Truely scrumptious...

I had great fun decorating these yummy looking cupcakes the other night at 9.30pm, just after watching the few remaining episodes of Greys Anatomy i taped off freeview. I found doing this helped me from screaming that both the last 2 episodes had taped without the endings argh! why can't channel five just stick to the right times and not run 10 mins late, anyhoo I'm gonna ask of HMV vouchers now for Christmas so i can treat myself to the box sets.
Happy with the finished look i hopped upstairs to bedforshire for some zzzzzz




The next morning i packed them up in pink tissue paper and basket and set off with the girls to the coffee morning at the Salvation Army, all money raise is going to the Macmillan Cancer support. Within the first 10 mins of being here they'd all gone lol hungry lot.

I also took a few packs of cupcake pegs and donated £1.50 of each pack sold to the charity. I was very pleased when a couple sold. And sat back and enjoyed a coffee, cake and chat with some other mum's there, while the girls played. Bless the old ladies there, my Nan would be proud of me, she always loved going the Salvation Army in Maidstone and made so many good friends.

Here are my two little cupcakes mixing up the recipe and being a very big help to Mummy. I of course let them lick their spoons after we'd done, it would of been mean of me not too.

Our post lady came knocking the other day with a large brown jiffy bag??? i thought to myself what's in this then. And opened it to find these lovely bead sets for the girls. A little thank you from Imogen and Beatrice, Jane's two beautiful girls.

Molly and Daisy got stuck in right away and made necklaces. They kept quite for hours threading each bead and shouting look mummy, look! and when there Daddy came in later he too helped, (which i think he enjoyed lol).

So a very big thank you for them and we hope to meet someday soon.

And look i wasn't left out in the prezzies, this gorgeous note set is all mine. So yummy looking just good enough to eat. Thank you Jane, you're a very sweet lady. I hope we get to have coffee and cupcake soon, maybe at Anna's cafe. X

These goodies also few on to the mat last week, the fabulous Mandy sent them in return for some of my new Christmas red dotty heart decorations/gift tags. How beautiful are they? I'm just crazy for everything in Belle & Boo's website and Etsy shop. It was lovely to meet you at the London trade show and finally put a face to the blog and emails lol

Wishing you ever bit of luck. Speak soon. X

I hope you're all enjoying the sunny weekend and making the most of it. I'm trying to keep happy as Molly's not been so good at pre-school, last Wednesday she just wailed when she saw me still chatting at the gate to her key worker and they had to take her off me kicking and screaming argh! just heart breaking. I don't know what's set her off but now she doesn't want to go on Monday. But she is, I'm just going to take her and not make a big thing out of it. It is hard not to as she won't give me a reason for not wanting to go, has anyone else had this happen? or have any advice? things where going so well and i really felt for the other poor mum's with crying little ones. And now I've become one of them :(

Fingers crossed she just goes in and smiles.

Many hugs,

Catherine x

Music Mondays on Tuesday today lol

Creep by radiohead.

This has to be my favourite song ever, I could listen to a 100 times and not get sick of it. Hope you all enjoy it too.

Hugs,

Catherine x

Happy 1st Birthday Ava.

Have a wonderful 1st birthday Ava

Lots of love from Uncle Ben, Auntie Catherine, Molly, Daisy and Jade.

xxx

So much loveliness I could of popped lol

Woke up this morning to the most fabulous sunshine, just the right sort of weather to be going out to a Vintage garden sale. The wonderful Claire came and picked myself and Jade up from home and off we went. And what a gorgeous day for it. The bunting was up, handmade cakes and orange juice at the ready and loads and loads of amazing vintage goodies to be had.

We were like kids in a sweetie shop lol just look at how full my basket is. Jade looks beautiful in this photo I love it, her hair was freshly dyed by me last night and it looks great. Thank you sweet girl for coming along with us and I'm so chuffed to pieces that you love all this old tat as much I do. And a big thank you to the very kind old gentleman that took this photo for us.

Just look at that sky, we couldn't believe our luck or wished for a more perfect day. And how pretty is this roof, it just cry's out Autumn is here. But you would never of known by looking at that sky.

Who's that I spy rummaging around?
LOL smile Claire your on Blog candid camera lol
Stopping our shopping and loveliness finding for some yummy homemade cakes and coffee, we came across this gorgeous girl.

And she kindly helped us finish off our cake crumbs lol Sadly she wasn't for sale but we all got free belly rubs and snuggles. What a cutie.

