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Kelly

Knitted farm

I’ve come to really love making toys for my children.

And I like to imagine that the love I feel for my children ~ as well as the process of creation infuses the toys with love.
So when my good friend Carrie from Crafty Moms Share invited people to join a knitted farm swap, I simply could not resist!
Each of us knit ten squares ~ my square of choice was the knitted garden. We followed the instructions from Living Crafts {Winter 2008 & Winter 2009}.
After our squares were finished we exchanged them through Carrie, ending up with lovely fields of wheat, corn and oats.
A plowed field and veggie patch, as well as paddocks for sheep, horses and pigs.
And what would a farm be without a pond *smile*
Next I made some other squares, a path and a stream to bring it all together.
Oh, and of course the animals! Some horses, pigs, sheep, ducks and even a sneaky fox!
I also received some gorgeously crafted fences from Organic Kinder {do visit their lovely Etsy shop ~ so many beautifully handcrafted items!}.
And now my children have a beautiful knitted farm set that is a patch work of creations from people all over the world!
How lucky they are!

 

A true heirloom piece ~ thank you lovely friends for helping create this wonderful gift.

Warmly,
Kelly

February 17, 2013 by

Edible sugar flowers

Ever since Max ate some red flowers from his Nana’s pineapple sage… {they taste a little like honey *smile*} …he has loved asking me which flowers he can eat.
So when I was looking through my new book Gifts from the Garden {a lovely present from my mum}
…and was reminded that you can crystallise edible flowers using an egg white and caster sugar…. we couldn’t resist!
We used rose petals and pansies… which were free from pesticides.
Max lightly whisked an egg yolk with a dash of cold water.

And then carefully painted the flowers with the egg white.

Before dusting them lightly {ok, heavily!} with caster sugar… using a tea strainer.

Then we left them to dry…

Once dry, we adorned our buckwheat shortbread with the tasty and pretty morsels

Which we enjoyed with freshly made lemonade *smile*

Happy days,
Kelly

February 10, 2013 by