Saturday, July 2, 2011

Crafting and Baking

Look what I found in an old magazine...a recipe for a quick and easy pavlova where kids can help bake!!

All you need is 3 egg whites, beat it like crazy with a mixer and 3/4 cup of caster sugar. Bake it for 45 minutes at 120 celsius...easy right! Of course I had my little junior chef who is so helpful to beat and scoop the egg whites nicely onto the baking tray.

The topping that we chose is what we could find in the supermarket, blueberry syrup and fruit flavoured toppings of your choice! Put some thickened cream on top of the baked pavlovas, your preferred choice of topping and its ready for eating!





Another thing that is just hot from the oven , the crating oven that is... ta dahhh, presenting the shell stitch beanie for a newborn. I am very excited as I found this pattern in ravelry and it is actually the most popular crochet beanie pattern and best of all its free and easy to make! I think if I didn't have anything else to do, it could easily be completed in a few hours! I did the newborn size in baby blue Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino (the best baby quality yarn in my opinion)! I want to make some more in diferent sizes and colours..oohh the sky is the limit!
Had to borrow Ash's teddy bear as a model because who has a baby to spare at 10.30 at night ..duh!


Oh yes,I also want to show you a recent felted teddy bear that I helped Ash make. It came in a box with a set of instructions but I think if you could find felt and just do a similar cut out , you will get the same result! And yes, I am already on to my 2nd teddy bear..I've copied the outline onto a green felt. We'll see how it goes!

In the meantime, enjoy your weekend, I'm looking forward to mine, I have a feeling its going to be a crafting one!

5 comments:

Sizuka said...

Mel,

The teddy bear and the baby beanie is super cute! I wish I ada baby at home.

Kelakar tgk muka ashley kat photo tu, very mischievous :)

MelB said...

Cutekan, I pun geram!! I can't wait for my sister to be in Kuching this month, at least ada jugak baby to play with!!Hehe I chose that photo sebab Ash's face very funny!!

Rina NAR said...

that cute beanie is hit in the market now..if you ddk msia sure dah boleh buat duit :D...darl try d choc version la pulak

MelB said...

Rina, memang i nak try the choc version, the exact one that you made but not soo soon ;)

mellymilly said...

love the mini pavlova...i think maybe i shd try doing it mini too...maybe it will cook faster than the big dollop of meringue ;)