Jade found it so very funny that her Mum was so excited by these fabulous apple crates and amazed when I didn't buy any, they did have a little to many wood worm holes for my liking, I didn't fancy explaining to our very nice landlord that I'd infested his gorgeous living room wooden floor with wriggle friends. Or maybe I'm just getting even more fussy in my buying habits, who knows!

I did also fear that the amount of Country Living mags I have planned to put into one of these someday soon would have been a little to much for one of these particular apple crates and the bottom would of fallen out. After so humming and arrhing I left them there. I'll find some more soon.
Look at what Jade picked up though, the very lovely Ray Coulthard from Hotel Babylon. He was there looking around with his wife and was so sweet in saying yes to giving Jade his autograph and letting me photo them. We both just loved watching Hotel Babylon and he was my favourite character, so we where head over heels when he said yes he didn't mind. What a nice man. This just made our day even better. :) and put the biggest smile on Jade's face.
She's been worrying about Monday as she has to sing in front of her class, I hope a lovely day out together and ending with an afternoon with her sweet boyfriend John, helps put her at ease. Knock the dead honey I know you can do it. I'll be thinking of you. X

Once home and after Claire and I had a much needed coffee and sit down. I took all my goodies out in to the garden for photos. And with a little help from Daisy, they came out very well.

The very expensive dotty tea cosy ( 50p) is being beautifully modelled as a fashionable hat. Gorgeous Daisy, I that style might catch on lol

Tea anyone? I'll stirr and be mother lol

I'm so pleased with everything and nothing was over a £5. I could of bought more but as we might be moving sometime soon, I was very good left the £120 bookcase, wooden ladder for hanging towels or clothes on, the dress dummy that needed some much loved TLC and the dog lol (I think would of noticest if I tried to pack her in the car).
And anyway there is another one before Christmas, so watch this space for that. I've started saving my 5p's already hehe! owww and I could have things for early birthday presents. I'm so naughty. But whats a girl to do with so much loveliness?
I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend and the sun has been shining for you all.

I have a couple of thank yous before I go off up to Bedfordshire for some zzzzz

Kim you most welcome sweetie, I'm so glad you like your little gift and it has gone to a lovely home. Well done for winning the things that make you smile comp.

And Jane thank you for the lovely message you left me on the phone, sorry wasn't there to take it but it was lovely to hear from you. I know you've got computer gremlins at the moment and it's been sent away to rest lol but I hope you see this on it's return honey. Wishing you and you're little ones many happy cooking with their utensils. And happy washing up with yours.

Much love everyone x

Hugs,

Catherine x

Music Monday's a little late this week.

Sorry everyone that Music Monday is so late this week, but time has just rushed by in a blink. Here it is anyway.

Today I've chosen 2 totally brilliant songs from the fabulous Pulp, I just love them now as much as I did years ago. and still know all the words, (can you hear me singing them out loud?) lol

Please enjoy both songs, hope they make you smile as much as me.

Hugs,

Catherine x

All good things come to those who wait...

After sweet dreams from our first night in the tent the girls woke bright eyed and bushy tailed lol
And then once up and dressed, it was wellies on and off to see the chickens for some fresh eggs.

With the fire roaring and bacon cooking Ben and i was happy to let the girls go off and play.

Yummy hot coffee (tea for Ben) and bacon butties with brown sauce. Look at my plop of sauce it's in the shape of a heart lol no i didn't make it into one, the sauce just knew how much i heart this lovely place and was trying to tell me something too.

Up with the chickens and after lots of stroking, clucking, cooing and...

...plenty of feedLook what Daisy got...

Her very first egg. I think her little face says it all. Over the moon she was and said "Mummy, it's all warm" and "I'll be very careful with it"

I hope she remembers this special moment forever because i will.

More farm photos tomorrow.

Thank you for all the birthday wishes for Ben, he had a lovely day. Though he worked for most of it. We did go out for a yummy meal together in the evening and ate birthday cake with the girls and his Mummy, who's been staying with us for a few days.

Many thanks Viv for having the girls and letting this Mummy and Daddy escape for a little while. xxx See you soon.

Hugs.

Catherine x

And my favourite is?

The fabulous Kim for Ragged Roses a little gift will be flying it's way to you very soon. I love that the flowers you got from your friends wedding made you smile every time you looked at them. I think this can be said for everyone. Flowers truly make us girlie's grin from ear to ear lol
Thank you for joining in my little bit of nonsense, there were some other lovely smiley things mentioned, from pink scooters, cats, cow pictures lol (Anna) kitchen cupboards, dotty teapots and many more. It was fun to reading them all.

I smile every time I read one of your lovely comments.
Many hugs,
Back soon with birthday photos and more from Featherdown farm.

C x