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Scones & Strawberries

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SERVING UP SUMMER The Strawberry season is in full swing and if like us, you’ve come back from the PYO laden with punnets and wondering what to do with them, here is a simple and delicious Mary Berry scone recipe to make over the weekend. INGREDIENTS 450g Self-raising flour 2 tsp Baking Powder 50g Caster Sugar 100g Butter 2 Free-range eggs A little milk METHOD Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7. Lightly grease two baking trays. Put the flour, baking powder and sugar in a large bowl. Add the butter and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture…

Perfect Pavlovas in 3 tasty ways

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  With their delicate, crispy outside and marshmallowy centre, pavlovas are our go-to party pudding. Once you have mastered the technique of making a good meringue, you can have fun experimenting with different toppings. In this blog post we share some meringue recipe tips, and then make three of our favourite toppings for you to try.   INGREDIENTS (serves 6)  MERINGUES 175g caster sugar 3 large egg whites  Preheat the oven to 140ºC / Fan 120ºC / gas mark 1. Crack the egg whites into a large, clean bowl and whisk until stiff. Two points to note here: firstly you…

In conversation with Mims Heritage – the making of Wool Bunnies

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Flora Mims of Mims Heritage is one of my oldest friends; we met on the first day of term of Norwich Art School and then went on to study Textiles at Goldsmiths College, London together. Here is a little window into her bunny making process with image captions taken from conversations with Flora. Each part is cut and sewn by hand then filled with sheepswool, lavender and rice. The bunnies are made using a beautiful brushed 100% wool fabric. Cutting the bunnies out of felt. The magic of drawing out a flat shape in order to create a three dimensional…

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Geometric Paper Christmas Decorations

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Having spotted Mince Pies for sale in the supermarket this week, I decided it was officially not too early to start making Christmas decorations. I had a folder of small ‘scraps’ of gift wrap left over from last Christmas…you know, the pieces that seem to accumulate as they’re not quite large enough to wrap a present with, but are too big to throw away. With the spirit of ‘waste not want not’ in mind, I had a look online for some paper decoration tutorials and found some printable templates which looked perfect! I decided to make an evening of it…

Sardine Tin Diorama

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Type the word ‘diorama’ into Google images, and prepare to be amazed! A few weeks ago, I did exactly that and then proceeded to scroll through the resulting images with a dropped-jaw. There are some absolutely incredible miniature ‘worlds’ out there, made by some very talented and imaginative people. Inspired by all of the amazing dioramas I had seen online, I got out my paints and spent the afternoon immersed in paper-craft. You could make your diorama in any type of container….a match-box, a car-sweet tin, or a small shoe box for example. But, in line with the launch of…