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Upcycling – Gran’s candle stick and plate become Heidi’s cupcake stand

If you play around on Pinterest (especially in the the DIY and crafty areas) you would most certainly have stumbled across the use of old plates or pie tins and candle sticks to make a cupcake stand. Let’s face it, we all have old plates and candle sticks ‘floating’ around the house, that we NEVER…

belindalangler

March 22, 2012

Antique, cake, cake decorating, Christmas, collect, Cooking, Creative, dessert, Interior Decoration, Kitchen, Sweet, Transformation

cake, candle sticks, cupcake, painting, thrift, transform, trash to treasure, upcycling

Mastering desserts – cheats chocolate fondant

Cheats chocolate fondant was my first attempt to master desserts in 2012 (as I proudly announced to be my New Years resolution a few moths ago)… I would hardly label this attempt as mastering. As the recipe title suggests [cheats], if you get it wrong it will still come out right! Brilliant. I needed something…

belindalangler

March 18, 2012

Cooking, dessert, Kitchen, recipe, Sweet

almond, bake, baking, cheats, chocolate, cinnamon, dark, dessert, donna hay, fondant, lunch, Sweet, wonton

Heidi’s first birthday party…(any excuse to sip on sparkling and eat honey joys!)

We made it…. our (not so little) Heidi is now one! The photo below was taken before all her buddies arrived for her party last weekend. Whilst I love this photo, I prefer the ‘behind the scenes’ shots that show you her true personality… Wow this is fun sitting on an adults chair… I…

belindalangler

March 12, 2012

butterfly, cake, cake, cake decorating, Cooking, Creative, dessert, dressing, Fruit, Healthy, Interior Decoration, Kitchen, Material, patterns, Photography, recipe, Salad, Savoury, Sewing, Sweet, Transformation, vegetables

baby, BBQ food, birthday, birthday first, butterflies, cake, cupcakes, decorations, featured, flourless, food, fruit, gluten free, honey joys, party, recipe, red velvet, toddler

Heidi’s new nursery – ‘put a bird on it’

When I first did a post on Heidi’s nursery (very close to a year ago, when she was born) I kept mentioning it was her temporary nursery because we were renting at the time (and the walls were a very vibrant blue which I hated). Until we had moved into the house we were building…

belindalangler

March 8, 2012

Animals, Art, Birds, butterfly, Creative, Furniture, Hippo, paper

baby, bird, bunting, chicken, cot, decorate, duck, mobile, nursery, portlandia, room, toys, wall

Stool transformation

There is a story behind most of the items of furniture in our home – I like it that way (partly, because I love telling stories!!). These four stools have recently become one of my transformation stories. Where do I get the motivation (and time) to do all this? OK, I’ll be honest, these stools…

belindalangler

February 29, 2012

Creative, Furniture, Interior Decoration, Material, stool, Transformation, Wood

cover, Material, op shop, padding, paint, sanding, staple gun, stool, transform, Transformation, upholster

Rose water meringues

It’s recently come to my attention that I’m quite confident when it comes to savoury cooking, but I have lost my way with the sweet stuff. Back in my Hotel Management days (when I spent a third of my studies in the kitchen, mastering the finer culinary techniques) I was capable of turning out most…

belindalangler

February 11, 2012

Cooking, Creative, dessert, Fruit, recipe, Snack, Sweet

bake, baking, dessert, diary free, egg white, food, gluten free, marshmellow, meringue, party, pink, recipe, Sweet, tutorial, valentine