Gluten, dairy, soya-free baking

So what's been happening?
Lots of rain, cancelled workshop, mask making and baking.

Sadly the textiles and art journalling courses I was supposed to be running over the next 4 weeks have been cancelled, due to one parent dropping out. That may sound like over-reaction but she was also transporting another family, so accounted for 5 kids in total, well over 50% of the group. But, onwards and upwards.

I am off to L Fest next weekend, where I shall be attending the Tipping the Velvet Masquerade Ball. What more excuse does a crafty person like me need to get cracking on a mask? You can see the progress on here.

And today has been baking day as we've run out of biscuits. Today's batch are polenta biscuits from here (you have to scroll down a bit, but there are lots of other gluten-free recipes too). I used fine cornmeal (40p for 500g in ASDA Caribbean section), Vitalite sunflower spread (which is dairy and soya free), added 1/2 tsp of xanthan gum, omitted the zest and used vanilla bean paste instead, topping them off with strawberry jam. Lovely crunchy biscuits.

Lots of creative stuff

So to balance out all the writing in the last posts, this one is mainly pictures :-)

Gluten, wheat and dairy free baking

As Meg is still on a restricted diet (and now looks as though she may have become sensitive to soya too!) we do lots of home baking: bread, gorgeous shortbread biscuits from Ariana Bundy's book Sweet Alternative, and an almond & polenta lemon drizzle cake.

I am a member of an ATC trading group called Mixed Media ATC and suddenly remembered I was supposed to be making some green textile postcards (4" x 6"), so this is the work in progress ...

... and this is the end result :-)

 

 And the rest are pics of some pieces I've made for my next craft fair.

A charm necklace

           

   

     A brass button bracelet

 This piece is a vintage watch face, coloured with alcohol inks and embellished. The reverse is polymer clay.

Standard watchpiece cufflinks. Nothing fancy, but quite pleasing none the less.







And a watchpiece ring.