tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30920900058267200362024-03-18T21:49:50.886-07:00Satchel full of SaltWe make stuff because we're sad and poor. CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-39124178873283773632013-10-18T03:07:00.001-07:002013-11-26T03:45:23.255-08:00Gingerbread Teddies<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey kids,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch here. Last December I went to a wedding where they served the most amazing gingerbread I've ever had. When I spoke to the guy who made it, he said he just followed the BBC good food recipe, so I had to give it a try...albeit 10 months later. As this wasn't for any occasion in particular, I figured I'd just whack a bit of icing on. However, my driving instructor suggested I do superhero gingerbread - how could I refuse? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see, I don't have cookie cutters in the shape of people, but teddies can still be super! To make these gingerbread teddies you will need: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">350g plain flour, plus extra for rolling out</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">125g butter (dairy-free, naturally) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">175g light soft brown sugar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Preheat the oven 180c and line two baking trays with greaseproof paper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Put your flour, bicarbonate of soda,
ginger and cinnamon into a bowl and stir it altogether. The original recipe said to sieve it but I like to walk on the wild side. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Add the butter and rub it all between your fingers until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. If you have a food processor, your life will probably be a lot easier than mine! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stir in the sugar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lightly beat the egg and golden syrup together, add this to the other ingredients and form it into a dough. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Knead your dough briefly until it's smooth, then wrap it in cling film and put it in the fridge for 15 minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cover your surface and rolling pin with flour - the mixture is quite sticky so I found I had to knead a bit more flour in, but that may well be because I overdid it with the golden syrup, who can say? Roll out your dough to about 1/2cm thickness. I experimented with different thicknesses, but the chunkier ones lost their shape and the thinner ones were too hard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until lightly
golden-brown. Leave on the tray for 10 minutes and then move to a wire
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then, ice on whatever delightful character you'd like! Here are a few I did: </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hulk, Superman and Spiderman</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sort-of Fred Flintstone and a Blues Brother (I was watching Blues Brothers whilst baking)</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And, of course, classic teddy. </span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You'll notice a few are missing limbs/not-so teddy-like. These were the ones that were too thick and placed too close together so they merged in the oven. Still, arms are overrated, I find. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At this point I usually think about what I would do differently next time, but these tasted soooooo good I wouldn't change a thing. Just make sure you get the thickness right and you're good to go! Also, it's a good idea to bake when you're going to see other people at some point - I basically had to demolish these bad boys all by myself. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until next time, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch x </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-9174854422527617602013-10-14T04:59:00.003-07:002013-11-26T03:45:08.670-08:00Apple and Cinnamon Cupcakes<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey kids, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch here. While it's perhaps a little early for christmassy cupcakes, there was a cooking apple just sitting in my kitchen - how could I not throw in a little bit of cinnamon and whack it in a cake? When I normally bake for my church partnership group, I usually have a few cakes left for my breakfast the next day, but these got completely demolished so I think they were particularly good! Almost too good...now I have to eat toast tomorrow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, this blog is sorely lacking in pretty pictures. It was such an experiment that I didn't think it would work, and didn't think to take photos until nearly all the cakes had gone! However, I did manage this one, and I even instagrammed it for you - aren't I nice? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To make these apple and cinnamon cupcakes the way I did (which, as they were amazing, I would totally recommend) you will need: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150g Dairy-free butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150g Caster Sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 Eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150g Gluten-Free Flour </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Splash of Dairy-Free Milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 Tsp Cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Half a large cooking apple (about 5 tbsp worth!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cupcake cases (the big muffin-y ones) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apple Juice (I used cloudy) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those eagle-eyed blog readers among you, you may have noticed I've changed my basic <a href="http://satchelfullofsalt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/mojito-cupcakes-gluten-and-dairy-free.html" target="_blank">mojito cupcake recipe</a> quite a bit. Just so you know, there's one less egg and a lot less milk as I figured the apple would provide a crap-load of moisture (which is a technical baking term) and so you wouldn't need as much liquid as you would in a regular gluten-free cake. It was a complete guess, but it worked! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Preheat your oven to 200 degrees C</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cream together your butter and sugar, and then mix in your eggs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peel your apple and dice it finely. Throw it in your mix with your flour, milk and 2 or 3 tsp of cinnamon (I just did this by sight). I also put raisins in mine, but I was disappointed with that aspect of the cake - the apple is good on its own so I won't be doing raisins again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fill your cake cases and put them in the oven for 15 minutes, or until you can stick a fork in the middle one and it comes out clean. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While your cakes are cooling, mix together your icing sugar, apple juice and 1 tsp cinnamon. You're going for a nice drizzle-able consistency, so do it by sight and taste. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drizzle your icing on the cakes with a teaspoon or using a piping bag if you're feeling fancy, but I like the random drizzly look. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I were to do it again, I might try adding a bit of ginger just to see what that's like, but I don't think it needs it (and I knew my friend Piero would be eating the cakes and he's allergic to ginger so that would have been mean). The cupcakes turned out really well, especially for such an experimental bake! They were light, moist and christmassy - what more could you want? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until next time, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch x </span>CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-4559547578954682012013-10-10T13:45:00.001-07:002013-11-26T03:44:55.583-08:00Mojito Cupcakes (Gluten and Dairy Free!) <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello Children, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch here. Last week it was our friend Reb's birthday and so I felt she deserved a nice birthday treat, particularly considering the fact that she's gluten-intolerant and so rarely gets to eat cake - what a terrible, terrible thing. As a dairy-free kid myself, I know you can still make great cakes without half the stuff you usually put in, so I decided to make my first foray into gluten-free. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One thing Reb and I have in common is that we both like a cocktail or six, so I decided to go all out and do something a bit special: mojito cupcakes! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, I have a distinct lack of photos for this blog post as a) I still have no camera and b) I was making these with a five-year-old so we didn't have the patience to stop and take pictures (for those of you about to report me to the NSPCC, I didn't let her have any rum!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For these AMAZING cupcakes, you will need: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>For the cakes </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150g Caster Sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150g Dairy-Free Butter </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 Eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 tsp Vanilla Essence </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150g Gluten-Free Flour </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 tbsp Milk </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(If you don't want to go gluten-free and dairy-free then you can just use whatever fairy cake recipe you normally use.) </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the icing</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">70ml Rum</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 Limes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soft Brown Sugar </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Butter Icing (I tend to just mix it up by taste - you need butter and icing sugar!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Start by preheating your oven at 200 degrees C.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cream together your butter and sugar and then whack in the eggs (beating eggs is for chumps!