Baking in progress
Focaccia ready for the oven and a somewhat experimental baked cheesecake just emerged š We are aware the focaccia looks more like a naan bread. Minor details!
Things that make me happy Thursday – overdue edition!
Ooops, I don’t appear to have done one of these since before Christmas! So, the run up to 2012 and the first couple of weeks of it… They have made me smile muchly…
Catching up with family over the festive break
Having a festive break – in my adult life I’ve never had more than four or five days off in a row due to work, and this year I had ten!
Getting unexpected Christmas presents
Celebrating New Year for the first time in a long time
Experimental cocktails with Rob’s new blender (notes: lime is good in SMALL quantities. Do not always follow the recipes to the letter. It is perfectly acceptable to mix two litres of lychee daiquiri, take it to a party and drink it all yourselves.)
Cooking from a Jamie cookbook. Several times. And succeeding!
Starting 2012 how I’d to continue it
Swapping socks with Holly
Seeing Anna on new years day š
Enjoying the commute with my new toy
Dan not recognising me from behind because my hair’s so long
Amanda’s zombie app comment
Wearing floral trainers
Two of the girls who keep me sane at work going permanent
A label on a pack of ibuprofen tablets instructing me to remove all packaging before microwaving. Sure.
Catching up with Val via email
Making my resolutions/hopes/thoughts/dreams list for the year ahead
From the sublime to the mundane to the ridiculous and back again!
Contrariety Roseās Vintage Tea Party
Last weekend I traversed down to Reading (complete with Rustyās vintage suitcase, pretty shoes and vintage-style party dresses) for a weekend with one of my best friends. She just happens to be behind Contrariety Rose (new site almost done! Iām working on the last bits!) and organised a vintage tea party for a few people while I was down there. Itās always wonderful to see Lou, but this was a specially exciting prospect after a fairly hideous week!
We went to a vintage fair at the Hexagon first (I bought a headscarf āfor wearing in a sportscarā, said the lady at the stall. I couldnāt not buy it after that, could I?!) and Lou found this lovely little dress. Rachel found a beautiful 60s shift dress but I couldnāt get a photo š
And here is Lou (first pic) and me (second pic) next to where weād set out all the bits and piecesā¦
Tea party details:
Cucumber hearts and lollipop sandwiches from the Vintage Tea Party Book:
Cakes made by Louās partnerās mum ā a Contrariety Rose cake and lovely little sparkly fairy cakes:
And the forks that made me think of the Mad Hatterās tea party ā thereās something wonderfully Alice-ish about them!
It was a fabulous afternoon, and so lovely to see all the girls ā some of them I hadnāt seen since 2007, and a couple not properly since school. It was gorgeous! š
Two things that make me happyā¦
Baking and a new lipstick š Recipe(s) and review of the red lipstick gorgeousness coming soon š
I'm Carla, a quirky thirtysomething with a penchant for unicorns and glitter. I believe in magic and make-believe, and the gorgeous rebellion of making your life absolutely your own. And I'm a proud multipod!
I am a photographer and catalyst for small business owners, and a real life mermaid. I photograph people as they truly are, help women see and step into their brightest and best selves, add a sprinkling of magic to the mundane, and am a happy ambassador for stationery and slow living.
Proud to be both girly and geeky, when Iām not writing, photographing or daydreaming, you can find me dancing burlesque, riding my bicycle Bluebell, growing herbs and collecting typewriters.