For I Ain't No Cowgirl..

I bought these shoes today, and I really love them. There was only one problem: the fringes. Personally I don't like them, and I ain't no cowgirl! So I decided to cut them off. Easy as it seems, I had some difficulties with cutting the suede. In the end it all turned out pretty okay :) It's definitely not flawless, but well, people shouldn't be with their noses up your shoes anyway ;)

Hug,
Ginny.

Fairytale of a Stool

This is a little fairytale of a stool. The stool was very sad and lonely. He was a bit limp, and he was sure that no-one thought he was pretty. Then along came a nice young lady, who looked at him, and said: 'underneath all the burden you carry, you must be a pretty young man', and she carried him under her arm up the stairs. This was what he looked like when he came in:

He looks a bit sad, doesn't he? First she sanded him, and then she put on layer after layer of paint. He liked the attention, and starting to glow more and more!

The stool was very satisfied with himself when he saw the result in the mirror. He was almost ready to show himself to the world. But the young lady stopped him, and said: 'you are far too nice a stool to be just plain white, I want to show the whole world your nice personality'. So the stool stayed for a little bit longer. 

First the young lady started to draw shapes on this head, which he didn't like. He thought he looked ridiculous with just those few circles.

'Have faith', the young lady said. 'It will all be all right in the end'. And she continued to draw more shapes on the stool. It tickled, but he tried to stand very still. When the stool saw himself in the mirror a few hours later, he had to admit that this was definitely an improvement to all the weird shapes. 

With a small sigh he said to the young lady: 'is this how you see me? I understand and like the flowery thingy's and the suggestion of a mandela, but I feel so gloomy in black and white'. 'Do not fear, I'm not ready yet', the young lady said and she picked up a few colourful bottles. She mixed some colours, and started at it.

She worked almost all night, and when she was done, this was what the head of the stool looked like:

He was so pleased with the result that he hugged the young lady, despite the fact that the paint was still a bit wet. After a few days the paint dried, and he pondered his future. He felt so confident now that he had beautiful flowers all over his head, and he smiled and danced and whistled the whole day. He decided he wanted to live with this beautiful young lady that he had come to know over the last few days. He wanted her so see him shine. And so this story comes to an end. But don't worry, beautiful stories almost never really end!

Sleep tight after this nice little fairytale!

Ginny.

Christmas Foods :)

I only just found some spare time to upload these Christmas foods I made this Christmas. I decided to make cinnamon rolls, but with a nice twist. First I made some cinnamon candy canes:

And after that I went for a more complicated task: I tried to make little Christmas trees:

I also made some usual cinnamon rolls, and formed a huge Christmas tree out of that one. I hope you understand what I mean, because I failed to make a nice picture of that one.

So, if you are looking for some nice, easy christmas thingy's, please remember these! Fun to make, and nice to eat :)

Hugs, Ginny.

Lots of Cakes :D

Hi All,

First of all: a very, very happy New Year! 
Second: this is a very short post, because I am really busy today. I didn't want to deny you all the opportunity to take a look at today's creations though! So, here they are:

Today I baked three cakes for a birthday party. First I baked a forest fruit and apple pie:

Next on the to-do list was a cake with marzipan roses. I had a lot of angry moments with the red/pink marzipan, and I'm still not too happy with how it looks, but well.. As long as it tastes good!

I have made some cakes similar to the 2 before, but this last was one a real experiment. And, yay, it worked out pretty okay! It is a kind of marble cake: a normal cake with star-shaped chocolate filling! Check it out:

And since I had to bake all these in 1 day, this was what my kitchen looked like while baking: (who likes to help me clean? :p)

I hope you like these creative ideas. If you want to bake them yourself, just ask me for the recipe. I might upload them one day, but as I said: far too busy this week!

Lots of hugs,
Ginny.

Yule Wreath

Hi all,

Since I already had so much fun with the Floral (Summer) wreath and the Autumn wreath (Still have to upload the tutorial and pics of those, shame on me!), I decided to make a Yule Wreath as well. 

Same procedure as the others. You will need:
- thick wire as a base
- thinner wire to attach everything to the basic wreath
- ribbon
- nice stuff to attach to the wreath, like fake snowflakes, flowers, leaves.. but anything you like :)


Make the base of the wreath with the thick wire. Make sure it fits right (or use some tricks so that you can change it afterwards if it doesn't fit right) Strap ribbon all over it, to make it look better and to make it less smooth. Attach everything you like to the wreath (make sure you cover all possible gaps) and you are done!

This is what mine looked like: 

Happy crafting, and have a wonderful Yule!

Love,
Ginny

Yoghurt Ice Cream

As some of you already knew, I have a lot of food allergies, so it's always tricky to give me food (*don't feed the Ginny*).

Still I like to try things that might seem weird, but that do only consist of food I'm 'able' to eat. 

This was such an example: I made yoghurt ice cream. It is just frozen yoghurt with heavy cream. I made them in muffin tins, to create easy portions. 

As you can see, I also made some with chocolate and/or sprinkles. Those were not for me to eat, but for those who could use more of a bite! 

These are really easy and fun to make, don't take a lot of time, and I especially like the idea of the silicon muffin tins, that makes it even easier!

Love,
Ginny

Muffins with Pumpkin (and Chocolate)

Because of Halloween I decided to make muffins with pumpkin. Well, actually I wanted to carve a pumpkin, and didn't want the inside of the pumpkin to go to waste.. 

This is what I did:
I made some basic muffin batter (see anywhere on the internet, or use your own version :) )
I cut the pumpkin, mashed it, and mixed it in with the muffin batter
I used cinnamon to spice it up

For a part of the batter I cut small chunks of chocolate and mixed that with the pumpkin batter. This gave a nice twist to it, and worth a try.

Put them in the oven, make sure you try not to deflate the muffins!

So I had a great afternoon: being able to carve my pumpkin, not feeling guilty about throwing away food, and having nice muffins to share with my lovely friends!

Have a very blessed Samhain!

Ginny.