COMING SOON

A lovely hand crafted scarf by Mary from Calson Park Alpacas will be in Scotty's Boutique very soon. The scarf is made from from sheer material and alpaca wool from her alpaca farm. Such a beautiful handmade piece. Keep an eye out for it!
LEFT:
Two Calson Park Alpacas:
Chocolate & Zsa Zsa

MARCH MEET PICS

Sausage Sizzle went well with a turn out of 18 "chatters" and ended up fizzing out at 12.45 "am". We did however manage to list the donated Le Reve perfumes on Ebay so I hope they reach a tidy price for the Community Centre. I trust members got an idea on how to write an effective auction description and the process involved in listing items. Like anything, the better you get at doing something, the less time it takes to accomplish plus when you are on your own and you don't have 17 other voices telling you what to write and what not to write makes it a lot easier!!

Anyone interested in joining Ebay Chatters please email the Moderator.

MARCH CHATTERS MEET

Next Ebay Chatters meeting will be held as follows:

Date: Saturday 25 March, 2006
Time: 6.00pm AEST
Location: My house * map available on request
Cost: $2.00

We will be having a sausage sizzle!

We will be listing various boots donated by Wally (thank's Wally!) and if we have time, some perfumes donated by Le Reve (thank's Sandy).

Hope to see you all there,
Lisa

The Best Italian Pastry Recipe

I made this wonderful Apple & Pear Tart from scratch and even used fresh organic apples from my boss's apple tree in the country!

Pastry Ingredients:

• 250g/8oz plain flour
• pinch of salt
• 125g/4oz butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 2-3 tblspns ice cold water

Pastry Method:

Sift the flour and salt together (I never bother sifting but some people swear by it!). Place the flour in a food processor with the butter and whizz on high until the mixture resembles bread crumbs (you can rub the butter and flour together with your fingers if you have nothing better to do with your life!).

Mix in the egg yolk and enough iced water to form a soft dough. Knead lightly and wrap in glad wrap and leave to chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Knead lightly again and roll out the pastry to line a 20cm/8in non stick flan tin that has been coated with a little flour.

Add the filling of your choice and bake for about 40-50 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown. (I found there was no need to pre-bake this pastry).

I lined a muffin pan with the left over pastry and made raspberry tarts....absolutely delicious and the pastry has a lovely golden colour to it and when it's cooked it comes away from the pan so easily unlike bought frozen pastry. I found no need to baste the pastry to brown it either.

Bon Appetite

Upcoming Ebay Auctions

This beautiful 14k white gold ring will come with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Beautiful crafted Whiskey Quartz with 0.8 carat white diamonds.
The Whiskey Quartz alone is 5.55 carats and the ring's estimated worth is between $700-$800 AU.

WELCOME

This blog is a continuation of my Ebay Store "Scotty's Boutique" and a place for Ebay Chatters, a Melbourne Western Suburbs group that meet once a month to discuss Ebay tips and tricks and list items for charity organisations.