Rainy days and fun days...............

Rainy days and fun days……

Lionandthehorse is a sun lover but as the rain has fallen over the last week, the frozen banana lollies have stayed in the freezer and we have been wondering what we can do that doesn’t involve basking in the blazing sunshine

We LOVED the Jubilee celebrations and, together with the husband and the baby, Lionandthehorse pitched up at quite a few local events. One was dry and even had a little sunshine along with a lot of wine, burgers and bouncy castles. Bad heads reigned the next morning!!

 The other was really wet and cold but had beer, teacups and a take that tribute that had the husband throwing the kind of shapes to that he usually reserves for Mica only!

Despite the rain the Mother sold her delicious treats very well, her goodies put a smile on even the wettest customers’ face!

The rest of the week Lionandthehorse has been inside looking for small projects to do to brighten up the house and to get the creative juices flowing in preparation for the stock building that we need to start doing for our forthcoming fairs :

Bananarama baby........

LionandtheHorse have been loving their frozen banana lollies during the recent blazing sunshine we have been having.  Not only does the look of them make us giggle like silly school girls (well really?!!!) but they taste divine and we think they could almost pass as a healthy snack!! 
Why not give them a whirl, the baby and the husband loved them too………….

You will need

Some runny honey

Some bananas

Mixed nuts crushed – we used almonds & walnuts

Grated chocolate

Some wooden lollipop sticks

Cling film

A sense of humour and a freezer

 Then it is simple…..

Peel the banana (we then cut ours in half to make them smaller and an easier mouth fit, ahem!)

Push a wooden lollipop stick into the cut end

Pour runny honey onto a large plate

Pour crushed nuts and flaked chocolate onto a similar sized plate/chopping board

Roll banana (holding the stick end of course) around in the honey until evenly coated

Then transfer the sticky honey coated banana onto the nut/chocolate plate and again roll around until it is well covered – they should stick well to the honey

Tightly wrap the whole banana in cling film and freeze for an hour or so.

Enjoy and feel free to giggle inappropriately whilst you do so…………

Have a Heart

I have a big heart - or so I like to think. I give to charity, get "tired tears" at things on the telly and quite often I cant even watch the news as it upsets me so and pulls on the old strings. I still sometimes find myself doodling I the husband (ofcourse!!)

I love hearts and all they stand for.

So over the past few years when going in and out of handmade shows & gifts shops and shopping around online, I have found myself purchasing many many decorative varieties of the heart: smelly ones, glittery ones big ones, small ones. They almost over took cushions as the husbands pet hate at one point as they hung pretily off every door knob and chair back he came across.

Again at the most recent fayre LionandtheHorse attended hearts were to be seen on almost every stand - I include ours here we are guilty as charged! Surely the time has now come for something new?!

It can still sparkle or smell, be large and bold or small enough to adorn whatever sticky outty bit of furniture takes your fancy, but just let it not be...well quite so heart shaped!!

So the next stop for LionandtheHorse will be the Kenilworth Handmade outdoor market on 4th July between now and then the cogs will be whirling in both mine and the mothers head whilst we work hard to find the next best thing............any ideas welcome!

A Big "IF"

So here it is........after a long period of wondering "shall I?" or "shan't I?" I have.

I am going to give it a go this business of up-cycling furniture making delicious treats and offering gorgeous gifts, I am going to dedicate my time and efforts, rope in the mother (she COOKS, I mess about with a spoon and some ill related ingredients) and really go for it.

I finally have answers for the school careers advisor: I know what I want to be when I grow up, where I see myself in 5 years’ time and what my priorities are (apart from that 1st glass of wine once the baby is in bed). I have a plan - ish of where I would like to take things, how I want things to look and what style I would like to develop. I have passion for it in the bucket loads and ideas I wish to explore. I am driven by these desires and by a nagging urge to make some money before I die.

But it is not as simple as this now a days is it? You need to be able to use this entire social media. To understand the importance of SEO and liking and linking and blogging and blagging..............and this my friends is where I fall down!!!

Wish me luck because IF I can overcome my total ignorance and lack of understanding of all of this I promise I will do my best to be engaging, to create things people will like to see and own, to share ideas and thoughts, tastes and desires.

Right now it feels like a big "IF"