Thursday, March 29, 2012

some more rainbow cookies!

a rainbow always cheers me up! here is a cute bright version of my rainbow cookies!
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cupcake vending machine



the sprinkles atm has been big news in the cupcake scene, it took me a while but  the other day i remembered that i had this idea ages ago! .... just unfortunately not the resources... here is a cute interview i did with cupcakes take the cake, back in may 2008 where they asked me what kind of cupcake innovation i would like to see and i said cupcake vending machines... i so called it!
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Monday, March 26, 2012

newcastle!

 
newcastle baths
 
nobby's beach
 
estabar
 
sprocket
 
colliseum antique centre
 
betty mim
wow my classes are fast approaching! it is really great that so many people are making the trip to newcastle to attend- thanks so much!! i thought i would do a little blog post about how wonderful newcastle is so that you guys know what to do while you are here... and maybe to encourage a couple of more people to come aswell...?!  
newcastle is such a fantastic place to live, it is just so so beautiful and such a relaxing city. over the past few years there has been a really amazing change in newcastle, there has always been fantastic beaches and a relaxed cafe culture but with the renew newcastle project there has also been a real creative buzz growing.
to be honest, i dont want too many more people to know how fantastic newcastle is but it was kind of given away when it was listed by lonely planet as one of the top 10 cities in the world to visit in 2011... damn! but anyway, here is a little summary of my favourite things to do...!

relaxing
the best thing about newcastle is definitley the amazing beaches- a swim, jog or walk around the beach is just the best. and i always love a picnic! king edward park is my favourite place for a picnic or to just lay under a tree for the afternoon

coffee, coffee... more coffee...
there are so many really cute coffee shops with fantastic coffee, my absolute favourite is estabar- they have the most amazing coffee and simple, really delicious food. some of my other favourites are scotties, sproket, good brother, suspension

eat, eat...  eat
breakfast at estabar, sunday morning farmers market, fish and chips from scotties,  dinner on darby st, japanese at honeysuckle, fine dining at bacchus ...

cute little boutique shops and antique shops

day trips
the hunter valley vineyards and port stephens are both about an hours drive and a really lovely day out.

there is also heaps more to do, i found a really fantastic website- precinkt, with a great summary of things to do in newcastle here!

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Sunday, March 18, 2012

powder blue love...

*gasp* how beautiful is this lounge from lily and bramwell, it would be so amazing for wedding photos... *sigh*
 
chair hire available from lily and bramwell
photo by lily and bramwell

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

rens cute stork cake!

i am always so, so, so happy when someone asks me to design a cake based on an imprintables invitation, i think nathalie must be my design soul mate- i just adore everything she creates! i adore her beautiful, simple and elegant graphics and i adore the paper and quality if her prints *sigh*... anyway i couldnt wait to make this cute little cake for rens naming day based on the totally gorgeous imprintables stork design....!

*so i am not very good at spelling and just realised i have been spelling stork as stalk.. it looked funny for some reason but didnt really think to check the spelling...!

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

one cake, two other ways...

this week i had two wedding cakes based on my cute sugar lace + heart topper cake... i think they both turned out quite sweet!


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