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Hello Autumn! 🍁Have you noticed the colors changing? The trees are glowing in golds and reds, and there’s that crisp feeling in the air—autumn is truly here.

In this fortnight’s newsletter, we’ve gathered some cozy, autumn-inspired ideas for home crafts and seasonal cooking. Simple, fun, and perfect for embracing the beauty of the season indoors.

Leaf Confetti Nature Wands

1. Cut star shapes out of recycled cardboard.

    

2. Use sticky tape to attach each star to the end of a stick.

    

3. Gather some dry, crunchy leaves from outside. Tear them into small pieces to make leaf confetti.

    

4. Apply PVA glue to the cardboard stars and sprinkle the leaf confetti on top.

Let the glue dry—and your nature wands are ready to wave!

Mrs Dooleys Lemon Slices

Ingredients

Lemon coconut base

• 300 grams (roughly 3 cups) plain sweetened storebought biscuits
• 100 grams (1 cup) desiccated coconut
• Zest of 2 lemons, finely grated
• 60 grams (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 240 ml (1 cup) sweetened condensed milk
• 2–3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (roughly 1 lemon)

Lemon icing

• 125 grams (1 cup) icing sugar or powdered sugar, sifted
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• Lemon zest, to decorate

1. In a large mixing bowl, add crushed biscuits, coconut and fresh lemon zest 
2. Give dry ingredients a quick stir 
3. Add sweetened condensed milk, melted butter and fresh lemon juice 
4. Stir until crumbs are fully coated – the mixture should resemble wet sand 
5. Transfer mixture to prepared pan and press down using the back of a dessert spoon into one even layer . Place in the fridge to firm up slightly.
6. Stir together icing sugar and lemon juice. Drizzle over lemon icing and spread out into one even layer . Place in the fridge to set.
7. Sprinkle slice with extra lemon zest. Slice into squares to serve.