My home made stew

First things first I'm not a veggie, I eat meat but I cook and bake Vegan/veggie
so here is my veggie stew that I made for the first time this year and obviously not the last yesterday.

Firstly I make sure I've got a tin of butter beans, a packet of pearl barley vegetable stock (whatever you fancy!) and of course suet for my dumplings!

but first the veg!

as you can see i got a bargain in M&S this in total cost me £1.01p exactly I've had many arguments about the cost of M&S food I go in figure out what I need and get it and most of it was cheaper than other supermarkets!


I put the veg in my slow cooker and the the potatoes (after washing them) I then put in the tinned butter beans (after rinsing them) followed by the pearl barley (a couple of handfuls not too much!) then made the stock cube up to the packets instructions left it for about six hours added a little extra water to make sure it didn't dry out!

then I made (for the first time!) Vegan dumplings with the suet (it was vegetable!) they nearly went wrong when I added too much water but i followed the instructions on the packet (flour, suet,water and salt!) but i saved the day with more flour! so when I finished  I realised that my stew was completely vegan! thats a great thing because I can have my friends around for tea! unfortunately I don;t have much of my stew left but its a handy thing to make this time of year that I wanted to share!

till next time lovelies!

xx

June Recap - Look Ma' I'm blogging

Hello all out there, thought I would recap my month of "Crazy June" because things went crazy for me in June it ALL went on so lets begin

1. Exeter Crafts Birthday

We made sheep (see next point), we had cake because what is a birthday without cake?

 oh and I said we would make sheep!

we have a few left over made by Sarah so we may keep some for future events!

2. Muse At Download & Drones

I only went for the day, it was incredible and a lot of fun hanging around with my Muse pals for a whole day some I hadn't seen for two years (too long!) we laughed so much and had a ball waiting for Muse, It's the best set list I've ever seen them play and sure down as one of my favourite shows i've ever seen 

Muse's album "Drones" came out the Monday of this week 

(the same week as the craft evening above slightly Muse related because of the sheep, Matt Bellamy has sheep so we made some for him!)  

admittedly I pre-orderd it and got the super edition, so got the songs early but not the end of the album I adore it best album I've heard by them and Defector is my favourite song by them but I won't waffle on Download was incredible and the album is even better so

3. Jurassic World

I'm a wuss after having my epilepsy as a child and having anything set it off (being freaked out is one) going to see this film was HUGE for me of course I went because of Chris Pratt I ADORE Mr Pratt my pal Rox joined me for this to hold my hand so to say but I laughed all the way though the film haha! but WORTH IT!

4. Kaiser Chiefs in Bristol

A fabulous night in bristol with my Facebook pal Dawn and her husband whom I hadn't met before and we had a ball Peanut even came down the front to start "modern way" I hadn't seen that in a while! so got a litttttle bit excited and also it was the *meaning of life* it was Kaiser Chief gig number 42 I know the question "how many Kaiser Chief gigs have you gone to" = 42 thats the meaning of life

5. Friends, Visitors and other

Look ma I'm a real blogger now, seemed to be the accessory for the month 

new lights for my wee flat and they are now up in my flat!

Lynda, Me, Mr Photobomber and Helen at Download yes we were a tad Excited ahem 

After download I visited Michelle my friend whom I hadn't seen since 2008 (bad, BAD me) so as it wasn't going to cost much to get to her I went to see her and the amazing Dave the cat (he's on instagram as *Miaowdave* give him a follow he's fab! 

and in the middle of the month my Aunty Jane came to visit we she's holding my Muse poster up there lol and we visited Teignmouth after trolling the Exeter Charity shops and me spending a fortune! 

so that was my June it was a mish mash and jam packed! but also a lot of fun and I think certainly the best month of the year so far! I think muse helped teehee, so have a selfie to sum up the crazy month it's made me happy

take care and see you soon love from

Miss Double Dom hits back

Good day to you out there in blog land
I'm back yes it's Miss Double Dom (nothing to do with rude things either!) it's been a fair while yes, but life happened jobs started, friendships grew and I've seen my friends suffer horrible loss but I'm back to documenting it and my crafty bits around with my thoughts on my day to day things (and this is ANYTHING)
firstly lets start with gigs I've gone to and the important one.

(Moriaty with added Chris Wolstenholme - Exeter Great Hall 20th March 2015)

It was a long emotional day seeing Muse in Exeter I cannot believe they came here, I cannot believe I didn't have to book a place to stay it feels like a dream did Muse really play here? 

I got confused with where I had to go but I made a barrier (I hate being in a middle) I didn't feel that anxious and I was Chris side as you can see 

the rare songs for me weren't that rare so I lost out on seeing songs I haven't, only agitated (not whinging, just saying I've gotten slack for that but whatever! I'm lucky I've seen them and I know it)

but by the last song (one of my favourites Reapers) I was a blubbering mess and I wanted to go home and curl up into a ball and cry, but typical crazy Muse fan style I would do it all again tomorrow!

In the past year I've seen The Kaiser Chiefs (x3) and I'm seeing them again in about three weeks! Example (x2) he kept me going over the past 18 months much like Calvin Harris does with his music! also Basement Jaxx (FINALLY! WAITED 10 YEARS!), Paloma Faith, Status Quo with Chas and Dave and Nik Kershaw I cannot think of any more thats only a couple compared to normal.

Work wise, I've started another job that I love, but being a good girl I won't say who or anything but I'm happy there as much as getting used to two jobs is getting to me, I'm still here and upright! 

Craft wise, look whats still going 

Exeter Crafts - May 2015 

It turns a year old TODAY! (well my first one was the 3rd but it's the birthday party tonight!) I'm so excited we are making sheep (pom pons, paper, felt ETC ALL THE SHEEP!) because I'm silly like that and enjoy doing silly makey type things.

I've also visited Birmingham for Allison Sadler's amazing Make It Sewcial meet up it was an incredible and inspiring day here's a few pics taken that day some taken on my phone by Kat M from blogtatular and one from Allison!

 our venue the impact hub in Birmingham, Exeter YOU NEED ONE!

I made this and wear it every day, 

I believe everyone has a craft they can do 

so DO IT!

it was meant to be think big 

but there was no big so it was this or craft so I added magic!

I think I've waffled on for long enough, I've promised myself to type more regardless, I've been told to just do it and thats exactly what I did with that craft evening of mine and now look at it a year old today, just go for it nothing is a failure if you learn from it.

stay awesome, with love from