Its been a while since I have updated the blog so here is a big catch up on the things that I have been doing over the last few months!
Most recently I have designed an invitation suite for my Nannas 70th. The design included RSVP, envelope liners, invitations and photos. I painted the flowers by hand and then scanned them in to be used across both the liners and invitations. I also hand lettered the addresses on the front of the envelopes
In the process of making them. The above invite was a test print.
A laser cut card made for my uncle who just got married, again with a hand lettered envelope.
Last night I invented a new cocktail based on about 3 other recipes, which was surprisingly nice!
My Thai
Ingredients:
Sugar syrup: 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, 2 lemon grass
Drink: 50ml sugar syrup, 50ml vodka, juice of half a lime, 4 basil leaves, 2 cm ginger and ice
1. Boil the water with the lemongrass in to dissolve the sugar, once this has dissolved strain into a jar and keep in the fridge.
2. Shake up the sugar syrup, vodka, lime, basil and ginger in a cocktail shaker with ice and pour into a glass over ice. And the enjoy!
A personalised card I made for a friend who is leaving the country (complete with travel stickers on the suitcase! and all her pets!)
For Christmas I got a molecular gastronomy kit (which I have always wanted!), this was my first experiment making Balsamic vinegar pearls, which tasted rather nice! Now to try the Mojito spheres I posted about previously!
Some of the bits I have made over Christmas and New Year for the table. For New Year I made cocktail stirrers and sparkler holders and for Christmas I made personalised crackers. The strange blue bubbles are actually the prosecco fruit jelly before I had stirred it all in!
For Christmas my husband and I decided to make our own advent calendars for each other, this was mine! I think we shall definitely be doing this again it was really fun and we got a random gift everyday!
In November my mum and I did a craft fair and here are some of the things we made! I made most of the paper goods, and my mum made the amazing wands, hair clips and bracelet cards
Here are some of the business cards and sticker 'seals' made for House of Jade
In November we went to London to Hyper Japan in the Olympia, a fair of all things Japanese! It was really fun to see everything and we did get to try lots of good food and sake (the sparkling one is especially good!)