covered, baked and loved...

I found some photo's taken at Christmas 2006. First an apron I made for a friend's birthday. Pattern created on the fly. I'm pretty happy with my curved corners and pocket. Using Amy Butler from the stash in Cherie's favourite colours.

Here's the baking I managed to do last Christmas. Apricot, cinnamon and clove jam (my own recipe), and cranberry, white chocolate and toasted almond slice (a variation on a Donna Hay recipe). Very simple packaging created using some royalty free photography. More pics at flickr.

I don't go into a huge amount of detail here about my personal life but I wanted to share a snippet. I met Sondra in December last year....let's just say some friends have been surprised at my giddiness since we met. Here's a peak at the reason why the blog's been a little quiet...