Anyone wanting a cookie? Sorry, they are almost gone!

Shannon, I hope you are reading this because it's all your fault! Ever since you mentioned the magic word "Peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies" in this post there has been this little voice in my head popping up now and then to shout out:

"Peanut butter!" "Chocolate!" "Cookies!" "Go!" "Make!"

I tried to be good. I tried to do all my shop work, house work, and eat salad. I tried to ignore the voice. Some people might call it schizophrenia, I call it The Inspiration. The Inspiration was taking over, nothing I could do.

I looked up recipes on the internet, and I came across a great recipe on Taste.com.au. And, Shannon, are you there? I just looked up your blog and noticed that you had posted a link to your cookie recipe. Guess what? It's exactly the same recipe that I found! Isn't that funny?

I am now leaving the land of German baking behind me. It's a good land full of cake recipes with fresh fruits and little fat. We don't know peanut butter. You can almost add a piece of cake to your five Everyday servings of fruits and vegetables.

Look where I am now, baking peanut butter cookies! And I like it. Hello, new land of heavy, gooey, yummy recipes. You are very good to me! I think we will become good friends.


This is my version of the recipe. I have altered it slightly, according to the instructions of other readers in the original recipe.

3/4 cup of smooth or crunchy peanut butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup of self-raising flour
1/2 cup dark choc bits


Method
Preheat oven to 200°C. Lightly grease two baking trays and line with non-stick baking paper. Combine peanut butter, sugar, bicarbonate of soda, flour and egg in a bowl. Stir in choc bits.

Roll teaspoonfuls of the mixture into small balls and place on the prepared tray. Press lightly with a fork. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until light golden. Leave to cool on the trays then place into an airtight container.

I really wouldn't use more then 3/4 cup of peanut butter, rather a bit less. And 1/2 cup of brown sugar is plenty for me. Try it out and see what you like. But, beware: These cookies are highly highly addictive!

I go and have another one. I think I deserve it:-)

Finders Keepers market

Image by andreasmith, taken from finderkeepers.com

Luke and I went to the Finders Keepers market in Sydney on Saturday. It was great! The market had a wonderful selection of high-quality art and craft work with some delightful goodies to discover. I really enjoyed looking at everyones work and their fantastic stall displays. The market took place at Carriageworks, an old Railway Yard. The building is really impressive and has an old-style warehouse feel. A band was playing really good music and it was a warm night, we were actually able to sit down and enjoy the atmosphere without freezing.

I had a really nice time and I'm looking forward to do more of that soon!

I was on the Esy Front page!

I solved the mystery of the over 500 views of my "Golden Glamour" tea cup candle -I was on the Etsy front page indeed!! How exciting! :-) Check it out

And I missed it, how sad :-) But I'm still very happy. I did a a search at the flickr group for Etsy front pages and voila, there I was. I sold the "Golden Glamour" cup the very next day. Luckily I do have a few of them and I have relisted it already. Find it here

Check out my new cups and my new housemate

I have been listing a few new cups lately. This one is called Loveheart. The saucer makes the whole set look so gorgeous, that one was a lucky find.

This one I called Golden Glamour. I listed it last night, and this morning it had over 500 views! Maybe it was on the Etsy front page..? I don't know but I have to find out!

Check this out. This little guy has moved himself in to keep me company. I met him for the first time when I visited the bathroom.. Unusual spot to meet your new housemate, I know, at least he is not demanding when it comes to choosing his room...

Yes, that is a pink toilet brush next to him. Lucky I'm not scared of lizards! If he had eight legs instead of four I would have probably run eight miles by now..

I'm back! Helloho!

I am finally back in Bloggingland again, after a month of slight madness! Although I have to admit that the whole move went really smoothly. We had a leisurely drive up to Newcastle where we stayed with Lukes family for a while, and our furniture arrived in Sydney almost undamaged. We put it in storage(first floor!) for a months or two and got it out again six days later as we found a house very quickly.

Now I've gotta say that we are pretty damn good in finding houses considering that the Australian rental market is VERY BAD if you are on the tenant side of things.

This is it, the new house. Where my finger is pointing at so cheekily. It is a half house.

Our new home ticks a lot of boxes. As you can see, it is a house, not a flat. We have two bedrooms, one of them will be my TwilightSpells Studio. Doesn't that sound fancy? :-)

This is going to be my "Studio". Nevermind the mess, the rest of the house is all tidy. I'm getting there.

The cups have all found a spot already

What else? Wooden floorboards! Yayy! No more yucky carpet! The bathroom is nice too, about 50 years younger than the last one.

And we have a nice little garden where I'm sitting right now, enoying the sunshine. The one big disadvantage about our house is that it is a bit cold and dark. Certainly good for the hot summer days, but if I don't want to wear three jumpers and uggboots at the moment I have to go outside now and then.

Which I'm not too sad about :-)

I better get back to my shop, I have just reopened TwilightSpells and I'm planning to add A LOT of new tea cups soon. Time to get working!