Rose stars

The latest finished rose star. Very pink.

Lemon Drizzle

I've been trying to be good these days...not easy everyday when all you crave is carbs in the evening!
I was doing so well this week - check out my superfoods salad...

And then THIS happened...

Best ever Lemon Drizzle Cake. I have now perfected the recipe and added a few bits to the original recipe I'd found online.

* Beat together 125g of butter and 125g of sugar then add the zest of a lemon
* Add 3 whole eggs, one by one
* Mix in 135g of self-raising flour and 50g of powdered almonds
* Add the juice of 2 lemons and as many poppy seeds as you like!

Bake for about an hour at 180. Leave to rest for 10 minutes, then cover with a mix of icing sugar, lemon juice and more zest. This is the trickiest part - I use a toothpick to make sure my cake has enough holes in beforehand. It's nicer if the juice soaks all the way through the cake too!

Take my word for it - Best Lemon Drizzle Cake ever!

flowers everywhere

On Sunday we visited Columbia Road flower market. The place is thriving with people trying to get the best deal. But I reckon I got the best one: all of this for a fiver! I couldn't believe it. Shame I'd forgotten my camera too :(

Pottery at the V&A

Really? Can it possibly already be that late in Febrrrruary? The month has literally flown by. So, apart from the obvious busy bees out there, what have I, I hear you ask, been up to for the last couple of weeks?
Oh dear...not that much, really...but hang on, I work full time and look after the house, after all! Yeah, OK, granted, but I also find the time to look at dozens of silly repeats on the Internet - oops...

Well, it's hibernating season, isn't it? Talking of which, aren't those tea pots from the V&A lovely and inviting with the kind of weather we've been having? I also spotted this fantastic dish when I visited the ceramics gallery lately.

On to weirder but nonetheless intriguing pieces now...

More on my super lazy month soon...

Rose star

Ok, so I've gone a bit psychedelic with the colour mix on this one, but hey ho...at least we can't complain about it being too boring!!

Now - sewing ladies extraordinaires...your advice is greatly needed at this point. What do I do with all my bits of paper at the back? I know I'm supposed to leave some in until the end (putting a whole quilt together), but all of them?
Or can I start removing the ones from the centre, and leave the ones from the outside?
Hope this makes sense...