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I hope you're enjoying your weekend so far. It's been an autumnal one here with rain and stormy weather as well as a bit of sunshine. Easter has been celebrated with a few family and friend gatherings, which have been joyful.

We had friends over for lunch today and Keira and i organised an egg hunt for the children. It mostly involved small chocolate eggs but I also wanted to include some 'real' eggs in the hunt, so made some with pressed flowers varnished onto the shell. You can see them in the first photo above.

They were fun to make but not as popular with the kids as the chocolate eggs, which is quite fair enough of course.

Another treat I've made this weekend is chocolate and apricot fudge, another recipe from Nicola's cookbook. It's a gorgeous recipe and doesn't use involve any refined sugar or chocolate but the result is quite delicious. You can find the recipe online here.

Please do enter the giveaway for Nicola's new book (it's open for another day or so) – just click here and leave a comment.

Wishing you a peaceful weekend.

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8 responses to “long weekend greetings”

  1. Arti Badiani Avatar
    Arti Badiani

    Thank you for today, – the girls talked about drawing flowers on eggs when we got home so those lovely little flower pressed eggs did leave a lasting impression!

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  2. tinyhappy Avatar

    ha – it was lovely to have little ones to do the easter egg hunting with. XX

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  3. Frau Kirschkernzeit Avatar

    Three of my children have been sick all week long- and I’m feeling quite exhausted and slightly unwell now too… But I hope we’ll be able to enjoy our annual family easter meeting with my husbands family tomorrow, when my husband is back home from a retrait with our eldest.
    Your eggs are lovely. I like the way you decorate and create; it looks always so subtle and beautiful.
    Have a nice rest of the weekend!

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  4. Naina mahto Avatar
    Naina mahto

    Hi Melissa, happy Easter to you and your family xxx

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  5. Melanie Avatar
    Melanie

    The fudge looks and sounds yummy!

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  6. Alison Avatar
    Alison

    MMmm reasonably healthy treat for a lovely change,a. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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  7. Sally Avatar
    Sally

    The weather down south has made it a nice nesting easter. Suitable for hot dinners, red wine, chocolate, movies and knitting! And lots of mud in the back yard for the dog.

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  8. muenzeeins Avatar

    the self decorated eggs look lovely! the chocolate eggs always have more success around here too :)… two of three kids have been down with a bad cough, so easter was quite “low profile” :)… what is on your knitting needles, a pair of socks? the color is lovely.

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