Halloween sweet treat gift cups video

Halloween sweet treats gift cups video.

The month of October brings Halloween, shops will be full of costumes, trick and treat goodies, pumpkins, witches and many devilish item.These lovely Halloween gift pots are easy to make and will make really good trick and treat presents. The simplicity of them makes them a perfect supervised activity for parent and child.

These little gift cups are perfect for filling with sweet treats, mini gifts such as pencils, cookies,hair accessories for little girls or marbles for boys.The options are endless.

How to add a Facebook Page Like box on your Blogger blog.

I am sure that most bloggers who have a blog also have a Facebook page where they share their blog posts on Facebook. Wouldn't it be great if you are able to have a simple and easy way for your blog readers to LIKE  your Facebook page without leaving your site?
Here is a very simple way to add your Facebook page to your blogger blog.

Part 1

1.Make sure you have a Facebook page, if you don't you need to create one before you start.
2 .Get your Facebook page URL by visiting your Facebook page and copy the URL
3. Go to your Facebook developers page.

4. Paste your Facebook URL in the box that says Facebook page URL
5. Next customise your width  and height.
6. Check boxes for show header, show stream, show border, show faces.(Customise this to suit your taste by selecting or de selecting the boxes.As you select you will see your widget change, once you are happy with the size and customization. Click on get code.
7. Once you click on get code a dialogue box will pop up with 4 options on top:

8. Select I frame and copy the code.

Part 2

9. Log into your Blogger blog and go to layout.
10. Select add a gadget
11. Select html / javascript and click on the + sign
12. Paste the code you have copied from Step 8 into the gadget and click on save.
13.Reposition the gadget to the required position on your sidebar layout by dragging it up or down.
14. Save layout and view blog.
The widget should be showing in your side bar.

You can also watch a video of how to do this here.

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Prop collection and a lesson in Ebay.

I love cooking and my new obsession is collecting props for food photos.From plates to cups to bowls. I have so many odds and ends of mismatched crockery that is overflowing in my cupboards all purely for food photography. But one thing that I really wanted was to find some brass, copper and authentic props for my asian dishes. On a recent trip to India, hubby asked me what I wanted him to bring me back.He was most surprised when instead of a beautiful designer saree I asked him to bring me some pots.He was rather amused but said he would try.
These pretty sets of pots were what he brought me together with this pretty kadai ( brass pot with handles) aren't they lovely?

But my prop obsession did not end there, I now wanted some brass spoons to add to the collection. I searched high and low, asked friends and family if they had odd cutlery they no longer wanted. I even tried charity shops and antique shops but to my dismay I could not find any things.Disheartened I thought to google brass spoons and to my excitement I saw a link come up for ebay, yes someone had some brass spoons that they wanted to sell. I was so excited to open the link. Now I have never shopped on ebay before so the experience was very new to me. When I saw the spoons I immediately fell in love with them and further more they were reasonably priced too infact too reasonable. I immediately clicked the button to order them but lo and behold a message came up saying you have been out bid. Wondering what this was I soon realised that the price I saw was a starting price and I needed to place a bid to buy them. Frantically I placed bid after bid and each time I was out bid. I was getting quite upset and had conjured up a vision in my head that some foodie out there had conspired to stop me buying these spoons and was laughing in glee at me. Little did I realise that the spoons were being auctioned and a price reserve was set on it  the highest bidder would get to buy them. Realising that my efforts were wasted  and the spoons were never going to be mine I decided to give up on the purchase.

That evening I narrated my woeful tale to my family, after being laughed at I found out that I could actually put the item on a watch list and bid on it nearer the closing time, this way there was more chance of securing the item. Feeling more optimistic this time I added the item to the watch list and forgot all about it.
A few days later I had an email alert late one evening advising me that the sale of the spoons was to end soon. I logged back into the ebay account for one last time and saw that the spoons were still available however the price had increased to a lot more than the starting price. My prop obsession over ruled my sensible head and I clicked on the bid to make  final bid, I did not even wait to see if the bid was accepted or not and immediately logged out.

The next day whilst checking my emails I saw an email from ebay, it read congratulations on the purchase of your brass spoons. So finally after much ado I am the proud owner of this set of brass spoons, I had finally managed to out bid my imaginary foodie competitor on ebay.

