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Strawberry ricotta tarts

24 June 2011 by kristarella

I baked these yesterday and they were great! The recipe is adapted from recipes on Proud Italian Cook and Masterchef Australia. Ingredients 2 sheets shortcrust pastry 1 cup ricotta cheese 1/3 cup cream cheese 3/4 cup sugar 1 tbs vanilla extract 2 eggs 1 punnet strawberries 1-2 tsp berry jam Directions Preheat oven to 180ºC […]

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: food

kristarella.com Network in Progress

16 June 2011 by kristarella

I’ve finished the move of kristarella.com to a new server (well, that happened a while ago, but I’ve made more progress since then)! The improvements to WordPress (WP) over the last couple of years have been great! The integration of WordPressMU with the main WP stream into WP networks was a good move for any […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Thesis Tagged With: websites

Jesus Lives!

24 April 2011 by kristarella

Happy Easter everyone! I didn’t have my heart set on going to church on Good Friday morning, but I’m so glad that I did. It was quite moving to hear the whole of Jesus’ execution story read. I’ve heard it in pieces many times before and have probably read it in its entirety before as […]

Filed Under: Religion

Hello World!

27 January 2011 by kristarella

No, this is not my first WordPress post with the default title, but I’ve been mostly away from the internet for so long, that I feel like I need to say HI! Where was I? Towards the end of last year I was overwhelmed by work, and then I was sick for some time. I […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts, Photography, Photos Tagged With: Christmas, food

WordPress Child Themes and Thesis

4 October 2010 by kristarella

Update 27 Feb 2012: As of Thesis 1.8.3 the below method for calling Thesis’ functions.php before your child theme functions causes as error. The rest of the info in this post is still valid, so I have crossed that section out. There is another method for this posted by Serge in the DIYthemes forum.Update 3 […]

Filed Under: Thesis, Tutorials, WordPress

Free iPhone apps to ‘view source’

4 October 2010 by kristarella

This weekend, while I was out all day, I found myself wanting to respond to questions on my blog and for one of those I needed to check out the source code of the questioner’s website. The ability to view the source code of a web page is easy from your desktop computer, but it’s […]

Filed Under: iOS Tagged With: free, Free Software, tools

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A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
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