Folksy Fab Finds......

I have been spending a lot of time on folksy lately. For two reasons 1. because I am hoping to sell on there sometime soon and 2. because there are some really great things on there. So I thought that I would share my fab finds...

 This week is 'Lola's Room'...
                                               Cassia Beck is the photographer who lives in Brighton and takes really beautiful images, the kind you wish you had taken yourself!........

this is her link  http://www.folksy.com/users/LolasRoom

Jack Skellington......

My cousin asked for a 25th birthday cake....Jack from the nightmare before christmas was her choice of character.Well that's a lie...he was her second choice, I couldn't do the first 'the little mermaid'...too hard!
Well this is it, it took a while but she was pleased with the outcome....

Jack has spindly arms and legs, it's not my skill...honestly.

I get very stressed making cakes for people, but I get excited when it all starts coming together.

I hope your having a great weekend.I have been busy writing christmas cards, only a few more to do.

PrettyLittleHeads

So here we are ....
                          My own little company 'PrettyLittleHeads', where I have been designing and making jewelled hair pieces. I am aiming to make enough styles to open a Folksy shop in the hope that some lovely ladies will fall in love with my designs and want them for their special day! I recently designed some bespoke pieces for a friends wedding in Australia and now I am working on my own collection.....soon to be posted about.....


The photograph is of my great grandmother, one of my inspirations for designing......I have a studio set up in our flat where I work (away from little grabbing fingers who like to grab beads and try to eat them!!)

This would be my dream job. I really love designing jewelry with all the beautiful swarovski crystals and pearls and find it very relaxing making them.

To think that I could be doing this for a job and staying  at home to look after my little ray of sunshine would just be amazing to say the least!
I hope you like my pieces and if anyone needs a special handmade piece made....please email as I am only too happy to make you something to fall in love with!

There's a chill in the air.......

Where does the time go? I last posted at the begining of November. I am officially a poor blogger..any such award out there?....if so it's mine :)

I moan when it's too hot, I moan when it's too cold. But I am happy with cold and sunny.
Time to envelope ourselves in warm snuggly clothes, sipping hot drinks and curling up on the sofa with the cold dark nights creeping behind the curtains......
  what more to do than bake in a kitchen heated by a warm glowing oven with sweet aromas filling the room.......

I purchased some little rubber letter stamps that are quite easy to use on fondant. I then sprinkled the imprinted letters with icing sugar....

This week was Harrison's christmas party at his playgroup.

I made cupcakes for the mum's...

and ickle cakes for the kiddies.....

I used a star nozzle to make my icing look like little christmas trees.....

and I used a ready to use chocolate icing powder from silver spoon for the little cakes....a little sweet for my liking, but I am sure it was ok with the little ones!

Harrison ready for his party food and cake.

 He doesn't look too amused being photographed!

I have been very busy with another project which is why I haven't been blogging much over the last few months.I have been making and designing special occasion head pieces which I will blog about soon.

I hope you are all wrapped up warm and cosy and getting organised for christmas...I am trying! But at a very slow pace!

will blog sooner, rather than later next time..........

Halloween...a little later....

Well I know it was last month, but I am only just getting around to posting about it....

We didn't have any trick or treaters knocking, but we did make pumpkin cake..........

And then we had fireworks night (Harrison's first experience of fireworks) and this is what he thought......

A little shocked and excited, until the Catherine wheel and then he screamed to go back indoors!

Harrison is one!

Well, where does the time go!
My little baby turned one at the end of last month and I cannot believe the time has passed by so fast. One minute he is helpless in my arms and the next he is running around laughing and playing.
He's an active little lad which doesn't leave me much time for blogging these days.
I find that when I haven't blogged for a period of time,I cannot seem to get back into it..but today I decided that I would post his birthday pictures.

He loves Waybuloo, so I thought I should go with a waybuloo theme. I made the two male characters and two little nara bugs and kept with a blue and orange theme, with a little lime green thrown in for good measure....

We had a victoria sponge cake, chocolate cupcakes and cake pops.............ummmmmmm!

Our little ray of sunshine.........Harrison.

Here comes the bride....and groom....

What a wonderful day it was.....

Harrison's Auntie will be so pleased to see these pics on here (not) the camera is not her friend!

love you auntie.xox

ooooh and not to forget the cake............

It was yummy as well as looking scrummy.