DIY Time! Glass Christmas Tree Baubles

Last year when the Christmas sales were on and all the decorations and Christmas stock was on sale (best time to buy the really fancy wrapping paper and cards) I brought a few packets of plain glass baubles - they have a hole in the top so you can feed decorations inside. I wanted some more silver ornaments so I cut up some sliver glitter fern and just feed it through. Quite effective with the lights hitting them.

You could also feed through photos of your family or pets or even do them up in different themes to give away as presents.

Christmas decorations are up, up and...smash!

I put up the Christmas decorations yesterday and decided to put half the tree up..."half a tree?" I hear you say...

One year I saw a Christmas tree in the shops...to save space (or because they were lazy) they didn't put the branches of one side on and had it flush up against the wall - When I first saw it I thought that was the design but further investigation proved otherwise. I think it is a great option if you are short on space or like me never decorate the back side of the tree (as no one sees it). So I tried it this year...it does look a bit funny from the side (hubby before I told him: "Looks a bit flat against the wall...") but it looks quite normal from the front.

Did have one tragedy...didn't even realise it was glass till it fell in slow motion and a little "yeep!" came from my lips.

Oh ah...Shepherds Pie

Oh it was hubby's first day back at work yesterday after 6 weeks off after an ACL injury/operation so I wanted something tasty for dinner without much fuss...and really without much ingredients! So I looked in the freezer and found mince, I do need a book like "101 Ways with Mince" (which I think is actually a book...) because I always have it probably because it's so cheap and it makes a bit of food.

The cooking method is just like making bolognese sauce and mash potato so I won't go into that but once the mince is cooked and the potato is mashed, place the mince in a oven proof dish (approx 7cm deep and 18cm square) and spoon the mash on the top followed by the melted butter and cheese. Place in a 200C preheated oven for about 25min or until cheese is slightly browned (my Family was hungry so I didn't leave it in there as long).

Red Sonya - 80's Party

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Mum's "21st" (61st) Birthday Dinner

Last night was Mum's birthday dinner so we had a little 'formal' dining experience without the hassle of driving to a resturant in town (mum lives about 40min from town so it's too far at night). We set up the table and order food from our local Golf Club that's just down the road (it has great food but as it's a family resturant it can be a bit noisy when it's busy - which is every night!).

 

The table cloth was brought from Cairns, Queensland on our girly holiday earlier in the year - should probably do a post on that...

 

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