Things To Make and Eat

I love food. LOVE LOVE LOVE! I am not a diet girl, nor am I a low-fat girl. And I was never a weight-watching girl until after I had kids, when suddenly, my body needed help from me to stay in shape. And then I started exercising rather than give up my favourite foods! I'm not much of a cook though, so this is incredibly ambitious for my culinary skills!


So here's some of the yummiest things I want to try...


Healthy Fruit Roll Ups
Carrot Bread
Easy Brownies (I've made these and they're a favourite. They're so simple, and the best thing is they use cocoa instead of chocolate... which saves me all the trouble of trying not to eat the chocolate before it goes into a recipe!)
Pie In A Jar

Chocolate Mint Brownies
Treacle Tart
5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake

 The Holy Cow! Cake
Pizzookies

 Gingerbread Men (would you believe I have NEVER made gingerbread men? EVER?)
Cherry Ripe Mud Cake

White Chocolate Cheesecake (my cousin actually made us one of these with her Thermomix - it had an Oreo base and was sooo yummy with her home-made (Thermomix-made) raspberry sauce! Since I probably won't be able to convince my hubby to buy me a Thermomix in this lifetime, I found a simple recipe to try instead. And yes, I will be replacing the plain crust with an oreo one!

Peanut Butter Cups
Baklava - one of my favourite treats! 

Strawberry Shortcake

Chocolate Mousse Cake (I haven't posted a link to this, because I want to try my Aunty Gail's recipe. It was a must at Christmas, birthdays or any family gathering we could use as an excuse to eat it!) If she lets me :) I will post it here on my blog... when I get around to making it!

Hmmm.... and almost everything I've posted is some kind of dessert....

Things To Make and Do List

As I have mentioned before, I am such a blog stalker. I just can't get over the fun, inspired projects and ideas other people come up with and then generously share with the rest of the internet world! Especially since I'm not very original AT ALL. I'm excellent at copying things and adapting other people's ideas, but I've kinda given up on being original, because everything I've thought up on my own, I've then seen later on, on someone else's blog. 

But here, is a BIG fat list of all the projects that I intend to try... sooner or later! Actually, it's not that big. This isn't all of it! And, because I'm such a blog addict, I'll constantly be adding things to my to-do-list!

Make a Nativity

Toy Car Caddy

Car Play Mat

90 Minute Kids Shirt

Superhero Capes

Adorable Little Girls' Purse

Upcycled Scarf

Cute Handbag

Monster Art Totes

Capelet

Eyeball T-Shirts
Adaptable Nappy Bag

Interchangeable Jandals (Flip Flops)

Pinwheel Skirt

Sweater Boots

Make My Own Bras

I Spy Book

I want to use some of the ideas here at New Dress A Day to make myself some summer dresses! Fun!
Gathered Flower Handbag
These awesome Winter Beanies for the kids
How cool is this playroom! My kids don't have a playroom, but I think it would be cool to put some interactive things on their walls instead of just plain paint and pictures.

A "Miss" version of Felt Mr Potato Head 
Felt Flash Cards 
Table Tent 
Gorgeous Baby Blankets 
Mail Sorter to adapt a little to use as a paperwork organizer in Brook's office 
Mermaid Costume 
Fairy Play Set  
Hemp Vases 
Most of the Wearable Tutorials over at Schwin&Schwin 


And this list of ideas that has been on my to-do list forever, but isn't necessarily online - or the vision in my head isn't anyway, so I may post some tutorials for some of these when I eventually get round to making them!

Hanging Nativity Frame

Advent Calendar

Christmas Stockings

Re-cover the couches

Table Runner for the piano

Bedspread for our bed

More cushions

A bassinet set

Cushion Cover and Library Bag for Kembry

Stacking shelves for the pantry

Hat Organizer

Hanging Door Organizer

Boxers for the kids

A Mermaid Costume for Kembry

Aprons for kids and I

Basketball clothes for Cumoram

Scrap T-Shirt

A Gumnut Wreath
Dollhouse Restoration x2
Bookshelf re-do
Re-paint the kids drawers
Finish (or re-fashion) the hundred-and-one UFP's (Unfinished projects) I have stashed away... or at least slowly work my through them... and try not to add anything else to the list!
Plant a vege garden and build raised garden beds
Make a head board for our bed
One year, I am going to do a Halloween Party. Halloween isn't a big deal here in Aus (compared to the US - although the shops pretend it is), but it looks like so much fun!
A portable, cardboard dollshouse (a la Better Homes and Gardens)