Big 'ole biccy

The small boy loves a long shut biscuit (AKA a bourbon!) so today I decided to make a massive long shut biscuit with him.  Being the boy he is he mostly ate the butter while I did the rest!  I looked at some recipes for homemade bourbons and also checked out pimpthatsnack.com to get ideas then using a our gingerbread man recipe (taking out the spices and adding loads of cocoa) multiplied we got to work.  All ready to bake - the big biscuits measured about 22cm by 11cm

Halfway through cooking I followed the advice on pimp that snack and took them out to add the holes and writing - chopstick was a great hole making tool (and also a wonderful drum for small boy)

Back in to the oven and I started on the icing - again using the ideas from pimped snacks - I made a choc butter icing but added  loads of melted dark chocolate to thicken it up and make it even more chocolatey

Spread it on...

The finished biccy alongside it's tiny little friend

My picky little small boy decided he didn't want a big long biscuit and was only interested in small ones so Mr Wix got stuck in!

Yum yum!  Sliced up nicely and tasted remarkable similar to the real thing....  What shall we pimp next???

Today I have mostly been....sorting and tidying and making it nice

After recent home improvements I am now the proud owner of my very own craft room (well it's the utility room but I've claimed it for my own in exchange for Mr W and the teen having XBox and guitaring privileges elsewhere!)  After months of having all the decorating, DIY stuff taking over and crafty stuff slowly making it's way in it had become a disgusting mess of boxes, empty cupboards and bags of bits everywhere - eek...

But after much sorting fun it is now clear and tidy and ready for action...

Just need the sewing machine to come back from it's holiday with Mummy Barns and I'll be good to go.

Someone was pleased that the paints were back in action and very carefully applied red and gold to his face as well as the paper!

Cluttering up the City...

Saturday's craft fair at Clutter City was grand - we didn't realise quite how much stuff we had made til we tried to fit it all on our tiny table...

Lots of friends popped in to see us so we had a lovely day chatting and selling - the addition of an 8 week old to our staff wasn't the best of plans as demanded food whilst setting up and cuddles whilst packing away!

...after the frantic preparations it now feels very strange to sit down and relax whilst eating meals, have time to clean, wash, cook, breathe...but mind working already on what to do for the next stall and plans afoot to find more places we can try to sell at...