geometric birthday cake topper d-i-y
This year Little Bean shared his second birthday party with his bestie Isabella and we decided on a colourful geometric theme. We weaved geometric shapes into every part of the […]
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minion madness!!!
Sometimes I really do just feel like a big kid who gets to play with a grown-up version of play-doh. Once all the different elements are made it is so much […]
a woodland forest birthday
I started planning Hadleigh’s first birthday when he was still crawling around drooling all over himself. It was the most fun I have ever had planning anything, and if I […]
new name, new address
Hey Everybody! It’s been a while 🙂 I literally cannot believe how quickly this year has flown by. We’re in September. SEPTEMBER!!?? And during all the business my original domain name – the […]
welcome twenty fifteen!
A very happy New Year to you all! 2014 has been great, but tiring…which I am sure you can gather from the absence throughout the latter part of the year! But […]
a taste of my childhood
Rice krispie treats, did you have them as kids? I can remember they were one of my favourite treats. And I still love them! Although they don’t exactly scream sophistication […]
half birthdays; it’s a thing.
Half birthdays really is a thing. Just ask Pinterest. I even saw grown-up cakes celebrating half birthdays. So baking “half” a cake to celebrate Hadleigh’s first six months didn’t seem […]
oh baby!
So……it’s been a while. Six months to be exact. My brain is struggling to compute how half a year could have flown by in what felt like a mere few […]
project nursery: diy lampshade
I needed to get a lamp for the nursery but as always was rather specific with what I was after. I have a thing about touch lamps, so that was […]
back on the peanut butter train
Baby is due in a week (eeek!) and I’m back on the peanut butter train. For the first three months of my pregnancy the only thing I could stomach was […]
project nursery: how to make individual bumper bars
If you’ve read my previous couple of nursery posts, you will know that I am on a crusade to kit out our nursery by making as much as possible myself. […]
orange and poppies
I have been craving a delicious orange and poppy seed cupcake for ages now, and after eating a disappointingly average one from a café a while ago I thought it […]
a very zesty cheesecake slice
We’ve had another birthday at work this week, and although there should never be a reason needed for cake, this was a good a time as any to bring something […]
tinkering with tradition (and being rewarded for it)
I was born in South Africa and in South Africa banana bread is very traditional. You will find it at any and every gathering where tea and coffee is served, […]
project nursery: how to make bunting
Since I started noticing bunting a couple of years ago I have been in love with it. All sizes and colours, whether printed on invites or hanging over tables, I […]
caramel self-saucing pudding three ways
One of the great perks of winter in my opinion is the food we get to eat. For example, digging your spoon into a steaming hot self-saucing pudding on a […]
savoury sundays: lemon and feta makes for a great snack
It is probably no secret by now that I love to make as much as I can from scratch. And snacks are no exception. I love to make my own […]
savoury sundays: home-made moroccan lamb pies
To me, nothing quite says mid-week winter dinner like a good home-made pie. I have never been a huge fan of pies, there was a time when I refused to […]
miniature banoffee pies
Oh the cravings again. This time it has been for banoffee pie. Nothing weird about that as such, except I have never been a huge fan. I think I may […]
good idea: tartlet shells in two minutes
I have this week discovered the most marvellous invention on the back of a pack of Arnott’s biscuits. I normally never read the recipes printed on the back of biscuit […]
