http://www.dreamdust.co.uk a day without hyperbole is a day wasted Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:58:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last Christmas the English department at Mum's school gave her a red amaryllis, which she brought home. There was no suitable setting for it in her library and one of her assistants tasked Dad with taking care of it. Mum's not the one to whom you should entrust your pot ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2010/03/05/the-great-escape/ As part of my ongoing "upgrade" of makeup and whatnot, I wanted a new cosmetics bag. My bits and pieces were housed in a little wooden crate and a couple of little pencil cases I bought in Ecuador. It was all fairly neat, but the moment I took anything out ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2010/03/03/bag-and-brushes/ I went shopping with Suzy today and we had a marvellously successful day, coming away with half the stock of H&M. In a funky shop called Apricot, where I found myself a long overdue new winter coat, I was perusing the clothes when a little boy appeared next to me. ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2010/02/20/forgetfulness-andor-denial/ 1. sarkasmo | melly_311 | philoschelle | *Out of my Mind* | Charlotte Hollands 2. Andrea loves autumn skies | mamalang | (Nina) | JamieEP | jastereo | joelplutchak 3. Snowfairy | Cartwheels At Midnight | egdoll | Saj13 | doow. | prncskaters 4. jacque_dalton | themikestand | katrinatripled | ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2010/02/15/7-days-winter-2009-mosaic/ For a little while now I've been following the makeup tutorials from Pixiwoo on Youtube, also available at www.fashionface.tv. Professional makeup artists Samantha Chapman and her sister Nicola share techniques and show how to achieve various looks. I'd love to have a makeover, have someone do my makeup and so ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2010/02/13/pixiwoo-made-me-do-it/ This is another recipe from the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook. The brownies were great, but these chocolate and hazelnut cupcakes are marriage material. They're also a doddle to make: even the fiddly bit turned out to not be fiddly. You will need: 100g plain flour 20g cocoa powder 140g caster sugar 1 1/2 tsp baking powder pinch ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2010/02/09/cupcakes/ This is how the monkey nuts look this morning: as if they'd like to be repotted. But repotting involves going outside (which is something I managed to avoid completely between Boxing Day and Suzy's birthday on 16th January) and getting cold and grubby. So you see why I didn't repot ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2010/02/06/crowded-monkeys/ On the left, one of the levers on my £100 new office chair broke my thumb nail. As evidenced on the right though, I have no need to pay such sums for injury. Earlier in the day the front door that came free with my parents smashed my thumb, bending ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2010/01/28/thumbs-down/ The second peanut made an appearance as soon as I shamed it on the electric internet. It's like I Maytagged it or something. Though the first plant is growing so fast that I suppose that there's always the possibility it's going to grow teeth and eat its neighbour. And then me. http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2010/01/27/jazz-hands-jr/ One monkey nut continues apace. The other, not so much. I guess we'll call that one compost. http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2010/01/24/jazz-hands/