Cook book tip

I got these two books for my birthday and I'm really liking them. As you can see, there are quite a lot of recipes I want to try! As I was sticking those tiny post-its on the pages I got to thinking I needed a system. A system for keeping track of the recipes I'd tried and like. And the recipes I'd tried and disliked.

So I made one up! I may be the obvious way to do it, but it was a ligthbulb moment for me! ;-) Maybe it will be helpful to someone else so I thought I'd share it.

All the recipes I want to try get a post-it along the top edge. Once I've tried it AND liked it, I move the post-it to the side edge of the book.

For those recipes I've tried and didn't like, I simply move the post-it inside the book. That way I'll know that I don't need to try the recipe again. But the unappealing recipe post-its won't be mixed with the ones I like.

I haven't tried the Spicy Soup there - this is just an example. ;-)

How do you keep track of which recipes you like/dislike in cook books?

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This is my desk. No gloss.

This is my desk, right now. No tidying, no 'styling'. No gloss. Just my messy desk the way it looks most of the time. Although it has looked worse! And a lot worse. But it has also looked a lot better - but that's more of an aberration than the messy version. ;-)

I don't mind a messy desk. It shows that someone is working here. Which I am. Like, a lot. :-)

Hop on over to Kim and check out her post that inspired my post.

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This is just a test

Bonus quote from Einstein:

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

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Hey! Join the Embellish class

Hullo! The Embellish class has started but you can still join if you fancy trying some new ideas for embellishing your clothes with embroidery. And your shoes! I'm so excited about this class. I've been exploring some stitches and techniques just for this class. Heck, I'm even warming to cross stitch which I never used to like.

I love, love, love embroidering. :-)

And at the moment I'm doing a lot of it - what with the class and Maybroidery. Actually, the only thing stopping me from doing even more stitching is that I'm afraid I'll get repetitive stress pain in my hands again.

Anyway - join the stitchy embellishing fun, I'd love to see you there! :-)

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On a random afternoon

A few collages of our flat. Carefully cropped so it looks less messy than it really is. ;-) 

I've never been a huge fan of freesias, but they're actually quite pretty! 

Blurry bedroom..

I like blue and white ceramics. Tony likes dragons. And fake Japanese swords. :-)

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