Guinness Cake

On Sunday I held a tea party for some friends. I made Grantham gingerbread, a Victoria sponge and a Fruit cake with Guinness in it. Unfortunately the recipe only required half a pint which resulted in me having to drink the other half bringing back unpleasant memories of New Years Eve. I heard that if you try food or drink you don't like 12 times then you begin to like it. I'm sure I must be nearing that number with Guinness by now. The cake, however, is delicious. Very dense. We also played Escape from Atlantis, if you have never played it then you should.

Freezing!

The weather is ridiculously cold at the moment, so much so that part of the river has frozen over, there were ducks waddling around on it this morning. We decided to make an ice sculpture of an arch, made by pouring water into a mould made of bricks and tarpaulins. I'm still not convinced it'll be totally successful... but if it is then it should stand up and look amazing! The aim is for something like andy goldsworthy's but perhaps that's too optimistic..

Yesterday I received a parcel from Canada. I took part in a Craft Swap organised by the free people website so got partnered with someone and sent each other presents. She made me some cool little fabric dangly things which had the letters LOVE on them, I have strung them on a ribbon and clipped them on a wire in my room. I made an apron for her out of pretty pillowcase fabric which hopefully she'll wear!

Happy New Year!

Well. It is the New Year. And now I don't know what to do.

Just before Christmas I did some Christmassy workshops and made a fireplace out of cardboard and papier maché..and red and gold paint. On the way to the workshops we took some photos of it in the underpass which I love- the pictures not the underpass- very edgy... I was dressed as an elf and got some excellent funny looks from the townsfolk!

Chris and I also went to a fancy dress Christmas party in Cardiff. I made both our costumes, Chris was a star with battery operated flashing lights and I was a candy cane with a silly headpiece that meant I couldn't hear, walk through doors or stand in low ceilinged areas. Not very well thought out but of course we looked really cool.