Honey Vanilla Pannacotta...

I am still creating and taste testing recipes 
from Annabel Langbein's fabulous cookbook,
'The Free Range Cook'.

This book is based on her television series, of the same name.
to buy her cookbooks visit:
http://www.annabel-langbein.com/books-and-reviews/

The Honey Vanilla Pannacotta is a slightly healthier version 

of the full cream pannacotta desserts usually made.

It has 2 cups of cream and 2 cups of buttermilk in it...

which is what I used.

 Annabel says you can lower the fat content further, 

by using 1 cup cream and 1 cup of milk in the 2 cups of cream portion.

It was divine...

smooth and creamy...

served with fruit...

It had a subtle tartness, 

which was a nice change from the usual pannacotta sweetness. 

 Of course I just had to add roses to this photo shoot!

 with fabric in a gorgeous embossed leaf design....

 Annabel Langbein's 'Honey Vanilla Panna Cotta'
 made with buttermilk...
Glorious to eat...

Glorious to look at!

And that my friends is the name of this rose, 

picked from Mia Bella Gardens.

'Glorious'
A Hybrid Tea rose with an equally glorious fragrance.

Felt Rose & Book Page Butterfly Wreath...

What's your colour theme for Christmas this year?

Every year I plan my decorating around a colour theme...

and this year I have decided to keep it more traditional 

with red, white and green.

Christmas wreaths are so much fun to create,

so using the willow wreath previously made

http://miabellapassion.blogspot.co.nz/2013/10/diy-willow-wreath.html

I made a ton of gorgeous wee felt roses to decorate it with.

All you do it cut strips of felt using the adage...the thinner the strip, the smaller the rose.

Roll a centre, 

 

then twist the felt as you tightly wind it around.

Hot glue the end and hold until the glue firms.

I made green, red and white ones... 

Which will be perfect for this years Christmas colour theme.

 I LOVE Christmas creating...
don't you?

 Once you have made your roses,
simply hotglue them around the wreath.
For the focal bow,
I made a bow out of red satin ribbon, but this was not quite right.
So I made another bow from green felt.
And it was perfect!

The book paper butterflies made the other day
were added...
If you want to know how to make these follow this link...
http://miabellapassion.blogspot.co.nz/2013/11/diy-book-paper-butterflies.html

And it was finished!

A rather large but beautiful Christmas wreath.

Next on the list of 'Christmas Things To Do' is...
A porch sign.
What super fun Christmas is!

DIY Book Paper Butterflies...

Such a simple idea...

And simple to do!

Butterflies made from old book pages.

First:  find a butterfly template you like on the net...

Print it on your home computer in the sizes you want...

Pulling pages from the book...

was extremely difficult for me to do.

As a book lover there is no such thing as an 'old' book'!
And I think my Mama taught me well as a small child to respect books.
You see,

I had rushed into the op shop 
and grabbed this book without a second glance, 

so on the day of the butterfly-making project 
I actually stopped to look at it...

Sigh!

An hour or so later,

the book page butterflies began...
(because I just had to have a little read first,

great book it was too...
 about Scotland,

full of history, short stories and poems.)

I 'saved' pages of poetry for future use.
(A way to compensate my destructive behaviour!)

and then proceeded to pull pages.
I used four book pages for each butterfly.

Next cut out your butterfly templates.

Using it as a stencil,

With a pen draw around the outline.
You can have the print running vertically or horizontally,
it is up to you.

 Gather together some brads and string.

 I used Christmas brads.

Large red stars

red jewel sparkles

and little gold stars

 So all you do is:

Holding your pages book pages tightly, 

use craft scissors to cut around the drawn outline of the butterfly.

 Pop a brad in the centre to hold it all together...

 Or use string...

Leave a length of the string from the knot when you cut it for the antennae.

Then fold the butterfly wings up so you get a 3D effect.

I've made these in two different sizes to use for Christmas decorating.

But you could use them for anything, and for any occasion.

Just use your wonderful imagination!

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