Welcome Thermie!

Ok so you can see from how regularly I've been posting in the last 12 months that I don't often get the chance to make many cards these days.  I'm going to make a real effort to change that but in the meantime I thought I'd start sharing my other hobby...cooking and baking.

I've always loved to cook and at one stage I had every intention of throwing away the day job and heading back to school to become a pastry chef.  Well websites and communications are a far cry from puddings and icing but I still love to cook so thought I'd start sharing my favourite recipes here.

Another reason is I've got a new gadget, affectionately known as Thermie, to cook with and I LOVE IT!  Cooking was becoming a real pain in the butt. My passion had turned into a chore. Between working four days a week and hearing the constant 'I don't like that' from the little people whenever I tried anything with a sauce or flavour, I felt like throwing my hands up in the air, handing them box of nuggets and calling it a day! But what kind of mother would I be if I did that?? (A popular one with the little people I suspect!!)

Enter a new kitchen and my Thermomix (aka Thermie) and I love it!  Between that and the oven it does just about everything (except wash the dishes unfortunately). I've got a new rule with the kids...one dinner for everyone, don't like it there's the fruit bowl! I figure they won't starve and will at least try most things and hopefully over time learn that risotto will not kill them :-)

So I'll now be sharing any tried and tested recipes on here that can be used in a Thermomix or easily converted to use in a conventional oven or cooktop.  I  might even get the kids to share a 'kid friendly' rating, although probably best not to use that to determine the quality of the food ;-)

The recipes will be a mix of mine and those I've collected from around the place, off course when I know the origins I'll credit the original source.

thanks for stopping by
Kirst

Clean and simple sketches

So it's been a while but life's been a little busy lately. We've moved house and it's taken a while but I finally feel like my stuff is organised and I'm ready to roll again. Besides it's winter here and what else is there to do when it's miserable outside?

I stumbled upon an awesome sketch site the other day. So here 's what I've been up to...

So I've decided a back to basics approach is best right for me right now.  I'm loving the clean designs and simplicity of stamping and beautiful papers, so I've abandoned colouring for now and focused on clean and simple!

thanks for popping by

K

Christmas Fairy

Two days in a row, this must be some kind of record!  This card is for Cute Card Thursday. They have a great sketch challenge and I'd started colouring a digital image I had on hand. It's called Poppy Fairy but I can't for the life of me remember where I got it from. The colours give it a bit of a Christmas feel to it so I used some of my My Minds Eye Christmas papers.

Supplies:
Stamps - Digital Poppy Fairy
Copics: G21 YG63, YG67, R35, R37, RV29, E19, E000, E11, E31, E50, E25
Papers: My Minds Eye Lost & Found Christmas
Accessories: SU Ribbon coloured with G21, antique brads

It's Cup Day here in Melbourne and it's nearly time for the big race, so if you're in this part of the world, hope you're making the most of your day off.  If you're not, hope you're enjoying your day anyway!

thanks for stopping by
Kirsty