When my teen was little she was Peppa Pig mad, but we ended up with at least 8 years of Peppa Pig altogether, thanks to having 3 young children. When the youngest was 3 years old I made him a Peppa Pig Car Cake for his birthday using his toy car as a reference. It's… Continue reading Peppa Pig Car Cake
I recently posted about my Christmas cake over on my other blog, Raisiebay, and I had so many questions I decided to do a dedicated post here in my cake series. This post contains affiliate links which if you click through and purchase something I may earn a little money. It will cost you no… Continue reading My Christmas Cake Recipe
My Cakes I used to write a blog about cakes. I made a lot of cakes for many people, some I was more proud of than others but I really enjoyed making them. I find it difficult to make cakes now as it is a lot of work for me, but I've decided to re-visit… Continue reading My Little Pony Cake
Well, not too good really. I did suffer a couple of nasty migraines which prevent me from reading, and in between I was a little more busier than usual. But I managed a few books for the Christmas challenge so I thought I'd do a little recap. This post contains affiliate links. 1984 I'd never… Continue reading How Did I do on my 20 Books for Christmas Challenge?
We always make a gingerbread house at Christmas time. Here is one we made in 2014 and one of my favourite photos. Chocolate Gingerbread House This year we have done something a bit different and I bought a Chocolate Gingerbread house from Cadbury Gift Shop. Every thing you needed was supplied in the box, apart… Continue reading Building a Chocolate Gingerbread House.
Trust Me, Sheryl Browne This post contains affiliate links to both the audible version of Trust Me and an Amazon link. These will earn me a little money if you click through and purchase but will cost you no extra. Thank you for your support. By: Sheryl BrowneNarrated by: Katie VillaLength: 10 hrs and 4 minsUnabridged AudiobookRelease… Continue reading Trust Me, Sheryl Browne – Book Review
It's that time of the year when your trolley starts to fill with those little extras that you only buy at Christmas. I remember as a child, that my Mum would order a Christmas hamper full of tins and packets. We would be having soup for lunch every day, and there were staples such as… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan – Christmas Food
Last week our shopping arrived really late and we ended up having a take out. This week it came a little bit late...but we were missing loads of stuff and I had to get on the phone and ask for the driver to come back. I'm still waiting, he should be here tonight sometime. At… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan – More Shopping Woes
Last year we enjoyed an evening at the Bournville (where they make chocolate) light turning on festival. One of the things that caught my eye were these lovely crochet mandala which were hung in the trees. Ever since I saw them I wanted to make my own mandala, but it was a long time coming.… Continue reading My First Crochet Mandala
I had the menu all worked out for last week but we had to make some changes because of our late shopping. It didn't arrive between 2-3pm as I'd requested and after tracking it down it finally got here at 8.15pm so we had a take out for dinner on Monday. I've had a really… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan and Late Shopping
