Hi-de-hi Festive Peeps! 2 weeks today is the big day itself! Aside from Christmas day itself, there will be parties and quiet evenings in, busy days and food gifts....all these require different types of food, so here are a few options: Andrea at Cooking With A Wallflower has these gorgeous salted caramel cookies which would be a lovely [...]
How-do Peeps, hope you're all good? I promised y'all the 2nd instalment of this wedding budget thing, so let's do it: 6. Decor: You don't need to go nuts on decor with backdrops and balloon nets: if you're using a hotel they'll ask a colour scheme and put napkins in for you and maybe bows on chairs (this may [...]
Happy New Year's Eve-Eve Peeps! Thought I'd write this today, so if you see anything you want to make, you have time to shop for ingredients 🙂 So here are some party food ideas from some fabulous bloggers...and from little ol' me 😉 There are some gorgeous nibbles over on Dora Cherry Pie's blog and Megan [...]
Howdy Peeps! Sorry for lack of blog yesterday but I had a very important visitor and spent half the day having a good catch-up. Christmas is a mere 7 weeks away as well as there being parties and birthdays ahead. So here are my top tips for party season: Save money on gifts and party-ware [...]
Morning Peeps! Thought I'd share this recipe with you this morning; they're ridiculously easy and cheap to make, great for parties and there are so many variations to have fun with, enjoy! Ingredients: 8oz/200g Self-Raising Flour 4oz/100g Margarine (or softened butter) 6oz/150g Grated Cheese (good stuff with a tang like mature cheddar or red Leicester) 2 Eggs pinch [...]
Afternoon Peeps! Bonus post for you today... I was talking to the teenager about stuff we learned (or tried to learn) last Christmas. I remembered a recipe for Rice Krispie treat trees.... you make them green and cone-shaped and stick them on a Rolo trunk and decorate. Easy as that. 🎄 Then a while ago [...]
Howdy peeps. First up, thanks for all the lovely messages yesterday about Jack... and teenager, she's doing much better......you're all so sweet, thank you. Said teenager has a slumber party on Friday so I thought I'd share a few easy party treat recipes I intend to use: (I use the term "recipes" loosely.....) 1 Smores: [...]
Morning Peeps! Have you got a special occasion coming up? I have. Always. A kid's birthday, a wedding, Christmas, new baby? This is how to save your budget from failure at these times: Buy Ahead: Stock up on cheap (as in well-priced, not poor quality) Birthday cards and generic blank cards. A local charity shop [...]
Great fun and so easy to make with kids, you can match a colour scheme and you can make them for any occasion (Christmas and a fairy themed party as I seem to recall)...Have fun! Ingredients: 225g/8oz plain flour 100g/4oz butter 100g/4oz caster sugar 1 tbsp milk 1/2 tsp mixed spice (optional) 10 boiled sweets [...]
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