Oh, Autumn really is starting to settle in, the days are getting shorter, cooler and the rain has finally arrived. It’s that time of the year when you start to pull out your winter goodies from storage to set yourself up for winter, or treat yourself to something new and cozy – like a gorgeous pair of moccasin slippers, aren’t they divine!! I adore this time of the year where your bedroom becomes a little more cozy and you don’t feel bad for spending a few lazy hours curled up in bed reading a good book over the weekend while a scented candle lights the room. x
| duvet cover | alarm dock | candle | book | moccasins | vase | blanket |
Oh goodness, is there anything more wonderful than a vanilla layer cake with delicious poppy seed specks? I made this lovely cake as part of the New Zealand Weddings shoot that I did a while ago, I love how rustic yet classic it is – perfect! I hope that everyone had a fantastic long weekend, how perfect was the weather?! I’d love to hear what you got up to – we had a lovely lazy weekend full of friends, bbq’s and lots of Spring cleaning. xo
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Happy Monday everyone, I hope you all had a lovely relaxing weekend I’d love to hear what you got up to. I’m so excited to show you the final part of the Neutral Styled Shoot that I did with Coralee, All the Frills and Toodles Noodles a couple weeks ago – the delicious dessert table and oh so sweet favors! We wanted everything to be as clean as possible and let the yummy baking and paper goods to bring the colour in, I love how simple everything is but effortlessly stunning and timeless at the same time. I hope that you enjoy this shoot as much as we did putting it together, I can’t wait to share all the yummy recipes for everything that you on the table, but until then be sure to have a look at part one and two if you missed them. x
Styling, Props and Design: All the Frills | Baking: Made From Scratch| Paper Goods: Toodles Noodles | Photography: Coralee from Coralee & Alex Photography
Happy Monday everyone, I hope that you all had a truly glorious weekend – mine was filled with baking classes, catching up with friends over delicious lunches and relaxing with my hubby, bliss! I’m so excited to show off the ombre petal cake that I made for Sienna’s First Birthday a couple of weeks ago – this technique has been around for ages, I even found a tutorial for it printed in the 50′s, so it’s nothing new but it’s ridiculously pretty and very easy to make! I hope that you enjoy the petal cake as much as I do, it’s certainly one of my new favourite icing techniques, I can’t wait to release the dates for the petal classes! Have a lovely day everyone, you deserve it. x
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Oh my, thank you all so much for your very lovely comments about the mock wedding out at Abbeville, it was such a wonderful day and would never have come true without the support and help of so many wonderfully talented ladies! We are all so proud of how the shoot turned out and we can’t wait for the next one! Here is a list of all the wonderful people who made this beautiful shoot come to life, I’ll never be able to thank them enough for everything that they did – especially Lucy for all her help leading up to the shoot, I’m beyond grateful for all your help with everything! Be sure to have a look at each and every one of their stunning sites, I promise you’ll love there work just as much as I do!
Venue: Abbeville Estate - Dresses: Rue de Seine - Suit: Crane Brothers – Styling and Cake Making: Made From Scratch - Hair and Makeup: Kaitlin Chapman - Paper Goods: Lucy Olive Designs - Flowers: Blush Flowers - Props: On my Hand Vintage Hire + Styling - Cake Pops: Cake Pop Kitchen - Photography: Poppy Moss - and of course our stunning ‘bride’ Sian and dapper ‘groom’ Ralph, you were the perfect ‘non-married’ couple! xo
Oh and if you missed Part One and Part Two, make sure you have a sneaky peek – they’re too pretty for words!
Oh my, I have been completely blown away by all your lovely comments about Part 1 and Part 2 of the Abbeville Styled Shoots, thank you so much it’s so flattering to hear that you love the shoot as much as we do – I have one more post to come, it’s a little round up of everyone involved! Before then, I thought that I would share the recipe for the Vanilla and Raspberry Jam Layer Cake that I made for the shoot, it’s the perfect cake for any celebration – plus it’s easy peasy to make and incredibly delicious! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. x
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Oh my, I am beyond honoured and so excited to be celebrating Made From Scratch’s second birthday! If someone had told me that I would be hosting baking classes and that I would have the privilege of knowing and working with so many amazing people then I wouldn’t’ have believed them in a million years. Nothing makes me happier than blogging, meeting and chatting with you all and of course the absolute honour of teaching baking classes. I don’t have the words to thank you for all your support over the last two years, each and everyone one of you mean the world to me. So I thought I would celebrate with a mini funfetti layer cake photographed by the wonderfully talented Ellie from Jel Photography, again thank you so much I can’t wait to see what the next two years brings. x
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Hello everyone, I hope that you had a very lovely weekend, I’d love to know what you got up to. I was honoured to host my second baking class, it really is such a lovely way to spend a Saturday afternoon. I was lucky enough to have the oh so sweet Amanda Amundsen in my class, she was also sneaking around taking the gorgeous photos above! I am also so excited to announce my first Ruffle Cake Decorating Class, this one will be so much fun I can’t wait to show you how to decorate your own ruffle cake. x
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