I have learned a lot about bidding on ebay for items now, but now I need to stay away from ebay in fear of finding another purchase and my prop obsession taking over again.

You can see the lovely Kadai and brass spoons featured in this recipe post  for Bombay Aloo on my food blog simply.food

Giveaway ~ Win tickets to Crafts for Christmas, Hobbycrafts & Art Materials Live NEC Birmingham

Create your own beautiful handmade Christmas at Crafts for Christmas and Hobbycrafts

Visit Crafts for Christmas and Hobbycrafts between 7-10 November at the NEC, Birmingham alongside Art Materials Live where you will find everything you need to make your Christmas extra special this year.

Hundreds of exhibitors will be on hand offering a treasure trove of gifts and treats including beautiful jewellery, cuddly toys, board games, decorations and ceramics not usually found on the high street. 

To bring some festive cheer to your home, get crafting at the Prima ‘Make & Take’ Craft Theatre and take part in workshops and demonstrations throughout the day to create handmade Christmas decorations and treats.  

At Hobbycrafts, the award-winning creative crafts show, over 200 exhibitors bring the best of the creative craft world together.  Stock up and discover all the latest innovations and supplies, speak to the exhibitors for their advice and ideas and take part in one of the many free Quick & Easy Workshops, Make & Take sessions, Talks and Demonstrations each day of the show.  With everything from stamping, patchwork and quilting and cardmaking to papercraft, jewellery making and beading - you will find everything you need for your next crafty project.

Inspire your artistic side at this year’s Art Materials Live (Birmingham only), the largest and liveliest show of its kind in the world.  Leading professional artists will be offering the very latest art supplies, ideas and innovations as well as their top tips and advice for you to take home.  Take part in one of the pre-bookable hands-on workshops organised by the Leisure Painter & The Artist Magazines, where you can learn to create landscapes, markets, animals and much more in a variety of media.  With numerous free workshops and demonstrations taking place daily from some of the industry’s best known names along with some stunning displays to offer inspiration, you will be racing home to create your very own masterpiece.

Crafts for Christmas, Hobbycrafts & Art Materials Live 

NEC, Birmingham 7-10 November 2013

Ticket Prices:

Adult: £12.00 (£10.00 Advance Price)

Senior: £11.00 (£9.00 Advance Price)

Children free if accompanied by an adult with a valid ticket, otherwise £5.00

2 Day Ticket (Advance Only) Adults: £17.00 Senior: £15.00

All advanced tickets need to be ordered by 5pm Mon 4 November

For more information or to book tickets please visit www.ichfevents.co.uk.  Alternatively, phone the Ticket Hotline on 01425 277988.

Citrus Spice has teamed up with Crafts for Christmas, Hobbycrafts & Art Materials Live to offer 5 lucky readers a chance to win a pair of tickets to this fantastic show. Taking place at the NEC, Birmingham from 7-10 November, visitors can spend a day in craft heaven exploring the latest ideas, supplies, competitions, demonstrations and workshops from the industry’s experts.  

How to participate:

• Simply complete the Rafflecopter widget below to verify your entries
• Entries can be via blog comment, Facebook, Twitter etc
• Please read the rules they form the terms and conditions of this
• Closing date - 20th October 2013 6.00pm .
• Prize 1 pair of tickets per winner only
• This competition is open to UK residents over the age of 18 only.

How Rafflecopter works:

• You will need to complete the mandatory entry first – usually making a blog comment. You can do this by clicking on leave a comment at the bottom of the post and leaving your reply in the comment box.
• Login to Rafflecopter – click to see what the question is. Make a comment answering the question on the blog.
• Go back to Rafflecopter and click the green button to tell me you have made a comment, this will unlock all the other options. All entries are checked to see that the mandatory question is answered, if its not all bonus entries will become void. 
• Rafflecopter will tweet, like and follow on your behalf. For information on how to find the URL of your tweet click here.
• For bonus entries you can return to this page and enter the daily bonus entries. 
• If you are still unsure as to how Rafflecopter works please do check out this short video.

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How to add this social bookmark Share buttons to your blogger blog

To popularise you blog and content, increase traffic and engagement it is important to encourage your readers to share your content on social media, you can make this easy by providing buttons for your readers to share your content.
Here are simple instructions on how you can add Share buttons on your blog.

