DIY ; Chocolate Chunk Biscuits

I decided the other day to do some baking, as being pregnant and stuck at home a lot of the time means I get very bored and this filled some time in what could have been an incredibly boring day for me, also I want to be like monica in friends and be the mum that makes the best cookies! These aren't really cookies more biscuits which I think makes a nice change from cookies every once in a while.

You will need;
115g Butter (at room temperature)
55 g caster sugar
140g all purpose flour

Half a bar of Chocolate or generally however much you fancy putting in!

Method ;

1.Preheat the oven to 170c (I have a gas oven so adjust depending on what you have)






2. Cream together the butter and sugar using a spoon or electric mixer (of which i have not yet purchased one for myself! Tis on the Xmas list!)

3. add the flour in and stir or need until it makes a semi firm dough. Add the chocolate chunks also at this phase

4.Using your hands, roll the dough into balls and place on a baking tray. Flatten all the balls down with a wet fork (a la picture)

5. bake in the oven for 20 or so minutes.

6. remove and transfer to a wire rack to cool down and then munch away!

Let me know if you try these biscuits and what you think. My fiance loved them which is surprising as he does not really like sweet things all that much, yet he ate loads of these!

Toodles

Kelsie x

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DIY glittery Jars

I saw some pictures on pinterest of glittery jars, and being that I have an awful lot of free time at the moment (until this baby arrives!) I thought I would give this a go. I actually found some jars on sale in Matalan that I liked as they were anyway.

To start you will need :

• Any Empty jars you may have laying around the house
• Glue that dries clear, i got craft PVA from hobby craft 
• Glitter, your choice of colours
• a wooden spatula type thing (lolly stick)
• news paper or old magazines

I started by pouring a decent amount of glue into the bottom of the jar.

Then I poured in the glitter and gave it all a good mix up using my lil spatula type thing (i actually used a pencil because i am not that prepared)

Then just roll the glue around the jar filling in all the gaps, just pour it around rather than use any aids as they can actually leave it patchy.

I then turned them upside down so that any excess glue poured out and left to dry on old newspaper. i also actually dipped the very top rim of my jars in the excess glue but thats how my jars were. Once the excess glue has run out i moved the jars onto a windowsill to dry in the (little) sunshine. I also did not want the jars to stick to the paper. 

i actually chose these colour glitters, to make it a bit more masculine for the house! How can you make glitter masculine?!

Glue - http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/hobbycraft-500-ml-craft-pva/567253-1000
Glitter - http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/hobbycraft-20g-glitter-shaker-silver/566039-1007

Have you tried anything like this? if you try these send me a picture! 

Toodles

Kelsie x

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