Cookies and Cream ice cream

More ice cream! I used the same easy recipe as for my Caramel and Chocolate Ice Cream but this time i added crushed up chocolate biscuits to the mix - delicious!
I used the biscuits from my ice cream sandwich and then used this ice cream in the middle! It was v. rich but amazing!

Teabag Boats

I love herbal teas, i dont drink normal tea or coffee but i love chamomile tea and green tea. Herbal teas normally come in a stringed bag and for some reason i always think it would be cute if the string had something attached to it! No idea why, but i thought i give it a go!

So i made some little origami boats from paper

 and stapled them to the string.


Then gave them a dunk! Theyre only paper so they went soggy pretty quickly but they were pretty good for a prototype!

 

Arent they cute!
I'll have to figure out how to make them last a bit longer when wet, possibly use thin plastic instead of paper, but a good first go

 

 

 

Doilie envelopes

I love doilies and i found some hot pink ones that i had to use so i figured id make envelopes for some of my homemade cards

All you need is a doilie, the card you want an envelope for and some tape or glue to seal the envelope
 

Lay the card in the middle of the doilie, make sure its central or your envelope will be wonky!
 

Fold in the short sides first, then the bottom and then the top


Seal with a bit of tape and your done! Super easy
 

They look particularly cute from the front with the little lacey corners
 

 

 I though white doilies would look good for wedding stationary :)

 

 

Caramel and Chocolate ice cream

I went a bit ice cream crazy last weekend and made a couple of different bacthes and some ice cream sandwiches - i think i was in a sugar coma by sunday!
The reason was, that i found the simplest recipe ever. Just custard, cream and whatever flavour you want - thats it! Too good to be true? I thought id give it a go and see.
I wanted to make dulce leche ice cream but my local supermarker didnt have any and i didnt have time to go anywhere else, but then i spotted some caramel and chocolate spread and figured that would be an ok substitute - and it really was! This ice cream is delicious :) I just added a big spoon full of the caramel and chocolate spread to the mix and froze it in the ice cream maker. It made a lovely creamy caramelly chocolately ice cream, a-mazing!
I'll be making this again (once ive burnt off this batch!)

Stamping using a template

When i saw this whale via pinterest i knew i just had to copy the technique of stamping within a template - such a clever idea!
I already had a stripey stamp that id made previously. I just cut a heart out of card, placed it over some paper and stamped away. I liked the ordered pattern of the cross hatches so i used that style as well


Once you've covered all the space, remove the template and youve got a perfect shape underneath

I think this would work brilliantly on greeting cards.

 

 

Washi tape tie twists

 

 

I though i would update the diy tie twists i made with some of the washi tape i bought on holiday. The process is exactly the same just using washi tape instead of glued paper and i love them! Think of all the cute ones you could make with all the amazing washi tape out there...

 

 

 

Chair Socks

Not that i would ever criticise my (defacto) mother in law but the her kitchen chairs make an awful noise when you try to move them over the floor tiles. So it thought i would surprise her and make some socks for them!

I used this pattern at plus 3 crochet, its really easy to do and i churned out 24 of these in about 8 hours over a week. Dont they look cute!

House number spray paint stencil

We've got tenants moving into out house soon and i wanted to make sure they knew which car parking space was theirs. I figured the easiest way would be to paint the house number on the back wall. Im not very good freehand so i thought spray paint and a stencil may be the safer option!

I just printed out our numbers on to paper, traced them onto transparency paper (i just used some over-head projector paper i had lying around) and then cut the numbers out

I taped the stencil to the wall and sprayed with paint. I only had red, white would probably be better but i didnt want to buy a can specially.

Its probably a bit darker than i would have liked but since im not sure if i was even allowed to do this then its probably a good thing its not too obvious!
You could use this on anything though, its a cute way to personalise stuff.

Amazing card!

Check out the amazing snake thankyou card my friend's daughter made me! Even the letters are snakes :)

A future crafter in the making definitely!

Pimms ice cubes

I know its not Pimms weather but i love the stuff! Ive seen loads of posts on fruit ice cubes and frozen fruit and i though how Pimms would be the perfect partner for that!

Its dead easy, you'll need some Pimms, lemonade, fruit (i like mint, strawberries and cucumber in my Pimms) and an ice cube tray

Pop your fruit in the ice cube tray, add water and freeze

Dont they look delicious on their own!

Make up your Pimms with lemonade and add the ice cubes. Sip it and pretend it summer!