This weekend I discovered a fantastic little craft shop – Craft Basics – in York. From the outside it doesn’t look that exciting or that big but when you get through the door it’s packed to the ceiling with supplies for every sort of craft you can think of and lots of gorgeous colours. There was glass paint, mosaic tiles, ribbons, beads, wool, stamps, beautiful paper… It was so inspiring! I managed to restrain myself and only came away with one pot of ceramic paint (in an almost petrol green), some christmassy ribbons, a ribbon to complete my partners fabric box and some purple ribbon because it was cheap and pretty.
I’ve made a break from the cute little felt animals I’ve been making as keyrings and fridge magnets. I embroidered this to make into a card at some point:
I finished off my partners fabric box so he has somewhere to pin his badges:
And I made my very own fabric box to put my make up in. The fabric I used to line this is so beautiful. It’s batik style butterflies and part of a range of similar fabrics which I’m lusting after:
We also made ravioli this weekend. It took us a while to get the hang of making the pasta but we got there in the end! My ravioli was filled with lactose free cheese and spinach (my partners was goats cheese and spinach) and served with a basil and rosemary oil dressing. It was really nice although I think I sealed them a bit too cautiously (I built up the edges a bit much and they were quite thick…) and we should have been better about squeezing the air out of them but there were no major disastors! I think it’s something we’d definetely try again particularly as they can be frozen: Freeze before cooking and initally freeze them laid out on a baking tray then transfer to a tub or bag as this way they won’t stick together.
I don’t think we’re trying much new food this week:
Monday – sweet potato thai curry (we seem to have curry at least once a week!)
Tuesday – Fish pie (yummy!!)
Wednesday – I’m off to ASK
Thursday – quick food on the go before college
Friday – beanburgers with curly fries
Saturday – steamed salmon with steamed potatoes
