Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl ‘Will you marry me?’
The girl said, ‘NO!’
And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went fishing and hunting and played golf a lot and drank beer and scotch and had money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and did whatever he wanted.
The end
Thank you Cynthia for this weeks story.
The short series loosely called ‘Containers for Special Objects’ finally comes to a close.
There were five containers in total. Each one had been inspired by a shell.
The trinket Box
An Egg
A basket
Parasol & Holder
Miser’s Purse
There were some scraps left over so I couldn’t resist trying to see what way I could use them up.
I had been looking at a magazine in the hairdresser’s earlier in the day while waiting my turn to be made beautiful… The article that caught my eye was about Royal HATS. The late Queen Mother was centre stage with a typical broad sweeping brimmed hat that became her signature. For many years it looked like all her outfits were the one style with a change in colour or pattern to ring the changes. The upward sweeping brimmed hat softened her ageing face.
Playing with the shells in the afternoon that Royal hat was still in my mind. The shell that stood out for me was a small one.
The curve of the shell on the right reminded me of the hat brim.
The dome shape for the stand came from inside a Kinder Surprise Egg.
Kinder Eggs with Capsules and the toys they held
I used half of a toy capsule and covered it with a layer of wadding and a plain yellow lawn fabric. I overlaid the yellow base with some off cuts that I had for the miser’s purse. A second layer was placed over the top and tied in place with some of the copper thread in a similar manner to the decorative ribbon on a hat.
Then came the messy fun part - painting adhesive paste onto the excess fabric forming the brim. I trimmed it into the shape required before using the paste. I curled the upper part of the brim around a pencil and held it in place for about ten minutes. It was still damp so I used a hair dryer on a cool setting to gently dry the fabric.
No Royal hat is complete without a good hatpin so I added beads to long sewing pins and covered them with the same fabric.
Tulle Hat from scraps
My extra container was a pincushion!
Next week I hope to have another little project for you.
Stick to one thing until you get there.
If that is the case then the mountain of ironing will be three neatly pressed bundles before the day is ended. All I need are a dish of toffees to chew on and a good selection of music to speed my way through the chore.
Now what mischief can I plan for tomorrow……?
Steph asked a question at Lily’s blog the other day and it gave me an idea for my recipe today. Thanks missus! 
Pancetta Wrapped Chicken Breasts
Preheat the oven to 180°C
Using one chicken breast per person..
Make a slit in each chicken breast to form a pocket. Stuff with chopped apricots and a few flaked almonds, and then wrap in Pancetta. Place the wrapped chicken breasts on a greased baking tray and bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
Roast some sweet red peppers, small red onions and quartered & peeled sweet potatoes in olive oil and ground black pepper. I put the oil in a bowl with black pepper and what ever chopped herbs I fancy on the day, give it a stir and toss the prepared vegetables in it before placing them on a baking tray to cook alongside the chicken.
