Project 227.....notebooks

I can not take the credit for this one!  It was a team effort!  I did the beading and taped it to the backs of the books.  My friend did the typing, her husband the cutting and she glued it to the books and gave it the golden linings and glued the flowers it to it.  We made it for mothers day gifts in church.

Since we started doing the dances in church, we were asked for the meanings of the colours.  So we decided to give them the meanings on the notebook, then they have something to go back to and they can use the notebooks to write notes on the sermons.  A short mothers day message was added in the front of the book.

Meanings of colours......

BLACK...................Jesus death and for the death of all(some) of what has been in my life
RED........................Jesus Blood- forgiveness of sin, cleansing, healing 
BLUE.....................Gods grace and mercy.  Heavenly places
YELLOW...............Joy
ORANGE.............Fire of the Holy Spirit
GOLD.....................Glory of God
SILVER/WHITE...Holy Spirit/holiness
GREEN..................Healing, leaves, healing of nations
PALE BLUE........ .Rivers /streams of healing water
PALE YELLOW...Promises of God are true
PURPLE................Sovereignty of God
Cherise...................A husband-Jesus
AQUA....................Victory
VIOLET.................Peace

Project 226....coconut tart

I took shortcut on the crust!  I've used a roll of frozen puff pastry...rolled it open and baked it for 20 minutes.  Allow to cool.

Filling:
2 2/3 cups of milk
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup maizena
1/4 t salt
1 t vanilla
1 1/3 cup coconut

Heat the milk on the stove top.  Mix the rest of the ingredients except the coconut.  Mix in with
warm milk and stir until it thickens.  Stir in the coconut.  Spread on top of the crust.  Allow to cool.

Topping:
1 cup coconut cream
2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Whip together and spread on top of your other layers.

Roast 1 cup of coconut in the oven for 4-5 minutes. spread it on top.

Project 225....no knead bread

I made this super easy bread the other night....one of the easiest breads I've ever made!  I've adapted the recipe a little by adding the sugar.  The original recipe did not have sugar, but maybe I am a little silly.....I always think that you need a little sugar when you use yeast.....and the original recipe had much more salt.

 cups flour
1 packet of instant yeast
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
2 tsp sugar

Mix everything with a wooden spoon and keep in a warm place to double in size. 

Put some olive oil on your hands and place your dough in an iron pot with a lid, or a pan with a lid or use foil.

Allow to double in size again. Bake at 180*C for half an hour with lid on, brush with olive oil and then bake open for 15 minutes.

Project 224....melkkos

This is a traditional South African dish.  At school we got this for supper in boarding school, but my family like it for breakfast.   
 
Heat a litre and half of milk with two  tablespoons of butter.  In a bowl mix 1 1/2 cups of flour, a teaspoon of salt and 2 eggs.  It will make small crumbs. When your milk is hot, add the flour mixture and simmer for about half an hour.  Serve with cinnamon sugar. Yummy!

project 223.....half circle flags

This was a team effort, but they are working so well, I had to show you.

As you know by now, we have a dance group at church, and the more we dance, the more excited we get!  My one friend said the other day she can not stand still anymore during the worship....she just wants to move! Surely something to get involved in!

She cut half circles and over locked them.  I then put a wide hem in on the straight lines  leaving a small space in the middle for a stick to go through.

Cut your stick slightly longer than half of the flag.  I used a pencil sharpener to sharpen the end and glued a large wooden bead to the end.  When you hold your flag, you pinch the bead between your fingers, and it is so easy now to move the flag.

String your wooden stick only in the one half, leaving the other half to hang loosely.  Staple the material to the stick at the two ends with a staple gun.

Try moving it now!  It has these lovely 'flowy'  movements!