Friday 7 June 2013

Back again !!

Hey guys, I'm going to be posting more regularly again as my exams are over :) But before I do if you have a blog you want me to look at and maybe follow I would love to see. Just post them in the comments and I will check them out.

Charlotte xoxo

Friday 10 May 2013

Sorry again !!

Hello you ! I am really sorry I haven't posted in weeks and weeks but am trying to concentrate on school and revising for a while but when they have finished I have some really cute things to write about. Have a nice day.

Charlotte xoxo

Friday 5 April 2013

How to make Cheese Straws

Hey guys, so today's post is a little different but I hope it will be very useful. The other day I made some cheese straws and took some photos as I was doing them so I could show you guys !! If you want to see the method and ingredients without the pictures scroll right down to the bottom.
 
 
Step one: First you will need to get some puff pastry, let it warm up so it doesn't break when you unroll it. When it is warm roll it out and you are ready for the next step!

 
Step two: Break and beat an egg, you then paint some of the egg on to the pastry this will help the cheese to stick to the pastry.
 

 
Step three: Grate some cheese of your choice and sprinkle some cheese on to half of the pastry, it doesn't matter how much cheese you put on it depends on how you like them. Then fold the pastry in half by lifting the pastry half with no cheese and putting it on to the other half.
 

 
Step four: Cut the pastry in to about twelve small slices, you could make them bigger or smaller depending on you big you want them. Then picking up the slices gently twist them round decide how thin you want them the more twists the thinner it will be.
 
 
 
 
Step five: Next place the cheese straws on to a tray with grease proof paper and use some of the remaining egg to paint the top of the cheese straws, this is so you can sprinkle a little more cheese on top and it will stick.
 


 
Step six: Now put them in to the oven until they go nice and crispy and look a little like this, leave them to cool and then eat !!!!!
 
 
 
Ingredients:
1. Puff pastry
2. An egg
3. Cheese

Method:
1. First you will need to get some puff pastry, let it warm up so it doesn't break when you unroll it. When it is warm roll it out and you are ready for the next step!
2. Break and beat an egg, you then paint some of the egg on to the pastry this will help the cheese to stick to the pastry.
3. Grate some cheese of your choice and sprinkle some cheese on to half of the pastry, it doesn't matter how much cheese you put on it depends on how you like them. Then fold the pastry in half by lifting the pastry half with no cheese and putting it on to the other half.
4. Cut the pastry in to about twelve small slices, you could make them bigger or smaller depending on you big you want them. Then picking up the slices gently twist them round decide how thin you want them the more twists the thinner it will be.
5. Next place the cheese straws on to a tray with grease proof paper and use some of the remaining egg to paint the top of the cheese straws, this is so you can sprinkle a little more cheese on top and it will stick.
6. Now put them in to the oven until they go nice and crispy, leave them to cool and then eat !!!!!
 
I hope you guys liked this post comment below and let me know how yours went I would love to know !!
 
Charlotte xoxo
 


Monday 11 March 2013

Fancy paper and a fun shape

Sorry i haven't posted in a while but i am really running out of ideas !!!!!!!! Help me if you have any ideas then comment on this post or you can contact me via twitter or tumblr :) Anyway .....

For Christmas I got given some really really lovely tissue paper and a cardboard Giraffe template to cover with the paper I loved the look of it so much that I looked for some others things to decorate too.


I think the Giraffe looks so cool covered in this tissue paper and it looks so unique and personal especially as Giraffes are my favorite animal !! 



For those of you who have read my blog before may remember my little post on the 'Memory jar' if you haven't be sure to check it out. I decided that it needed that little something to make it even more special. The tissue paper went on like a dream and it gives this really smooth glossy feel to the jar which i didn't expect to happen.



I also got a love heart shape for Christmas to cover with the paper which looked really nice it came with a piece of string attached to it so it makes a great little door hanger.



Thank you for reading my little post it really does mean allot !!!! Feel free to comment on any of my posts telling me what you think, any ideas you have or even if you have done anything like it before. I have also added a little gadget on the right side of my blog where you can follow me with Google friend connect or bloglovin you can do it anonymously or not  if you follow me openly and you have a blog get in touch and i will check it out.

