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I Built a House Today!

Posted on December 1, 2013 by debbieosborn

Yes, I built a house today and it was great fun. You can buy one in kit form from Pixie hall as well as other fab Christmassy stuff!

It’s a shame to eat it! (But I’m gonna) 🙂

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A Glimpse of my Easter day

Posted on March 31, 2013 by debbieosborn

Our Easter candle.

The Easter garden made at the Good Friday Workshop.

Me and my friend Trish after the Easter Service.

Me and Keith’s Easter Cake.

Happy Easter everyone, I wish I could give you all a piece of cake! 🙂

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Advent Calender

Posted on November 19, 2012 by debbieosborn

I found this link for a ‘Greener than thou’ advent calender and have adapted it by using some of my own papers.

Using toilet roll tubes to make an advent calender and put goodies in. what a great idea.

I’m decorating mine with crafty bits and stickers I’ve got around.

I’m putting a advent scripture in each of mine, so that each day we can read a little about the birth of Jesus…..

….and of course some choccies.

Now all I have to do is close up the ends and voila, I have my advent calender ready for 1st December. I’ll show you my finished calender then! 🙂

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Chocolates

Posted on February 14, 2012 by debbieosborn

Look what Valentine Santa bought me!!!! 🙂

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Holiday Chocolate Cake! (recipe)

Posted on October 10, 2011October 10, 2011 by debbieosborn

As we are having a weeks break from work I decided to make us a lovely chocolate cake, usually made for special occasions, particularly for Keith’s birthday!

Mmmmm……it’s very nice

Recipe:

2 greased and lined sandwich tins

60z white flour (I use organic white spelt)
3 large tbs cocoa ( if you’re in the UK, Morrisons organic is lovely)
60z marg (I use dairy free spread)
6oz caster sugar (I always use unrefined)
3 free range eggs
1tsp baking powder
Walnuts, choc buttons or anything to decorate

Pre-heat oven 200C (gas 6).
With a wooden spoon cream marg and sugar together until creamy, then add one egg at a time with a little flour and mix well. Sift in flour, cocoa, and baking powder iinto bowl and fold in with a metal spoon.

Divide between the two spnge tins and bake for 20-25mins

Filling:

8oz icing sugar
4oz marg

Cream together in separate bowl and once cake is cool use half to fill the middle and half to smother on the top. Then decorate!

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Keith’s Cake

Posted on May 23, 2011 by debbieosborn

Things have been busy, busy, busy, here in the Osborn house hold but my blogging should be back on track very soon.

It was Keith’s birthday on Sunday and that is always a chocolate cake occasion!

This was his 49th birthday so next year I think it will have to be a triple decker chocolate cake!

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Being an extra!

Posted on January 24, 2011 by debbieosborn

Keith had a photography job at the Creakey Cafe in North Creake on Saturday so I spent most of the afternoon being an extra, here’s me modeling tea and cake!

I don’t think Keith’s using this photo but I like it, I’ve never been an extra before and I met lots of nice people too!

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Just finished off Christmassy things….

Posted on December 23, 2010 by debbieosborn

Just finished off christmassy things…

truffles for us and to go with some Chrissy pressies….

and our Christmas fruit cake, we prefer something a little lighter than the traditional one ……and so I hope all of you have the best Christmas ever and a very peaceful new year! Thanks for looking in on my blog during 2010!