Green tea and chocolate cake

I’ve been a fan of bakerella site for a while now but until recently all I’ve been able to do is admire the pretty pictures. Last weekend I bought some American style measuring cups from John Lewis. I was really eager to try them out! So for my first project I decided to make the [...]

20 Apr 10

Win a handthrown pottery mug!

If you follow me on Twitter you might know that last week I talked about having a giveaway on my blog. I decided to go with the little red mug as the giveaway prize. This is actually the first mug I ever threw on the wheel, maybe I shouldn’t give it away but I have [...]

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15 Apr 10

Etsy showcase – Lazygiraffe

It’s been a while since I last featured another seller on my blog so I’d like to introduce Lazygiraffe who I mentioned in my last post. Based in Cambridge she produces elegant jewelery made from vintage beads, charms, silver, brass and gold. Since many of the beads featured in pieces are often small run vintage [...]

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9 Apr 10

Glazing ceramics basics

So those mugs I talked about the other day which were getting ready for their biscuit firing in the kiln. Well they’ve been fired and the next stage is glazing. I’m going to pretend that you know literally nothing about ceramics when talking about glazes. When a pot is biscuit fired in the kiln it [...]

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1 Apr 10

Happy Easter! – Simnel Muffins

This coming weekend is Easter. I was in a baking mood and looking for something Easter related to make, I’m not much of a fruit cake fan so simnel cake was pretty much out. However I came across a recipe on the BBC good food website for simnel muffins. I followed the recipe pretty much [...]