Charlotte xoxo 

Thursday 21 February 2013

Book page decorations

Hello, so I'm going to do Sundays post today because i am away all weekend. So today's post is all about ideas on decorations for your bedroom or another room made from book pages (Unwanted books) here's what I did.

I picked the shape of a butterfly to cut out of my book page but you can pick anything you want. I also made two other different size butterflies each slightly smaller than the other. To make mine a little more tough i put them on to some card and cut them out again.
 
 
 

 
I then also cut a little bird and a ballerina out of the middle from two of the book pages and put them in a fame. My friend also made a beautiful rose from lovely quotes but unfortunately i didn't get a photo.
 



Hope you enjoyed the post :)

Charlotte xoxo



 




Sunday 17 February 2013

25 facts about me

So today I have decided to post a few facts about myself for you to just have a read. And after you do don't forget you can leave a comment maybe on some facts about yourself or leave your blog name i would love to check them out.


-My name is Charlotte
-I live n the UK
-I am 5'9
-I love animals and I have a hamster, 2 rabbits, a cat and a dog
-I actually like having the hiccups
-I am training to become a professional ballerina
-I would also like to do interior design
-I have dyed my hair differently 5 times
-My favorite animal is a giraffe
-I find it really hard to choose a favorite colour i like them all !! maybe purple or blue ahhh i don't know !
-I don't like to do much sport
-I love fairy lights and candles
-I am obsessed with making lists i make one for almost evreything
-When i paint my nails i very rarely do both hands and i don't know why
-I really like dinosaurs 
-I could never live without family or friends
-My favorite computer game is 'The Sims'
-I can be very shy around new people but once i know them I am very talkative
-I like little vintage trinkets
-I spend nearly all of my free time on the internet mainly 'YouTube'
-I looking at houses for sale just for fun
-I love the idea of one day having my own family (A while yet)
-I have never completed a 'Rubix Cube'
-I love milkshakes 

Hope you liked those little facts about me I am starting to run out of ideas on what to post so feel free to contact me via twitter, tumblr or comment below.

Charlotte xoxo


Sunday 3 February 2013

My Bucket List

Hello !! So today I have decided to share my bucket list with you I will keep adding to it as I get older and hopefully tick things off too. I would love to see any of your bucket lists or any of your blogs so comment below and i will check them out :) Also as i'm still kind of new it would be fab to have any kind of feedback so let me know in the comments of by email or even twitter or my tumblr.

- Sky dive
- Hand write a letter to someone
- Call a random number and have a chat
- Kiss a stranger
- Tell someone what you really think of them
- Hold a spider (I'm very very scared of spiders !!!!!)
- Do something that scares me
- Sleep in the bath (Weird I know)
- Fill a room with balloons
- Go travelling
- Spend a whole day without using any electricity 
- Stay up all night until it gets light
- Make a YouTube video
- Spend a whole day in bed

So hoped you like my list so far don't forget to share yours if you have one !!! Have a lovely evening :)

Charlotte xoxo

Monday 21 January 2013

The memory jar

Hey guys sorry about the wait i have had to use Google chrome for the time being to use my blog which i'm a little confused about :/ Anyway here is the the I have wanted to do enjoy :)

I came across this idea from friends and whilst browsing the interweb for way to become a little more positive and get the best out of life as I feel that i really feel i need to stop focusing on the negative things and more on the positive things. I'm not a very very negative person but i'm worried if i don't try and stop now i will cross the line and find it very hard to get back. I hope that this maybe helps any of you who feel the same way :)

'The Memory Jar'


So the idea is that every time something good happens or a nice thought or memory you write it on a little piece of paper fold it in and pop it in the jar. Now some people may want to do this everyday but at the moment i am just doing it every time i have a good memory.


At the end of the year empty out the jar and sit down to read the good memory and thoughts you have had, its up to you what things you put in you could even add things such as a little ring or something silly to represent a memory that will hopefully make you smile.


You don't have to empty the jar at the end of the year you could always take out a few to read if you are feeling like you need to be cheered up :) 


Let me know if you have any ideas for being more positive or if you have made any memory jars of your own down in the comments below i would love to hear all about them.

Charlotte xoxo