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Add your vanilla essence, flour and milk and stir it all together. The good thing about gluten-free flour is that you don't have to sift it (not that I would bother anyway, but just in case you're into that kind of thing.) The mixture will look a bit more wet than if you'd used gluteny flour, but the nice lady in the health food shop told me that's how it's meant to look.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fill the cake cases with the mixture, and pop in the oven for roughly 15 minutes. Get them out and let them cool. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Poke little holes in the cakes with a fork and brush the tops with rum. Let it soak in for a minute, and then go for another brush of rum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Juice two of your limes and brush the juice on the cake twice, just like you've done with the rum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sprinkle on the brown sugar, it should dissolve into the cake. If you're not a big icing fan, you can probably stop here and still have a delicious mojito experience. However, the icing is pretty amazing, so you'll be missing out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the icing, add the rest of the rum and lime juice to your buttercream. I have no idea how much buttercream I made, but I didn't use all the rum and lime because it would have been too much. Just keep going by taste and consistency until you get what you want - have an experiment, be an individual! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you've iced your cakes (I went for the slap-it-on-with-a-spoon approach as dairy-free buttercream never holds a pretty piping shape anyway), slice up your third lime and place a slice on each cake, along with a mint leaf, and you're done! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cakes went down a treat and I was mega pleased my first gluten-free bake went so well! If I did them again, I might experiment with adding lime zest, rum and mint to the actual cake mixture, but you still get plenty of mojito flavour doing it this way so crack on! Anyone got any other cocktail cake ideas? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Satch here. This top has been aaaaaaaaages in the making so I'm really excited to finally share it with you all (especially considering the fact it turned out much easier to do than I realised!) But first, WE HAVE TWITTER! It's very exciting so do follow us @SatchandSalt. Plus, we're taking suggestions for the bestie bucket list 2014, so give us some great ideas! We'll do crazy stupid things and put them on the internet for your enjoyment, what could be better? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Business over, back to pure crafty pleasure. About a year ago, our friend Glenky left this AWESOME tee at my house to show me, and I instantly fell in love with it: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It combines all the best things in life - science fiction and famous authors from history - so obviously I proceeded to sneak the tee up to uni with me and hold it hostage until Glenky said I could keep it, what a Gent! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The problem I then faced was that as Glenky, a regular-sized man, had bought the tee to fit himself and not me, a tiny-sized lady, and so a little customising was in order to make it wearable in public. At the time, I cut off the sleeves and sewed them up, but it was just the wrong side of 80s for me, and so back into the sewing basket it went. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cut to two years later and I've finally discovered a way to make a man's tee into a girl's tank! Hallelujah! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm absolutely in love with it (and a little bit in love with Glenky for letting me keep and mutilate his T shirt!) I saw a version of this where they tied a ribbon round the back instead of the same material, which I might try. It takes a little time to get the proportions right, but it's so easy to do that I'm going to proceed to raid the mens' section of charity shops from now on! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Until next time, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Satch x</span><br />
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<br />CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-48257529708497858302013-09-15T01:58:00.000-07:002013-09-15T01:58:00.338-07:00Bestie Bucket List UpdateAlright gang?<br />
Salt here - it's been a while! Sorry about that, but it seems Satch has been keeping you entertained!<br />
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Just wanted to blog a reeeeaaallly speedy update on the Bestie Bucket List!<br />
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I crossed off a big'un recently by running a half-marathon!<br />
Unfortunately due to health issues, Satch wasn't able to partake in this, so I took one for the team.<br />
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It was my first half marathon, and I finished in 2 hours and 32 minutes, which I was really pleased with for a first try, and raised £590 for an incredible charity - <a href="http://www.thcf.org.uk/" target="_blank">The Hannah Chamberlain Foundation</a>.<br />
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Here's some photographic evidence to prove we managed it: <br />
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We're taking suggestions for the 2014 Bucket List already, so if you have anything you want to see us try, get in touch. We're on twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/SatchandSalt" target="_blank">@SatchandSalt </a>or you can email us <a href="mailto:satchelfullofsalt@gmail.com" target="_blank">satchelfullofsalt@gmail.com </a><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454018659715319942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-64739950111170342912013-09-13T04:06:00.004-07:002013-09-13T04:06:49.359-07:00Piano Cake<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey Kids, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch here. On friday, it was Mummy Satch's birthday and I was in charge of the organising/food etc. (I would say Daddy Satch was also in charge, but as he spent the majority of Friday afternoon in the pub, I'm gonna go ahead and say Cobb and I take full credit!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Obviously, a birthday is a fantastic reason to get creative with cake, and as my Mum is a pianist, I gave myself a bit of a structural challenge and decided to make a piano cake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a little smaller than I would have liked - I think if I used 4 eggs and 8oz of everything it would have stood up on its own without the box, so you may want to change the quantities of ingredients. However, I'm not sure about this, so I'll write it how I made it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4-5oz Self-Raising Flower (With these last two ingredients you need to make it up to 6oz, so it depends how chocolatey you want it. I think I just did 1oz cocoa and the rest flour). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's your basic chocolate sponge recipe so I won't go into too fine a detail. Cream together the butter and sugar, mix in the eggs (I don't bother whisking them first) and add in the flour and cocoa powder. Then, pour your mixutre into your cake tin and place it in a 180 degree oven for 18-20 minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When your cake is done, leave it to cool on a wire rack while you make your chocolate buttercream. I don't really have a recipe for this, I just mix together butter, cocoa powder and icing sugar and keep adding different components in until it tastes good! Also, I used dairy free butter which is why the icing looks a bit speckled, as soya butter doesn't mix in as thoroughly. Meh, it still tastes the same! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You basically want to divide your cake into thirds, and trim a little off the top of one of them so that it's thinner than the other two (Hence the random extra bit of cake in the photo) This section will form the bit with the keys on, so you don't want it so thick that it makes the cake topple over. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cover your sections with the icing, making sure to cover the sections where the cake will connect. On the keys section, you're obviously going to need keys so add a line of marshmallows along the bottom edge. To make the black keys I melted dark chocolate and piped it on using a really thin nozzle, and I also piped "Squire Ealing" on the top section, as this is what it says on my Mum's piano. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then it's time to assemble your piano! You may need an extra pair of hands for this (Cobb came in very handy at this moment!) Stand the bottom section against the back of your box (or on its own if you're feeling confident!) and stick four toothpicks into the top, spread out evenly. I tried to do this without toothpicks and it all just fell over, so don't try to be a hero. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, pick up your middle section - the one with the keys - and push it down so the back joins on at the toothpicks. Here's where you need a second pair of hands: while someone holds the middle section in place, slide two chocolate fingers underneath either end of the keys, to make the piano legs. I found that the fingers were slightly too high, so I chopped the ends off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the other person still holding the middle section, slide two toothpicks up underneath the middle of the piano, making sure they cross at the centre. This stops the cake from collapsing in the middle. Then, insert four toothpicks along the back of this section - in a slightly different place to where the bottom toothpicks are - and slide on the top part. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a little messy when you examine it closely, but it's so delicate I didn't want to touch it once it was together! Plus, this isn't the Great British Bake Off or anything, so I'll take that. I chose buttercream because it tastes better, and makes it look more like my mum's piano, but </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">using fondant icing might give you a better finish, especially if you did a grand piano version. Just remember to warn everyone about the toothpicks before they eat it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until next time, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch x </span><br />
