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Creative Christmas Shortcuts

December 9, 2014 by Lin Kerr Leave a Comment

The Tree ...while still aiming for a homely feel. For a fiver at IKEA you can buy 20 gingerbread hanging stars & hearts (90p for 10) and a little gingerbread house £3.00) to go next to the tree; for you to assemble and decorate. My icing is quite bad, but its only for my little guests! So first you have to decorate the hearts and stars. White Royal Icing: 1 egg white whisked till it is stiff but not dry. Whisk in 1 cup of icing sugar slowly until it is glossy and stiffish. Add 1-2 tsp lemon … [Read more...]

And now for a gingerbread house

December 13, 2013 by Lin Kerr 1 Comment

I was going to give the grand finale to the Christmas banner making, but the string we hoisted the other day got caught on one of the beams in the church so the men will have to have another evening of shooting a tennis ball with string tied to it over the beams. So instead of the banner blog post, here is the gingerbread house I made with my grandchildren (another Christmas project).  It comes in kit form from IKEA at a nice IKEA price and you are supposed to glue it together with sugar … [Read more...]

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