gluten free

If like me you are trying to live without gluten, and enjoy a sweet thing... I adapted this recipe yesterday and the results were good.

coconut choc chip macaron


oven 140 degrees
2 egg whites beaten to form peaks,
add in slowly 1/2 cup castor sugar and 1 tsp vanilla
stir in 1 cup almond meal and 1/2 cup gluten free self raising flour & 1/2 packet choc chips (or any dried fruit, dates, cranberries)


*you may need to add more flour if mixture too wet


spoon onto lined baking trays and bake 35-40 minutes or until slightly browned.

and a quilt

quilt

on my list.....

Spring in Japan

 and Holland

and wherever this is? London? Paris?

japan image courtesy here

On a lighter note.....

It's mothers day..... yay
celebrate the wonderfulness that mothers are.....
it's a job of blood, sweat and tears,
but the flip side is unconditional love, lots of laughter, memories and fun.....

me and my mum circa 1976

 me and my boys 2012

Life's A Bitch

If there is one thing the past week has taught me it's that

life is too short, and we tend to complicate everything.....

Life's a bitch and then you die..... Nas

Stay gold Ponyboy

Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay. 


Robert Frost 
The Outsiders

A few months ago I came across these Punk band images from the '70's and LOVED them, they became my inspiration for my new range of products.......

add in some fluro print and this is what transpired.......

 you can view the full range here on the online store

Anzacs

Traditionally Anzac biscuits were baked by anxious wives and mothers during World War 1, packed in food parcels and sent to the Australian soldiers in the trenches.

Anzac biscuits

1 cup plain flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup coconut
3/4 cup brown sugar
125g butter
2 tbs golden syrup
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tbs water

method

preheat oven to 160 degrees C.
line 2 baking trays with baking paper
sift flour into large bowl
add coconut, oats and brown sugar

put the butter, goldensyrup and water in a small saucepan and stir until melted, stir in bicarb soda.

pour the butter mixture into the dry ingredients until combined

roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls and place on trays, flatten slightly

bake 10 minutes or until golden brown

eat immediately!!!

milan 2012 lee broom

Lee Broom is showing his new cut crystal bulbs at the Milan furniture Fair this week, I love them, and also his neon chair......

http://www.leebroom.com/

very very cool

CUBEBOT (2012), QM FOAM, 250 x 160 x 180 cm

DAVID WEEKS, QUINZE & MILAN AND AREAWARE FOR MOST SALONE

if only I had a room big enough for this David Weeks Cubebot......

online store postage savings

6 months after starting my online store, I have built up a pretty good relationship down at my local post office.
I am now able to pass on to you some cheaper postage on all online sales, so please check out the douglas & hope store for these cheaper rates.

Hotel Au vieux panier & Tilt

I know this has been blogged and re-blogged all over the place, but it is seriously very cool.....
Tilt, a french graffiti artist was asked to design a room for the Hotel Au vieux panier in Marseille.
have a look at the video
and the photos speak for themselves.

huetten palast berlin

what to do with an old vacuum factory, turn it into a hotel filled with caravans.....
check out this incredible place here

the rock-zanzibar

just a little restaurant on a rock.....

chair love

I have a slight fascination/obsession with chairs, always have, this one is exquisite and I shudder at the thought of how much it costs.......
details here

miranda skoczek at Iain Dawson

it is absolutely no surprise to anyone that I am a HUGE fan of Miranda Skoczek, the woman and her artwork, she is is awesome.
Have a look at her newest work in an exhibition on now at Iain Dawson Gallery in Sydney.
How can you choose just one?

nature at it best

photo by

floral WOW

Anne Ten Donkelaar