'Happiness can be found in the darkest of places if one remembers to turn on the light'
Hi guys 👋🏻
Thanks again for all the views on my Blogmas 2024 posts- I hope you all enjoyed them.
I thought I would include a little bonus post, rounding up the last few Christmassy days that followed the end of Blogmas, on Dec 25th.
Enjoy!
Here’s to a happy, healthy 2025 🥳🎉✨️🫶🏼
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
First things first – MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅🏻
I hope you all have had a wonderful day.
Let’s have a look at how we spent Christmas Eve 🎄
We went out in the evening for our traditional Christmas Eve Lights look out around our town. We all loved the festive Skeletons and this brilliant charity effort.
I’m also a big fan of Christmas Eve as we have lots of fun traditions on that day that make us feel super festive.
I hope you’ve all had a lovely day and enjoyed yourself whatever you have been doing.
We’ve had a great time spending the day with family, that’s what it’s all about. And the Christmas dinner was fantastic.
Until next year, that’s me over and out for Blogmas 2024. I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have.
See you soon,
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
On Thursday, we had our final Book Club meeting of the year!We all met up at a local restaurant, which is the new location for our Book Club.
We all dressed up in festive attire, and the tablescape looked great and very Christmassy.
As is tradition, I made everyone a little handmade gift. For the last two years, I’ve made Christmas tree decs with the books we read that year in/on them. I thought it would be nice to do something different this year after two years of baubles, so I went for Bookmarks.
Simple, effective, and super handy for book lovers like us.
Our final book was…
‘Happy Bloody Christmas’ by Jo Middleton
I gave this book 🌟🌟.5 stars out of 5.
My take on the book?
‘Festive, funny, farfetched.’
I was an easy read! Perfect for the hectic Christmas period for a bit of light relief and a laugh.
Because we were at the restaurant we all went for the 3 course festive menu, which was yummy!
All in all, it was a fun evening! Lots of good discussion, festive cheer, and good food.
Here’s to another year of reading 📚
Are you part of a Book Club? What’s the best book you’ve read this year?
4 days until Christmas!
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
OMG – 5 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
How exciting!
Now that it is the school holidays and Christmas is just around the corner, it’s time to get in the Christmas mood. If you need a little festive ‘no-bake’ treat, then look no further.
This one’s perfect for a Christmas buffet table or an easy activity to keep the kids occupied.
Let’s take a look:
What do you need?
How to make them:
These are super cute, really effective, and best of all, really easy!!! Oh, and REALLY delicious.
Let me know if you give them a go!
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
I’m here with another delicious recipe for you, and this one really is worth your attention. If you are looking for something to really wow your guests but is also super easy to make, then look no further – a Rocky Road Christmas Pudding centrepiece is what you need.
Ingredients:
I don’t usually use a specific recipe as I have made Rocky Road how we like it, for many years haha and we like lots of dark chocolate and golden syrup and we don’t add Raisins/Cherries etc.
I crushed up my biscuits, leaving some dust, mostly medium-sized pieces. I then melted my butter and chocolates (dark and milk) and mixed this all together. I then added my golden syrup (measure with your heart) and marshmallows.
I used one of my bowls as my mould, lined with baking parchment that I scrunched up so that it is easy to use.
I packed it in, making sure the bottom was flat, and then I popped it into the fridge to cool.
Whilst it cooled I melted my white chocolate.
Once it was cooled, I carefully spooned the white chocolate on top, allowing it to cascade down the sides to create the icing effect. I then added my sprinkles as the holly (you could use a fake or real sprig if you have one)
Leave this to harden up again in the fridge and voila! You have a very delicious, choc-tastic, and very impressive looking treat for any Christmas table.
It looks so effective when you slice it with all the bits of biscuits and marshallow, adding to the ‘Christmas pudding’ effect.
I took this one to my husbands work Christmas Wreath Making workshop, and it was a hit!
This recipe actually previously won us his works ‘Great British Bake Off’ comp, so why not try our winning bake! Haha.
Let me know if you give this a go and what you think!
8 days until Christmas!
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Roseanne Byford 