I’ve been interested in baking for the past 5 or so years now, I like to think (and have been told) that my techniques, recipes, decorations etc have been getting better over this period. I think having the right equipment helps a lot! Here’s is a list of MY bakeware essentials and why I find them useful. 1. Cookie cutters Not just for baking cookies! I’ve found they can also…
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DVD Organisation
I’m a DVD/Blu Ray collector. I like to own physical media over electronic copies of anything, including books and music. However, my growing collection has taken over the living room. Here’s one of our bookcases – the tidiest one! Problem is, even though our bookcases are generally tidy. I can never find the DVD or Blu Ray I want to watch. There’s no organisation. When we moved into this house,…
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Bake Ware Organisation – The ‘Equipment’
Remember when I said I was sorting through my bake ware and that I started by organising the ‘supply’ cupboard? I made the decision to stop procrastinating and get on with organising the ‘equipment’ cupboard as well. 🙂 Here’s what it looked like before: I took everything out and started grouping like items on the kitchen work tops together as follows: Party supplies Pans and tins Cupcake cases Cupcake decorating…
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Collectormania Milton Keynes 21
This past weekend (17th-18th May) was the 21st Collectormania at Milton Keynes and the 6th that I’ve been to. I went along on the Saturday with my family. The main draw for me was to meet Billy Boyd (Pippin from Lord of the Rings) and some World Snooker Champions: Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy. The day for me, started at 5.30am! We got to Milton Keynes at around…
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Happy Birthday to me!
So, Wednesday (7th) was my birthday! I had the whole week off work and decided to do a little something each day to celebrate. Monday – BBQ As it was early May Bank Holiday in the UK, all my family had the day off work and decided to throw me a birthday BBQ at my house. In true fashion, we had too much food prepared! My sister made me a…
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Star Wars Day Party 2014
Happy Star Wars Day and, of course May the 4th be with you. If you weren’t aware today is international Star Wars Day, not something I’ve celebrated greatly in the past. Besides wishing my Star Wars fan friends/family a Happy Star Wars Day. But, this year my dad decided we should watch all 6 films back to back! Because, why not! We’ve never attempted watching them all in one go…
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International Women’s Day 2014
March 8th was International women’s day, not a holiday we celebrate in the UK. I’d not even heard of it until Artur told me about it. They celebrate it in Poland and it’s customary to buy a small gift for the women in your life (partners, mums, sisters etc). Not that we’ve ever celebrated it like that together, or in anyway really. This year, however, we went to Weston-Super-Mare with…
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Convention Plans 2014
I think this may be my quietest year, convention wise, since I started 🙁 – That pesky thing called money limiting the amount I can go too! Well, not so much the money, but that it’s now spent on other things – like bills. Here’s a run-down of the ones I’ll be attending this year (since I suck at keeping my events page up to date – haha): Memorabilia Show…
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Valentines Day 2014
I don’t celebrate Valentines Day as a rule – I think it’s just a silly commercial holiday slapped in between Christmas and Easter. Having said that, I do seem to end up doing something – whether I’m a relationship or a singleton. This Valentines Day, I worked 08:30 – 16:00 and came home to this in the living room:- Basically a dozen red roses displayed over the house in small…