Stitchy's 101 things challenge for DFWs

stitching_witch

Well done DNMS, you're really cracking on with your list now. At this rate you'll be finished before me and I started months ahead of you.

determined_new_ms

:rotfl:lol stitchy! That made me chuckle. Lovely to have you behind mer, but several of the them are huge - brasil, saving to relocate these are long term plans. And am still struggling with getting a dog - do we want one, can we handle the responsibility?? Will definately hamper our lifestyle. After having the kids when I was a teenager I'm loving the freedom that has come with their growing ages :rotfl:

determined_new_ms

Ok as of tomorrow I am going to attempt #47 not go on the internet for 1 week :eek: - with the provision I may need to for work purposes but for nothing else. (promise to keep up my DF ways during this week )

OrangeFairy

Hello - i am back - ish!

At work at the moment!

I am going to complete - not logging into facebook for a week!! I don't get a phone line until next friday so the perfect time to do it! Just need to not log in while at work!!!

Though my brothers baby is due in the next week so i may be tempted to go on to announce me excitement!! So i may fail!!

Speak soon x

determined_new_ms

#62 ticked off oh bought me a giant hula hoop for my birthday :T another £2 in the savings pot

determined_new_ms

#77 eat in a sushi restuarant - went for sushi on Friday when in Brighton. was yummy mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

La_escocesa

Wow ladies you are storming away with your lists!

I'm up to 22 now... And starting to see a few that I don't think I'll complete. Oh well, we'll see...

Just now I'm working on #41 - Make a Christmas pressie for each female family member.

Getting there:

Mum - scarf & hot water bottle cover
MIL - scarf?
Sis - cowl neck
SIL - cowl neck? Slipper socks?
Niece - cupcake jar - tried and tested last night

stitching_witch

La_escocesa wrote: »

Niece - cupcake jar - tried and tested last night

Le escocesa, Jo asked me to make someting like this for her Christmas present. Can I ask you how you did it?

La_escocesa

Hey stitchy,

Do you mean the recipe for the cupcakes or how I did the jar...? I'm doing a chocolate cupcake mixture with chocolate chips and marshmallows. Layered all the ingredients by alternate colour...so flour/baking powder, cocoa powder, sugar, chocolate chips, marshmallows. Just poured it in one ingredient at a time and then got a spoon to smooth it out IYSWIM.

Then going to decorate the jar and attach a label with what needs adding (wet ingredients) and the cooking instructions... Going to attach a wooden spoon too perhaps.

I've seen a lot of blogs about baking cupcakes yourself and then putting them in the bottom of a jar and decorate like http://mycakies.blogspot.com/2010/03/diy-cupcake-in-jar.html but I don't think that's as much fun

HTH

xx

stitching_witch

La_escocesa wrote: »

Hey stitchy,

Do you mean the recipe for the cupcakes or how I did the jar...?xx

That's brilliant! Yes, Jo wants me to do the dry ingredients but I was worried about how to add the marg/butter. It didn't occur to me that actually she would be doing that part.

Mr S has some cheapish silicon cake moulds that can go in the freezer. I had thought of doing a cake mix then freezing it in the mould before cooking. I would then take it out of the mould and put in a freezer bag and do another..and another etc. All she would need to do then is to put one in the mould and cook from frozen.

The problems I could see were not knowing how long a frozen mix would need to cook and also the fact that they would all defrost under the tree! :rotfl:

If you don't mind, I'll go with your method. (But I expect she'll read this and now know what I'm up to!)