Given my frequent mentions of the Queen of Print, Orla Kiely, it will come as no surprise I fell in love with these the moment I saw them. Paper cupcake wrappers featuring a very Orla Kiely-esque car print. I love this design and already have some luggage and a notebook featuring it so I…
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My summer reading list
What’s on your reading list this summer? Idealo UK have teamed up with Foodies100 to challenge us to share our holiday reads. Once upon a time I read all the time but with two children and no time I have to admit I prefer flicking through cookery books and pattern books to reading a novel….
Lego biscuits
It’s that time of the month, the PinAddicts Pinterest Challenge. The idea is to choose something from your Pinterest boards to create and link up each month. We are currently embracing all things Lego so when I saw Lego biscuits on Pinterest I knew I had to try making my own version of them. For the…
Letter box cakes
It’s not every day that I receive an email asking if I would love to review cake, I wish it happened more frequently. However, the lovely people at Baker Days invited me to try out their personalised cakes, for any occasion, which fit through your letter box. Just in case you don’t believe me here’s a photograph…
How to make Scrabble tile biscuits
My piles of vintage board games have inspired me to make Scrabble tile biscuits! The children are too young for Scrabble but I thought we could make something special for Father’s Day. Today I’m showing you how to make Scrabble tile biscuits! How to make Scrabble tile biscuits I followed the recipe for simple…
Beautiful battenberg
A post dedicated to the beautiful battenberg? Yes. I love battenberg, it reminds me of afternoon tea at my grandmother’s house when I was young. Beautiful battenberg I thought I would make one for the Jubilee weekend although I chickened out of adding an iced union flag to the top of it! I used Wright’s…
Popping candy cupcakes
There’s a great sweet shop in Covent Garden which sells all kids of American sweets. On my last visit I bought some packs of popping candy thinking they would be great as a cupcake topping! I made some simple cupcakes using the vanilla recipe from the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook. I then made a buttercream to…
Lego cupcakes
Time again for the PinAddicts Pinterest Challenge. The idea is to choose something from your Pinterest boards to create and link up each month. We’re having a bit of a Lego obsession at the moment so I thought I would try some Lego cupcakes inspired by a photo on my Pinterest Lego Love board. Follow…
A card fit for a Queen
One of my favourite press cuttings, yes I’m old, is of me and my school friends with a card we made and sent to Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer when they got married in 1981. Hey, we got our picture in the paper, my first taste of ‘fame’! Also in the family archive is…