Well, you will not believe it but once again I have been making churches. You would think I had had enough of them but I have enjoyed them so much I cut some more and am busy sticking at the moment, well not right now as I am shopping, but will be later. Here's my desk
On the wall you will see there are some of my punches and some fabric postcards in between. The invitation (cream) at the end is the first wedding invite I ever did - and she wanted peel offs rather than stamping (shock horror). You can see Monkey and Katie Koala still sitting there with my empty Cola Bottle jar. That's a boo hoo as I cannot find any in the shops!
Well last week I was in Dusseldorf visiting the Christmas Markets. Love the atmosphere over there in Germany. We went on the Ice Train (fast and luxurious) to Cologne and saw four of their markets on Tuesday - and Wednesday saw us in Dortmund. The markets there have grown as there was only the one when we last went.
Came back and straight away went in to cake making mode. Had my eye on making this special cake for my son who was celebrating a special birthday. His partner had taken him away for an overnight stay so that gave me the chance to get it down to their house without him knowing about it. She was to text me when they were leaving Alderley Edge (stayed in the Wizard House).
Had to make the cake all over again as it was not deep enough (almost a pound of butter and 500 mls cream in total) when I got back from teaching at our Club. Did a bit of the construction, realised I had not enough finger biscuits so abandoned it until Sunday morning. Up really early to make fresh cream truffles, Chas down to the shops for more biscuits, me in a panic making a box for the top, truffles out of the fridge - still soft - oh well, they have to go on. Chocolate all over me and the kitchen work top.
Got a phone call later that afternoon with a "Wow" from my son. Then he said the house "stank of nothing but chocolate" and that they had " started to demolish the cake".
I hope he saves me some!
If you have any cake, or a biscuit why not pull up a chair and indulge whilst looking at what Ms Julia has to say and then visiting some of the blogs linking to her massive hop. See you over there!
PS will blog about the Party at Viva Brazil and Dusseldorf another day. Shattered now.
