I had a little weep when I came across these beautiful paper cuts by Elsa Mora:
Wednesday, June 2
Monday, May 24
Five faves
We've been really busy over here at Pip Emma HQ, but I'll spare you the excuses regarding our absence and skip right to...
FIVE FAVES (playing along with the fabulously named, Pip):
1. Locals who letter press. How can you not love the work of Ruby Victoria? She also admits she's a hoarder of stuff. Us too, us too. (The image above is from Ruby Victoria's blog)
2. Fonts. We love type. It's the foundation of great design, I reckon.
3. Making animal masks out of felt for big people and little people.
4. Ted Talks. Inspiring talks by fabulous people about interesting things. For free.
5. Saving our local radio. It's not so good that Edge Radio is in trouble but you can help by signing the petition or becoming a supporter. Or both!
FIVE FAVES (playing along with the fabulously named, Pip):
1. Locals who letter press. How can you not love the work of Ruby Victoria? She also admits she's a hoarder of stuff. Us too, us too. (The image above is from Ruby Victoria's blog)
2. Fonts. We love type. It's the foundation of great design, I reckon.
3. Making animal masks out of felt for big people and little people.
4. Ted Talks. Inspiring talks by fabulous people about interesting things. For free.
5. Saving our local radio. It's not so good that Edge Radio is in trouble but you can help by signing the petition or becoming a supporter. Or both!
Wednesday, May 12
Tuesday, April 27
Recipe: Carrot and Zucchini Fritters
I adapted a recipe from the very wonderful Hungry Girls Cook Book 2, last night.
Here's my version (it was TOPS):
Carrot and Zucchini Fritters
1 x medium - large carrot
1 x medium zucchini
1 x egg
25g (about 2 generous table spoons) plain flour
1 tsp (nice) curry powder or just cummin powder
1 x tsp of ground coriander OR some lovely fresh coriander
1/2 tsp salt
Olive oil
lemon wedge to serve
Grate the carrot and zucchini.
Combine well with the other ingredients.
Put a nice heavy bottom frying pan on the stove at a medium heat and dollop in some olive oil. Swirl it around to coat the pan.
Drop in a tablespoon-ish of mixure in the corner of your pan and spread it out thinly. Repeat. I got 4 fritters in my pan at once.
Cook one side until you see it browning around the edges and flip to cook the other side. Once cooked set aside and keep warm while you do the next batch.
Serve with lemon wedges.
We had ours with smoked salmon, pea sprouts (with lime and ginger balsamic vinegar) and some (stale. oops.) sourdough slices (toasted). YUM.
Here's my version (it was TOPS):
Carrot and Zucchini Fritters
1 x medium - large carrot
1 x medium zucchini
1 x egg
25g (about 2 generous table spoons) plain flour
1 tsp (nice) curry powder or just cummin powder
1 x tsp of ground coriander OR some lovely fresh coriander
1/2 tsp salt
Olive oil
lemon wedge to serve
Grate the carrot and zucchini.
Combine well with the other ingredients.
Put a nice heavy bottom frying pan on the stove at a medium heat and dollop in some olive oil. Swirl it around to coat the pan.
Drop in a tablespoon-ish of mixure in the corner of your pan and spread it out thinly. Repeat. I got 4 fritters in my pan at once.
Cook one side until you see it browning around the edges and flip to cook the other side. Once cooked set aside and keep warm while you do the next batch.
Serve with lemon wedges.
We had ours with smoked salmon, pea sprouts (with lime and ginger balsamic vinegar) and some (stale. oops.) sourdough slices (toasted). YUM.
Monday, April 26
We love silhouettes
Vintage or new, on jewellery, books, paper goods and soft furnishings...silhouettes are a striking and simple design feature.
Plus, the word "silhouette" is pretty lovely, don't you think?
Images from
1. Ad Jewellery
2. Lucky Me Beads
3. Your Secret Admiral
4. Edie Beady
5. Trillium Artisans
Sunday, April 25
We love Chai Tea
I really love Chai Tea, its not an all the time drop but just a lovely treat for a sleepy tv type day. (I'm watching 'Murder She Wrote' on dvd, in new pj's with the heater on low - I highly recommend this amalgamation)
ingredients -
tea and spices
the basic recipe is something like
- Bring water to boil. add tea leaves (any black tea) and reduce heat.
- Add the spices: some cloves, cardamom (squeeze and crack the pods add them whole), a cinnamon stick (I like to break them into two).
- Simmer (until you get a nice rolling boil happening).
- Add some milk and cook a little more.
-Strain to serve.
-Sweeten to your own taste.
This on is a little fancier I found it here
1 Tbsp fennel or anise seed
6 green cardamom pods
12 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1/4" ginger root, sliced thin
1/4 tsp black pepper corns
2 bay leaves
7 Cups water
Add, bring to a boil, and simmer 5 minutes:
2 Tbsp Darjeeling tea
Add:
6 Tbsp honey or brown sugar
1 Cup milk
ingredients -
tea and spices
the basic recipe is something like
- Bring water to boil. add tea leaves (any black tea) and reduce heat.
- Add the spices: some cloves, cardamom (squeeze and crack the pods add them whole), a cinnamon stick (I like to break them into two).
- Simmer (until you get a nice rolling boil happening).
- Add some milk and cook a little more.
-Strain to serve.
-Sweeten to your own taste.
This on is a little fancier I found it here
1 Tbsp fennel or anise seed
6 green cardamom pods
12 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1/4" ginger root, sliced thin
1/4 tsp black pepper corns
2 bay leaves
7 Cups water
Add, bring to a boil, and simmer 5 minutes:
2 Tbsp Darjeeling tea
Add:
6 Tbsp honey or brown sugar
1 Cup milk
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