Create

WE just adore this cute idea!  

Make your own heart garland (doesn't have to be just for Valentine's Day!!)

Get some paint colour chips from a hardware shop and punch out heart shapes, 

then string together and hang!!

Gorgeousness xx

Inspire

News

'blue flower, red thorns! blue flower, red thorns! blue flower red thorns!  

Oh, this would be so easier if I wasn't colour-blind.'

Donkey  (Shrek)

Happy Australia Day!

Happy Australia Day one and all xx

Cook

A bit of inspiration for those lunchboxes!!

Create

With school going back at this time of year, we love this idea from 'alphamom'...

encourage your kids to eat their fruit and tell 'em how much you love them at the same time!

Pop over here for the free printable lunchbox notes, tags and stickers xx

Inspire

'One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.'

News

Summer should get a speeding ticket xx

Happy weekend!

Shop

Canberra fans - we just adore the old-school charm from 'Daisy and Moose'...

make sure you pop by on market day Sunday February 19th.

Cook

The perfect Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 cups caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups self-raising flour
• ¾ cup cocoa
• ¾ cup milk
• ¾ cup water

Icing

• 50g unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 cups icing sugar
• ¼ cup cocoa
• ¼ cup milk

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C. Butter a 20cm or 22cm square cake tin and line with baking paper.

Using an electric mixer to cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat on medium speed until smooth. Sift flour and cocoa into a bowl, add half to the butter mixture with the milk and beat on low speed until just combined. Add remaining flour mixture and the water, beat on low speed until combined, increase speed and beat until mixture is smooth.

Pour into prepared cake tin and bake for 40-45 minutes until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Turn cake onto a wire rack to cool.

To make icing, beat butter until creamy, add sifted icing sugar and cocoa and milk. Beat until thick and creamy. Add more milk if the icing is too dry.

Spread icing over cold cake.

Create

We just fell in love with this idea to make your own hanging balls using wool 

from 'Hostess with the Mostess'...

pop over here for the DIY tutorial...perfect for that next party!

Inspire

Welcome to 2012 and by golly, it's good to be back!!

What a year we have in store for you...if you haven't already, 

head over to the website to check dates and locations 

- we can't hardly wait to bring you more beautiful markets this year xx