No 25 - Needles

101 ways to get pretty organized

No 25 - The Pebble is a must have for every sewing box and handbag, is easy to use and is a fabulous accessory. There are now 9 individual designs and 3 collections available, one Pebble for each individual style of needle, in its own elegant and attractive shade and ranging from the general range of household assorted, sharps, darners, knitters and chenille to the specialist needles of embroidery, tapestry, quilting and beading. I store my pretty needle pebbles in my bunny jars and always ensure the needle goes back in to it's pebble as soon as I have finished a job, no more missing needles!.

Bunny jar tutorial can be found here

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No 24 - Left over Paint

101 ways to get pretty organized

No 24 - Transfer leftover paint from large cans and tester pots to flip cap bottles so they don't dry out. They also take up less space, make less mess and you can use the paint for loads of craft projects.

Painted bird house using tester pots of paint

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Stellaire's Faded Florals

This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you these pretty faded floral photos from Stellaireblog. To see more of Jordan's pretty work check out her blog Stellaire that is full of cute tutorials, beautiful photographs and more!

Some beautiful shots from my Flickr favourites:

• The gorgeous fabric flower in amie
• The fabulous coffee filter flowers
• The pretty fabrics and paper bag in quilt shop
• The beautifully painted pebble in fleur
  
• The I need to do this Origami paper matchbox tutorial

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Dreaming of Spring

101 Woonindeeen, Grecian Goddess headband, Washi tape

When I discovered the fabulous Dutch website 101 Woonindeen, that is full of great craft tutorials, I spent the next few hours pinning loads of gorgeous ideas to my Pinterest boards! But my absolute favourite was the gorgeous convenient side table with rotating blades that you can make in 8 steps! I just adore the colour palette of peach, coral and chartreuse with hints of lilac and grey. So fresh and new for Spring...

So perfect for a new craft project I am working on, and Superlovely has some great washi tape that would be an ideal fit !

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Gluten-free Victoria sandwich heart cakes

I am just popping in to today to wish you all a Happy Valentine's day and share my good news...

Yesterday I went to see my publisher, so I am very excited to finally be able to tell you about my secret project I have been working on and will continue to do so over the next few months. I am writing a book about crafting and so much more! It will be published here in the UK and the USA and they are currently firming up the details on it being published else where around the world! I will of course keep you all updated on how it is going.

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Gluten-free double choc rose cupcakes

Every month I get to choose some items from the lovely peeps at Wholeport to use and show you here on Torie Jayne...
This month I also chose some pretty red heart print cupcake cases, silicone 12 heart mould and some heart doilies. I decided to make some gluten free double choc rose cupcakes with a meringue icing topped with white chocolate red glitter hearts for Valentine's day. Here's how...

double choc rose cupcakes (makes 12 large cupcakes)

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 250g (1 1/4 cups) gluten-free self raising flour
• 250g unsalted butter, softened
• 250g Caster sugar
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp rose water essence
• 100g white chocolate chips
• 100g dark chocolate chips

Cooking instructions

1. Heat oven to 180C (fan 160C)
2. Line baking tray with cases
3. In a food mixer, beat the butter and sugar till light and fluffy
4. Slowly beat the eggs one at a time to the butter and sugar mix
5. Slowly beat in sifted flour, cocoa powder and rose water essence
6. Divide half the batter between the cases
7. Stir in chocolate chips
8. Divide the the batter between the cases
9. Bake for about 20 mins until cakes bounce back when lightly pressed
10. Place on rack to cool

To decorate (for 12 large cupcake sized cakes) Ingredients

• 3 egg whites
• 170g caster sugar
• Red edible glitter chocolate hearts - see Chocolate glittered stars for how to create
• 100g dark chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Place egg whites and sugar in a medium heat proof bowl
2. Place bowl over a pan of simmering water
3. Whisk the egg whites and sugar for about 8 minutes until the mixture turns thick, glossy and stands in stiff peaks
4. Remove from pan of water
5. Fill piping bag fitted with a round nozzle
6. Immediately pipe a swirl of meringue icing on top of the cakes
7. Leave to set for at least half an hour
8. Melt 100g dark chocolate chips and drizzle over the top of the meringue icing
9. Place red edible glitter chocolate heart in centre of icing
10. Leave drizzle chocolate to set

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No 23 - Pens & Pencils

101 ways to get pretty organized

No 23 - Store your pens and pencils that you use all the time on the wall so that they are always easy to reach and don't clutter up your work space. I attached an acrylic pot to the wall using the Command™ 17023P Large Replacement Strips, 1Kg, Command™ Mounting products and adhesive strips offer a new means of attaching, holding and hanging without the fear of wall damage or leaving adhesive residue.
Combining a genuinely effective high performance adhesive with a stretchable backing, Command™ adhesive strips hold strongly, yet remove cleanly.

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