Win an £87 ‘Frozen 2’ Bakeware set from Nordic Ware | #WinterStuff
Behind door number thirteen of the 2019 #WinterStuff there’s a fabulous £87 bakeware set from Nordic Ware – all with a heavenly Frozen 2 theme! I’m rather a big fan of Nordic Ware. Firstly – how can you NOT love a brand with this picture as their founders: Nordic Ware was founded in America in 1946 by a determined wife, Dotty, and her resourceful husband Dave, newly back from the second world war. With just...
Dress The Christmas Table – with Tesco decs?
Following hot on the heels of our Christmas Living Room decorating challenge, Tesco had a second idea; how about we Dress the Christmas Table too? Same rules as before – we had to use Tesco Christmas decorations only, and make a room that was simply magical.Only this time, we weren’t feeling so hesitant about how magical we could make a room look with just a tiny budget and some supermarket accessories. We knew we could...
Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal
No no no…not filthy … but cuddly, adorable, cute, sweet, loveable, cheeky, funny and oh so much more.. Our animals, our pets, are part of our family, and they deserve a Christmas too don’t they. And not just a few spare giblets, although Im sure they would be grateful for a few as well as some other fine treats. Our pets are often spoilt, and rightfully so, because we love them, all of them, big and small. So this...
Simple Steps for a Stress-Free Dinner Party
Last week we had friends over for dinner – and I realised that a Stress-Free Dinner Party is the latest in the long line of things I appear to have conquered without being aware I’d done so. Our Friday night entertaining was nothing big, nothing fancy; just having some friends over for a few hours, and feeding them. Calling it a ‘dinner party’ would be seriously stretching it – and yet in years past this...
Better-Than-Butterkist Crunchy Butterscotch Popcorn Recipe
While we were photographing for our ‘Ingredients for a Family Movie Night’ post, I happened to post on my Instagram Stories that I was making Crunchy Butterscotch Popcorn. I immediately and repeatedly got asked for the recipe – so here it is. We happen to have our own home-grown popcorn expert. Years ago, a very young Boy was fascinated by microwave popcorn – it was a rare treat, but watching it expand and pop...