Valentines Feature - Day 8

I have mentioned this recently in my picture friday.. super cute easy to make heart envelope.

I for one will be needing to use this, I ordered a personalised card from Funky Pigeon as they keep harrassing me in any given advert opertunity, good reminder though. I was dissapointed to find out the card was addressed to me.. didn't think anything of it, opened it to see what it looked like because it's one of those ones where you add your picture and text etc and they didn't include an envlope with my card!

So for anyone who did the same as me this is perfect and handy to know!

12 Days Of Valentines - Day 3

Valentines biscuits why not give these a go and make them for your boyfriend, friend, sister, mum.... whoever. Everyone loves getting something that someone has put time and consideration into.

Today during my trapes out into the white winterland outside I was looking for inspiration for my 12 days of valentines feature and found these cuties.
OK so the total amount I spent on these tools was a bank breaking £3.68! (Not including cost of ingredients).

Kids mini bakeware set - B&N (Amazing shop) £1.99
Multipack of different size heart cutters - Poundland £1
Adorable little heart tin - Hootys 0.69p

These biscuits are so easy and a key recipe to keep in that cupboard for that day when you go to make a cake and you realise no eggs mean no cake. We've all done it! No eggs at all needed for this recipe.

The Ingredients 

500g Butter 

150g Icing Sugar

500g Plain Flour

1/4 Teaspoon Salt

2 Teaspoon Baking Powder

2 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence

Preheat oven to 180 degrees or if you have a hot oven like mine that loves to burn things 170.

Put all the dry ingredients such as the flour, baking Powder, salt and sugar into a food processor. 
Process this briefly to mix these ingredients together slightly.
Add the butter in pieces and process it with on/off bursts of the processor.
Next Add the vanilla extract and process until dough starts forming a ball.
Here's where you can be really creative you can keep the biscuits plain or you can divide up to my different coloured biscuits.
I chose to make plain and red for my valentines theme.
Now simply roll mixture out 1cm thick onto grease proof paper and then use your amazingly expensive cutters to cut out any shapes you desire :)
Place in the oven for 10-12 Mins and your done. 
To make the swirly biscuits just roll out one colour of dough and then the second colour of dough, lay them on top of each other and roll them up. Once you have your biscuit sausage gently cut it up into little biscuits.
Next up is my favourite bit the decorating go crazy sprinkles galore!

Cupcake Bouquet...

....well ok more like muffin bouquet but nevertheless, we made our first ever cupcake bouquet it was so much fun!

A family member was leaving the country for Canada so we made this cupcake bouquet as a farewell gesture for her and it looked so good! We cheated a little and bought the muffins ready made but it took long enough icing them and then designing the layout of the bouquet so the cakes didn't fall out!

I chose a gorgeous little china red and white gingham pot that had a handle and a heart on and then decorated the bouquet with polka dot cellophane and co-ordinating ribbon.

We had a 45 minute drive to it's destination .... possibly the longest journey of my life and that even includes flights with a little baby lol. I was sure i would be arriving covered in cake and icing as I had the dubious task of holding it on my lap and leaning from left to right depending on the bends i foresaw in the road. Much to the amusement of Mr Lilly Belle as you can imagine!

Buttons Buttons Buttons I love Buttons

Lately i've been trying to build up my button collection and here they are in all they're golden triumphant glory. 

You can never have enough embellishments for different creations ..... some people collect stamps i collect buttons lol. 

Here are some of my favourites.