Bang Bang (my Baby Shot Me Down)

I made these themed pendants for a Gingerbeer Christmas Party, Secret Santa present. It wasn't easy putting together a present for some grrrl I didn't know and to the agreed budget of £5! So I decided to make something homemade. The pistol is cut from a recycled powdered drink container lid, the "bang"s are bubble jet print laminated behind recycled takeaway container box plastic, the sherrif's star and jumprings are made from offcuts of sterling silver I found in my a bag of lemel from past projects. The plastic cowboy and waxed cotton thong had to be purchased.

I packed it up with a lucky bag selection of girly pick and mix sweeties: peaches, fried eggs, lips, rainbow laces, and a cherry and tied it all with a rainbow ribbon. Yeeha!!

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   Calling all E17 Bread Bakers: (organic) Fresh Yeast    Supply

By sponges and leavens, I have finally sourced a couple of cubes of this Bakers' gold: organic fresh yeast. These little cubes of Rapunzel in their jaunty golden yellow wrappers aren't actually labelled organic as yeast isn't presently on the EU list of organic ingredients. However, the yeast is produced by the German company BioReal using organic ingredients and processes.

A BIG thank you to the lads at Second Nature Wholefoods for going out on a limb and ordering some in for me. Frustratingly, I cannot use enough yeast in my own baking to sustain the quantities (12x42g cubes every 2 weeks) Second Nature needs to shift to make it feasible to order on a regular basis . The wholesale quantity however, is not a totally unrealistic amount if there are three or four other ardent bread bakers in the E17 area who wish to share an order. So, contact Second Nature Wholefoods, 78 Wood St, Walthamstow, London, E17 3HX Tel: 020 8520 7995. Let them know you are interested in purchasing Rapunzel yeast on a regular basis. Perhaps you could email me too so that we could co ordinate a shared order.

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