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Peanut Wednesday

April 13, 2011

Today I feel the need for peanuts, and a peanut butter and jam sandwich just isn’t going to cut it. A while ago I made this very moreish Peanut Sauce within minutes of seeing it on David Lebovitz blog. The darkly roasted peanuts ground up with hot tea have an amazing aroma. It’s even better once you […]

Pimp My Blog

January 27, 2011

I am taking the lead for this post from looking at my WordPress stats. Instead of everyone searching for cake and woodwork, we have had a few thousand visitors recently looking at WordPress Blog Theme and customisation. It’s because things{we}make is in the ‘Who’s using this theme’ section in the WordPress Themes Showcase. So people […]

Letterpress Logo

September 21, 2010

Today’s post is about someone who made something for me. Through the wonderful world of Twitter I recently came across Jacqui from Print for Love of Wood. I love Jacqui’s work and have spent a good while leafing through her Flickr photos of antique letterpress machines and wood letters. I have a fascination for print, and although […]

1st Blogiversary

May 29, 2010

** This giveaway is now complete ** Things we make We started the blog on a whim a year ago today and since then it has taken on a life of it’s own. Here are a few reminders, just click on the pictures to see a few of our exploits. From Ed and his furniture […]

Two Experiments and a Competition

October 7, 2009

I made a fairly ordinary meal last night of sausage and mash, but had a hankering to experiment a bit on the side. I had seen a photograph on Foodgawker of Hasselback potatoes on a blog called Seasaltwithfood and wanted to try them. So in addition to a mountain of fluffy mashed potato (I always […]