tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59833487390001855272024-03-13T16:43:09.824+00:00Strawberry Meets WorldRandom projects by an average 'have-a-go-Sally', hoping to inspire you to get creative too, be it in the kitchen, in your craft room or just on that tiny space you found on the living room coffee table.
Look out for regular posts; Monday Makes (crafty projects), Tempting Tuesdays (baking experiments), Wreck it Wednesdays (Wreck This Journal fun), #tbt (sharing old craft projects), Sticky Saturdays (messy play and crafty projects with children) and #SensorySunday (sensory play with baby Zander).strawberry meets worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898995592282749739noreply@blogger.comBlogger391125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5983348739000185527.post-18170194991588580732017-03-30T09:00:00.000+01:002017-03-30T09:00:28.578+01:00#tbt: Little Harry Potter Scarves<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Having made myself and a friend some Harry Potter scarves for our trip to see the last movie over five years ago, there was some left over wool, so I crocheted the boys small versions. There wasn't enough wool to make the stripes go in the proper direction so I had to make do.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I printed off the Hogwarts and Gryffindor shields onto t-shirt printing paper, cut them out and stitched them on. They still wear them when it's chilly out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I make stew on a very regular basis, but I've never made dumplings before. I don't know why. Anyhoo, some random thought led me to google them and I discovered that they are incredibly easy to make.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was making stew anyway, with what I had in the fridge, which happened to be half a butternut squash, sweet potato, 2 carrots, potato and 2 sticks of celery. I put in a chicken stock cube and a tbsp of onion gravy granules too. Basic I know, but we're living on the cheap at the moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used brown wholegrain flour after the great indigestion battle I fought last week with the pastry, to see if the over processed white flour was the culprit and I can now report that these did not kill me in the same way. Yay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Makes enough for 4-6 people depending on your portion size.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">250g self raising flour</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grate butter using a cheese grater, straight into the bowl, then rub it all together using your fingertips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Add tiny splashes of cold water until it all binds together well enough to make little balls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Form it into 8-12 balls, depending on how many people you're feeding and how large you want them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When your stew is 20 minutes away from finishing, make sure it's got enough liquid to cope with the sponge like dumplings and that it is boiling, then add the dumplings, pop the lid on and do not remove it for the whole 20 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Definitely going to always do dumplings from now on. Easy and yummy and filling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This week's make took a few attempts before I was happy with the pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The first attempt had a wibbly face, the second attempt had a head that was too big and tenticles which were too short.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You'll need 4 ply wool of any two colours you like and a 2.5mm crochet hook.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ss them together into a circle, sc 1 to start a new row and sc 2 in each cs to increase the circle.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sc 2 in each st on the next row giving you 16.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On the next row, sc 1 in the first st, sc 2 in second, 1 then 2 and so on, leaving you with 27.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On the next row increase every 3rd st; 1 sc, 1 sc, 2 sc, and so on leaving you with 36.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On the next row, 1 sc, 1 sc, 1 sc, 2 sc, and so on leaving you with 45.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then we'll change colour to do the inside, so tie it off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Once upon a time, we had a whole menagerie of pets and in 2012 this included a few Zebra Finches. One day, I decided their cage wasn't big enough, so I stole some wood out of Mr Strawberry's stash and went off to the store for some tiny mesh. The tray even slides out for easy cleaning (I just put newspaper in there and changed it every day) and we could water the plant through the mesh. The really fun bit was changing the branches, which get covered in poo and I figured it was more enriching to change it occasionally. It has a large door for doing that, but of course the finches had a good old whizz around the living room every time I did it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I made this one using glass beads I bought in London while I was at Uni there. There was this amazing bead shop in Soho, but sadly, being a student I couldn't afford to go very often. I did however get these on one of my few trips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This one is made using felt beads I won in a magazine competition years ago. I love them so much (I had wanted so badly to win haha) that I haven't <i>ever</i> used them. How silly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I helped them cut the masks out of cereal boxes and then left them to paint them. They did a fantastic job, don't you think? I particularly love Ed's 'warrior' creeper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think I cut this out of a magazine years ago and scanned it into my computer to save space rather than keep all the scraps of paper I'd collected. I would really love to make something like this, though I have no use for a pretty table runner and it would get destroyed as a rug, so maybe some kind of wall art thing? Who knows. Crochet makes me happy and these colours excite me. I'll keep thinking and keep you updated...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In September 2011, I stole some wood out of Mr Strawberry's stash again haha.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, I needed somewhere to keep the boys books...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts, acclaimed artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts - poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting with coffee, colouring outside the lines, and more - in order to experience the true creative process. With Keri Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of art and journal making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I haven't baked anything lately. Actually to be honest I haven't done much of anything lately. A little bout of the baby blues kicked in and I've been feeling utterly miserable. After a few shitty weeks, I finally realised that at the core of it was the fact that my little baby, who is probably my last baby, is about to turn one. The year has flown by and I've tried to relish the time but I always feel like maybe I didn't relish it enough. Ah, c'est la vie. Time to crack on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, my local supermarket had puff pastry on offer this week. I bought it with no real idea as to what I was going to make with it. I was going to make apple crumble but it turned out we didn't have enough flour in the house when I went to start it, so I made this instead. It didn't really work but it very tasty. Think danish gone wrong. Not pretty but hey, it's pastry and sugary apples, covered in more sugar...how bad can it be?