Here we are! Another exciting and magical Christmas. Everything Christmassy is done; presents are under the tree, cake is iced, house is cleaned from top to bottom and so are we.
Delighted with myself; made the ninety-ninth (and last) square of the baby blanket!
All blocked and ready to be stitched together and have a pretty border worked all round. That’ll be next Christmas, then.
The cake is very simply iced and decorated. Preppy Baker suggested adding a couple of drops of vanilla essence to the Royal Icing so I tried it. Nice.
I used the left-over icing to decorate some ginger bread. As Mary Berry would say, they are very ‘informal’. In their defence, glycerine had already been added (to prevent broken teeth, bones and huge emergency dental/ambulance call out charges). Nothing to do with my piping skills, heh, heh.
But, they were tasty. My super power flavouring hack was to chop some crystallised ginger up very finely and add it to the recipe. Pow!
Storing them in one of my favourite tins:
Just fab. Love it. The globe with the reindeers spins. Simple pleasures.
All in all, it’s been a good year, a lovely year. Finished a year-long diploma in art therapy so maybe get to use it in some capacity in 2025. Also, PhD is coming together well. Bit of a slog at times but satisfying. Having an academic medium to both express myself and learn is wonderful.
One more sleep before Santa. The Christmassy hare in a tutu has something for me in her gift bag! I know it’s jewellery… she’s under the tree… all I need to do is peep, but I won’t! Love surprises and just one day to go. But… eek! Waiting!
Finally, to anyone who reads this, I wish you all the excitement and magic of Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year x
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