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<br />CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-40668938634838790992013-08-30T06:17:00.000-07:002013-08-30T06:17:34.644-07:00Hand-Painted Magpie Tee<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey Kids,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before we get started, the <a href="http://satchelfullofsalt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/2013-bestie-bucket-list_31.html" target="_blank">Bestie Bucket List</a> half marathon is on the 8th of September and Salt needs sponsors! She's running for the <a href="http://thcf.org.uk/" target="_blank">Hannah Chamberlain Foundation</a></span>, <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so pop on over to her <a href="http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=hollysalter" target="_blank">donation page</a> and do a good thing. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to run it this time, due to <strike>bloody </strike>health problems, so it's probably a bit cheeky to ask you to give money to the charity I was running for. However, it is a very nice charity, so if you did fancy checking it out and giving them money - just because you're lovely - you can do so <a href="http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charity-web/charity/finalCharityHomepage.action?charityId=1007616" target="_blank">here</a>. (Anyone else notice how brilliant I am at hyperlinks now?) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right, now that's sorted, onto crafts! A few months ago I was in a bit of a sketching mood, and ended up with this picture of a magpie: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever since I decided to include a character called Magpie in a book that I'm <strike>never going to finish</strike> writing, I've been a little bit obsessed with them, and see them ALL THE TIME. I think it's God's way of telling me to stop procrastinating and just write the damn thing already, but instead I decided to turn it into a craft-pportunity. #Priorities</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love this sketch in black and white, but the original image was so colourful I couldn't help but get a bit creative with the fabric paints! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may get a bit of deja vu if you've read my <a href="http://satchelfullofsalt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/bleach-painted-t-shirts.html" target="_blank">bleach tee blog</a>, or Salt's <a href="http://satchelfullofsalt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/bold-slogan-t-shirts.html" target="_blank">bold slogan tees</a>, but let's be honest, you're reading this to procrastinate, not judge, so we'll move on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For your hand-painted magpie tee you will need: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A white tee (Mine was from a charity shop)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A flat board (I used the board from the back of a big picture frame.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Fine Black Fabric Pen (fine as in thin, not "Damn, girl, you looking fine.") </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Clean Tea Towel</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first thing you need to do is stretch your tee over your board and peg it in place. The tighter it is, the easier it will be to paint. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, draw on your design in chalk (don't worry, it will wash off). It's quite a time-consuming design so I couldn't be bothered to redo it once the whole thing was on, but now it's done I kinda wish the design was about an inch to the right, so make sure you're happy with the layout before you start painting. A clever person would have tried it on before painting but, alas, twas not to be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you paint a new section, use a stiff paint brush to outline the edge before you fill it in. This will help you to do it more neatly. I got excited when I realised that adding a drop of water helps to spread the colour, and so ended up going somewhat over the lines, so be careful when you get to the edge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The head of the magie was pretty straightforward, as it's just solid black, but I really love how the colours change on the wings and tail. To make the green gradient like that, I started at the right end of the tail, and then gradually added a bit of black as I went along the tail. Again, spreading it with a watery brush helps to blend it together, just be careful! As the wings have more obvious blocks of different shades of blue, I roughly drew where the colours change in chalk before I painted. Again, start with the lighter shade, add black to get the darker colours, and then blur it together with water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before you can go over any layers, or outline the wings, you need to leave the paint to dry and set the first layer with the iron. To do this, simply cover your tee with a clean tea towel, and iron on a hot setting for one to two minutes. It was at this point I tried to "paint away" the mistakes I'd made with bleach, but it just didn't work. It might be worth trying when the paint is still wet...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the first layer is set, go over any patchy paint jobs, and outline the design with your fabric pen. I then hand-washed my tee but threw it in the machine after that anyway because I suck at hand-washing. It came out fine, so I wouldn't bother hand-washing next time! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really love how it turned out (minus the mistakes). Next time I'm thinking of doing a tortoise, as they're the best animals ever. What do you guys think? Anyone know how to get rid of fabric paint mistakes? If you could comment below, it would be much-appreciated! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until next time, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-2848652191301033482013-08-28T04:59:00.000-07:002013-08-29T01:51:28.738-07:00Cute Jam Jars for Any Emergency<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello children, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch here. It was recently our friend Anna's birthday, which made for a perfect craft-pportunity! To understand this present, you have to understand three things about Anna Jacklin: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. She can never say no to a challenge. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. She will never admit when she's ill. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. She would rather wear old clothes with holes in/patch things up than buy loads of new stuff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With this in mind, I thought I'd give Miss Jacklin everything she needs to cope with her ridiculous lifestyle. Enter, Anna's Supplies for Any Little Emergency: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got the idea from another blog, which turned a jam jar into a mini sewing box and made a little pin cushion for the lid. There are different things in each one, so I'll go through them individually. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For your "Sewing Emergencies" Jam Jar you will need: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A jar (I keep calling these jam jars but actually the ones I used are mini jars of Dolmio sauce!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cotton wool </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A ribbon/piece of lace </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cream Paint</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A label - make it pretty! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Supplies (These can be personalised to fit the sewer in question. Anna has a lot of basic sewing stuff anyway so I just threw in fun things, and a couple of pins, needles and spools of thread. On the right you can see a few different pretty ribbons - wrapped around an old wine cork and a bobbin - buttons and scraps of material). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Start by painting your lid cream. I had to do two coats to cover up the dark green Dolmio logo. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />To make the pin cushion, glue your cotton wool balls to the top of the lid (I used cotton pads and it didn't work as well, so go for the balls). Then, cover the wool with your material and glue it down. To hide any messy glue bits, tie your piece of ribbon/lace round the edge of the pin cushion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you've done that, fill the jar with your supplies and stick the pins in the cushion, so the recipient knows what the hell it is! Finish it off by glueing your label on the side, preferably over any sticky residue left by the original label! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other jars are a lot easier than the sewing one! The next one I did is full of medical supplies, as Anna can't admit she's ill and so will not have any of this stuff in her house. When she wakes up in the middle of the night with the runs, she'll thank me! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For your "Medical Emergencies" jar you will need: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A jar </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Label (Preferably in the same style as the others) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Medical supplies (Just make sure you're not giving out dangerous drugs or anything like that!) I used </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Lemsip</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Three kinds of plasters (Plain ones, peppa pig ones and ones with tigers on - plasters should always be fun!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Immodium </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Fybogel (which is the opposite of an immodium!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Paracetemol</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Ibuprofen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Feminax </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Antacids</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- You can't see this, as I ordered it on Ebay and it didn't arive in time, but I also got her a multi-tool thing, kind of like a pen knife, which makes this look a lot more DIY-esque! