tigermouse

Thursday, 21 February 2013

Monday, 18 February 2013

recent moments

^ My most recent exciting charity shop find - 10p each!!

Han and Leia on Valentine's Day

Bee got this awesome poster for 1p in WH Smith!

^ As delicious as these sound... I think I'll pass.

This is the freeform Lego castle Bee and I made on Friday. She wanted to build a castle for the twin unicorns I got her for Valentine's Day, and we had a few random castley bits in our Immense Bucket of Lego Joy, so we spent the afternoon building. Features include a jail with a barred cell, a grand patio type area with decorative tiles (actually tarot cards from our fortune-teller minifig) and lots of little arches and windows. Oh, and a special pet entrance for the Royal Cat, with a red roof.

Today, Bee and I started on our Lego ghost train. As we were tipping the pieces onto the floor to begin, she enthused "Wow, Mama - this is going to be WAY epic!"

february love project

This makes me happy: So It Goes.

February Love Project

Love Rocks

valentine

I don't always make Valentine's Day biscuits...

but when I do, they have Darth Vader on them.

Recipe:

    150g butter, at room temperature
    75g caster sugar
    225g plain flour
    Icing sugar and cocoa powder
    Coloured icing and shape cutters

1. Preheat the oven to 170C

2. Dump butter, flour and sugar into the ball and add a wee pinch of salt. Rub it all together until you have a big dough ball.

3. Dust your work surface with flour and turn out the dough. Roll to about ½ cm thick. Cut out heart shapes with a biscuit cutter and gently lay out onto a lined baking sheet. Bake for 15-25 minutes, until golden. Leave to cool on a rack.

4. Now dust your work surface with icing sugar, and roll out your coloured icing. Cut out the shapes (I used awesome Star Wars ones from ebay, and little stars) and lay them out on a baking tray until you need them.

5. When cooled completely, mix together few tablespoons of icing sugar with cocoa powder and enough water to make a paste. Spread the over the biscuits with a knife. You can then use this as glue to attach your icing shapes.