I think there will be lots of laughter this weekend................

 

 I have a big weekend this weekend.

Lots of laughter guaranteed!

 

I am off to Mt Maunganui for the 

" Little Big Market"

 on Saturday.

 

I am having a crafty girls weekend.

Four of us are hitting the road to go to this lovely market.

Coming with me is:

 

Renee from "The Little White Box"

Emma from "The Little Card Factory" 

and

Lizzy from "Ellaquaint"

 

Watch out the Mount !

I will be back on Sunday to spend sometime with my boys and celebrate Fathers day with MR O.

I will also be at the Devonport Craft Market on Sunday

so if you get a chance to come see me this weekend

please do.

 

Little Ladies

This week some new 

"Little Lady" purses have arrived.

They will be coming with me to Kraftbomb on Sunday,

I will load some in my online shop next week.

In the mean time here's a sneak peak.

Also in October I am going to be teaching some classes at the
"Little Craft Store " in Pt Chev on how to make Pixies and Decorative Hearts 

just click on the above link for more details.

Have a lovely weekend.

Alex O

Special Day

I picked this picture of these lovely flowers as today in America is a special day.

A year ago today my uncle died.

I am thinking of you today Russell.

I am sorry I have been absent for a few days.

I rarely eat meat and on Friday we had a takeaway curry with chicken in it.

Unfortunately I got food poisoning.

I think someone is telling me not to eat meat!

So I have been laid up for a few days and I missed Crafternoon Tea in the weekend

among many other exciting things.

I am back with a head cold so progress may be a bit slow this week.

Before I got sick I made a couple of new purses.

They are lined with this lovely skull and cross bone fabric and can be found 

for sale here

Pirates

Master O wanted a new Hot water Bottle Cover to

go with his Skull and Cross bone PJ's

Of course I could not help myself

and a Lovebird snuck in there!

Greeting Cards

My mother in law who lives in Ireland is the queen of sending greeting cards.

We get cards for Birthdays, for St Patricks day, for Easter, for Christmas,
for Anniversaries.

She really should have shares in Hallmark!

Every time we get a card it is special and they always sit on the

 cabinet in our lounge for weeks.

It is a little piece of Nana Ireland with us.

Greeting cards are special they show that someone is thinking of you.

People always comment on the pictures of my Pixies.
 So I decided to take the plunge and do my first range of greeting cards.

I hope people like them....................

They arrived today all the way from England!

There are five designs all printed on beautiful quality card.

All five come individually wrapped with an envelope.
They are blank inside so that you can write your own special words.

The cards are $5.00 NZD each.
I have not loaded them in my online shop yet.
But if you would like to buy any you can email me your order to:
oconalex@gmail.com.
You can pay by bank deposit or credit card via Paypal.
For all email orders I will post to you for free.

Key Lime Pie

Yesterday we went to visit some friends for afternoon tea.

My friend is a chef and used to own her own catering business.

She stopped this when she had children and now writes for food magazines.

She is always so excited when people bring her food to try.

But by the same token I am always nervous as she is such a good cook.

I made a lovely raw food Key Lime Pie

which Mr O thinks is the nicest thing I have ever made.

Luckily my friend and her family liked it to.

Key Lime Pie

BASE

1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup walnuts
¼ tsp salt
6 medjool dates

I have added 1 TBS of cacao as well to dampen down the sweetness and also a nice
contrast to the lime

Process the coconut, walnuts and salt until finely ground, then add the dates and cacao if
you are using it and process until it all sticks together.

LIME TOPPING

1 ½ cups avocado
¾ cup lime juice
¾ cup honey
1/8 tsp salt
½ cup coconut oil
2 TBS lecithin powder

Blend avocado, lime juice, honey and salt. Add coconut oil and lecithin and blend some
more.

Pour over your base and set in the fridge or freezer.

You can top with fresh raspberries or raspberry coulis (blend frozen raspberries with
dates)

My friend had made a lovely Lemon and Lime cake so they complemented each other perfectly.

Nothing like being with good friends eating good food.

Talking about good friends and Lime things.

Some new Pixies joined us this week.

This Moment

{this moment} - A Sunday ritual. A single  photo - no words - capturing a moment from
the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. 
A moment I want to pause,
savor and remember.