My mum taught me...

Debenhams
We had a great response today on the Debenhams social media pages for our Mother's day giveaway. 
Such nice comments about your lovely Mums. We hope you have a great Mother's Day this Sunday. Here's some photos from today...




Mother's Day Giveway

Debenhams
We have a special treat for you on Tuesday 10th March. We are having an exclusive giveaway, over on the Debenhams social media pages. I will be personalising some of my Debenhams products which will make amazingly unique gifts for your Mum on Mother's Day.  
Follow Debenhams on Twitter or Facebook and stay tuned on Tuesday to take part in this extra special competition.




































Teacup Collection

2015
Newly launched from my At Home collection with Debenhams. Introducing my teacup collection!
This range was so fun to design as vintage china is an obsession of mine! I know a lot of you are big collectors of all things vintage. This collection of was inspired by vintage teacups and saucers, antique teapots and is perfect for the vintage hoarder within.
I thought I'd share some of my pages of my sketchbook with you all...
And the final printed kitchen textiles which is available in a Debenhams store near you now, (and online of course). I hope you love this collection as much as I do!


Set of three teacup printed tea towels, £12
Teacup printed oven gloves, £12
Teacup printed apron, £12 

This collection is only available from Debenhams.com

Country Living Spring Fair

ashley thomas
Come and see me at the Country Living Fair. With fantastic exclusive shopping straight from the makers. Wonderful craft classes such as patchwork workshops. Interior styling tips and even talks or chicken and bee keeping. The country living fair is where all things country chic come to life. 
It's really not to be missed! 

Stay tuned for my ticket giveaway on social media  

Follow & Join me at...
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(or use the special code below for a discounted ticket to the fair)



Buy discounted tickets for the Country Living Spring Fair with this code: S15EX19
It can be redeemed online at www.countrylivingfair.com/spring/book or by calling 0844 848 0150

Heart shaped cheesecakes

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These heart shaped cheesecakes are perfect for a Valentine's homemade meal and are super easy to make, but they need time to set so make them the night before.
Make them using my heart shaped mould, available from your local Debenhams 
or click here to shop online.




You’ll need…

For the base…
8 Ginger biscuits
25g butter
1tbsp golden syrup

For the cheesecake…
300g cream cheese
65g caster sugar
Juice of ½ a lemon
200ml double cream

For the topping
1tsp sauce flour
Juice of ½ a lemon
40g caster sugar
2 tbsp water
a punnet of raspberries

To make…
Blitz the biscuits using an electric mixer or you can alternatively put them into a plastic sandwich bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the biscuits and the syrup
Mix together and spoon the mixture into the heart shaped mould.
Using the back of a teaspoon push the mixture into all of the edges of each mould and compact the mixture into a flat surface.
Put in the fridge, meanwhile mix together the cream cheese, sugar and lemon. Whisk the double cream until it thickens. Add the cream to the cheese mixture.
Take the heart mould out of the fridge and spoon the cheese mixture over the biscuit base. Pushing it into all the edges of the mould. Put into the freezer overnight.

To make the topping, in a saucepan mix together the flour, lemon juice and water until smooth.
Add the sugar and heat gentle until the sauce thickens.
Add the raspberries and stir gentle until the sauce turns red and the raspberries soften. Leave to cool and chill until ready to serve.

Taking the heart mould from the freezer, push the cheesecakes out from the bottom and remove from the mould. Leave to defrost for approx 3 hours. Pour over the raspberry mixture and serve.

 
Heart shaped mould, £10