Here is the recipe for the Mailänderli biscuits that I made at the weekend. These are one of the simplest and most loved of Swiss Weihnachtsguetzli – everybody makes them and they are really great to do with children. They don’t have a strong taste, but are extremely moreish, so watch out! The recipe comes […]

Yesterday was supposed to be a ski day – long planned and the snow seemed perfect. The visibility however, was anything but. If you can imagine fog thick enough that you feel like you’re skiing through a milk-shake, that was it. Horrible – and for me at least, scary, because I get disoriented and can’t […]

This week I was putting the diary for 2011 into my Filofax and getting rid of the old one from 2009 – I always keep last year’s just in case. I have never been known to need it, but I know for sure that if I throw it away right away I will later discover […]

I’m feeling quite wiped out at the moment – I don’t know if it’s the weather or the season or just generally too little sleep and too much to do.  Whatever the cause, it is how it is. It’s helped quite a lot that I’m down-scaling Christmas activities – boy, was that a weight lifted […]

Oh I’ve been having such fun with these bags. For those who missed recent posts they are Zippy Strippy bags from Atkinson Designs using Bliss fabric by Moda. Nicole warned me that they would be addictive – and they really are. They are also a perfect project for jelly rolls. They are absolutely the perfect […]