First Steps to a New Mantelpiece!

I am determined to have a new mantelpiece to put my birthday cards on! We have a little over six weeks so do you think I have a chance? We have found a piece of wood (don't know what type!) and had it cut to size. I have arranged for someone to sand and polish it but first we need to get everything measured by the guy making the brackets and so we are waiting patiently for him!Wish me luck!!!!

In the meantime, I woke up to this:
so there's another little job that needs doing!!!!

Oh joy!

Sweets

Ever since we had all those sweets around on Valentine's Day (yes, they are all gone!), I have had a bit of a thing about sweets and maybe making them into garlands.

We have these sweets which are made of glass on the coffee table:

and they usually reside in a very old ashtray (we don't smoke but I love it too much to throw it away).

So I had a little scour on the internet to see what I could find. There are a few sweet/candy garlands made simply with real sweets either hot glued or stapled together but I was looking for something a bit different to that.

More like these crochet sweets perhaps

but this is more like it:

This is another version on Flickr here

BUT this lady seems to have it bad

I hear you say obsession like it's a bad thing!!!

Wham!

My youngest Mad Child is a bit strange, hence 'Mad'. At first sight very laid back and easy going but then WHAM! she hits you with something so way out it's all a bit Damien Hirst!



She goes to Guides, with her best friend Giggly Girl, and last week had been doing some craft. All the girls are trotting out with decorated wooden spoons, all lovely and colourful and pretty. Very Country Living; mostly floral and cute.



Look what I've made Mum:













"Oh isn't she lovely!" says I, secretly thinking 'come on, hurry up, it's flippin' cold and I'm missing CSI'.



Just as the word 'lovely' comes out my mouth, she flips it around and there's the WHAM moment:

Do you think I should worry about her mental state? Or is it just a phase?

Valentine's Day!

He knows how much I like magazines and how hard I try to resist them!

Then he made me scrambled egg, grilled tomatoes and bacon for breakfast! Yum!

My name is Ellouise and I am addicted to making garlands! I was still making them this morning!


I put these beads on the bottom as Mad One is rather keen on penguins. I think I have had these beads ForEver. I remember playing with them as a child in my Mum's button bottle.


Yes, I know the gun's a bit weird but it's a family heirloom! I found my crochet hearts from last year and other bits and pieces that I have collected on a red theme.

Remember those little heart shaped silicone cases that I bought? I filled each of the six with different sweets. Lovehearts, of course

and some gobstoppers and heart shaped things and letter shaped things and sour things and more sour things.

We also had some Lindor chocolates in a little dish bought from Paperchase last year.

And not forgetting a bumble bee, synonymous with Valentine's Day of course - not sure where he came from!

Don't forget some sweet treats to eat!

I managed to save some of those ginger nuts I made yesterday.

And does anyone fancy a slice of chocolate cake?

Guess what, I forgot to take a picture of The Pie!!!!!!! Duh!

Baking Day

Do you like ginger biscuits?

I made one or two today.

Mad Child also made some 'fork cookies' or something like that. (I think that's what she said!!!) She looked up the recipe and did it all herself whilst I battled with the computer trying to put a Flickr montage onto my sidebar (I was unsuccessful!)

There's also a little chocolate something in the background for tomorrow!

I also started The Lemon Meringue Pie but didn't quite have time to do the topping, so I will have to do that in the morning! (So no pie in bed tomorrow morning!)

He was a little late home from work this evening(!!), so I think it's a good job I've at least started The Pie methinks.

It's really heart-warming to get nice comments, thanks a bundle people and so glad you like my witterings, Ramble Time- Reinvented!

Here's hoping you all have a WONDERFUL Valentine's Day, with lots of chocolate and flowers and kisses. That's what I am hoping for (oh and a little bit of Pie!)

See you soon