Birdcages, flowers and a splash of yellow......................

Hello there.....and welcome Friday...........

                                                                                 

                                                                               
We're loving a bit of colour around here today......


                                                                                 

And the odd birdcage or two.................

                                                                               

You like??......I shared the before pic on my instagram feed (awhitefarm)...one was bright red and the other was very very rusty (the not so good rusty) (as opposed to the good rusty we love)...............
This one's now loving life basking in the Autumn sunshine on the side deck...........
                                                                                   

 
So....are we all ready for the weekend? I certainly am. We are lucky to be given a four-day weekend this week which of course we all know means.............four days of no school lunches to pack!!! Yep that's what life as a mummy does to one..............

                                                                                 

 

Anyways......have a fab weekend whether it be a 2,3 or 4 day one..............

Enjoy!!..................


                                           Janelle  xx                                                                      

Baking biscuits................

Hello and Happy Wednesday!!
We are heading into the kitchen today..... so aprons on and let's go................

                                                                                   

Any guesses what's baking???.............

                                                                                 

                                                                               

Yep.....good old fashioned Jam Drops. I love these, as does my whole family, they are quick easy and tasty and I don't need much more than that. So.....here goes...........

                                                                       Jam Drops...........

115gms (4ozs) butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 teaspns honey
1 cup self raising flour
1/2 cup plain flour
1/4 cup cornflour (cornstarch)
Jam

                                                                                   

1. Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees.

2. Cream the butter and sugar together and when it's lovely and pale add your egg and the honey. Beat these in well.

3. Now sift in and fold through the flours.

4. Roll about a teaspoon size of mixture into a ball and pop onto a greased or lined baking tray. Then gently poke the centre with your finger. Once you've got all the mixture rolled into balls and onto the trays spoon  the jam of your choice (I usually use strawberry coz that's what lives in our fridge) into the little dents you've made.

5. Pop them into the oven for approx 12-15mins.

Done!!!

                                                                                     

                                             

Easy yes!? Please give these a go....your family will love you for it!!!!................

                                                                               

         

On that note I'm off to tidy up before going to collect my children from school so they can mess things up all over again.................

                                                                                 

                                                                       

Have a lovely day.........


                                                    Janelle  xx

Just popping in.................

Hey there!! Well we've been having a busy old time here on the farm the past week or so. Children will do that to your life though won't they??!?..............

                                                                             

But in amongst all the chaos I have managed to keep up my baking obsession, throw about some paint and keep my craft gloves on....though not all at once.......ha ha ha................

                                                                               

So...I hope to share some of these over the next week....

                                                                                 

Look forward to seeing you back here soon!!!.....................

                                                                               

Have a lovely Monday....................


                                                  Janelle  xx                                                                              

Easy peasy knitted scarf.................

Hey there.........has life been treating you well?? Certainly hope so. I've been in a bit of a creative mess  phase of late which has resulted in an interesting looking house decorated with paint brushes, half painted projects, wool, needles, patterns, books, fabric etc etc..........

So.....with that in mind I thought I'd share a very easy knitting pattern with you today. Actually it is soooo simple let's not even go so far as to call it a pattern. Let's go with 'idea'. I shall share a little knitting idea I had  and  managed to complete!?!.....

                                                                                 

And there she is.......a very easy, very simple, very quick to knit up scarf.......

                                                                                 

 

Making this up as I went I cast 29 stitches onto size 6.5 needles and proceeded to moss stitch until it was at the length I wanted..........

                                                                               

Easy.............as.................

                                                                               

I ended up using 4 x 50gm balls....it is a patons jet.......I also toyed with the idea of joining the two ends together (in which case I probably would've stopped at 3 balls) but decided I wanted it with the ends flapping about...............

                                                                                   

 

So how simple is that?? I strongly suggest you give this a go. I think it would be a fab project for a beginner knitter too as all you really need to know is how to knit 1 and purl 1!!............

Ok....that's it from me today........

                                                                                   

Have a lovely Tuesday........

 and Happy Knitting!!!!.......


                                                   Janelle  xx

                                                                               

                                                                        

A bit of Friday..............

Hello there. Well it's Friday afternoon, the kids have been picked up from school, we have NO after-school activities (Yay!!!) so I do believe the weekend has begun...........

                                                                               

Do you like my new sugar pot?? I found it this week in a local bargain shop which I frequent way too often  for the princely sum of $2......who says lovely things have to cost a fortune?!?.........well...I love it anyway......

                                                                                   

I'm also loving the hit of colour brought about by the red straws....cannot beat a good red and white stripe I believe............and a flower or two thrown about too....of course...........

                                                                                   

And with that thrilling piece of info I shall say.........

Happy Friday...............

                                                                                   

Enjoy!...............  

                                                 Janelle  xx                                                                        

Just pretties............

Hey there...are we feeling pretty today??...........

                                                                                 

                                                                                 

I've been playing about with flowers..........

                                                                             

Again..............

                                                                               

It's funny because I'm actually not what you would call a big flowery person.....but stick a camera in my hand  and call me addicted.............

                                                                                 

 

Anyways.....I'll wish you a wonderful Wednesday and be off with my snippers............

                                                                               

Have a good one..............


                                              Janelle  xx                                                                                                                                                            

Project White............

Hello there. How's the week treating you so far? Going way too fast for me but that's nothing unusual....

Today I thought I'd share a little project I had fun doing last week. It's ridiculously easy and even more ridiculously satisfying!?! Hopefully practical too....

So...you know all those cans of tomatoes and beans etc that are constantly used and then tossed in the bin? The jars that are also thrown out yet really alot of them are quite pretty when you take a closer look...as I'm sure you would at 6pm whilst rushing madly in the door with hungry tired loud children demanding food and trying desperately to keep it all together as you throw the contents of these attractive jars and cans into a pot and hope for the best......or is that just me?..........

So.....said cans.......and some white undercoat...............

                                                                               

Can you guess what's next?? Indeed.....I slapped on 2 coats of white primer paint then ran to the shed to see what white paint I could scrounge up. I chose a gloss acrylic in 1/4 strength antique white that was laying about from something else I had painted. Two coats of that later and I had myself some lovely white containers! To finish them off I added a blob of black chalkpaint. I wasn't too sure how well this would work as the ridges on the cans make it tricky to write anything on them neatly.....however................

                                                                                   

                                                                               

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.................

                                                                           

Dodgy writing and all...........

                                                                               

On a roll...I grabbed a lovely shaped jar and am really pleased with how it came up......

                                                                                   

Love how the lid matches too!............

                                                                                 

I can't wait to do some more. I have a few larger jars and some bottles with lids that I think need a little makeover. May even go crazy and whip up some pastels!!......

                                                                               
                                                                                   

Have a lovely Tuesday all.......


                                                  Janelle  xx