For those who follow me on Instagram, you would be aware that in the last few weeks I’ve been making cupcakes and cupcakes and more cupcakes. It’s all because of Archie. His best mate, the one Archie traveled with during his Gap Year was turning 21. Ever-caring Archie rose to the occasion and said, ‘My […]
The Birthday
February 22, 2013 By 50 Comments
After an excruciating wait for a little boy and many, many repeated questions of ‘How many sleeps?’ Alfie finally woke this morning to the day he had been waiting on for so many nights. Yes, it was finally his birthday and being one of the youngest in his Year, he was excited to now be […]
A Huge Favour and…A Daisy Cake
November 16, 2012 By 45 Comments
This is a post about a daisy cake. It’s not about a hibiscus cake. One day I was in the shower. Having a few moments to myself. Actually, probably not that many moments because it wasn’t long before there was a knock on the door. ‘I’m in the shower’, I yelled in an annoyed tone […]
The 80th Birthday Party
October 22, 2012 By 56 Comments
Over the weekend we had Carl’s father’s 80th birthday celebration. My father-in-law and his wife live interstate but came to Sydney for the event that we hosted in a hired club room that overlooks one of Sydney’s most beautiful beaches. In order to keep the costs down and within our budget we self-catered the event […]
Rainbow Cake for a Special Birthday
September 24, 2012 By 81 Comments
After the Valedictory Dinner and the graduation and finishing school and the formal for the Catholic girls, there was Arabella’s 18th birthday party. I consider that Carl and I got off lightly in that instead of a massive party with a cast of thousands, she opted for a Champagne Breakfast with 25 of her BFFs. […]
A Rainbow Fish Birthday Cake
September 18, 2012 By 40 Comments
The deal was that Arabella would wake early in the morning, make the icing, form the cakes into a fish and decorate it. I left the house well before she woke to have a swim at the local pool where for 60 minutes I could be under the water and not be bothered. I came […]
Neapolitan Cake and Grand Designs
September 9, 2012 By 46 Comments
Arabella has just a handful of school days left before she graduates, has two weeks of holidays, then heads back to sit her exams. It seems we’ve entered a time of finishing, finals and farewells and on Tuesday she will have her last drama class. Last week the class decided that on their last lesson […]
Another Encounter
March 14, 2012 By 46 Comments
I don’t have many ex-boyfriends. There’s no long list, there’s just four of them. But after last Friday night I’ve now had encounters with three of them after having no contact for more than 20 years and all of these encounters have been in the last 15 months. Just over a year ago my sister […]
Cake Expectations
February 11, 2012 By 41 Comments
Alfie’s birthday is still a few weeks away but he’s already pouring over the Women’s Weekly Birthday Cake Cookbooks, page by page, then page by page again, selecting then re-selecting his cake of choice. I haven’t accurately tallied it up but I believe I’ve made in excess of 50 of these projects in my career […]
‘Deck the Halls’ – and the Walls and the Windows and the Mantle Piece and the …
December 21, 2011 By 38 Comments
When it comes to decorating our homes for Christmas it seems ‘less’ is definitely not ‘more’. Not long now until the big day and little by little we are getting ready. We have decorated the tree, hung the icicle lights, the stockings and the advent calendars, made the cake, sent the cards, and planned the […]
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