Nails and Paris Notebook

 

I painted my nails today. I choose :

Barry M Limited Edition Silver Glitter 142

Rimmel Pro Urban Princess 291

I painted four of my nails pink and one glitter. I applied two coats.

 

 

  

 I also picked up this lovely Paris notebook in TK Maxx. The notebook features a picture of the Eiffel Tower. I really like the lined cream pages and pattern inside the cover. 

Pancake Tuesday

I made some pancakes today!. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

2 eggs

1/2 pint buttermilk

1/2 cup of caster sugar

10 ozs plain flour

1 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

optional

chocolate sauce

cream 

butter

maple syrup

fresh lemons

any fresh fruit

 

Weigh and sieve all the dry ingredients into a bowl. Add the eggs and buttermilk. Mix really well. Give it a good beating. 

 

 

Pour your batter into a jug. Begin pouring amounts of the batter unto a hot griddle.

 

 

Bubbles will appear on the surface of the batter. Turn the pancake over.

 

They should be golden brown. Serve with your choice of accompaniment.

 

 

I enjoyed my pancakes. Now I am going to do the dishes and go for my 4 mile walk. Outside it is a lovely crisp February day. Walk off these pancakes ha ha !. Have a good evening.

 

 

 

Music Love

Two songs I am enjoying at the moment.

I really like the BBC drama series called Inside Men. You can catch up on the first three episodes here

 

Mint Aero Slice

Ingredients

114g unsalted butter

2 tablespoons golden syrup

1 teaspoon cocoa

110g bar mint aero

1 packet marie biscuits

2 tablespoons caster sugar

200g milk chocolate

Method

Melt butter, sugar, syrup and half of aero bar in a saucepan over a gentle heat.

 

 

Crush the biscuits and mix all together. Spread into a greased and lined swiss roll tin.

 

 

 

Chop the remaining aero into chunks. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of warm water. 

 

 

Pour the melted chocolate over the biscuit base and spread evenly. Sprinkle your aero chunks over the chocolate. Leave to set in fridge. I left mine in the fridge overnight. Allow the aero slice to reach room temperature before cutting into slices.

 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Music Love

Have a listen.

hearts and candles

 

Just a little Valentine's decor.

 

I Heart U Card

 

 

1. Print an I and a U unto some white card.

2. Fold card.

3. Glue a glitter heart between the letters. I got a bag of these glitter hearts from my local pound store.

Love it!

 

Post-it note hearts

 

 

 

I found these post-it note hearts in my local pound shop. I thought I would turn them into some wall art. Get your family and friends to write some cute messages. Instant wall art and alot of fun. 

I Love This Song

Thought I would share this with you. I can't stop playing this. Watch the video below.

 

Rose Petal Hearts

 

 

 These rose petal hearts are a perfect Valentine's decoration.

 

You will need -

Red card

Faux rose petals

PVA glue

Ribbon

Sellotape

 

1. Cut a large and smaller heart from your red card. Start glueing your faux rose petals unto the hearts

 

 

 

 

3. When you have glued on all the rose petals leave to dry. The PVA glue will dry clear.

4. Stick some ribbon unto the back of each heart with some sellotape. Now they are ready for hanging up. 

 

 

 

Magazine Heart Garland

Recycle your old magazines by making this simple heart garland.

You will need -

Heart punch

Old magazines

String

Sellotape

1. Punch hearts out of your magazines using your heart punch. I used a 3 inch heart punch. Make as many hearts as you want depending on how long you want your garland.

3. I used sellotape to fix the hearts unto my piece of string. Remember to stick the reverse side of the heart unto the string.

 

4. Keep going until all the hearts are in place. Now simply hang in your chosen place.