Easter presents part 1

I'm a bit weird.
Nothing new, I know.
Anyway, since...always really, every time I gave someone something on Easter, it was from 'The Easter bunny of Doom'.
I even made black bunny cookies with red eyes before (even beheaded one, and hid it next to an axe).
Don't look at me like that, I told you I was weird!
So these are the two eggs my parents will be getting this year:

 This egg has a bit of an odd shape, and sadly didn't take the black as well as the other one.

If you want to make eggs of doom, you'll need:

boiled eggs

vinegar

liquid food colour

disposable gloves

powdered food colour

Vodka

Put on your gloves, put a little bit of vinegar onto your palm, then take an egg (still hot) and roll it around in your hands.
Then put some food colour on the egg, and keep rolling or tossing it between your hands.
Let the egg dry.
For decorating, just do as you would with a cake.
Mix the food colour with a little bit of vodka and then paint.
The egg colour will mix with your paint colour a bit, so if you're painting white onto black, always wipe your brush between strokes, or you'll have grey paint.

Oh Honey, Honey

Yes, honey is made by bees.
Only by bees.
But still, I'll call this recipe Dandelion Honey, because it just is more like honey than a jam or jelly.

Dandelion Honey

200 dandelion blossoms
1L (~4 cups) water
1 lemon
1kg (2.2 lbs) sugar

 First, thoroughly wash your dandelions. You'll probably have quite a few creepy crawlies on there (I sure did)

Cut your lemon into thin slices (remove the seeds), and throw it into a pot, together with the flowers. Add the water, and boil for 15 minutes.

Leave over night or better yet, for 24 hours.

Remove the dandelions and lemons, put them on a cheesecloth or whatever you have handy (I used an old, but washed(!), shirt), and squeeze out the juice.
It's the juice you want, throw out the rest.

 Add the sugar (and don't be stupid like me, take a big pot!), and let it simmer.

 (After I transferred the syrup to a bigger pot) After one hour

After two hours.

Let it simmer, until the desired consistency is reached.

You can test the consistency by letting a spoon full of the honey cool on a plate.

Fill into jars, while the honey is still hot, and voilà, you're ready!

The 'honey' actually tastes like (spicy) lemon and honey! Delicious, really.

Spring is here! Even though it snowed yesterday...

Took some pictures in our (very pretty) garden today.

 I have named this spider species 'Little Dotted Yellow Butt'

 This is one of our neighbour's cats, Zoe, who loves hanging out at our pond.

 Probably because it's full of newts, but I won't let her get any! (ugh, look at all that algae D: We should actually clean out the entire pond, but I don't want to because I don't want to accidentally kill any newts...but if it continues like this, there'll soon be more algae than water)

 And this one's name is 'Little Tiny Deathbug'

 This one I dubbed the 'Kolibri-Kiwi-Bee'. My mom told me the actual name, which I have already forgotten again, but I like mine better anyway.

Pic Dump

I always take pictures to post on this blog.
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I just always forget to post them /cough

So here's a little pic dump of recent events, in no particular order.

 Banana split Cheesecake! Recipe may follow, unless I'm lazy...which I probably will be.

 Banana Brownies! Just add two bananas to this recipe.

 Banana Soufflé!

 Superbowl Food Package I made for my dad and sister.

 I couldn't decide which pie to make on Pi day, so I made halves (chocolate fudge and buttermilk)

 And also a square Pie.

 On St. Patrick's Day, I actually made more than just this green fruit salad, but the other pictures didn't look very...appetising. (But it tasted good!)

Tip: If you've never drawn a wolf before, see that your first try isn't on a cake...
Birthday cake for my friend (and yes, I know how to spell wolf, but her nickname is Wulf, so~)

I love cupcakes!

Cupcakes, cupcakes, yummy, yummy cupcakes~

Added another two items to my etsy store! Woohoo!
This time they're actual objects, and not patterns! Another Woohoo!

Lovebugs

Valentine's day was some time ago, I know, but I'll share what I made anyway.
So, I stumbled upon an embroidery method called stumpwork, which I immediately liked, and thought I'd try it out for my Valentine gifts.
Now on to the lovebugs!

I found a tutorial for a ladybug, so I tried that one first

I asked my sister what kind of bug she wanted, and well, she wanted a dung beetle. Well, why not? So now she's the proud owner of a dung beetle, surrounded by a dung ball heart.

 My third attempt was a stag beetle, which I like best, even though the pincers are a bit wonky.

Finally!

Sooo, I finally opened my etsy store! Yay!
I only uploaded three patterns so far, but more shall follow!

Have a look HERE or click the etsy button up there *points* or just look at the pictures in this post.