Hi guys,
Sorry about the delay in picking the winner. I’m working on a pitch and I’m slammed with work. Yikes. But anyway, I randomly picked a winner a few minutes ago for the Chapel bag – Delia D, well done lady love, please mail me with your details xx
Thanks to everyone who enetered and not to worry, new giveaway will be starting soooooon.
My traffic lady bought this book in for me to have a look at. It’s an old school cake icing an decorating book. It is so old school in fact that it makes me giddy. Geez, what I would do to get me a ‘Sponge cake Novelties’ cake for my birthday. Look at that thing! It’s magnificent hahah. I love how you don’t know what the hell is going on or where to even start. Shame, it looks like gay over-enthusiastic pizza.
I also love love the baby in the giant quilted bed cake, complete with built-in mosquito net. Hahaha, flip these things made me laugh so hard. I mean when last did you have a slice of hat on someones special day? Bet you the answer is never. What a pity.
I wish I could make them in real life. I just don’t think my baking hands could complete such masterpieces. I need me a Julia Child, she could make these with her eyes closed, which is funny because it looks like they have been designed by someone who had their eyes closed. Hey, does anyone have a spare Julia moping around their house? I’ll take her off your hands for you.
This is the latest edition to my necklace collection. It’s not as big as the pearl necklace I bought the other day, so it tucks under my collar at little easier, which I like. I found it at Divas tucked away amongst some very strange looking pieces that I can only imagine a crazy Whitney Houston sporting.
It goes so nicely with my granny’s ring.
I really like these pieces of furniture by designer Lucas Maassen.
- Lucas Maassen has employed his 3 sons, Thijme (9), Julian (7) and Maris (7). His Sons are responsible for the paint job of the furniture which is build in the factory. They get paid 1 Euro for every piece of furniture they paint. As agreed by the contract they signed.
Just posted some cool housey things I’ve found whilst out and about on the net onto itswhatiminto. Like these super unique Lukas Peet lights – to see more click here. Enjoy.
Hells yes I have another set! This one comes from my aunty’s house in Bulawayo. I now have 11 famalies all together.
Here are some of my other famalies that I have blogged about in the past. 2 are missing from here – I must shoot them.
Edible place cards, now you’re speaking my language. This is when you wish you had 15 middle names, so your pie will need a XL serving platter not a dinner plate. Such a cool idea for a table setting.
- These mini pies pull double duty – place cards + dessert/appetizer/cause-for-excitement. Or am I the only one who gets visibly excited over pie? To make your own simply cut squares of pie dough, fill, fold, dust and bake. I freehanded the letters and baked separately.
It’ll soon be Spring somewhere in the world, but not here. Still wouldn’t say no to Madewell’s new Spring ’12 collection. Colours, patterns, amzingness. Sigh. Love love the red maxi skirt and denim shirt/jersey combo. Couldn’t wear the shoes though, I would look like a midget horse man in heels. Yes, it would be that bad.
Saw these beauties here.
On Saturday was my best friend’s bachelorettes party which I had to bake the sweet things for. I made mini doughnuts for the first time ever and I think they came out a treat. They’re like giant cinnamon flavoured popcorn that you can just plough through without even thinking, well at least I would of if there wasn’t 12 other girls at this party. I’m seriously considering making myself a batch the next time Shane is on tour and rolling my face around in them till they ain’t no more.
But anyway enough crazy talk, this is how they turned out and the recipe is below. I slightly adapted it from this one (If you are my friend, you won’t look at her pictures, they are way better than mine).
Doughnuts -
2 cups flour
Half a cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt (I used slightly less)
1 tbsp butter, melted (unsalted)
2 eggs
Half a cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
Half a tsp nutmeg
Half a tsp cinnamon
Glaze-
1 cup powdered sugar (I used a bit more)
2 tbsp hot water.
How to make -
Preheat oven to 170 degrees
Spray the doughnut pan with non-stick spray
Mix flour, baking poweder and salt together.
Add butter, eggs, milk, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon.
Beat until well blended.
Fill your doughnut pan 2/3 fill (I used a piping bag to do this, they came out just right)
Bake for 8 minutes.
How to make the glaze -
Mix sugar and water together till smooth.
Dip the tops of the doughnuts into the glaze and then sprinkle some hundreds and thousands on top of them.
Let them dry.
Then eat them like there is no tomorrow.
I also made this pink almond and chocolate marshmellow cake and some fudge cupcakes. I love it when a baking plan comes toegther, but not so much when it slaps you in the face like a soggy piece of bread.
If you read my blog you will know that I have a slight obsession with all things ceramic. Here are a few pieces i’ve spotted along the way that I wouldn’t mind getting my obessed little paws on.
Love this teapot by Dennis Shields. If someone doesn’t make your tea just the way you like it, you can conveniently take them the hell out, without even having to get up. Bang bang.
This wonderful piece of art by Makiko Nakamura.
These great wedding cake toppers. If I had known these exsisted 3 years ago, I so would of ordered one. Anyone getting married soon and in need of the best cake topper in the world that will have even your boring-est aunt oohing and aaa-ing over it?
Found these absolutely beautiful porcelain mobiles by LE PETIT ATELIER DE PARIS on the Pretty Pretty blog. The wolf one is my most favourite, he has a pet cat and his own camera, it’s me, by ceramic wolf me.
My friend Adriana makes these pretty pieces, she draws so well. Hello Adriana xx
She also pointed me in the direction of this little guy, who in turn led me to the salt and pepper sailing boats.
Let’s face it I could go on forever with this post, but I think I’ll end here before I bore you all to ceramic death.
