Birthday's, Cake, BBQ's and Dresses

This weekend I was luckily enough to have my parents over from Lincoln and my Bridesmaids over from London and Dublin so we could go wedding dress shopping.  It's all very excinting and feels like I'm watching someone else try dresses on.  Perhaps because shopping for a dress for your big day is something you only plan to do once and don't do until you are actually planning your wedding it all feels quite surreal.

So after a long day putting dresses on and taking them off countless times we went back to my house and stood in the cold breeze of my garden and had a little BBQ.

We also wished my mum a happy Birthday for next week and had a great time eating the cake I made for her.

Making this cake was exciting for me as for her last Birthday I baked and decorated my very first cake.  It was the cake that got me hooked on baking and my 17th in a year.

Happy Birthday mum xx

Fondant Friends

After seeing my little fondant people on my Christmas cake this year, a friend from work asked if I could make her sister and brother in law for her to give as Christmas gifts. 

So here are Lorna and Dave...

1950's Glamping Glamour

I was so lucky to have been taken away on a suprise weekend by my closest friends last weekend for my Birthday.

With no idea where I was going or what we were going to be doing, I found myself being driven to a campsite in Poole, Dorset where there were 3 vintage Americal Airstream caravans which my friends had decorated.  We dressed in 1950's clothing all weekend and the girls had all baked and set up a really cute tea Party the first night before heading into Bornemouth for cocktails the second evening.

I think it's safe to say that with Birthday camping celebrations with friends and family a few weeks ago and now Birthday 'Glamping' with the girls, I really have had the Birthday that keeps on giving and certainly a Birthday to remember!

Here's to the most special friends a girl could ever wish for. x

Friends and family

"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly"

I'm so incredibly lucky to have the most amazing friends and family.  Friends and family that I know will always be there for me and I hope they know that in turn, I will always be there for them.

These same friends and family did everything they could to make sure that I had a birthday to remember last month.

I would be lost without them!