August is Red

In my last post I showed you come pictures of what I've been baking recently. Well I posted the plum cakes I made and since then have made a lot more plum goodies. Red Red plums.
Sadly I've not taken any pictures but I think you'll get the point! There's been loads of baking going on.
A plum crumble
Stewed plums with meringue and whipped creme
Another giant plum cake
German plum dumplings
And we still have heaps of plums left over, have you got any suggestions for more things i could make?

As promised this week I'd show you things I've been making.

I've had this little mirror lying around for months just waiting to be decorated. Before it was white covered in big colourful hand painted flowers. I also made those red rosettes a few months ago too with my glue gun *love it* but didn't have anything to do with them yet. Add a few pages out of a book my brother was using as a notebook for a photography project and hey presto. I also love that quote. Now i just need my boyfriend to look into it.

close-up of the fabric flower Rosettes made of a silky material.

Now I'm pretty sure that I told you what I'm making my mum for Christmas already. Well this is it. In the process. this is the back anyway. I've put buttons down the middle so it can easily be taken off for washing.

This is the front. Yes i haven't rotated it. But It's not done yet, so you'll be getting another picture soon. I still need to add more lines on the tree a few brown a few black. My parents names are in the heart and there's a leaf for each of their children. Me and my three siblings, and our dog!

These are my two newest owl additions. Made from my little brothers old socks and a bit of fabric i had lying around, oh and buttons too. Their names are Oliver and Olivia, perfect companions for Odette the last owl i made.

Moving on to things I've found on the internet and really like.

This bed. Must have it. Not as cool as a bed in a wardrobe i must admit but I'll settle for it. My boyfriend probably wouldn't mind this as much!

Now this is awesome! You attach a device full of powdered chalk onto your bike so as you ride it sticks to your tyre and you draw all over the road. I want to colour my village pink!

Owl jewelery; I've now got a stupid amount. An owl ring, two owl necklaces. One is a bronze owl in the middle and the other is a string of beads every other one shaped like an owl which is silver. Two pairs of dangling own ear-rings. You now the ones that are tiered. If not, sorry, that will probably confuse you. I don't really wear much jewelery but i make exceptions for owls.

This is me down to a T. I can't run to save my life, literally. I can't walk up hills to save my life. I feel like I'm going to die!

I'll try update more often for you, especially now that I've joined pinterest. You can find me here.

Y U NO understand memes?

So i realized that i haven't had a post with memes in it for a while. So here are a few to entertain you. There's also i new one I've found.

This is the new one. That blue face with a mustache; liar face. Wish that happened in real life. Like Pinocchio but better!

Y U NO! Is one of my favourites. Hopefully the title of this blog post demonstrates that well enough.

So many faces all in one meme! I love it so much. And it includes Dr. Seuss. So a future primary school teacher that appeals to me immensely!

Oh the joys of windows. i wish i had a mac, because windows really is a bit sucky sometimes! But i don't want to give in to apple!

It's a hipster within a hipster! Everyone knows it cool t o be a hipster now, which must really piss off original hipsters!

Moving on to things which i just think are cool.

Yup, it's a smoke detector that looks like a bird. When there's only a small threat it chirps at you. But when there's a major threat it screams "dee dee dee" over and over at a very high decibel. Want.

And now some pictures of things from my life.

It was my birthday. I am now twenty. That rose on my slice of brownie is a rice paper rose which was given to me at the Chinese restaurant we had our meal it. I saved it. Then nomed it with chocolate!

And these are all my birthday cards! It's not obvious that i really like owls and cupcakes is it? Yeah thought not.

Somehow, and i really don't know how, we started to run out of cake at my house. I only just baked a lot of yummy treats! So i made this one. It's a red velvet cake decorated like a traditional Victoria sponge. It's so soft and moist and amazingly yummy. Which is something coming from me because i don't normally like sponge cakes!

This is a double rainbow. Just thought i'd show it to you. Because it's pretty and colourful!

Remember i said my brother bought me a kawaii ice-cube tray. Well this is it. There's a bear, panda, cat, chick, dog, and monkey. They're so squee!

He's in my baileys right now. Melting away. I love his little curly tail!

That's all for today. Hope you've had a lovely past week!

This blog post is in dedication to Jiraiya, The cutest white tree frog i knew. RIP

*nom nom* Cricket!

I'm an acrobat!  03/11-07/11 ♥

Fabric flowers and cupcakes

I got his owl ring! Yay!  it looks better than the picture makes it out. I took it in the dark so the flash makes it look funny. But i love it!

 I got a glue gun! it's my new favourite toy. I can think of hundreds of things to make with this beauty and i want to do them all right now. Guess i'll spread them out though so i can cure my boredom over time. haha.

 These are the first things i made.

They started out as normal flip-flops from Target in the US with plastic straps which would rub on my feet if i wore them for a long time. So i cut off the straps threaded on some flower printed fabric and glue-gunned the bottom of the fabric into the holes where the plastic straps sat before. They are so comfy too! and because you can tie them behind the ankle they don't slip off. Win.

