Sunday, 10 March 2013

Happy Mothering Sunday!

May I wish all Mothers everywhere a Happy Mothering Sunday! We are going down to Dorset to see mine today, with these gifts for her, to the Bailey Bridge restaurant for lunch, and back for Simnel cake and tea.




Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations to .........



Maria! Please send me an email with your postal address in Moscow, and I will get the book off to you straight away! Happy baking!

Saturday, 2 March 2013

Women's World Day of Prayer

The first Friday in March is always Women's World Day of Prayer, and local churches take turns to host the service. This year it was prepared by the Christian women of France. I always take our school choir to lead the singing and be readers; the girls and I love it, and we enjoy meeting the other ladies over tea and cake afterwards. We were at the Mission Church and St Mary's in Kennington, very close to School, with an inspiring sermon from a very charismatic Baptist Minister, Lola.


Next year, it will be Egypt.

My 'Chocolate' Giveaway ends on Monday - comment on the previous post to enter . . .

Sunday, 24 February 2013

Giveaway!

Another sweet treat giveaway! This time for this little book - Chocolate Heaven.
 

Including such delicious things as Malted Chocolate and Peanut butter cake, Black and white ginger Florentines, Chocolate Cinnamon doughnuts, Chocolate Pavlova . . .


Just the thing if you haven't given up chocolate for Lent, or even if you have, and can wait till Easter!

Just leave a comment on this post if you would like to enter the draw to win this little book - I will post anywhere! I will make the draw on Monday March 4th.

Good Luck!!

Friday, 22 February 2013

Resolution.......

 
 
A few weeks ago, I was invited by Chidera, who was in my Form class, to her A Level Art and Design exhibition at the BRIT school. Here is a selection from her piece called Cleopatra, based on a Frank Ocean song.
 


Chidera is such a talented girl, I am so proud of her! She always won Art competitions at school and did all my posters! She deserves to be a great success.


This caught my eye too, I love Matryoshka dolls.
 



Love this one, like negatives.
 


Guests were invited to choose a Resolution to be printed on a ribbon. I choose these two, and hope to live up to them! So far this year, I have made at least one piece of  "art", or at least something creative every week, and have always striven to Seize the Day!

Monday, 4 February 2013

St Julie's Day: Marmalade and jewellery

We had a fab day on Friday for our celebration of St Julie's Day, fun, frolics and fundraising - almost £3000 in all, for water purification projects in the villages in Nigeria and Peru where our sister schools are. I made the usual marmalade, gone in 60 seconds!



And some re-fashioned jewellery. I forgot to photograph the first batch before handing it over to the children to sell, but here is the second lot of baubles and beads.