Month: December 2021

Blogmas Day Fifteen: Decorating a gingerbread house

10 DAYS TO GO PEOPLE!! 10 DAYS!!

This is not a drill.

And what better way to get you into the festive spirit than constructing and decorating a gingerbread house.

Let’s take a peek 👀

The icing provided was really bad so I whipped up my own just using icing sugar and water, with a make shift piping bag from parchment paper.

We had a laugh and it came out ok in the end … I’m fairly certain there were more sprinkles on my floor than on this roof though 🤣

Have you attempted a gingerbread house before?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Fourteen: Christmas Card Craft

Hi guys 👋🏻

11 days until Christmas!

I enjoy making cards and have been doing so for like 12 years now, maybe longer.

I wish I had more time to do it to be honest and the last few years its been hard to make them for both birthdays and Christmas….

…For birthday’s I have opted for the assistance of a certain Funky Pidgeon but I like to make sure that I hand make my Christmas ones.

(Why? when it’s the busiest time of year I don’t know 🤣😬)

But its a good activity to make you feel festive, so here we are again!

Let’s take a look!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Thirteen: Chocolate Christmas trees 🍫🎄

12 days until Christmas! – 12!!! Where is the time going.

So, lets make sure that we are fully in the festive spirit with another tasty (& super easy) Christmas recipe.

I made these with my nephews and we had lots of fun.

🎄 Chocolate Christmas Trees 🎄

Ingredients:

  • White Chocolate
  • Mini Kinder bars
  • Festive Sprinkles
  • Magic Stars
  • Green food colouring

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  • Baking parchment

Method:

  1. Place a Kinder bar, vertical, at the bottom of your piece of parchment.
  2. Slowly melt your white chocolate, 30 second increments until it is all fully melted.
  3. Mix in some green food colouring.
  4. Mix until it forms a thick paste/dough.
  5. Roll out and cut into a triangle tree shape.
  6. Place the triangle on top of the Kinder bar leaving a bit sticking out the bottom as the stump.
  7. Leave to cool a little but don’t let it harden.
  8. Place a choc star on top and decorate with your festive sprinkles.
  9. Leave in the fridge to harden completely
  10. Enjoy!
They were a big hit!

Let me know how you get on if you give them a go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Twelve: My Christmas Bookcase 📚

Hi guys 👋🏻

13 days to go!

Last year, since I moved and ‘upgraded’ shall we say, my reading corner. Thanks to the pandemic I made more use of it and had more time.

Last year I found some cool pictures where people had made snowmen and reindeers using their books and bookcases.

Here is last years efforts…

This year I made a whole christmas tree, the length of my bookcase. This one was alot harder but it was fun to give it a go!

What do you think?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Eleven: The Magical Music of Harry Potter ⚡🎶

Hi guys 👋🏻

13 days to go!

Yesterday me and my sister went to ‘The Magical Music of Harry Potter’ concert at our local theatre.

It was a 30th Birthday present from bavk in May but it felt very festive in the frosty evening – especially as they played alot of the festive/wintery music from the Harry Potter films.

The concert was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chris Rankin, who played Percy Weasley in the Harry Potter films (Amazing!!!) A real life Weasley.

The music was very magical and just as awesome as it is in the films.

Chris offered lots of anecdotes from filming and behind the scenes. He was really charismatic and funny, AND a brilliant singer.

It was so good and perfect for any fellow Potterheads out there ⚡

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Ten: The Christmas Panto!

Hi guys 👋🏻

15 days to go!!

Now we all have our own Christmas traditons don’t we? And one of mine and my husband’s favourites is to see our local theatres Rock n Roll Panto.

It is on every Christmas and we love it.

The last two years we have watched it via a Livestream due to Covid but they have adapted it brilliantly so it works so well both ways.

This years panto was ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’

It was great to see the usual regulars who take part each year and it was as hilarious as always. I love it when they break character 🤣

We snuggled up and enjoyed it together with some snacks!

Do you have a favourite Christmas show?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Nine: My favourite Christmas films 📽🎄

Hi guys! 👋🏻

16 days to go!

Deck the Halls

I only discovered this one about 2-3 years ago but it is BRILLIANT. Funny, festive, traditional and a little tacky (the perfect Christmas)

The Snowman

An absolute classic. Christmas isn’t Christmas without the snowman. Period.

Elf

‘SANTA!! I KNOW HIM’

I am the Elf! I am this enthusiastic at Christmas so I love this film.

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

An ICONIC character (& portrayal) this is one of those classic and brilliantly quotable films. **Disclaimer: this is a prime example of giving a film a chance, I used to hate it because I never gave it a chance and now I love it.

Love Actually

How could you Alan!?! 😢 Still not over it.

Nativity!

It’s BRILLIANT. I think it’s even funnier because I work in a primary school 🤣

Last Christmas

It being based around my fave Christmas song was always going to make this a winner but, it was also very sweet & very feel good.

What are your favourite Christmas films??

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Eight: Mini Christmas Pudding Rice Crispy Cakes 🍫

17 days to go!

Ingredients:

  • Rice Crispies
  • Milk Chocolate
  • White Chocolate
  • Christmas Sprinkles or icing pens

Method:

  1. Melt the milk chocolate slowly, 30 second increments, in the microwave or in a ban marie. I used 1 and a half large bars of Dairy Milk.
  2. Once it is fully melted tip in the rice crispies, gradually mixing to combine. Add as many as you can until they are all coated in the chocolate.
  3. Spoon into a empty cupcake tin and flatten the top.
  4. Refridgerate.
  5. Once hardened, carefully use a knife to pop them out. Place them flat side down on a plate.
  6. Carefully melt the white chocolate. I used 2 medium Milkybars
  7. Drizzle over the top and allow it to drip down the sides a little.
  8. Decorate to look like a piece of Holly on top.
  9. Pop back into the fridge so that the white chocolate hardens
  10. Enjoy!

1.5 Large bars of Dairy Milk and Rice Crispies combined made roughly 10.

What do you like to bake at Christmas?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Seven: Decorating our tree 🎄

18 days to go!

Hi guys 👋🏻

I hope you are enjoying the Christmas build up and feeling suitably festive.

One of my favourite things to do to make me feel super festive is decorate the tree and we were finally able to put ours up this weekend.

I do most of the festive decorating around the flat but we always decorate the main tree together.

We have a traditonal colour scheme of Red, Gold & Green.

Lets take a look!

Until Next,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day Six: My top 5 festive reads 🎅🏻📚

19 Days to go!

I LOVE festive, Christmas books.

Here are my top five favourite Christmas books.

1. ‘Mince Pies and Mistletoe at the Christmas Market’ By Heidi Swain

2. ‘Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair’ By Heido Swain

3. ‘Finding Love at the Christmas Market’ By Jo Thomas

4. ‘Coming Home to Glendale Hall’ By Victoria Walters

5. ‘I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday’ By Milly Johnson

Have you read any of these??

What did you think?

Any more Festive book recommendations are welcome 😊

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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