The finished beetroot bread

I hope everyone had a loved up Valentine's Day. Here are a few finished photos of the beetroot bread , which turned out lovely and red, so pleased with the results, was very tasty too.  The pink rose flavoured love heart chocolates are/were delicious, I also made some dark chocolate ones which I added cherry syrup to the melting chocolate.

The sunset that night also got in the love mood, look at the pinky red streak across the sky in the last photo,  so pretty. 

And let me tell you pink pepper has such a light fresh pepper taste, you have to try it. I crushed some up in a pestle and mortar and added it to some sea salt flacks, just lovely sprinkled over our chicken risotto.


I went to a friends babes christening last weekend, I made the little girl some bibs for a gift they turned out quite nicely, will show them to you next time. 

LOVE

Happy Valentines Day

So tomorrow is Valentines Day X

The Day of Love it tomorrow, I have spent the day doing a bit of pre-valintiens prep. First I've made some yummy chicken stock from last night free range roast chicken dinner. In the seasoning I have used some pink pepper corns. I bought them for a recipe I was going to make but alas I can-not remember the recipe any more! So I used them in the stock. My valentine and I will be having chicken risotto for our valentine dinner, with lots of parmesan, and olive oil drizzled on top.

Next I thought we needed some lovely bread to go with our meal, I like to have a little dipping blows with balsamic vinegar and olive oil.  I decided to make some special red bread, how very romantic, using half a quantity of River Cottage basic bread recipe, to that I have added one medium sized finely grated beetroot and a large sprig of chopped rosemary. It's in the oven right now! I have never made bread with beetroot in it before but it is smelling good,will let you know how it turns out tomorrow! 

I though it would be fun to make some rose flavoured chocolates for my love. I took one bar of organic white chocolate and some rose syrup and melted the two together, and then poured it into  a silicon heart  mould, they are drying out nicely but you will have to wait till tomorrow for the finished photos. Now I have one very messy kitchen to tidy up before I make tonights dinner, and no I will not be showing any photos of my messy kitchen now or tomorrow! 

Sorry little blog

Sorry little blog for neglecting you so.  

I will try my best to look after you better, here have a sprinkling of fresh rain water to help you grow, and a little sun to warm you up x

'After the rain................comes the sun'

pillow cover blue t... LittleJoobieBo... $12.90	Rain drop -- Kawaii... ILoveCookies3 $4.00	London Abstract - T... RonyaGalka $25.00	Felt and ribbon boo... TheHappyWhale $7.50
rain cloud pebble n... birdahoy $15.00	Sad Rain Cloud Neck... KiIIerCupcake $5.50	Rain drop blue zip ... handmadeinhigh... $22.50	Fine Art photograph... DanPhotography $10.00
Cloud Baby Mobile /... StampAndStitch $15.00	Polka Dot Blue Rain... moaningminnie $45.00	Looks Like Rain, li... EloiseRenouf $25.00	raining clouds daisypaint $150.00
Rain Cloud in Irela... ArpadLukacs $48.00	As Right As Rain - ... GarethCoxon $18.00	Silver Raincloud Ne... LaurenGraceJew... $180.00	Beach Sun Rays - a ... matthewbull $25.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Handmade at home-Violet's

I have finished and delivered some lovely bunting to a friend Sophie who has just opened up a tea room in the next village.  The tea room is called violet's and it is inside the old post office, you can find out more at Violet's tea rooms at it's very own Facebook page.


I was so lucky to find vintage fabric that matched the decor so well, and a perfect sunny day to photograph it too.

I was hoping to use these colours for bunting to go in my kitchen but just had another commission so lets hope there is some left for me.

Handmade at home-Busy

I feel like a little sit down! I have been so busy making and listing in my Etsy shop amooma .  I have also started to build my own web site, not finished yet but you are welcome to go and have a look at it, here is the address amooma.co.uk.

I have made my first Treasury on Etsy, I used all my favourite things on my wish list

'Wishes can come true' by amooma

I wish for.......

Little Heart Dish i... nataliebonneyc... $8.00	Claude- Open Editio... janethillstudi... $23.00	Eternity Bangles SilverSynergy $136.00	Morning Swim 8 x 8 ... LolasRoom $20.00
Vintage Tuscan Bone... peonyandthistl... $80.00	Underwater Love - ... yvonnecatterso... $7.00	Tin Of Vintage But... allthingswhite $9.00	digforvictory $
3 French Macaroons beliz82 $12.00	Turquoise Sherbet V... englishpreserv... $8.00	Lacy bird bowl in s... PrinceDesignUK $22.00	Conflict Free Diamo... LiliaNDesigns $250.00
Fairy Lights - with... redbrickglass $55.00	Poole pottery Twint... AllysAntiques $12.00	I'll Meet You T... LolasRoom $20.00	organic cotton coas... PilliPillihand... $9.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

It's quite nice to see all my favourite dream buys all together like this, now all I need is a little lottery win.

I have one more favourite at the moment and that is some new bunting I have made. When I put the colour combination together it brought back childhood memories of my local sweet shop where you could buy one penny sweets (can you still buy one penny sweets)?  The colour of the bunting reminds my of super sugary sweetie necklaces and tutti fruit's (not sure about the spelling)

Sugary sweet 

Very hard to find, my husband went to 4 shops, in the end I had to get them from eBay

I have decided to use this bunting to make a bunting banner for when I have the confidence to do a craft fair, I though it would look good with felt letters spelling out ammoa.co.uk.

I am learning and concentrating so much setting up my etsy shop and trying to make my website, that when someone buys something from my shop it comes as quite a shock. I have sold another item on etsy and it did comes as a shock!  I now have had 3 sales whooo!!!

I hope to be back later this week to show you a commission, I've made some bunting for a new tea room that has just opened in a village near me.

Home-Crafting companions

The weather is so nice here in Cornwall, I thought I would spend the late afternoon outside and cut out some bunting in the garden.

Thought it would be nice to let the little beasts out too.

Had a lovely afternoon in the sunshine and got a lot done, in-between stopping the chickens going into the woods ( I am sure they have a death wish) and throwing ball's for my boarder collie. After an hour or so things got a little friendly down on the craft table.

These two are so nosy they are always the firs to meet you when you go down to see them. They get so excited they sometimes fly straight over the fence to see what molasses you have brought them.

Sneaky peak at the vintage lace, I think some wedding inspired bunting may be on the cards.