




A retro, 1970’s inspired, tiled heart pattern. A patchwork of pink, orange and burgundy squares, each with a with graphic heart design. Perfect for your vintage loving Valentine.
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A retro, 1970’s inspired, tiled heart pattern. A patchwork of pink, orange and burgundy squares, each with a with graphic heart design. Perfect for your vintage loving Valentine.
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Blocks of pastel colours, just like Neapolitan ice cream. Take a look in my Redbubble shop.
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After a long, cold winter, the weather has finally changed.
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This week it is time for a Singapore Sling or Gin Sling. When researching cocktails it seems, as usual, there are many recipes for a gin based sling, so I used my copy of the The Savoy Cocktail Book for mine.
The Master of the Cocktail, Harry Craddock, doesn’t include the Grenadine and Benedictine that more modern recipes do. I feel less is more.
The juice of 1/4 lemon
1/4 of dry gin
1/2 of cherry brandy
soda water to top up and ice cube
1 measure = 2oz
1/2 is a generous 1 oz
1/4 is a generous 1/2 oz
Add lemon, gin and cherry brandy to the cocktail shaker.
Shake well and strain into a highball glass.
Top up with soda and add 1 lump of ice.
After tasting, my husband felt that more gin was required, probably a bit too much soda too. So less, was in fact less and more was in fact required.
Recipe taken from Cocktails The Present from the Past, which includes a reprint of the original Savoy Cocktail Book published in 1930.
Proceed with caution, may cause wobbly legs. Drink aware etc.
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Some colours just look great together, I love these fresh, citrus orange and lime green tulips.
Tulip print, from a range of products for sale at Society 6.
Bunch of tulips and Tulip print for sale in my Etsy shop.
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Give your Mum a treat
Cushions are available from Society6.com and greeting cards from Etsy
All photographs are ©teaandtiffindesigns