Party Props - Market Cart

This is our market cart all prettied up. These photos have all been taken in my yard. We live in The Dandenong Ranges just outside of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The area we live in is a cold climate rain forest so we have heaps of tree ferns, huge Mountain Ash Gum trees,  an abundance of native animals & birds. The mountain climate also makes it perfect for European & Asian plants too, so the Rhododendrons, camilas & azaleas are stunning this time of year too. 

Styling Leo & Bella, Flowers The Bouquets of Ascha Jolie Cakes Kiss my cakes, Photo Lee Bird Photography

We will be hiring it out in Melbourne in the new year, so if you are interested just leave me a comment or email: vintagesewandso[at]gmail dot com
♥Kerri

Lemon Muffins with lemon curd center

Lemons are in season & just about every Lemon tree in  Melbourne is bending under the weight of a bumper crop. So I have gotten creative with ways to use them up. Use the  Lemon Curd on ice cream or as the filling for lemon tart.

Lemon Muffin with Lemon Curd Center.

Lemon Muffin Recipe  makes 12

2 cups of SR flour

3/4 cups of sugar

1 cup of low fat yoghurt

2 eggs (60gms)

1/3 cup of vegetable oil

1 teaspoon of grated lemon rind

1 tablespoon of coconut (optional)

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius

Put the flour, sugar & lemon rind in a bowl, stir to combine.(add coconut now if you like)

In another bowl whisk eggs, yoghurt & oil until smooth.

Stir the wet mixture into dry ingredients until just combined.

Half fill 12 half cup muffin tins with batter, make a small hole in the batter(don’t go to the bottom of the pan) spoon 1 teaspoon of lemon curd into the hole, cover the lemon curd with more batter.

Bake for 20 -25min or until cooked. (can be frozen)

Lemon Curd (makes about 1 1/2 cups)

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
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 it takes about 5 minutes. (it will go from cloudy to sightly clear).
Remove from the stove, whisk in the butter & egg yolks .
Set aside to cool slightly. Keeps in the fridge for a week.

 Enjoy
 ♥ Kerri

Lady Ga Ga Costume

If you remember way back in  2010 I was making a Lady Ga Ga costume for my daughters dance concert, well it got finished & I just didn't have any really good pics of it to put up at the time.
The costume has had a few wears & the dance has been preformed a few times too(brilliant dance)
Tonight my daughter & her friends are going to Lady Ga Ga's Melbourne concert so of course the costume has gotten another run, we add  a studded bustier that I had from the early 90's & the black boots.

My Little Monster

X Kerri

Some books I have read

Starting last September thought I would take a picture of each of the books I read just to keep track of them & to see just how much I did read. So here are some of them. I got these from the Library too.
Fade - Lisa McMann, Flash Forward - Robert J Sawyer, The Infernal - Kim Wilkins
I loved them all for very different reasons.
♥Kerri

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