Happy Halloween everyone! I’ve just discovered the amazing foodie blog of Matt Armendariz.
He’s a food photographer who is completely obsessed with anything food and drink related and anything in between. What’s not to love!
I found his blog whilst looking for great Halloween recipes.
These Candied Apples are so striking have such a depth of colour you [...]
Posted by Caroline, October 30th, 2009. No Comments
Filed under: Entertaining, Events, Food, Kids, Party, Things to do, halloween
I’ve received some great feedback from people who were inspired by my how to carve a pumpkin article to try it for themselves. It’s fantastic to hear of some the antics you guys are getting up to in the run-up to Halloween, so be sure to keep letting us know here at Fabiola & [...]
Posted by Caroline, October 29th, 2009. No Comments
Filed under: Party, Things to do
I really love Halloween, all the dressing up and spookiness is such fun!
This year, I thought I’d attempt my first pumpkin carving ever. I always imagined it would be quite difficult, as pumpkins are quite heavy and thick- skinned. So I downloaded a template which looked easy and not to much detail. I thought the [...]
Posted by Caroline, October 27th, 2009. No Comments
Filed under: Party, Things to do
Many of you know that I am a bit mad about aprons.
I own aprons, I sell aprons and now equipped with my new sewing machine, I am going to make aprons!
This is inspired by a blog I have recently discovered (actually my lovely husband found this for me, as he knows I’m just [...]
Posted by Caroline, March 2nd, 2009. Comments Off
Filed under: Things to do
What a difference a day makes…
Looking out the window this morning, to find out that someone has stolen all the snow overnight, makes me think at first that maybe Caroline turned up the heat a little too far. :-)
We have this regular see-saw situation at Fabiola & Sing Sing where we disagree about how hot [...]
Posted by Graham, February 4th, 2009. Comments Off
Filed under: Behind the scenes, Things to do
I’ve dug out some fascinating facts about Valentine’s Day, and thought you would be interested in hearing them. Without further ado, let’s kick off..
1. About 3% of pet owners are likely to buy Valentine’s gifts for their pets. I haven’t found out what you’re supposed to give your pet goldfish as a Valentine’s Day present [...]
Posted by Graham, February 2nd, 2009. Comments Off
Filed under: Retail therapy, Things to do
Most of us are quite happy with a cashmere wrap, a cosy jumper, or some warming food like a hot chocolate fondue to keep us warm, but what if you want to do something more?
Here are my top tips on unusual things you can do or buy to keep yourself warm this chilly Winter.
1. [...]
Posted by Graham, January 7th, 2009. 1 Comment
Filed under: Things to do
Are you ready to Wordle?
Wordle is a fun little web app that will take a selection of words or a blog’s RSS feed and convert it into an (often beautiful) word cloud. It can be quite mesmerising to play with it.
Naturally, I couldn’t resist plugging Fabiola & Sing Sing into Wordle, and lo-and-behold it [...]
Posted by Graham, December 13th, 2008. Comments Off
Filed under: Behind the scenes, Things to do
Brr.. it sure is cold outside, but here is something to warm you up and keep you and the kids busy if you’re stuck indoors while it’s chilly and windy.
Okay, so we all want to do the right thing for the environment, and some people aren’t so keen on sending Christmas cards anymore – so [...]
Posted by Caroline, December 6th, 2008. Comments Off
Filed under: Christmas, Kids, Things to do
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American readers!
Yes, even though this blog is relatively new, and Fabiola & Sing Sing is mostly selling to customers based in the UK, we do have some readers from the other side of the pond.
So, if you’re visiting us from New Orleans or New York, Oklahoma or Oregon, California [...]
Posted by Caroline, November 27th, 2008. 1 Comment
Filed under: Entertaining, Kids, Party, Things to do