Chocolate Heart Melts Tutorial

If you want to surprise your loved ones on Valentines day with a lovely breakfast you can also make some cute chocolate heart melts.You can pop the hearts in the hot milk and make a quick and delicious hot chocolate treat.

♥ You will need:

• Around 30gr of chocolate /dark,milk or white 

• Wooden sticks/get them in the craft shop or pick up some from coffee shops

• Silicone mold eg.for ice cubes
• Red cardboard stock paper

• Scissors,pencil,Paper glue or double sided tape

• Spoon,Bamboo sticks and small rubber bands
• Cellophane + ribbons for wrapping

Draw your heart shape on the paper,cut out and decorate with white pen.

Glue the  paper heart on the wooden stick.

Prepare your silicone mold and melt the chocolate in bain marie.
Place 2 bamboo sticks on top of the mold and hold them together with few rubber bands.
Spoon  the melted chocolate in the mold and put in in the fridge until it sets.Take out the chocolate gently  from mold, wrap in some cellophane and tie with  a lovely ribbon or enjoy with a cup of hot milk.

Kirigami Workshop 14th of April,19of May 23rd of June

Kirigami is a Japanese art form similar to origami - the art of paper folding, the difference is with Kirigami you fold and cut the paper. Cut colorful paper into beautiful designs and images.Please bring a pair of scissors with a sharp point, and we will guide you through the process of making your beautiful and unique kirigami paper decorations.Booking trough email ( crafts2cherish@gmail.com) required.

Gingerbread Making Workshop

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Creating gingerbread  has a timeless tradition. Join us for a workshop and learn creative ideas and tips while making your own gingerbread creation.Learn how to make the dough and the pattern pieces, how to roll out the dough and bake the pieces,  and how to decorate. The joy is really in the making, of the coming together to work on all the steps that are required to make the fragrant and tasty gingerbread cookies.

Looking for a Girl's Night Out, or just a fun and creative evening with friends?  Join us and enjoy  while crafting a gingerbread ornaments.Please email to book a place and you will receive a letter of confirmation, so that you know you have a place reserved.

Looking for a new family tradition?  Join us for a family friendly workshop.Booking essential

Hand Felted Soap Workshop

A felted bar of soap works as a body scrub for gentle exfoliating! An all natural scrubby for your face, hands, your whole body.Come and  learn how to felt soap at this fun, creative workshop. We will cover our soaps with wool tops in a wet felted technique.Great for gardeners also and makes a perfect gift,and the kids love it! It adds a bit of creativity to your bathroom, is long lasting and making it is just plain fun!

This craft course is suitable for begginers and more advanced crafters and children from age 11.The cost is  25euro for 2hour class.Please email to register.

Shabby Chic Burlap Hearts Workshop

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If you love the farmhouse shabby chic look then you will enjoy making these natural burlap ornaments .They will look so rustic-chic decorating a Valentine's gift, hanging from a doorknob, or tucked into a wreath or centerpiece.

Burlap hearts and banners could make a cute personalized touch for your wedding day, but you can use it to decorate your home.

They'd be perfect for a shabby chic, rustic wedding.
Please book in advance.

Felted Foot Wear Workshop September 2012

A chance to indulge your footwear fantasies.Whether it's slippers fit for Marie Antoinette..or just something to snuggle in on cold evening,this course will provide you with all the know how and lots of inspiration.You will learn how to make a resist based on your shoe size and how to shape your slippers.you can make ballet style slipers or mules.A great present idea!
All materials and refreshments will be provided.
For further information about the workshop price and venue, please conctact us on above mentioned phone number.
P.S.:We are meberss of the Irish Craft Council and the Feltmakers Ireland
Level:intermediate and advanced
Course fee: 65euro
Course duration:5 1/2hours
Next class starts in September 2012

Quick carrot & walnut bread recipe

Very quick and so easy to make with great texture and wonderful crust.Much of the bread we buy has all sorts of unnecessary additives.To make this bread you don't need a bread maker, you don’t even need a bread tin.All you need is a bowl, oven, a small surface on which to mix the bread, a baking tray and the ingredients to make a really simple, really great loaf of bread – hot, out of the oven, with butter or anything else you fancy.

Ingredients:
250g plain flour
250g wholemeal flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
150g carrots , peeled and grated
a handful walnuts, toasted
300ml Greek style white yogurt
125ml milk
sesami or other seeds

Method:

1. Heat oven to 230C/fan 210C/gas 8. Mix the flours, salt and bicarbonate of soda, then stir in the carrot, walnuts and yogurt, followed by enough of the milk to make a soft, quite sticky dough.
2. Tip onto a floured surface and form a flat ball, put on a baking sheet, slash the top,sprinkle with seeds and bake for 30 minutes until risen and baked. Its ready when a skewer comes out clean from the bread.