar

1 tbsp cooking oil

1 cup hot tap water

food colouring

Sift dry ingredients together

If you want to colour the whole batch add colourng to water

Add in liquids and stir well

Cook on high in microwave for 30 second increments, stirring between each.

Its ready when it forms a ball and is not sticky.

Let cool a little

Turn out and knead on surface for a minute to make a nice soft dough.

If the mix isn't coloured, you can knead in colour now.

Store in an airtight container in the fridge to prolong its life

Reheat on very low for 1 minute ot warm and soften if required

Gift Ideas #2

I'm gathering idea's for gifts for my own boys who will be 2 in August and 4 in February with Christmas in between.

The first two I have 'stolen/borrowed' these idea's for gifts for my own boys from the blog Two Straight Lines.

Kids sized gardening tools (available from Big W)

Butterfly nets ( still looking for these)

A larger slide than the 2 ft high one we have ( haven't looked for this yet)

A set of soccer goals that are moveable and we can pack away ( nor this)

Build a sandpit. I like this one from Ohdeedoh

There were more I know.... but I can't think of them right now