Monday, October 24, 2011

Fashionista

I have been feeling the urge to sew lately and decided to wander on over to the john lewis haberdashery and see what patterns struck my fancy. I really wanted to make a dress (Actually I really wanted to take a dressmaking workshop since I have not made anything this complicated before, but the workshop sold out! Nevermind.)

I settled on a pattern from vogue - it was from the 'very easy dress' collection :) After a quick check I decided on grey jersey for the fabric, since I liked the colour and it was soft. Two sunday afternoons, one call to Grandma, and fewer ripped out seams than I thought, I had made my first dress! I pimped it out with a new belt and scarf and wore it to work, even though it borders on the short side :)




Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Sunday with Mama

Now that I know I can post from my phone, i'm playing a bit of catchup! My mom was in town for a few hours last sunday, and we had a lovely brunch at lantana, did some shopping, and spent the rest of the afternoon at the lamb and flag where we took this cute photo. :)

Great day and I pretended for a few hours that Mom just lives around the corner and is free to meet me every week :)


Come dine at Jenifer and Fil's

Jenifer was actually the first hostess in our little Come Dine With Me competition. Adam and I wandered over to Fulham two weeks ago and feasted on: ceviche, pico de gallo, guacamole, rocket salad with chickpeas and cumin, four kinds of tacos (handmade corn tortillas), and little pots of chocolate. So good! My photos from this dinner are pants because we were drinking tequila...

(who won, you ask? We decided it was a tie!)



Come dine with me!

Our own version of the show with Jenifer and Fil! For Adam's and my turn we made: bruschetta, mussels in white wine sauce, mushroom ravioli, veal saltimbocca, and tiramisu. All from scratch (with no hand mixer to help whip the egg whites into 'stiff peaks' for the tiramisu. augh.)

We also went through: 4 bottles of wine, 1 bottle of champagne, 1 bottle of prosecco, half a bottle of captain Morgan, and 4 shots of espresso flavoured rum.

Posting this from my phone so will be curious to see if the photos actually load!