Ombre - Graduated Colour

Ombre is a massive colour/style trend at the moment, whether it be hair colour, cakes, nails even homewares.
You see this colour graduation in nature all the time, my favorite is the way hydrangeas fade from dark to light.
I really think flowers do it best. Oh & sunsets they do it really well too, I guess sunrises too but I don't do  mornings very often, so I'll let you be the judge of that.
There are some awesome tutorials on the web that show you how to achieve this effect.
These pic are from pintrest.com
 ♥ Kerri

From greenweddingshoes.com

 from pintrest

Ombre cake

Ombre hair natural

 

 Ombre Hair

 Ombre Tablecloth

The market cart

Market Cart

Lemony Dessert

I made this lemon dessert last night, I really wanted lemon tart but the pastry shells takes so long to make & I couldn't be bothered.
So I concocted this Lemony dessert, it is a bit like Tiramisu & it was so super easy. Plus I thought of a cheats way too that is even simpler.

Lemony Dessert

Recipe: makes 6 small
9 small sponge finger biscuits (Savoiardi) The kind you use for Tiramisu. Cut into pieces.
1 cup of water
1/2 cup of lemon juice
1/2 cup of sugar
3 tablespoons of cornflour
grated rind of 1 lemon
2 egg yolks
60gms butter
whipped cream to finish
Method:
Put the water, lemon juice, rind, sugar & cornflour in a small saucepan & whisk until smooth.
Heat the saucepan of ingredients over a medium-high, whisking until it boils, then boil until it thickens about 5minutes. (it will go from cloudy to sightly clear).
Remove from the stove, whisk in the butter & eggs .
Set a side to cool slightly. (I didn't wait that long I was hungry)
Arrange the cut up biscuits in small bowls, pour the lemon mixture over them, add some whipped cream.
Any left over lemon mixture can be stored in the fridge for a week.

Here's the cheats way.
9 small sponge finger biscuits (Savoiardi) Cut into pieces.
1 jar of lemon butter or curd.
whipped cream.
Assemble as above.

♥ Kerri

The Christmas Ham

This is the ham I made at Christmas, it's Nigella's Coca Cola Ham & it is amazing.

It's dead easy to do, you just need time.
 Recipe to come or you can just google Nigella :)
♥ Kerri

Pizza for dinner

Today I'm just going to post some pictures of the yummy pizza I made over the weekend with the pizza oven my sister & her hubby got us for Christmas. Recipes to follow.
♥Kerri.

Ham, cheese, tomato & herbs

Garlic, fetta, parsley, cheese & olive oil

Happy New Year & all that good stuff

Well it's day 3 of the New Year & I'm only just writing my resolutions (you can't rush these things!). I'm not real good with resolutions or sticking to a plan, I kinda just go with the flow & get distracted by bright shiny things. Last year I started to change that & managed to stay focused (well focused for me, baby steps people baby steps).
1st thing will be to blog everyday.
So here is day ONE.
Like i said baby steps :)
♥Kerri

Ummm I've been a bit busy lately

Hey everyone,
I really do love you all, I've just been a bit busy lately. I'm also the most inconstant blogger in the world.
My little business has taken off in quite a big way & moved in a very different direction.
It is truly amazing what you can do when you clear out the things in your life that just aren't working for you or not filling you up. I made a space in my world for good stuff to come & it has plus it is continuing to do so.

Here is peek at what I've been doing.
♥ Kerri

Carnival stripe table runner

Aqua Ruffle table runner

Hot pink placemat