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After I had my jars I decided to put them in a nice box, which I made out of a piece of cardboard and covered with tissue paper. Et Voila! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you think? The thing I love about these jars is that they're so cheap to make. The only thing I spent money on was the mutli-tool thing that didn't arrive on time, and the rest I just got from around my house! Ok, so this may not have been a cheap present for my parents...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plus, there are so many things you could fill them with. If you have a friend who likes to make cupcakes, you could make a jar of little decorations and writing icing pens. Or you could fill jars with someone's favourite sweets or different kinds of tea bags. I also thought of doing ones of hair things/make up, but that would up the price tag a bit! What would you fill yours with? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch here. I've recently become really into recycling and upcycling stuff - much to the annoyance of my mother who is much grieved by the fact that I won't throw anything away in case I can use it later! One thing I have discovered the joys of is, to paraphrase <i>The Sound of Music</i>, brown paper with string. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've seen blogs that take the brown paper and string wrapping a bit further, so I decided to give it a try for my Grandma's birthday (who, incidentally, did not really care either way). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Start, as you would expect, by wrapping the present in the brown paper. Leave it face up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then it's time for the string (please keep up this is very challenging stuff!) Cut a piece a string about three times the length of your present, and lay it across the middle, lengthways, with an equal amount of string on either side. Then, turn the present upside down, pull both ends of the string to the middle, cross them, and pull them taught so that the ends are now going along the width in either direction. (It's at this point that I wish I had more pictures!) Then, turn the present rightside up, and thread each end under the original line of string, like so: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then it's time for your leaf! Write the recipient's name on the leaf with your black pen (who, by the way, did not notice this detail!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pierce a small hole at the stalk end of the leaf, thread it on your string, and tie it in place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All that remains is to tie the string in a nice bow, and thread the flower behind. My apologies for the terrible fuzzy photo! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm enjoying experimenting with different things for ribbons and labels. Using lace instead of string looks really cool, or I did this for Bridey's birthday: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this I used a brown card tag, and nicked a few bits out of my mum's bowl of pot pouris to make it pretty! There were four string ends to deal with (two from the tag and two from the present) so I plaited them which looked cool, but took ages for the Wife to open! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you think? Got any new twists on old classics like this? We'd love to hear them. </span><br />
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<br />CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-70654935356748604752013-06-18T03:34:00.000-07:002013-06-18T04:19:15.002-07:00Makeovers, Writing and Sketching Mr Gosling<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey Kids, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So as we're like 14% through 2013 (according to the calculator on Satch's phone) it's high time for a bucket list update. For those of you who don't know, we've got a list of things we're going to do/achieve by the end of this year, and blog about the results. Although we've done an embarassingly small amount of stuff so far, there is at least enough that's worthy of an entire blog post! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Satch</b>: So I started with a couple of the easy looking ones, with varying results! The first one I tried was the makeover one, and as I have not had a haircut for the last two years or so, I thought I'd have a complete revamp and try something a bit different. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Salt</b>: Nice little </span><a href="http://satchelfullofsalt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/bold-slogan-t-shirts.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T-Shirt </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you're wearing there Satch!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Satch</b>: As you can see, I dyed it really dark brown and had a LOT of it cut off. The photo on the left doesn't do justice to how long it was, I could have been a freaking mermaid. That said, I'm not sure I'm loving the new look just yet. You can't just straighten it or leave it, you have to curl it or put it up to make it look good and that's EFFORT! The good news is that Cobb prefers it shorter, and Nathy Nath has also commented on how nice it looks, but the bad news is that my Mum walked in and said 'Oh, it looks like mine!' *Curls up in a corner and dies*.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I'll be happier when it's a bit longer, and I'm tempted to put a cheeky blonde streak in there somewhere, but at least there's something ticked off the list and I probably would have played it safe at the hairdressers if a makeover wasn't required, so at least I tried something new. I've also just started reading Salt's recommeded classic: On the Road, by Jack Kerouac. I've only just recently branched out into American literature and this was on my to-read list, so I'm very happy that Salt recommended it and I'm liking what I've read so far. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other than that</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I made a poor attempt to learn new songs on the guitar (I don't think I'm the next Hendrix!) and piano. I tried jogging in preparation for our half marathon, but I nearly DIED so it's put me right off! I've started my novel (but, in fairness, that was because I had to last year for my degree and I haven't touched it in months!) and </span>I've also made progress in the 'Learn to draw 3 new things' category - a shaggy dog and the back of Ryan Gosling! However, as I've written about them in another blog, you can read about it <a href="http://satchelfullofsalt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/sketch-cards.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Salt</b>: So when we came up with the list, we split it into nice little month-by-month activities to split up the cost and time of things. Have either of us stuck to it? No. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Does this make us spontaneous and interesting people? Why yes, yes it does.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">With that in mind - so far I have nothing that I can post pictures of. But, that doesn't mean to say that I haven't been working at it!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here's a picture of me, just to break up the entry a bit...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Satch recommended the book 'Persuasion' by Jane Austen for me to read, and I've started that. So far, it's very enjoyable. And bonus - its free to download on a Kindle. Even if it's the worst book in the world (which it doesn't seem it will be) nobody has lost out on anything.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Bless you, copyright regulations. Bless you. I'll let you know when I finish it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Satch:</b> As an English graduate I refuse to condone the use of Kindle's. Just so we're clear. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Salt:</b> You're wrong. So wrong. They're so very convenient and lovely!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Salt: </b>Secondly, I have started half marathon training. My gym membership has finally been put to use again since before Christmas, and I've been <strike>running</strike> jogging. It may be slow progress, but I can jog a 5k now, which is more than I could do this time three months ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I baked something I've never baked before - cookies! I've always been more of a cupcake baker, so these cookies made a nice change. You can read all about them <a href="http://www.satchelfullofsalt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/chocolate-crinkle-cookies.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Finally, I may be a little behind in this, but I have started writing a novel. Yup. (And before any of you ask, no it's not going to feature any rich billionaires, vampires, or BDSM). Win. 1 chapter down, 11 to go.<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>I feel that this one was potentially geared more towards Satch and her Creative Writing degree, but people read 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and that was horrendously <a href="http://www.holly-lou.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/50-shades-trilogy.html">written</a>, so I think I'm in with a chance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Satch</b>: So what do you reckon, kids? Who's winning at the bucket list so far? </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Salt:</b> Since when was it a competition?! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Satch</b>: Fine, who's made the most...progess? Have any of you had a makeover malfunction like me? Or read anything good lately like Salt? </span>CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-6022380054916969352013-06-18T02:36:00.001-07:002013-06-18T04:19:28.659-07:00Lemon Drizzle Birthday CakeHello one and all, Salt here!<br />
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Thought it was about time I got baking again, and what better excuse than my other half's birthday?<br />
I gave Beams free choice of cake, and he requested a Lemon Drizzle, but I'm a firm believer that you should be able to tell a birthday cake from your average cake, so I went all out on the decorations and created this...<br />
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I must have had a lot of good karma that day, because I baked in a limited time scale, and everything went to plan. Miraculously, neither half got stuck to the bottom of the tin and I managed to not drop the mixture, while trying to put it in the oven (that has happened before - humiliating!).<br />
