Macadamia Caramel Slice...

 Macadamia Caramel Slice...

 This is so moreish you simply will not stop at one piece!

 You know what it's like when you open a bag of chips and you can't just have one?

Well this slice has the same guaranteed effect!

Macadamia Caramel Slice

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius  In a large pot melt 170 grams butter. Add 1 cup brown sugar 2 cups self-raising flour  70 grams rough chopped macadamia nuts Press dough into a baking paper lined slice pan Bake for 10 minutes. While cooking make caramel. In a pot melt 2 tablespoons golden syrup and 50 grams butter. Add a 395 gram can of condensed milk. Stir over heat to boiling. boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly until thick and golden. Pour onto hot base and spread to edges. Bake another 10 minutes. Cool slightly and top with 100 grams melted dark chocolate that has 1 tablespoon Kremelta (vegetable shortening) added to it. This stops the chocolate cracking when the slice is cut. When completely cold and chocolate has set. Cut into slices or pieces.

A soft buttery shortbread base with macadamia nuts inside...
a thin layer of gooey caramel that is the perfect sweetness...
And a creamy chocolate topping.
Now that's my kinda slice!

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DIY Button Light Shade...

The office makeover was completed some time ago now...

 And it looked fabulous...

But one thing was missing.  A light shade on the lonesome bulb!

It has taken forever to decide on what was right for this tiny room.

Fractured light was not an option...so I chose a simple linen shade.

 I had used buttons in the officescape....

to make sweet little pin tacks.
Pop over here to learn how to create them:
http://miabellapassion.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/diy-cute-button-pin-tacks.html

So I thought...

why not embellish the plain linen shade with buttons. 

 I kept the colour scheme neutral, using white toned buttons.

 And with the trusty glue gun...
(next to my drop saw this would be one of my most vital tools!)

 Attached the buttons in rows around the bottom of the shade.

     Then randomly added a few to the third layer.

Buttons in various sizes...

Adding a little pizazz to an otherwise dull plain light shade...

It fits in perfectly with my button-accented office space.

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Repurposed Bottle - Let's Paint It GOLD...

 The other day I was rinsing this empty Midori bottle to put out in the recycling...

And as I was washing it, 

thought - YOU really ARE quite a BEAUTIFUL bottle!

 And that's when I decided to repurpose this BEAUTIFUL bottle into a vase!

With the idea of painting the untextured glass top GOLD.

So off came the labels...

and all that icky sticky glue residue.

(Jiff cleaner is fabulous for this task.)

You can of course use any textured with plain glass bottle for this project.

 It was placed in a sunny spot to dry thoroughly.

 The textured glass was masked off like this...

The first of two coats of gold paint was applied.

 I used White Knight 'Super Gold paint'.

(Available at Bunnings in New Zealand).

But if gold is not your colour, you can use spray paint in a colour that suits your personal decor.

 So after two coats and being left to dry overnight, the masking tape was removed...

 To reveal a nice crisp line between the now smooth gold and textured glass.

I'm currently adding metallic accents in gold to the red sitting room,

and I LOVE how this accentuates the gold detail in the glaze on the vintage glass dish and on the DIY-painted gold frames.

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