take me out to the ball game

Byron loves baseball and softball, they are his sport of choice even though he is athletic and would play any sport given the chance.

For his birthday back in january we gave him this doona cover.

 yes i could have tried harder to not have creases oops. 

I picked it up from ebay, it was a king size but for the price i couldnt resist so i just cut it down to size.

Last week i finally decided to do something to jazz up byron's bedroom wall so using the doona for inspiration this is what i came up with.



on the wall





Pitcher



Catcher



Batter



The Humble Face cloth

I was making bunnies from facecloths for some of Ainsleys friends and for nieces and nephews i will see over easter and got a bit carried away.

I was sitting on the lounge watching t.v and had a pile of facecloths on my lap so started folding to see what else i could come up with.

So far i have bunny, chick, snail,snowman and 2 different girls that don't look so much like they should, but  have started the creative thinking as to how to do better next time.

the pink girl looks so much like a cat that i am going to add whiskers when i work out what to use as whiskers  lol.

I know the lighting is poor and he has no face but i was excited that he worked hehehe so had to share. 

i know it is the owl and the pussy cat but here is my owl and the puppy dog hehehehe

Lets read a book

Well it has been a long time between visits here in blog land.
I have done alot in the past months but no crafting..
We moved from W.A to QLD, bought a house and moved in, had Christmas, then Holidays and Ainsley started Prep so here i am with time to blog.
Whilst Ainsley has a large Bedroom she also has Large toys (kitchen, supermarket etc) So we have no where to put her books.
They are living in the large bookshelf in the spare room, which is OK but after she has read one in bed there is no where to to put it,
I have been thinking on and off about a solution to this, while looking at blog i had stumbled upon, I found the solution, and even better it was simple.
http://pennycarnival.typepad.com/penny_carnival/2009/02/tutorial-hanging-book-display.html
I would never have thought to do this.
I love other peoples brains heheheheehe.

so here is mine

I made it reversible, mainly because i couldnt choose which fabric i wanted to use.

what more felt?

Yes more felt

carrots and strawberries to be precise hahahah

just a bit more felt.

icypoles,hundred and thousand cookies
and fish

made some more creations for the collection so i will add pics here

so delicious

Any one for Tea

Ainsley dunking the teabag

Jack pouring a tea

A little felt fun

So leesa from over at .mi-o-mi came over today and we cooked up a storm.
we made pizza with sauce, salami and cheese tortilla wraps with egg, tomato, lettuce and roast beef, crepes with jam, spaghetti with meatballs,  tricolour bow pasta with meatballs, icypoles--ooh choc coated and sugar cookies.
the best part was the tomato sauce doubled as jam and roast beef, the spaghetti doubled as cheese andwe really enjoyed creating this feast.
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tricolour pasta with meatballs

guilt free cooked breakfast

Apple bliss bars

I made this slice yesterday and it was so good.
i have had it in my recipe folder for a while now and cannot remember where it originally came from but wanted to share it.

Apple Bliss Bar.

crust:

11/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup margarine

21/2 cups chopped apples

1/2 cup sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Topping:

3 eggs

2 tablespoons flour

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup nuts(optional)

Mix together flour,sugar and marg until crumbly then press into an ungreased 9X13 inch pan

Sprinkle chopped apples over crust then sugar mix over apples

Bake in moderate oven for 30mins.

mix together all topping ingredients

Remove from oven and pour topping over apples.

Return to oven for 20 Min's more

What i did different.

I used a large tin of pie apples so reduced the sugar in the base and also reduced the amount sprinkled only by a few tablespoons but i think it could be halved or even omitted.

i also changed the baking times due to the apples already being cooked.

i baked the base on it's own for 5-10 Min's then added the apples and sugar  and topping,
then baked it for a further  20mins  not 30.
I don't think the extra sugar in needed on tinned apples.

I didn't add nuts as i want the kids to be able to take it for lunch but i will be making it will nuts as i think the crunch would be nice

I also think adding almond meal to the base would be nice and plan on doing that too lol

adding sultanas to the apples or even the nuts at that stage would also be nice.

i love when a recipe is versatile to suit what you have in your pantry and this seems like it would be just that