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It was very well received by the boy, as were the presents you can see in the background. But more on his birthday festivities another time. Here's how I made this spongey lemony goodness!<br />
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INGREDIENTS:<br />
For the cake:<br />
- 250g unsalted butter<br />
- 300g caster sugar<br />
- 4 large eggs<br />
- 300g self-raising flour<br />
- 2tbsp lemon curd<br />
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Making the sponge is fairly straight forward, and would definitely be easier with an electric whisk. Sadly, I don't have one of those, so it took a fair amount of time!<br />
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Firstly, cream the butter and sugar together.<br />
Beat the eggs, and gradually mix them in with the butter and sugar.<br />
Sift in the selfraising flour, and finally, stir in the lemon curd. Simple!<br />
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Pop the mixtures in two greased cake tins and pop in the oven for 25-30 minutes.<br />
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Once baked, and a cocktail stick comes out clean, remove the tins from the oven.<br />
Keeping the cakes in the tins, pop them on a cooling rack.<br />
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For the glaze:<br />
- Juice of one lemon<br />
- 4tbsp granulated sugar<br />
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Mix the lemon juice and the sugar together.<br />
Take a cocktail stick and make several smalll shallow holes in the cakes. While they are still warm, pour over the lemony, sugary glaze.<br />
As the cake cools, this will seep through the cake, as well as settling on top.<br />
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For the filling:<br />
- 300g full fat cream cheese<br />
- 2tbsp lemon curd<br />
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Once the cakes are completely cool, remove them from the tins.<br />
To create your filling, mix together the cream cheese and lemon curd, and spread it onto to the top pf one of the cakes with a pallet knife. Place the remaining cake on top.<br />
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The glaze would have left a nice shiny topping, but as it was a birthday cake, I felt the need to go all out on the decoration, so I saved half of the filling to go on top too, and finished it off with lemon sugar crunch, which I found in Morrissons, and some colourful birthday candles! <br />
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If you try it out, please do let me know how it works for you!<br />
This is one of the simplest cakes I've made, which still has a definite wow factor. Enjoy and bon apetit!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454018659715319942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-91389430309193516432013-06-14T06:05:00.000-07:002013-06-18T04:19:38.567-07:00The Day We Became Cool Kids<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello Friends! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salt: We're so cool that we can carry on being as lame as before, only now, because of our foot ink, it will seem 'ironic'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think the biggest mistake Salt made was not going for a nervous poo before going in, because she came down with the BIGGEST CASE of verbal diarrhoea (yes I spell checked that) that I have EVER SEEN. Literally, I have known this girl for something like nine years, and I have never heard her talk so much! At one point, she genuinely used the phrase "Go hard or go home" when trying to appear cool to a heavily tattooed, giant man. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salt: I have no real defence for this. Fear took over, and I crumbled into a giggling, babbling mess. Incredibly embarassing. Especially when the aforementioned giant tattoo man started chatting away to me and I made the 'go hard or go home' joke, swiftly followed by an observation about how sweaty my hands had become. Sexy. And Cool. Sool. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch: So we went in and finalised the designs with Tony (we totally have a tattoo guy now), and signed away our human rights, as you can see: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salt decided to go first as she thought, in her words, "I won't do it if I see you screaming in pain." Nice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salt: I'm a really considerate friend! But let's not pretend that there's ever been any doubt over which of us is cooler. Satch wins that, hands down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salt: Not that I'm in anyway bitter, but Satch is the bravest lady I know. It takes some courage to get up in that chair after seeing your best friend go temporarily insane from the pain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch: In fairness, my tattoo only took half an hour, as it was less complicated than Salt's, so I spent less time in pain. Plus, apparently it hurts more nearer to the toes, which only a small part of my tattoo involves, but Salt's entire ink was all in that area! Bad move lol .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch: I can also see how people get addicted; I already started fantasisng about a new one until Cobb's face looked so sad I couldn't! (He's not so fussed about tattoos...) I must admit, Salt's looked a lot more red/bleedy than mine did, but I have whinged just as much as she has! Still, I couldn't resist Facebooking a cheeky pic once the cling film was off and the nappy cream had taken some of the red out of it! </span><br />
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Sure, its slowly getting crowded with pictures of food, which is especially annoying when I'm on a fasting day! And yes, every so often you get spam messages as you would have seen on myspace circa 2007 ("PC 4 PC? - No, I think not!).</div>
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But, it makes my mediocre little snaps look lovely, and has given a whole new definition to the word 'Selfie' - shameless, I know.</div>
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So when it came around to Laurie and I's first year anniversary, I wanted to find a way of documenting our first year together in a not too girly sort of way. At uni i lived with a boy, whose girlfriend constantly sent him canvases that she'd made, adorned with pictures of the two of them kissing, surrounded by song lyrics, sequins and love hearts. Cute, but in no way is this my style, let alone Laurie's!</div>
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Luckily, if there's anyone who loves instagram as much as I do, its Mr Beamont. Admittedly, he mostly takes pictures of his feet and/or tube trains, but occassionally there's nice ones of us on our adventures. Even having not had Instagram for four months of the year, I had plenty of pictures to choose from.</div>
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I found the website <a href="http://printstagr.am/">Printstagram</a>, logged in with my instagram password, and voila, our photos were there for printing! They offer all sorts of products, but I just picked up a set of small square prints. They're 2.5 x 2.5 inches and you can buy 48 of them for $12. In English money, it turned out to be around £15 with shipping added on too.</div>
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They were all perfectly printed and have a really nice matte finish to them. It made my creative juices flare and I thought up so many different things I could do with them, that I nearly ordered another batch there and then!<br />
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I then did a quick bit of maths, and worked out that in a 15 x 17.5 inch rectangle, I could fit 42 of my 48 prints.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454018659715319942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-55342175478265318192013-05-10T03:44:00.000-07:002013-06-18T09:21:57.483-07:00Bestie Bucket List Update #2<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Salt: </b>Hello one and all! We're now well into our fifth month of 2013, so I thought we were due a Bucket List update...mainly, because unlike last time, I now actually have something to report.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, by definition not a makeover, in the slightest. However, as Satch can confirm, I have had many hair makeovers over the years, and not many have been successful. Ladies and Gents, I present to you the worst haircuts I've ever had.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And who could forget, the black hair that permanently looked greasy?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've had my fair share of makeovers, and I don't want anymore. If this doesn't count, I'll let Satch do my make-up sometime instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Satch: </b>Man, is she going to regret saying that! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Tuesday, it was our friend Nathy Nath's birthday. I spent the afternoon making his present (a mix CD of the Perks of Being a Wallflower songs, if you're interested) and was getting ready to leave the house and go see him when I realised I hadn't got him a card - shock! Horror! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A White Pencil (I considered chalk but figured it would rub off. If you have more time, paint would show up better.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To be honest, this doesn't need a whole lot of explaining. I copied a google image of a clapper board, and then filled in the spaces with personal details. (If you care, I put James and Naomi on the camera slot because they have cameras - and were the other two people there on Tuesday - the date is Nathan's birthday, it's scene 1 because we're going out on saturday and take 23 because he turned - you guessed it - 23.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There you have it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until next time, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch. </span>CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-85694568988319810522013-04-11T03:34:00.000-07:002013-06-18T09:23:58.749-07:00Sketch Cards<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey Kids, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch here. For our bestie bucket list, one of the things we have to do it learn to draw three new things. This one was actually my idea when Jacklin and I were originally writing the list for Salt, because I had spent that evening learning how to draw Winnie-the-Pooh, because, you know, I'm just so rock and roll. