Happy Birthday Tyron

Our nephew Tyron turned 6 recently and when he asked me for Vampire Cupcakes I wasn't really sure what I was going to come up with...But I was really happy with how these turned out

Even my little monster thought they were pretty cooland tasty too :)
Happy birthday Tyron, cant wait to see what cake ideas you come up with for next year!

Lots of love, Aunty Bel x

Happy Birthday!

It's hard to believe Saxon is 3 years old today...

It feels like he has been apart of our family forever and it is hard to remember the time before he arrived. If only someone had of told me before we had him all the things we were missing out on I would have laughed out loud, but now I don't know what I would do with out him (even on those trying days) he has filled a hole on our lives that I guess we never knew needed filling and has made Brad and I better people for it.

Happy Birthday my big boy, Love you heaps!

I whipped up some little star cakes this morning to take to kindy...
Bel x

To be 12 years old again...

Our beautiful niece Tanisha turned 12 this week! 12 years has passed and its hard to believe where all those years have gone. She is still so innocent yet so grown up at the same time. I cant imagine my boys being 12...I love making the kids birthday cakes every year, this year we kept it simple and I made her some chocolate and vanilla (made pink) marble cupcakes

And this is how it all looked completed. Simple yet so girly and she loved it as I did to ;)

Of course Sax was right there to sing Happy Birthday and help blow out the candles

Happy Birthday beautiful girl ♥

Make sure you give your loved ones a big squeeze this week

Take care, Bel x

p.s My bro has arrived for a 10day visit so hopefully I will have some crafting to show you next week :)

Happy birthday to you...

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to dear Em

Happy Birthday to you!

Hip Hip Hooray (or Hooroo as Sax would say)

Em is celebrating her birthday this week and I have just finished wrapping her present and topped it off with this cute little pottery gift tag from Paper Boat Press (if you are local you can also find these at Nook)

Also just had to share the view from our back door today, what is going on with this weather?

Hope you don't get blown away ;)

Bel x

Sunday Shadow Shot #42

Well what a weekend we had last weekend. We finally visited the famous Australia Zoo and had a fantastic time. A favorite for Sax was the Kangaroos (this one had a little joey in her pouch)... But he also had a really great time overall as did we all, he even got to try his first ice cream in a cone which he thoroughly enjoyed ;) I would highly recommend anyone who is in the area going for a look

We also went to a good friend's little girls birthday party. Anouk turned 3rd last Saturday, so hard to believe 3 years have passed since we visited that tiny little bundle,but it was so lovely to see her and Sax playing in the backyard with the neighbourhood kids.

I even got the chance to test out some of my cake decorating course skills by making some decorations for the Dora the Explorer Birthday Cake that Kate made.

As always, make sure you go and checkout some of the other amazing Shadow Shots over at Hey Harriets and don't forget to visit the BrisStyle Blog as 2 more fantastic giveaways go up for offer on August 1st

Have a happy week, Bel xx

Shadow Shot Sunday #20

Hi everyone,
this day 2 years ago I was packing my bags and getting ready to head into the hospital to be induced to have Lucas (I can't believe he will be 2 tomorrow!!)

This week's Shadow Shot is of him playing with his new bubble machine on the back deck yesterday as we set up for his party... for more shadow shots visit here


We had around 35 people to celebrate Lucas' birthday early yesterday and Elmo was the guest of honour !! We had yummy snacks and lots of playing and dancing. What a great morning. Now I am still trying to recover, just don't bounce back as well as I used to LOL.

I hope that you all have a safe few days leading up to Christmas, and that the jolly fat-man remembers to drop a pressie under the tree for you.

All the Best
xx Em

Growing Up!

We celebrated our niece Tanisha's 11th Birthday on Sunday. It feels like just yesterday she was this cute tiny little girl that adored and always agreed with us ;) ok she's still cute and she still reckons I am her favorite aunty so I guess I can't complain about that.

I have great pleasure every year in making the kids cakes, its so exciting pouring over the cake cookbooks deciding what they want. This year Miss 11 decided on a pink cupcake tower, which a) made me very happy cause it is a) really easy cake to do, b) I finally got to use my cupcake stand that I have had since last Christmas, and c) I also got to try out my brand new 'cupcake courier'.

As Em and I are both Kitchen fanatics, this has got to be the coolest thing in my kitchen at the moment. It was a bit of an expensive outlay, but I am sure with my little one as well as the niece's and nephew's it is going to earn its use over the years. Anyway, if your a kitchen gadget fan too check it out here

O'h and while I was loading up the pictures of the camera today, I also found some pics of the kids capes that I made last week. So far they have gone gone down a treat, I just need to think of a few more things that I can add to Sax's dress up box now...

Have a great day!

Bel xx