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Toadstool Treats

       After my last, lengthy post I was a bit short of ideas, well not really short of ideas, because I've been quite busy sewing kids stuff...but I wasn't sure what to follow on with.  Then I remembered these sweet little treats I made back in August for my daughter's class mates when it was her birthday.  It is a Dutch tradition to take a "traktatie" in to class to celebrate.  There are so many different kinds and all so clever.  I came across this idea whilst I was looking for inspiration and fell in love with these little "kabouter huisjes" (gnome houses).  You can find the original idea and the how to Here .  Just scroll down and click on the link next to the picture.  That will show you how to make the little "roofs" and birdies.  I'll just mention that I couldn't get stickers for the white dots and there was no way I was cutting out a hundred little dots for the roofs, so I dipped the back of a pencil in w...