Christmas Crosses!

Hello!

I'm glad so many of you enjoyed my Christmas Advent day on Thursday, and even more happier to hear that the joy of Yorkshire Puddings spreads overseas too ;D hehe.

Also welcome to my new followers, I hope you enjoy your visits here to see my stitchy work!

Well, despite been busy busy with all things Christmas I managed to get a little bit of stitching done today. I continued work of part three of the Lizzie Kate Christmas sal.

Excuse the Shadow!

Not all that much done, but I'm glad to be back working on this again. I would love to have this done by the New Year but not sure how realistic that is going to be.

Other than that I have been doing some updating on my blog, there are three new tabs at the top which are SALs I am taking part in next year. Not quite finished with it yet, once everything is finalised I will make another post with all the details, you never know you might want to join in some of them too!

This coming week I have Secret Santa at work on Wednesday, Exchanging gifts with my Mum on Thursday, the main food shop is due for delivery on Saturday then Mini Christmas with my friends on Sunday! Phew, I am tried out just thinking about it!

 I did manage to find a frame for my friends present, however I missed the delivery of it as I was at work, I thought it would have fit through the post box to be honest, but apparently not! It is due for another delivery next Saturday so I am cutting it a bit fine, so fingers crossed it looks good!

Emma xo

Advent Blog Hop - Day 12!

Hello and welcome to day 12 of Jo's Online Advent Calendar!

Today I share with you the ornament I stitched this year for my Christmas tree!

Each year I try to stitch at least one ornament to add to the tree, slowly but surely it is filling up!

This year Jo asked us to tell you a story about the food we enjoy at Christmas.

We are quite the traditional type when it comes to Christmas dinner, we have turkey with all the trimmings! But no Christmas dinner would be complete without...

My Nana's Recipe Yorkshire Puddings!

Now I know that most of you in the UK will know exactly what these are, but I am curious, do those overseas not have this wonder in their lives?!

They are very simple, the batter is flour (MUST be plain), milk, a little water and egg. Whisk it all together to make a batter. While you are doing this heat up some lard (another must) in a cake tin in the oven. This needs to be HOT HOT HOT for the puddings to rise correctly, it should be smoking a little before you place the batter in. Once you have poured the batter in to the tray place in the oven (quickly!) and do not (!!!) open the door again until they are ready.

et voila, beautiful Yorkshire Puddings!

Happy Christmas everyone! xoxox