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21st Present ideas
Best friends birthday in next month, don't know what to get her? Willing to spend £50-75
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My In The Night Garden Cake
My friend's sisiter asked me to make a cake for her daughter's first birthday today, this is the result!
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30th birthday celebration ideas????
Hi all, I am gonna be 30 this summer, and am completely at a loss on how to celebrate, and hoping some of you will be able to give me some ideas?? I am doing London show and hotel overnight with my hubby which am really looking forward to, but want to celebrate with all my friends and family too. Due to night in London,…
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novelty / naughty gifts ?
i have a couple of friends birthdays comming up and want to get something other than the usual booze /chocs/flowers . any ideas ? thanks in advance.:j :T :j
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Easter Egg Hunt ...clues?
I've decided that i want to do an Easter egg hunt for my OH, to make finding his egg a tad more interesting than just giving it to him. Can anyone help me with writing some funny, rude, romantic, simple, rhymes/cryptic clues that I can lead him around the house with? Thanks.
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Wedding cake
Can anyone help?:rolleyes: - How long in advance can I make sponge type wedding cake without freezing? Will the cake keep longer iced?:confused: I am really thinking of madeira and marble cake.I dont have any room to freeze and previous experience of freezing and thawing sponge type cakes has been highly unspectacular. If…
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New Baby Poem
I am going to send a card to everyone in my antenatal class once they've had their baby/twins and want to include a poem printed on a nice piece of paper in with the card.. Does anyone have any recommendations? Different ones for boys, girls and twins would be nice. I've tried googling but there are so many out there.…
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Where can I find a 'promise voucher' to print off?
You know the sort of thing.... A printable gift voucher that you can personalise to say 'I promise to babysit/wash up/whatever' I know I have seen them, but can I find one now, when I really NEED it???? AAArrggghhh!!!! Am sure an MSE'r will come up trumps :beer: Thanks in advance x
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Easter Gifts
I`m not sure if anyone else here agrees with me but I think Easter Eggs are a waste of money.:rolleyes: From being little my Mum always gave my sister and I the choice of some easter bunny money or a small gift.:D I always get my Mum a little bunch of flowers and make her a card. This year Im making Easter cupcakes at OH`s…
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What are you eating for Easter?
Apart from chocolate:rotfl: I'm still toying with getting Turkey or Lamb. For Xmas I had a boned & rolled Turkey breast I ordered from M&S. But now I only eat happy birds & I haven't seen any happy birds bone & rolled breast meat for Easter. Anyone seen happy Turkeys like this? OR I might have a leg of lamb, with stuffing.
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what icing to use - i want to stick chocolate fingers to the sides
I'm quite a novice with cakes, but I am determined to make by dd's cake for her 2nd birthday. She is having a pony party and I am going to make a cake, ice it with green icing and coconut bits for grass effect then I want to stick chocolate fingers around the edge, like a fence. What icing would I need to make so they…
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present for a...
Anyone have an idea for a birthday present for a young 60 year old. She likes to walk, cycle, loves fareaway holidays, she seems to have everything and I am lost for ideas. Any help welcome
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Anyone Else nearly Finished their Xmas 2008 shopping. Are we Mad!!!
Today I've bought the last of my xmas pressies for 2008 for my extended family. So far I've bought for nine nieces and nephews, MIL, Fil, mother, most of my DD aged 4, few bits for DD aged 11 and DD aged 14. Sister and BIL Will get main pressies for DD's later in the year when they know what they want and now will start…
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Hot Cross Buns With Fresh Yeast -- Help Please
I know this might seem strange but I am in Spain and getting fresh yeast is easy here but no Dried yeast. I havent got my cookery books but would love a yummy recipe for hot cross buns using fresh yeast. thanks in advance
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What to buy the person that has everything for £30
Hi, I hope someone might have some ideas ... because I am totally stumped. I've tried looking back over old threads ... but still getting nowhere. I have a £30 budget to buy a 40yr old professional lady a gift. Money is not an issue to this person ... and as I am buying it on behalf of a group of people (in the office) it…
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Easter Trees
Does anyone else have an Easter tree? I put mine up yesterday, i picked up the tradition whilst living in Germany may years ago, and i think they look lovely. Is is just me? as any visitor's i have all wonder what it is :confused: When my ds was little, the easter bunny used to leave his chocolate eggs next to the tree…
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Dr Who Party
Hi I am planning a Dr Who themed party in April (come in costume), and have so far thought of making a Tardis Pinata, Tardis Cake, Musical Tardis (Like musical chairs only everyone has to make a mad dash for the Cardboard Tardis cards made from used cereal packs), pass the parcel to the theme of dr who, pin the eyepiece on…
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Easter help please
Hi.I have got 18 people coming to me on sunday for lunch and tea.I have got the menu sorted out but I am really struggling with games.Having seen the weather report it will have to be an indoor event.Have got everything for a treasure hunt but other ideas are failing me.Also any ideas on how to make it look really…
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Boyfriends 21st.. ran out of ideas!!
I have no idea what to get my boyfriend for his birthday! We've either got each other it before or he doesn't like stuff! he's very fussy! Big spurs fan.. so I'll be taking him and his family to white hart lane when we're able to go! My family have got him a portable dvd player with lots of dvd's I got him a watch 2 x-mas'…
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Some poem help please (about a bookmark!)
Hi, its a good friends 40th thursday, and in the style of mse ive made her a posh bookmark (she loves books). However it doesnt look like a bookmark so i wanted to explain it in a poem, and to also make the present personal. Anyhow heres my attempt (don't :rotfl: laugh!) It doesn't read very well, any ideas or new verses?…
