Nothing smells more like Christmas to me than a pot of mulled wine simmering on the stove. My mulled wine has become a favourite amongst our friends and family and is usually a staple for all our festive gatherings. So that everyone can partake in the Christmassy yumminess I also make a non alcoholic mulled fruit punch. What’s even better
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One of my favourite things to use for decorating at Christmas are dried orange slices. They are perfect for Christmas Crafts, Decorations, Wreaths and Floral Arrangements. This is our step by step guide to making your own! In my spare time I love to make things – floral arrangements, wreaths, decorations, curtains etc! I have even been trusted enough to do
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Homemade Autumn / Fall Vegetable Soup – a perfect after school snack Homemade soup and some brown bread or a bread roll is a perfect after school snack plus its a great way of getting lots of fresh vegetables into children! I make a big pot of this soup or something similar every Sunday so that it is to hand
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Pinterest – one my favourite little spots on the web! I love Pinterest, in fact Pinterest is probably one of the reasons I started this blog! This time of year Pinterest is overflowing with ideas for Autumn, Halloween and dare I say, Christmas! Today I am sharing some of our Autumn / Fall themed boards that are packed with tonnes
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Pavalova with Fresh Cream and Raspberries – a recipe and a new direction for our blog! Hi there everyone, it has been a quiet week on the blog but a very busy one here at Our Little House. My gorgeous little boy started school, wow, was that a big step… for us all! More on that again. Today I’d like
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I have spent most of today, Sunday, adding some of our Easter decorations to our home. We are having a get together of old friends next Saturday so I wanted to have the decorations up in time for this. Here are a few pictures of the Easter touches we have added to our home. Hope you like them. Enjoy! Ciara
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We are book lovers here at Our Little House in the Country. Our home is full to the brim with books. I recently donated about 10 large boxes of books, mostly novels, in order to make room for the rest. I have been collecting children’s books for over 15 years and we have hundreds. We have picture books, board books,
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I love adding seasonal touches around our home throughout the year. At Christmas I go all out and there is a tree in every room! For Valentine’s Day we added a heart or two and a couple of ribbons (see below). So now that Spring appears to be here, I thought that it was time to add a few Spring
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