Do you hate finding tomato skins in your food? I certainly do! In this post I’ll show you how to skin tomatoes before using them so there are no pieces of skin in your food! One of my pet hates when eating tomato dishes is finding small pieces of skin. I grew up hating tomato skins in my food and I still hate it now! That’s because they always seem to get stuck in my mouth or my teeth and for that reason they can spoil a meal for me. It doesn’t matter if I love the flavour of a dish, the … [Read more...]
Quick and Easy Decorative Wine Stem Wraps
You will never find an easier way to decorate wine glasses for your next gathering than this. That’s because these wine stem wraps are simple to make and cost next to nothing! I’ve wanted to make wine charms or wine stem wraps for a while now. I’ve just been waiting for the right idea to pop into my head! I know that I could just buy some wine charms but they’re not something that I need very often. And besides why buy it if you can make something yourself! The main criteria I had for this … [Read more...]
4 Easy Ways of Preserving Plums So You Can Enjoy Them All Year!
Backyard plum trees often produce more plums than their owners can use. Here are 4 simple methods of preserving plums that I use to get the most from my plum harvest! We have a blood plum tree in our backyard that provides us with delicious plums each summer. It is not a huge tree but it can hold lots of fruit. This year we have had a particularly good plum harvest. The plums are nice and big thanks to some good spring rains we had last year! Even though we love eating plums and I love … [Read more...]
DIY Customisable Café Style Muffin Liners!
You can make these cute customisable café style muffin liners with items you already have around the house. The inner liner is made of baking paper and the outer liner is made of wrapping paper! I have wanted to make café style muffin liners for a while but have never tried it until now. That’s probably because I have a container full of muffin/cupcake liners that I can choose from! I do like the tall puffy café style ones though – they look so elegant! Despite liking the café style shape, … [Read more...]
How to Make Flowers Out Of Plastic Bottles!
It’s a bit sad when winter hits and all of the lovely summer flowers are gone. Don’t worry though you can make your own flowers to keep some colour around the house. This tutorial will show you how to make flowers out of plastic bottles! We’ve had a gorgeous display of petunias in our back garden throughout spring and summer. They are starting to fade now though and I have had to pull some plants out. Once the really cold weather hits they will be gone. :( We’re going to miss the big splash … [Read more...]
Easy Broom Handle Extension DIY (extend the length of any broom!)
Weather you need it for cleaning high ceilings indoors or for reaching an awkwardly high point outside this DIY broom handle extension will come in handy all around the house. No matter how hard we try there is always the odd spider that will try to take up residence in the upper corner of a room. This is particularly true with our dining room that has very high sloping ceilings. The ceiling itself looks quite nice with its exposed beams but it is a bit of a pain to clean. I think the … [Read more...]
What to Do With Leftover Puff Pastry Scraps
My method for using up leftover puff pastry is something that I have been doing for years. It was the method that my mother used when I was a kid so now I do it too. Today I’m going to share this very easy and tasty way to use up your leftover puff pastry! Oh and let me just say that when I talk about puff pastry I am referring to the frozen sheets. I always keep some puff pastry sheets in the freezer; they’re very handy for so many recipes! You don’t always end up with leftovers when working … [Read more...]
DIY Nail Polish Organizer (Using a Photo Frame!)
Lean how to use a photo frame to display your nail polish collection with this cute DIY Nail Polish Organizer. You won’t believe how quick and easy it is to make! Over the last couple of years I have been storing all of my nail polishes in a small gift box. When I first did this I had thought that it would be great because I could grab the entire box and take it to where I want to use it. The problem with this is that every time you pick up the box half the nail polish bottles fall over! It … [Read more...]