Project for the weekend

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Minecraft cake, now my kids want one for their birthdays. What have I done? Set myself up for seeing the world in pixelated cubes forever?

Two tone nails

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WARNING!This post is not bloke appropriate you may wanna skip this one if you’re male, it doesn’t have much to do with food and is quite frankly girly!

I have been practicing 2 tone nails and I am saying practicing as I haven’t been that careful with doing them just messing about a bit. At first I thought I had made a fundimental error as I started with a dark colour (violet) and then tried a lighter colour on top. Basically you just use a base colour to paint your nails and then a cosmetic sponge to dab the second colour onto it. You have to do this a few times to build up layers.

I tried my right hand with the lighter colour first and then the dark on top and now I’m thinking I prefer the first hand!

If you pick 2 contrasting colours it will look fab, so I’m just gonna just keep messing about :D

The countdown begins

2 weeks to go now for my daughters 18th party which only gives me a mere 15 days to fit into my party dress gulp!

Had a few blips in my diet along the way and there seems to be a common re occurring pattern, going great guns Mon-Fri and then shazzam! The weekend!!

So this morning’s breakfast is a smoothie – 2 peaches, 2 oranges, a handful of frozen pineapple and some mango and I’m hoping the large birthday cake I need to make won’t lure me into temptation. Can you decorate cake blindfolded with a peg on your nose?

Oh did I mention its chocolate cake too? With chocolate frosting

Crafty moment

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Having crafty moments :D my son asked me why I was making decorations instead of buying them. I suppose it’s the same reason why I cook, if you want something exactly the way you want it it’s better to make it than wasting time trying to find it in all the shops!

A load of tree branches, some silver spray paint and some printed coloured butterflies later and taa daaa! Decoration that matches my front room