New Laundry Picture....

I stumbled across these FREE printables the other day 
while looking for graphics for my laundry makeover.
The laundry decor is tired...
Time to change the beach cottage styling
and create a little touch of French Country!
The first step was a new piece of artwork.
And boy was I excited to come across a blog called
'Dorothy Sue and Millie B's too'
The Queen Bee Printable was perfect!
Available with a white or blue background...
(I chose white)
Or reversible graphic.
Pop along to
and have a look.
All I needed to do was print it, trim to size, and frame it!
And here it is.
 And here it is again on the laundry wall...
Doesn't it look cute against the blue?
Thank you http://dorothysueandmillieb.blogspot.co.nz/ !





Strawberry Buttercream Frosting....

Oh my goodness...
This frosting is divine!
There's no artificial food colouring in it at all...
Only pure delicious strawberries!

Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

With beaters - whip together 1 cup of soft butter 
3 and a half cups of icing (confectioners) sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
and 3-4 tablespoons of strawberry syrup.
 I made my own strawberry syrup which is simply 1 cup frozen strawberries 
that is simmered over heat until soft,
 mushed with a bit of help from my potato masher, 
and strained through a sieve...
(Blend the left over pulp for a fab smoothie 
with a scoop or two of icecream, 
a tablespoon of sugar and milk.  
YUM!)

So all you do is beat the butter, sugar, vanilla and syrup...
It looks a bit greyish to start with...
but just beat it...
 and beat it some more...
and a wee bit more..
Until it is thick, fluffy and the palest pink!

I baked a simple butter cake to test this frosting on, and it was perfect!
It would work well as a piped frosting, but I didn't have time to do this...

Basic Butter Cake:

125 grams soft butter, 
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
3/4 cup superfine caster sugar
2 eggs
BEAT until creamy...
then add...
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour 
and 1/2 cup milk.
Place in a greased 19 cm cake pan. 
Bake at 180 Celsius for 20 minutes 
or until cake skewer comes out clean.
Cool, then frost.

(Note: this recipe makes a small cake 
so increase quantities if large cake is desired.)



Birthday Cupcake...

Delicious passion-fruit cupcake
Iced with passion-fruit butter cream icing...
Decorated...
with sweet fondant  and sugar pearls! 
Who needs a cake when you can have a birthday cupcake?
Blue fondant butterflies...
Gorgeous paper case...
 On a beautiful antique plate...

This plate is 'Paragon'
Pretty, don't you think?
Fine bone china, made in England.
Birthdays are a time to celebrate...
With a cupcake made with LOVE!

Pink flowers....

In love with pink?
Mia Bella Gardens has gorgeous pink blooms...


Papery pink cornflowers...


A lovely contrast with the grey foliage...


Shocking pink fuchsia buds...


Pink orchids...


Sweet pink camellias...




More buds of pink...


With gorgeous green... 


Morning dew drops...


Asters in pink!


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