Part 1

1. Create an account at Add this.
2. Click on get the code and select Share button
3. A grey box will appear.

4. From "Get sharing button for" select 

Blogger

5. Select style that you require .





6. In Options section click on my profile
 and select your profile.






7. On the right side you will see a preview of your buttons, these are created by Add this however you can customise them by clicking on disable and select your own buttons if you require.This can be done by clicking on the button options from the left and and dragging them to the selected buttons on the right.

8. A preview will appear at the top for all the buttons you have selected.
9. Once you are happy with your selection move down to add to blogger and click on Install widget. You will see this box.

10. Click on add widget and you will automatically land on your blog layout page with the code added in the side bar.
11.Reposition the gadget to the required position on your sidebar layout by dragging it up or down.
12. Save layout and view blog.
The widget should be showing in your side bar.

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Easy and simple Birthday gift tags tutorial and video

Beautifully home made and personalised birthday gift tags. These are so easy to make that they would make a perfect rainy day activity for a child and parent.

This is my first arts and craft video on U Tube, I hope all my readers enjoy it and you will get inspiration from it to create your own gift tags.

How to add this social bookmark Follow buttons to your blogger blog

Get more fans and followers for your social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and other popular social networks by adding follow buttons on your blog.

Part 1

1. Create an account at Add this.
2. Click on get the code and select Follow button
3. A grey box will appear.

4. In the grey box select my profile and select your own profile in the drop down.






5. In the header section select a title you wish to give your buttons such as "Follow Us"
6. Select the design  for your buttons from horizontal large, horizontal small, vertical large ,vertical small.


7.In the next section you can create as many buttons as you want, just fill in the individual URL's of all your social media sites you wish to create a buttons for.


















8. You will be able to see a preview of the buttons you have created.
9. Once you have created all the buttons you require, click on grab the code.

Part 2

9. Log into your Blogger blog and go to layout.
10. Select add a gadget
11. Select html / javascript and click on the + sign
12. Paste the code you have copied from Step 9 into the gadget and click on save.
13.Reposition the gadget to the required position on your sidebar layout by dragging it up or down.
14. Save layout and view blog.
The widget should be showing in your side bar.

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Celebrate Citrus Spice Launch - Giveaway Easy cake decorating book.

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I am very excited  about the launch of this blog and am already planning lots of wonderful posts on a range of topics. I started blogging about 4 years ago and it seems along time since I designed my blog simply.food. Most of the widgets, codings and layouts I had forgotten how I had added them so for Citrus Spice it was back to the drawing board to try and redesign and style the blog. This time I thought it would be a good idea to actually create blog posts about the technical side of things, so I shall be sharing amongst other posts technical post on how to add widgets to your blogger blog. I am also planning a series of art and craft posts which I am going to aim at parents and children creating stuff together. Finally I will also be adding some posts about basic cake decorating techniques. I have attended a couple of cake decorating classes but mostly I have learnt techniques from books. One book that I particularly like is "Easy cake decorating" by Parragon Books. It is beautifully illustrated with simple techniques and easy to follow instructions.To celebrate the launch of Citrus Spice and all things nice I am hosting a giveaway to win 1 copy of this lovely book.

This competition is open to UK residents over the age of 18 only.

How To Enter:

• Simply complete the Rafflecopter widget below to verify your entries
• Entries can be via blog comment, Facebook, Twitter etc
• Please read the rules they form the terms and conditions of this
• Closing date – 3rd October  2013 6.00pm .

 How Rafflecopter works:

• You will need to complete the mandatory entry first – usually making a blog comment. You can do this by clicking on leave a comment at the bottom of the post and leaving your reply in the comment box.
• Login to Rafflecopter – click to see what the question is. Make a comment answering the question on the blog.
•  Go back to Rafflecopter and click the green button to tell me you have made a comment, this will unlock all the other options. All entries are checked to see that the mandatory question is answered, if its not all bonus entries will become void. 
• Rafflecopter will tweet, like and follow on your behalf.
• For information on how to find the URL of your tweet click here. 
• For bonus entries you can return to this page and enter the daily bonus entries. 
• If you are still unsure as to how Rafflecopter works please do check out this short video.

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