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Therefore this one was a bit easy for me because I can already draw a pretty cracking Pooh bear, and pretty much any superhero because you don't have to do the eyes, but I thought I'd challenge myself to do three new things. I've still got one thing to do but I have learnt to draw a scruffy dog, and the back of Ryan Gosling! Even better, I've turned them into crafts! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know if you've seen Drive, but Ryan Gosling (among doing a cracking acting performance) is HOT in that film! When a group of us were watching it a few weeks ago, my cousin Nimz got particularly excited about this 10 seconds of footage where you see Ryan's lovely back as he's carrying a cute little kid. Needless to say, we all fell in love with him a bit more after this film, and so I thought I'd recreate the moment for Nimz's birthday card. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a close-up. The spanish kid went a bit gammy, so we're not counting that as one of my learning to draw things, but let's be honest, that's not the bit we care about, is it? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other one I've done since bucket-listing was Cobb's Valentines Day card. Neither of us are particularly gushy and you just can't find a good joke card these days so I thought I'd draw him a picture of something he loves more than me: shaggy dogs! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see, I made my dog a bit more smiley and he ended up with a slightly disproportionate head than the original, but I still like it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drawing a picture on a home-made birthday card, or as a present, is a great idea because it's cheap and has that personal touch, especially if you have friends who are a bit unusual and difficult to shop for. The personal touch also means you don't worry about writing a personal message so much inside, because the person can see the effort you've gone to already (which is great because I never know what to write!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some other of my sketch cards/presents from days gone by for inspiration: </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was for my friend Kay who is a little bit obsessed with Alice in Wonderland! </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even if you're not the best sketcher in the world (is sketcher a word?) if you get your image of choice up on your laptop, the lit-up screen makes things very easy to trace (which, I'll admit, I did do on the Donald Duck card - but only becasue I was in a terrible hurry!) Apart from Alice, I copied mine from other pictures which can help with details and proportions and stuff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In terms of what to draw, I'm not so good on faces and hands so I tend to go for objects, cartoon characters or superheroes, and lots of websites give you instructions of how to draw them, if you're not too keen on just making it up from memory or copying it from a picture. But really, the sky's the limit, so get sketching! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until next time, Kids. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you read Salt’s wonderful Happy Birthday blog post to me
a few months back, you’re probably wondering why, now 12 days after Salt
herself had a birthday, there’s been no birthday blog in return from yours truly. Had
I not been spending that special day surprising my bloggy bestie in Cardiff
(why yes, I am a great friend. Thank you for noticing.) I would have returned the favour. However, as the
lady is soon to get on a train for her hometown celebrations, I thought
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When I was in Cardiff, Salt and I established that we’ve
been doing this dance of friendship now for 9 years (not including that time we
sang together for the school choir and I thought she was a stuck-up cow –
largely because she got to stand in the middle of me and another tiny girl –
and, for obvious reasons, she thought I was slightly petty). The good news is, a
few years later, we reconciled our differences and I think a few photos through
the ages are in order, to celebrate 9 weird and wonderful years with the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2004 - My Auntie Dawn's Wedding</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2007 - This move is known as "I'm waiting for the milkman."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2009 - I told you we didn't always get on! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2009 - Here we may be serenading each other with a bit of Michael Buble...(who Salt now hates because he has "Paedo eyes.")</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2010 - Yes, we had matching plastic rain ponchos...at least mine was only 25p! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2011 - Intermission drinks at Legally Blonde, the Muscial (Salt's 21st Birthday present from me, big Jacklin and little Jacklin - tickets, not the drinks!)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2011 - Acting out the complext relationship of Zeus and Hercules in an Athens airport...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2012 - Rocking the luggage, turtle-style, on our way to Isle of Wight Festival</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2012 - Salt's birthday last year in St. James' Park (don't worry, we know the guy behind her - it wasn't some random. It was, however, hilarious.) </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now....2013!</span><br />
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<![endif]-->CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-87856882546225424622013-03-15T04:59:00.002-07:002013-06-18T09:13:19.525-07:00Tissue Paper Cards<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hola Kiddiewinks, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch here. I thought I'd actually written this blog post but it turns out I only planned what I was gonna say in my head while I was in the bath...whoops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About a month ago, I was sitting in my room when I suddenly realised that the next day was a) the last time I'd see Sophie Davis for a year and b) my and Cobb's 4 year anniversary. That, my friends, is a desparate card-making situation! Luckily, I have crap-loads of card making supplies in case of just such a crisis, and tissue paper is my go-to, no-time-at-all medium of choice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's start with my card for Cobb. You will need: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two different colours of tissue paper </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(preferably left over from something else so the planet will like you more and bake you cookies)</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PVA glue (or just pritt-stick if you're not weird like me) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Start by slathering (great word!) your card with glue, and rip up your tissue paper into strips. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then layer the strips over each other. It doesn't have to be super neat, as the ripped-up thing is part of the look. (And if you're wondering, yes, that is wrapping paper left over from Christmas, but Cobb likes Christmas, and snow, so deal with it!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I finished the vertical stripes, I was going to just write 'Happy Anniversary' but there just wasn't a good focal point on the card. I looked down at my left-over paper, and noticed that one of the grey chucks was vaguely in the shape of a '4'. Luckily, we've been together 4 years, so this was perfect. I whacked the grey bit in the corner, and rolled up a few strips of red to make a 3D 4, which gave the card a bit more depth. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For Sophie Davis' "Don't leave me or the Cupcake gets it" card - which you just cannot find in shops these days - you will need: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Card </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pretty tissue paper </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A picture of something cool (preferably from old wrapping paper) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glue</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Permanent Marker</span><br />
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As any of you who have read <a href="http://holly-lou.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">my other blog</a> will know, I'm a sucker for beauty products. One thing I'm not a sucker for though, is the huge price tag that goes with them.<br />
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I saw this little recipe on another blog, and decided to tweak it and give it a go myself. I made this for Mummy Salt for Mothers Day, but obviously had to do a little quality control batch for myself too.<br />
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Ladies (and Gents) I give you, <b>Lemon and Grapefruit Body Scrub</b>.<br />
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Surprisingly simple to make, and honestly, I think it works as well as any branded ones I've paid for recently.<br />
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil (This can be swapped for an essential oil if you'd rather, but they cost more!)<br />
1 grapefruit<br />
1 lemon<br />
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5 tbsp Salt<br />
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1/2 lemon<br />
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But this makes a really tiny amount, so I filled the jar with salt, and counted it in tablespoons as I put it in the mixing bowl.<br />
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I then zested the grapefruit and the lemon to make a more rustic scrub, and to give it a bit of colour.<br />
Then I added the juice of half a lemon, and half a grapefruit and mixed that in with the salt and oil.<br />
I had too much juice, and ended up not using quite a bit of it, so best to do this bit in stages.<br />
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Pop it in a jar, tie a bit of ribbon around it, and voila! A lovely homemade gift.<br />
