Salt dough ornaments

Salt dough ornaments bring back so many memories of childhood. My mum would always make a load of dough and let us cut out lots of different shapes, paint them up and put so much glitter on them. They would then take pride of place on the Christmas tree. In fact I'm pretty sure that my mum still has some of them still.

This is such a cheap and easy way to decorate your home this Christmas. It's also perfect for the kids. I know my niece and nephew would love these! But I've made some for tree. I'll post more details about that soon. 

1 cup of plain flour

1/2 cup of salt

1/2 cup of water

(Please note that these are not edible! I imagine they taste foul!) 

Mix all the ingredients together, if you find the mixture too sticky add more flour. If you find the mixture to dry add more water! 

Cut out any shapes you like! Remember to make a small hole in the tops so they can be hung.

You can either leave to air dry (this takes forever around a week!), oven cook them on the lowest heat for 3-5 hours (too long!) or do what I did. Zap them in the microwave for 3 minutes. If they're not done or are still sticky after the 3 minutes, keep microwaving until dry.

Once the shapes are dry you can paint them or leave them natural. Thread a coloured ribbon or thread through the hole and they're ready to hang!

Chunky crouton salad.

As a vegetarian people often find it amusing that I'm not a big fan of salads. There's something daunting about a plate of leaves. I worry they won't fill me up or they'll taste like grass. But recently salads have been my thing! And this one is good. I do have to admit I like to add a good dollop of mayo to mine but a fancy dressing would work equally as well. I like big croutons but Mr told me they were too big (no such thing!). It's purely a personal thing but I like a chunky crouton!

Maybe I've fallen in love with salads due to my new food processor. Appliances Direct kindly asked me if I'd like a product from there website and a food processor has been top of my list for ages. This one is perfect. Appliances Direct postage was so speedy I couldn't believe when it arrived in under 24 hours. Now that's what I call speedy.

Ingredients

Cibatta, cut into large chunks

Iceburg lettuce, chopped

Carrot, grated

Grapes, sliced

New potatoes, sliced

Olive oil,

Seasoning

Place the chunks of cibatta onto a baking tray and thinly coat each one in olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place into the oven at 200ºC/Gas Mark 6 until golden and crispy. Allow to cool.

Place the potatoes into a pan and cover with water. Par-boil the potatoes until just soft, be careful not to allow the potatoes to get to soft as they will turn soggy. Once soft, drain and allow to dry. Heat 1tsp of olive oil in a pan and fry the potatoes until golden and crispy (I like golden and crispy!). Drain onto kitchen roll.

Arrange the lettuce, carrot and grapes onto a plate or serving platter. Add the crispy potatoes and croutons and serve with lashings of mayo.

Miss Geekay

Scrabble ring* - £1.50

Turquoise cross bracelet* - £4.50

I am a little bit addicted to jewellery at the minute. I was asked if I would like to review some pieces from Gillian at Miss Geekay. I picked out a few bits I like and I received these two. Which are ones I really love.

The wooden scrabble ring has already taken it's place in my jewellery box and the bracelet is going to look beautiful layered up with a few others. The turquoise blue is so beautiful!

Every piece of beautiful jewellery on the site is under £5. My kind of prices huh? It comes beautifully wrapped too.

Take a look here! 

Miss Geekay

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Love My Vouchers

 Now you know me by now I love to save money anyway I can so when I discovered Love My Vouchers I thought I'd share it with you.

Love My Vouchers is a site that gives you discount to lots of amazing sites. They give you discount from everything, fashion to food, beauty to flowers. So if you're planning on spending your pennies, make sure you check out Love My Vouchers before you do. 

This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. 

We're going to Jackson . . .

Top - Monki

Skirt - Primark

Cardigan**, Shoes - New Look

Glasses - George at ASDA

Tights - Mama's

Total Outfit Price: £27.49

I have had Jackson by Johnny Cash and June Carter in my head all day. I love the film Walk the Line and we have a Johnny Cash CD in the car so there's no surprise this is in my head.

I got this top in my Monki order, I went a little bit mad and got some really pretty tops from their sale. I brought a beautiful straw boater and pretty summer dress. Now here's waiting for the sun.

I've been trying to get my uni work done today but it's not going great. Oh well another week before it's due.

I also made macarons today and they went well. I can blog a recipe if your interested?

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