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks to the lovely people who hand me bags of apples every Autumn, which get chopped up and cooked up and placed in my freezer, there is always apples when I need them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I defrosted a chinese take out pot full of apples in the pan, threw about half a cup of brown sugar in and stirred until it was defrosted. It was mostly apple puree with a few solitary lumps in by then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I spread the whole lot over my sheet of puff pastry but it must've still been a bit too warm because that is when it started to go a bit awry. I rolled it all up like a swiss roll and tried to cut slices off to make something similar to cinnamon rolls (but with apple in obviously) but the pastry must've been too soggy as it just wasn't working.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">I baked it in the oven at 180°C for about twenty minutes. Then once it was all cool, I drizzled icing over the top. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">It was really yummy but super messy to slice up and <i>crazy</i> messy to eat. Next time I'll actually try to make them danish sized before putting the apple anywhere near the pastry...just talking about next time is making me hungry...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Christmas 2010, the boys were only one and two. I needed a nice outfit for Christmas day, but I didn't fancy forking out, so I made them little dickie bows to wear with the clothes their Uncle used to send them when he worked for a posh children's wear company. They had to be boy-proof, so I made them out of cotton backed felt, with velcro on the back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is book for those who've always wanted to draw outside the lines but were afraid to do it. F</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">or anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes <i>Wreck This Journal</i>, an illustrated book featuring a subversive collection of suggestions, asking readers to muster up their best mistake - and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts, acclaimed artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts - poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting with coffee, colouring outside the lines, and more - in order to experience the true creative process. With Keri Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of art and journal making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sometimes it's such simple things! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Absolutely ridiculous. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But they do make such a good rustle noise and in the tray they make everything all slippery and slidey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">About four years ago, I bought myself a little uke, full of heartfelt intentions to be an awesome ukulele player. For some reason I decided it needed a cute case, though why I don't know as I only play at home.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have since moved on to a beautiful wooden one, despite the fact that I still suck. I love playing it though and according to Zander I play a mean 'Twinkle Twinkle', so who cares how much I suck at strumming patterns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is book for those who've always wanted to draw outside the lines but were afraid to do it. F</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">or anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes <i>Wreck This Journal</i>, an illustrated book featuring a subversive collection of suggestions, asking readers to muster up their best mistake - and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> This week we went a bit old school. A few pans, two wooden spoons and some time to get used to the awfully loud sound they make.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Zander mostly enjoyed sucking on the ends of the spoons, which was grand until he got excited by his own reflection in the bottom of one of the pans and smashed himself in the gums. No blood though, so it's all fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A customer commissioned this through my online store <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/icanbeSuperMe" target="_blank">I Can Be...Super Me</a> last year, and it is my second favourite cape ever (the most favourite being an awesome Batgirl cape I made)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is book for those who've always wanted to draw outside the lines but were afraid to do it. F</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">or anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes <i>Wreck This Journal</i>, an illustrated book featuring a subversive collection of suggestions, asking readers to muster up their best mistake - and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I made some texture plates for Zander, with different fabrics and other random things I found around the house, glued onto paper plates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Despite how much he hates bubble wrap,and will often cry at the very sight of a whole bunch of the stuff, this plate was a clear favourite. He even ripped it off the plate during his investigations and still didn't react in a negative way. I thought it being stuck down flat made it ok, but he got so intrigued by the bobbles that when he'd got it off it was still interesting and not scary at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His other favourite is of course the mirror...which he then had to kiss repeatedly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ed loves these plates too and keeps finding moments to ask if he can 'give Zander his plates', then he'll sit with him a play for a bit before tidying them away so they don't get broken. I'll be honest, this whole 'taking care of things and tidying up after himself' is very unlike Ed but I'll enjoy/nurture it while I can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The plates I made have bubble wrap, cotton wool balls, velvet, denim, cordoroy, towelling, fleece, mirror, fake fur, shiney smooth fabric and a sparkly fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All of these are excellent talking points for different textures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">About 'Wreck This Journal' by Keri Smith</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is book for those who've always wanted to draw outside the lines but were afraid to do it. F</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">or anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes <i>Wreck This Journal</i>, an illustrated book featuring a subversive collection of suggestions, asking readers to muster up their best mistake - and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts, acclaimed artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts - poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting with coffee, colouring outside the lines, and more - in order to experience the true creative process. With Keri Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of art and journal making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.</span></div>
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