The whole jar must have cost me less then £3 to make too, and it smells so lovely and citrus-y. The shelf life is a little less than your shop bought scrub - about six weeks, but no need to refrigerate.<br />
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If you give it a try, let me know how it works! I'd love to try some different flavours!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454018659715319942noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-19789398495002115372013-02-27T03:36:00.000-08:002013-06-18T09:11:34.385-07:00How to Give an Old Tee New Life<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey Kids, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch here. My parents got me a sewing machine for Christmas and now I have given up TV for Lent, I have plenty of time to use it. This means that I've managed to finally do some of the little projects that have been sitting in a pile in my room for months, like this one! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought this T shirt a few years ago and I absolutely love it. It's cute, it's punny and, more than that, it's ironic because I'm actually dairy intolerant! However, it's always been just a little bit too see-through for my taste (why haven't they invented a white T shirt that doesn't do that yet?) and you can't quite see but at the top it has started to go a bit yellowy and gross. However, I wasn't quite ready to throw it away so here's how I gave it a new lease of life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Sewing Maching/A needle and thread and a lot of time on your hands! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, whack it on your sewing machine and sew it in place. I used a zig-zag pattern so it would hold down the edges and not have any little flaps. If you're sewing by hand, I'd recommend doing a loop stitch but, then again, I'm no expert! Also, fair warning, that will take AGES. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And hey presto! Even though there was a few patchy areas where it got bunched up and I missed a few stitches, I'm so pleased with the results! (And I don't much care about things looking neat anyway.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you reckon? Also, be impressed with my leggings in the photo just above - my 75-year-old Grandma chose them! Isn't she down with the kids?! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until next time, </span><br />
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CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-43850633887728077522013-02-26T05:03:00.001-08:002013-06-18T09:11:57.671-07:00Shirt Pillow Covers<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey Kids, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch here. As you're probably aware, we've just survived Valentines Day. Whilst Cobb and I aren't really into it (our anniversary is on Feb 1st so we don't have much need for another lovey holiday two weeks later), I do think Valentines is a good day to show the people in your life how much you care (though you should be doing that all the time anyway!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My cousin Nimz has a bit of a thing about swallows. She even has a swallow tattoo, which is why I was so confused when she gave me a bag of old clothes, and this shirt was included. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She said she'd bought it because she loved the pattern and the colour, but the collar didn't look right and she couldn't make it work. I took it home and looked at it, to see if I could adapt it for her (with half a mind to keep it myself...) but when I realised my sewing skills weren't quite up to scratch to make a new top out of it, I decided to upcycle it into a pillow and give it to her for a Valentines Day treat! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An old button-up shirt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Firstly, make sure your shirt is big enough to fit the pillow by buttoning it up and shoving the pillow inside. A man's shirt would probably be easier to work with because men are more square than women are, but it doesn't really matter. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, take the pillow out and turn the shirt inside out, making sure the buttons are done up. At both ends, pin the sides together in a straight line, so you make a square. You might want to trim off the extra material at the top and the bottom of the shirt at this point, but I left it on there because there were no sleeves or anything getting in the way, and it gives you more wiggle room if you go wrong! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, sew the sides together in a straight line, as near to the edge as you can manage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can see that my line looks a bit wonky, but this is because the shirt was curved at the bottom, so I sewed in a straight line and then trimmed off the curved bits. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do this on both sides, and then unbutton the shirt, turn it outside in, stuff in the pillow and hey presto! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because the buttons were already on the shirt, it makes the pillow cover so much easier to make and you can take it off to wash it, if you were so inclined. Nimz was really pleased with it and it genuinely took me more time to change the thread on my sewing machine than it did to actually make the pillow! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what do you reckon of my first foray into upcycling? Anyone know how to do it with a shirt that doesn't have buttons? I could not work that out! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until next time,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch x </span>CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-62237126863505250822013-02-18T04:23:00.001-08:002013-06-18T04:20:41.312-07:00Gooey Chocolate Brownies<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">So I think it's clear by now, that I'm (Salt) the fatty with the sweet tooth. Its an honest miracle that I don't need to be rolled down the road.</span><br />
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But here it is - another baking recipe.<br />
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This time, Brownies. <strong>Yummy, scrummy, couldn't be worse for you, gooey in the middle chocolate brownies</strong>.<br />
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I baked this batch as a request from the boyfriends housemates. They've all just moved into this lovely London flat, and have been kind enough to let me stay and shower. I fully intend to be there quite a lot and so told them I'd bring baked goodies by way of rent. They seemed happy with this arrangement, and this time, requested brownies.<br />
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I didn't get a chance to take any photos of them (foolish - I know. I can only apologise.). You'll have to take my word for it when I say that they looked like this, but without the nuts:<br />
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You can add as many bells and whistles as you like to these brownies, but in this instance I didn't as I didn't know if Lewis or Dan had nut allergies, and we all know that fruit in desserts is a controversial topic.<br />
I was a bit worried it would make them a bit hefty, but it didn't. Win.<br />
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What you need:<br />
250g Unsalted Butter<br />
200g Dark Chocolate<br />
80g Cocoa Powder<br />
65g Plain Flour<br />
1 tsp Baking Powder<br />
360g Caster Sugar<br />
4 large egss<br />
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I did warn you it was an unhealthy one....<br />
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Right, and now the method:<br />
1. Pop on your oven to pre-heat to 180oC/Gas Mark 4<br />
2. Line a baking tin with greaseproof paper. I spent ages trying to get all the crinkles out, and I'm really not sure its possible, so learn from my error and don't stress over it!<br />
3. Melt the butter and the chocolate in a bowl over simmering water. If you want to add cherries/raisins/nuts etc - now is the time to committ.<br />
4. Mix together all the dry ingredients, and then add the chocolatey, buttery goo. Mix together well.<br />
5. Beat the eggs together, and then add into the rest of the mixture. Stir together until all nicely blended.<br />
6. It should be really liquidy still, so pour straight into the baking tray and flatten it out so all corners are covered and its nice and level.<br />
7. Pop them in the middle of the oven for 25 minutes. You can check they're cooked by popping a skewer in the centre of the brownie. Unlike a cake, you don't want it to come out clean. Goo is good!<br />
8. Let them cool in the baking tray, and then lift them out on the baking paper. Cut them into individual squares (or rectangles, if you're feeling crazy), and your yummy gooey brownies are ready to be munched. Delish.<br />
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Hello one and all, Salt here.</div>
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I don't know about you, but I love a good bake (as does Satch!) and although I won't pretend to be fantastic at it, there's nothing more calming and therapeutic than spending a quiet Sunday afternoon whipping up a batch of brownies.<br />
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And honestly, I need to get snapped up soon, because I cannot imagine anything I'd like more than to be a housewife, who spends half her time going on nice lunches with the girls, and the other half baking while the baby sleeps and the puppy bounces about around my feet, waiting for my rich and beautiful husband to arrive home from work (preferably with a bunch of flowers). In my eyes, that is utter perfection. And that makes me Wife Material. Yes. I said it. </div>
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So here's a little creation to tempt any potential suitors out there. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies!</div>
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175g Plain chocolate, chopped</div>
4 tbsp unsalted butter <br />
175g plain flour <br />
½ tsp baking powder <br />
½ tsp salt<br />
2 medium eggs, at room temperature <br />
150g caster sugar <br />
1 tsp vanilla extract <br />
60g icing sugar <br />
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The method for these is simple, and also gives lots of excuese to 'clean' the mixing bowl. Instantly a brilliant recipe!<br />
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First, melt the chocolate and butter over a saucepan of simmering water (Bowl licking opportunity #1)<br />
