DIY: Air Dry Clay Gift Tags

Air dry clay is simple, easy to use, and cheap material, which is always a winning combination. You use it once and you will be forever scrolling through Pinterest for more innovative DIYs to try your hands at. Today I thought I would share with you a very easy peasy gift tag DIY to give your wrapping a truly magical Pinterest feel. As much as I adore air dry clay it can be a bit irritating waiting for your handmade goodies to dry so a great alternative would be to use polymer clay. 

diy: illustrated clutch

I've been looking for a White zipped plain Clutch for what feels like years. I never thought looking for a White zipped Clutch would be difficult but it proved to be a flipping quest on the scale of Indian Jones. Finally whilst scrolling through the ASOS sale I found this real Leather Clutch for £10.00 so naturally I bought two.

Simple Shortbread Biscuits

If you read my cupcake post here, then you will know I don't have a lot of skill in the baking department and by that I mean its non existing but I am determined on improving. Which is slightly ironic as I was the only one in my family who didn't watch the bake off. However despite my non existing baking skills,  I am always very lucky with my biscuits. Which usually results in a batch be devoured very quickly indeed. In my opinion the best way to enjoy them is with a hot chocolate and a good book/film. 

Banana Pancakes

 

Sometimes a bowl of cereal or slice of toast just won't cut it for breakfast and on days where I feel like putting a little bit more time and effort into making breakfast I always find myself turning towards Banana pancakes. They are also great if I invite friends round for breakfast and always go down a treat. There easy to make and just absolutely delicious.

 

Ingredients:

- Two free range Eggs.

- One medium to large Banana.

- Half a table spoon of Baking Powder.

- A sprinkle of Cinnamon.

- Bowl.

- Whisk.

- Some sort of ladle or serving spoon.

 

1. Peel the Banana and mash it up in a bowl using a whisk or a fork.

 

2. Add both eggs once the Banana is at a some what smooth consistency with most of  the lumps gone. Whisk it all together.

 

3. Add half a teaspoon of baking powder and as little or as much cinnamon as you desire. If you don't have baking powder or cinnamon you can just skip this step and the pancakes taste just as delicious.

 

4.  Next heat  a small amount of Olive oil in a pan. Once hot begin to ladle your mixture into the centre. Cook until Golden Brown. I've always found 45 seconds each side is sufficient.

 

5. Top them with whatever you like. I like mine with a good dollop of Jam. They also taste great with Strawberries, Maple Syrup, Honey and even Nutella.

 

6. Enjoy!

 



CHRISTMAS WRAPPING + A MERRY CHRISTMAS

Before signing off for Christmas I thought I would first wish you all a very Merry Christmas and secondly share with you the style of wrapping I choose this year. It's fair to say I may have been heavily influenced by pinterest and the best thing was I only had to buy the two rolls of brown paper which was £2 everything else I already had. So it turned out to be cheap Christmas wrapping as well. I will keep this short and sweet and end by saying I hope you all have a wonderful, fun filled, food filled, magical and spectacular Christmas.

 

 

In case any of you are wondering 'Mow' is my brother, his name is Matthew but when I was little I used to call him Maboo, then that some how got shortened to Mow. Oh and also Emma is my brother's girlfriend.

 

DIY: MARBLED PLATE

 

     What you'll need:

~ Plate

~ Nail varnishes of your choice

~ Toothpicks

~ Water

~ An old container big enough to fit your plate into

 

Step One: Fill the container with Water, but allow enough space to dip the plate in without it overflowing.

Step Two: Begin to drop nail varnish into the water. Do this close to the water if you drop it from too far a height, the nail varnish will sink to the bottom of the container. I find two colours work best but you can use one.

Step Three: Next take a tooth pick and begin to swirl the nail varnish about

Step Four: Dip your plate into the nail polis. Gather the access nail polish using the toothpick by swirling it around the access nail polish.
 

Step Five: Remove plate and allow to air dry. Once dried you can take some nail polish remover and begin to clean up your design.

Step Six: Decide what to use your plate for.

I'm currently using mine to store my favourite perfumes on. Hope you enjoyed this DIY and let me know if you give it a go.