Showing posts with label Country Living Magazine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Country Living Magazine. Show all posts

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Dried fruit and cinnamon wreath.


This wreath is basically a total copy of a wreath Ally gave my mother-in-law last Christmas. It smells delicious and is relatively simple to put together, however the fruit needs a few days to be prepared.

To make this wreath, you will need to dry some apple, orange, and lemon slices. I dried my lemon and orange slices first outside for a few days, then finished them off in the oven at a low temperature. The apple slices did not need long in the oven (make sure you keep an eye on them!).


You will also need some cinnamon sticks, dried chilies, thick bendable wire, wire snips, and some ribbon.

If you're anything like me, divide your fruits, cinnamon sticks and chilies to form a pleasing pattern (you can also freestyle your wreath and just thread it all on randomly). Bend your wire into a wreath shape, remembering to leave some wire at each end for securing. Thread it all onto your wire, then secure wreath by looping the ends together and snipping the extra wire off. Cover up the ugly loop bit by tying a big red bow around it, then find somewhere nice for it to hang.



~ Allow this wreath to gently fill your home 
with the scent of citrus and cinnamon ~

Sam xox

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The perfect evening.


The perfect way to spend an autumn evening...

Sam xox

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Goodies from England.

My mum is now back from her three week holiday to England (I will tell you more about her trip later). She is a champion mum, bringing me back a collection of goodies from her home country.

Mmm... bread sauce!


The October addition of Country Living magazine.
(We are a few months behind in Australia so this is super exciting!).


Wild flowers from Cornwall.


Little bits of silver...

Thanks for the goodies mum!

Sam xox