While melting and then letting it cool for a little bit, mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt.<br />
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Next, beat the eggs and sugar with an electric whisk for 2 mins, until they turn pale. Then lower the speed, and pour in the chocolate mix, and add the vanilla extract. Finally, add the ready-mixed dry ingredients until all nicely mixed together.<br />
I was a bit worried at first that it was so liquid-y, but do not fear. Have faith in your baking skills, cover the bowl in cling film, and pop it in the fridge for an hour and a half.<br />
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Come back to it once its all nicely set and cooled, and pre-heat the oven to 160oC.<br />
Line a baking sheet with baking paper, and pour the 60g icing suger into a bowl.<br />
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Scoop out the mixture, and roll it in your hands into balls that are approx. 4cm in diameter. Roll the ball in the icing sugar, and pop onto the baking sheet. Then gently press down until flat, but make sure they're still quite thick. Mine were about 1cm in depth.<br />
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Once you've done this, pop them in the oven.<br />
Now, the danger is in overcooking them. For me, one batch came out beautiful, and the second came out a little bit over done, with about a minute difference in time. The recipe says 12-15 minutes, and I've now worked out that mine take 13minutes exactly.<br />
The great thing about cookies though, is that unlike cakes, there's no problem in opening the oven door to check on them, so keep checking!<br />
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Et voila!<br />
I was pretty impressed with them - they're certainly the most successfull cookies I've ever made.<br />
If you feel inspired to try them - let me know how it goes, or if you have any other cookie recipes that you think I need to try then get in touch too!<br />
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Big love,<br />
SaltAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454018659715319942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-80025413332853094132013-02-03T11:40:00.001-08:002013-06-18T04:21:15.161-07:00Cinnamon and Ginger Christmas Cookies<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello Friends :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satch here. Salt's been a bit zealous with the ol' blog posting so I thought I'd better keep up my end of the bargain! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the last few years I've been a bit obsessed with baking, (I make a pretty excellent cupcake, it must be said) and since I spent 6 months being unemployed with Nathy Nath and Sophie Davis (who must always be fully named) that baking bug has only grown! Those kids certainly know their way around a good bake, so thanks to a lot of Baking Thursdays (and Nath's unhealthy obsession with Catherine from Great British Bake Off) I've managed extend my repetoire beyond cupcakes and branched out into all sorts of lovely treats! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This certainly came in handy over Christmas, as I was only employed from the beginning of December and had to find some way of showing love to people without actually spending any money on them! Luckily, I found this cinnamon cookie recipe online, but I gave it a bit of a twist and ended up inventing amazing icing in the process! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What you need for the cookies: </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRxVPfigFS3iuQNcTQfXim8gHAHBGwYZe3YZA_JSGgWmpVEevP0YUi40vJ7AWyqIE10NHOSvlBeER8tYdzACVwxk1cczeRoBnmElgyJiY7Jg6hYintBbY-opthykvgMUjeIvGz46Pqub5/s1600/DSCN0949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRxVPfigFS3iuQNcTQfXim8gHAHBGwYZe3YZA_JSGgWmpVEevP0YUi40vJ7AWyqIE10NHOSvlBeER8tYdzACVwxk1cczeRoBnmElgyJiY7Jg6hYintBbY-opthykvgMUjeIvGz46Pqub5/s320/DSCN0949.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150g/5oz Self-Raising Flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150g/50z Plain Flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 Teaspoons of Ground Cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">125g/4.5oz Butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100g/3.75oz Caster Sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 Egg </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 Blog-Writing Buddy to do all the mixing for you! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What you need for the icing: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Water<br />Icing Sugar (the amount varies depending on how many cookies you have/how much you colossally mess up the simple process of adding water to sugar!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Roughly) Half a teaspoon of Cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Roughly) Half a teaspoon of Ginger</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To make the cookies, mix together the butter and sugar and then add the egg (the recipe says to beat it first but I never bother and it turns out just the same!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then add in both types of flour and the cinnamon together (again, the recipe says to sieve it together separately in a bowl but who can be bothered with that either?!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mix it all together until it forms a ball of dough (you might have to get your hands involved!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sprinkle some flour on the surface and knead the dough a little bit just to make sure it all comes together. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Roll out your dough so that it's roughly half a centimetre thick (these cookies are meant to be soft rather than snappable so they're a bit rubbish if they're too thin) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cut out your shapes with some fun cookie cutters (I tend to wiggle them about in the flour first so the cookie doesn't stick to the cutter) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop them on a baking tray and put them in the oven at 160oC for 10 minutes. (It's better to underdo it than over do it!) Leave them to cool while you do your icing! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the icing, mix roughly 100g of icing sugar, a sprinkle of water and the ginger and cinnamon. I do this by experimentation so I'm afraid it's not an exact science!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Add in as much food colouring as you want, but you want a decent colour because ginger makes icing look a bit pooey...I picked red because it's Christmassy, and I'm not sure how I feel about green icing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then keep tasting the mixture and adding water/sugar/cinnamon/ginger as required until it all comes together nicely, but don't overdo it on the spices because it can come with a real kick! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then hold a tea spoon of the icing above the cookies and move it back and forth, letting the icing fall in a zig zag onto the cookies. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let it dry and voila! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Depending on the size of your cutter, one lot of dough goes a long way - However, when Salt joined me for cookie-making fun, a lot of the dough mysteriously disappeared...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over Christmas I wrapped a few up in a bundle of greaseproof paper with a nice ribbon round the top, which looked pretty cool! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cinnamon and ginger are pretty Christmassy flavours, but change the cookie cutter to something less festive and they're great cookies to make all year round. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For my birthday party (which was disney princessy) I used pink icing and a heart-shaped cutter. On a random occassion I also experimented with bright blue icing on stars and dalek-shaped cookies, but my cousin Naomi found that too shocking as an icing hue! </span> </span><br />
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<br />CJ Satchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09453959013951278105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092090005826720036.post-32557551673061057902013-01-31T09:21:00.003-08:002013-06-18T04:21:04.096-07:002013 Bestie Bucket List<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We meant to get round to posting this blog aaaages ago, but we're just way too busy and important (ahem....). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Summer 2011, Salt became single again after three years. She tried drowing her sorrows for a while, but when that turned out to be a terrible idea (Who'd have thought it?!), she decided to start doing little things to get her back on track to feeling like herself again and employed the help of</span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Satch (of course) and our friend Jacklin, to come up with a bit of a bucket list for her. However, as Salt didn't, in fact, get round to doing anything on the list, we've decided that there's strength in numbers, and we're going to do it together. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We're calling it our 2013 bestie bucket list but don't worry, we don't have a joint suicide planned in December! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The items range from big and scary to small and lovely, (thankfully, speed dating has been removed too) and we're going to blog about how it's all going throughout the year. Anyone is welcome to have a go at our list, and see if you can beat us, which, as it's the end of January and we haven't started it yet, is probably likely. As we mentioned earlier, we're just too busy and important!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So here it is :) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have a proper greasy kebab (Satch still hasn't done this, as she was a let down of a student, apparently!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And thats that! 2013 looks like its going to be exciting!<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>What do you reckon? Any take your fancy? We're always happy to hear about your progress and suggestions/recommendations.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Happy New Year,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Salt & Satch</span></div>
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