Category: Our Home
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Mulled Wine and Mulled Fruit Punch
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…
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How to Make Dried Orange Slices
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…
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Yummy After School Snack – Mixed Autumn Vegetable Soup
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…
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Autumn / Fall Themed Pinterest Boards – Lots of Activities, Crafts, Books and Décor Ideas!
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…
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Pavalova with Fresh Cream and Raspberries ( and a new direction for our little blog)
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…
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Decorating for Easter
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…
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(Home Decor) A touch of Spring – “Springifying” our kitchen!
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…