Oh yes. I don't have access to the sewing machine as it's buried under mountains of kitchen stuff (our kitchen is being renovated)  so i can't make the pillows i want to do which sucks ever so slightly.

I plaited some white fabric for these which frayed a lot when i cut it, so it has the appearance of rope. I don't like these as much so may change them at some point.

I also used my glue gun to make these fabric rosettes which i then stuck onto hair clips. Such a cute accessory!

I made these icecream cones (cupcakes) which i showed you in a previous post. They turned out really yummy and i can't wait to make more. I've got proper chocolate sauce this time too instead of melted chocolate. I really want to use meringue instead of frosting too. Don't know how that will work out, but we'll see.

Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom! I had the last one yesterday. It was good.

You will probably want to check this out in full size. I like it because of the owl. Obviously.

Pinterest, my new obsession.

So i discovered a new website today called pinterest. It's "A place to catalog the things you love". It's pretty much full of amazing photos that you can add to your own page.
Here are a couple of pictures that i found that i adore/ want to make.

How genius is that! i can't believe that bagels fit so perfectly into old CD case thingys. If  i can find some of these around my house i'm putting them in the Tupperware draw!

This is so Kawaii! Who else here would love to get an egg in the post, telling you to crack it. (Crack an amazingly beautiful Easter egg decoration?! WHY!!! <-- immediate response) But when you open it up you receive a lovely letter from a friend. Smile!

I've seen these before, but i've now decided that i'm going to make them when i'm next home. I love cupcakes, I love icecream (i bought some this morning in fact) what better than to combine the two to make a delicious treat?

There's a wall like this in one of the student pubs i think it's in the CAI (Cardiff Arts Institute) I think. I remember playing on it before. Was very sad when i went back and my creation had been destroyed though. Wish it could have lived on forever.

My little brother make newspaper plant pots when planting seedlings as they can be planted straight into the ground, But who'd of thought of lemon skin! I'm assuming you could also use oranges or kiwis. Mmm fresh nutrients.

Aren't these the cutest chocolate covers you've ever seen. You could give them to a friend who's moving, a teacher (when i'm a teacher i will demand owl gifts! haha), or pretty much anyone you're going to miss. Squee.

When i first saw this i had to think about it for a while, then i got it, then i wanted to make some. Shame i'm short of both frankfurters and spaghetti at the moment. Oh well. I'm going home (mum and dads) on Tuesday and i'm sure their cupboards are well supplied.

This goody bag is obviously meant for a teacher, who else makes you wiser? Your parents maybe but teachers, well, it's their job! And of course they'd love a goody bag full of treats as an end of year thank you. The owl is a huge Bonus. They are wise after all. We all know that.

This last picture isn't from pinterest i was just searching through blogs the other day and found it.

I realise the whole point of this picture is to show you the giant quilted B. Ucreate is full of fun ideas. But i just couldn't help falling in love with the owls! They're gorgeous. I want some on my mantle piece (not that i've got one) or on my shelf, or bookcase. I need them!

Anyway that's enough of my rambling for one day. I hope you enjoy these pictures. Back to revision.

Summer projects

In the summer i tend to get extremely bored. Coming home for the summer from university i find myself living in the middle of no-where. Adding to that is that i'm only friends with a couple of people at home. Most my friends are from university. I do however have multiple siblings and a dog who keep me company and entertain me.
Sometimes however, i get bored. So bored that i just start making things. This is normally the source of all my projects.
Here are a few things i'm planning on making this summer.

Pillows! I'm planning on making lots of them. Lots and lots and lots. This is just the first one. I may put the sun on one side, and embroider "you are my sunshine my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey" on the back.
(p.s. i forget where most of these photos are from as they've been on my computer for a while. I think most are from Etsy. If you do know please let me know so i can give them proper credit!)

Bedbuggs on Etsy

How cute is that! It will fit in nicely with my bedroom decor. I just need to go out and buy lots of fabric and pillows now.

Bedbuggs on etsy

I can see this one getting difficult as i add more layers. Not sure how my needle will cope. May just have to invest in a hot glue gun. That would get it done in no time!

I'm debating whether to embroider this onto a pillow or just a piece of fabric and put in the middle of a frame surrounded by photos of myself and my siblings. It's going to be my dads Christmas present i think. Yes i know i'm thinking way ahead, but i won't have time to do these things when doing my PGCE.

This one i plan on making for my mum. I think it would suit her bedroom really well and i can sew her and my dads names in the heart. I don't know how i'll do the tree yet as it's a print. My just have to sew that on too. This will take up a lot of time! Perfect for a month free in summer!

Moving on away from pillows. I have a few old flip flips from Target which rub on my feet dreadfully. I'm planning on doing this: cutting off the strap and replacing it with fabric. It looks so simple. It knots under the sole and fits nicely into the gap left by the plastic straps. Plus you can have multiple fabrics and change them around to match different outfits!
I got this idea from mother hurdle, check it out. She's awesome.
She also make these ones.

They tie behind the ankle and have small straps from the original strap hole to hole it in place. I think i may also try braiding some fabric to make it even more adorable!

Anyway that's all for today!
p.s. if you know my parents, Please don't tell them about the pillows i'm planning!