October 2006 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

diet coke cakes

October 26, 2006 @ 11:30 pm · Filed under: Food, Tutorials

I heard about this idea a while ago – making a low fat cake from a packet of cake mix by replacing the usual added ingredients (water, eggs, oil) with a can of diet carbonated beverage of choice. So tonight I tried it out for myself. Ingredients: 1 packet cake mix (I used Dr. Oetker Added […]

the incredible shrinking plastic

October 23, 2006 @ 10:47 am · Filed under: Other Crafts

I remember Shrinkydinks from when I was a kid, but only had a chance to try it once, at my cousins’ house. In case you haven’t heard of it, it’s a sheet of clear plastic that you draw on, cut into a shape and then put in the oven, where it rapidly shrinks to 1/3 the size. The […]

autumn bracelet

October 9, 2006 @ 7:36 pm · Filed under: Beading / Jewellery, Polymer Clay

October’s whiplash theme is Accessories; a really broad theme with a lot of scope. I have been crocheting a lot recently, so I reluctantly (but only temporarily!) put my crochet hook down and decided to go with a different craft this month. Autumn has always been my favourite season. My birthday is in October, and I love […]

afghan progress

October 9, 2006 @ 10:20 am · Filed under: Crochet

My 63 squares afghan is progressing… I’ve added the navy border to 19 squares, and have another 16 squares waiting for their navy border to be added: Status: 35/63 squares (56%) completed