Comment to WIN: What's the best thing you've made from scratch?

10 years ago

last modified: 10 years ago

There's nothing quite like the satisfaction of sinking your knuckles into some fluffy dough, or that first lick of some homemade jam. Maybe you've experienced the youthful joy of a new cubbyhouse, or crafted your own Christmas wreath.

For your chance to win Kate Walsh's "Real Food Projects", tell us: What is the best thing you've made from scratch?

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mldesign0401

10 years ago

For my daughters birthday, who loves Cinderella, I wanted to create her very own ball, So I started with her Cinderella cake, vanilla with lemon meringue buttercream - the old dolly varden barbie doll cake, then a chocolate mud and mousse castle with fondant covered ice cream cones, and to really finish it off, I decided to make a carriage out of fondant.

The whole occasion built from there, so I picked up some refrigerator boxes and set about painting a ballroom scene, and turned my dining table into her own cardboard carriage, I went recycle shopping for supplies, cardboard boxes, some plastic hosing for a couple of dollars, making the carriage and a glue gun!

When she woke up on her day, she was a princess, dad was dressed as Prince Charming, and a real Cinderella arrived to celebrate her day.

Making memories was never so much fun. Im not a pro in this area, but I am at making things from nothing, although it did take me weeks of late nights, but not much money really, do it all yourself from scratch, mostly because you either can't find what you want, or can't afford to pay for it, so making this whole theme from scratch really made her day, even her year.

nothing feels better than knowing you made it yourself.

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LouieT
10 years ago
Home made Baileys ;) Yummm!!!
Vy
10 years ago
Spring rolls
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Sian Sampey
10 years ago
It would never be anything I cooked... lol

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Malena
10 years ago
She's messy but definitely a keeper ☺️
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g10ria
10 years ago
Made apricot chutney just before last Christmas. Family and friends all loved it and many copies of the recipe handed out.
Jen
10 years ago

This is the centre of a quilt that is still not a quilt but which I stitched as I recovered from a very difficult period of my life. It is the best thing I've made because it reminds me of how strong I can be! One day I'll finish it properly...
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Vy
10 years ago
It's beautiful Jen..you could always turn it into a bag ..I have no patience for such thing ..used to crochet then gave all my squares away..
Vy
10 years ago
and yes we are stronger than we think ..resilient..
Jen
10 years ago
I have it up on the wall in my study and I kinda like the unfinished-ness of it for now :)
LouieT
10 years ago
Beautiful Jen!
oklouise
10 years ago
i've been making homemade pizza and stuffed pasta as well as homemade yeast for sourdough bread
myownstyle13
10 years ago
I make almost everything from scratch: pizza, bread, dumplings, jam, pickles and the list goes on...
tarotlova
10 years ago
I make my own bread although I use a bread maker now, I have just started a vege patch and hope to add some fruit trees so I can make my own jam. Always used to make my own cakes but haven,t for awhile last one was for my daughters birthday.
dreamhomechicc
10 years ago
I haven't yet but definitely want to try making a pallet daybed and a hammock!
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No doubt about it: My two wonderful "young men" (sons)!
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I would have to say my wife's engagement ring, one of the best projects I have ever done.

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mldesign0401
10 years ago
@seanbrownbuildingdesign. So beautiful. The craftsmanship, the sentiment, everything. What a priceless treasure that is.
dohraime
10 years ago
mldesign, I'm seriously impressed with the birthday creations!! Your daughter must have gone to sleep that night with the biggest smile on her face.
lilyangel
10 years ago
I love making things from scratch. Scratch gallery!!
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Vy
10 years ago
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mldesign0401 wow your daughter is one lucky girl ..I have two daughters and have not made anything that grand
Vy
10 years ago
Sean Brown Building Design..speechless ..loved it..
Jodie Bennett
10 years ago
I make most things in my life from scratch; including furniture, art, scrapbooks, greeting cards, candles, clothes, soft furnishings. I could keep going. I don't do it to save money as it usually costs more to costume make something. I do it because of the high I feel every time I finish something and put it in place, and every time someone says, wow. It makes me want to get out of bed early everyday.
Barbara Dunstan
10 years ago
Absolutely outstanding
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Gioenne Rapisarda
Original Author
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Wow, these are great everyone!! Keep them coming, competition ends on Friday!
User
10 years ago
So, this guy i read about recently decided to make a loaf of bread from scratch. He built a permaculture garden with chickens for fertiliser, and grew the wheat, processed it himself, baked the loaf. It took a year.
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10 years ago
Similar

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7684354-52-loaves
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archimondo
10 years ago
A fool of myself! Expertly done with only minor regrets.
Les
10 years ago
Love it - I can relate - LMAO
Barbara Dunstan
10 years ago
Although a work in progress still, I am making this house ha-ha.

From the foundations up, hubby and I have equally dug holes, mixed and poured concrete, laid bricks, installed windows, laid plumbing and put up the frame etc...
kooky_karen
10 years ago
Definitely not clever enough to build my own home like Barbara and cannot create beautiful cakes like mldesign0401.

Here are a couple of items that I have created from scratch. Well, maybe not from scratch as I didn't shear any sheep or spin my own wool. Crochet tartan rugs and cross-stitch.
User
10 years ago
Lovely.
Barbara Dunstan
10 years ago
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@kooky_karen,

Now I couldn't do what you have done in a pink fit but did score highly in school in needlework, I guess it's not something that tickles my fancy so to speak but I did knit along time ago and loved it.

You give me far too much credit for being clever about building. I simply asked to be shown how to do something and went ahead and did it, successfully almost all the time ha-ha

Actually just put a new electrical plug on a lead this afternoon and it worked ha-ha....but they are pretty easy, as the instructions tell you what colour goes where, like preparing ingredients for a cake!!!
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mldesign0401
10 years ago
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Kooky Karen, I could never be patient enough to do what you made, but I think all of us share a common thread (pun intended), and that is try something ourselves, and work it out as we go. How wonderful it is online that now we can all see what amazing ppl are creating. We always have had amazing ppl making such things, but usually reserved for family keepsakes, or nanas specialty. Put down the iPhone and pick up a craft I say!
dohraime
10 years ago
" How wonderful it is online that now we can all see what amazing ppl are creating. We always have had amazing ppl making such things, but usually reserved for family keepsakes, or nanas specialty. Put down the iPhone and pick up a craft I say!" ~mldesign0401

Indeed. I'm often gobsmacked at what people can do. And it's great to see the process in pictures. I do spend a lot more time looking at others creations the actually doing something myself! One of the traps of everything shared online.

I do love seeing the creations that didn't go as planned too! So funny. It's great that people have the sense of humour to still share their "failures". At the end of the day, there's more benefit in the process of creating right? At least they had a go.
longbeachgrannyflat
10 years ago
Looking at last years plum jams that are still uneaten, this years crop went into plum bbq sauce, using home grown onions and chillis as well. I wouldn't say we are guzzling it down, but there won't be any left by spring.
Vy
10 years ago
this wall took us 8 years to complete :)
Gioenne Rapisarda
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks for all your great entries everyone! So lovely to see all these things made by our Houzzers. The randomly drawn winner, with her homemade pizza and stuffed pasta is.... oklouise! Look out for an email in your inbox.
Barbara Dunstan
10 years ago
Congrats @ oklouise!!!