crafty for christmas 2008

xkymx

i got this set here from poundland (obv for £1) might be handy for reindeers hth

brookeslay

Jam tart RE Fudge did you use a sweet themometer 2.50 ish ? it can help with knowing exact temperature.

Pastry brush for brushing water around the pan when heating sugar so it doesn`t burn.

www.choiceful.com sell them thermomters.

Did you use also use a heavy bottom pan too.?

hope next battch works

welsh_worrier

Made my Werthers voddie:j ,attempted to make chocolate lime one but choclate won`t dissolve.Guess i`ll have to seive it and melt the chocolate. Made 3 bottles of Werthers last year plus 3 Baileys:beer:
Received my wooden star,snowflake and heart gift tags today.They are fab :T Need to give my cakes a drink today.

jamtart6

brookeslay - absolutely no thermometer, we were only about 12 and had the kitchen like a bombsite so no chance of testing the temp thanks for the tip.

I've put a few of my early scrapbook pages on my blogif anyone is interested to look. They are a bit basic, but I still quite like them

http://libertycottage.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html

xkymx

jamtart6 wrote: »

brookeslay - absolutely no thermometer, we were only about 12 and had the kitchen like a bombsite so no chance of testing the temp thanks for the tip.

I've put a few of my early scrapbook pages on my blogif anyone is interested to look. They are a bit basic, but I still quite like them

http://libertycottage.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html

the pages look great :d i think a scrap book wil def be on my list for next year too much to do this year

mary43

jamtart - love the scrapbook pages - gives me a bit of an idea on how to do my photo albums when christmas is out of the way. They're all such a jumble. Can't wait now to get them started though it'll be a mammoth task......there's so many.........lol

brookeslay

I love scrapbook pages. thanks for posting jamtart.:j

http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/513459 James martin said the temperature of sugar for fudge should be 115 oC very hot.:eek:

I have a very mini scrap book to start with at christmas.

I`m looking for scrap fabric on ebay at moment anyone got any good heart templates instructions. ??

thanks b

nicola00

sheyo wrote: »

congratulations nicola00 when r u due?

Thanks and brookeslay,

9th May , only just around 14 weeks and already showing signs of pregnancy brain and i'm about the size of a house

rainmac

nicola00 wrote: »

Thanks and brookeslay,

9th May , only just around 14 weeks and already showing signs of pregnancy brain and i'm about the size of a house

Many congratulations Nicola :j May is a lovely time to have a baby as the weather should be nice so you can go for lots of walks to show off new baby

Good luck with all your craft projects

rainmac

ASC wrote: »

Boo. I made a batch of test (thank goodness) fudge last night, but it hasn't set. I'm assuming that I didn't boil it for long enough, even though it seemed to do the soft ball test okay.

Anybody have a better explanation please?

TIA

I'm sorry can't help with any advice. I've bought my bits to make fudge for Xmas but haven't made it before either. I haven't got a sugar thermometer but was wondering if I should to make sure I get the mixture to the right temperature. I tried to make turkish delight a few weeks ago (without a thermometer) and it was a blooming disaster :rolleyes: Think I'm going to get a thermometer for the fudge Thanks for the link Brookeslay