Sunday the 1st of Feb 2009 a big day for Mollycupcakes

I spy with my little eye something pink, lilac, green, baby blue and yellow? Yes it's my Pastry Brushes in S Magazine this Sunday in the Sunday Express. I couldn't believe it when they called and asked for a couple of photos because they'd chosen my pastry brushes for one of the 12 of the best baking accessories spread.

I am sooo pleased with how they look and am on the same page as John Lewis, Marks & Spencers, House of Fraser and cucina direct. Don't they look fab!

They posted me my own copy which arrived Friday but still didn't believe it all until Ben came home this morning with a couple more copies from the little shop up the road.

Bless he said he was so proud and told the shop lady all about it lol Thanks honey, your support means everything to me. I only hope this spread brings in some more sales for Mollycupcakes and i can make you even more proud and add some pennies to our wedding pot.

Thank you everyone for the lovely get well wishes for my little Granny, she's doing well and is very touched by them all.

Ps: well I've had my first order from the magazine spread, a lovely lady called and said I've just seen you in the Sunday Express and want to buy some pastry brushes Yeay! she also purchased a juicer, honey drizzlier and bunny egg cup. What a fabulous Sunday it's turned out to be. Hope everyone else is having a lovely day too.

Snowie hugs,

Get well soon Little Granny

Bless my little Gran, she's having a rubbish time of it. A nasty abscess came up last week and she ended up in hospital for 2 days. and now it's been removed she has to go through the pain of having it cleaned out and packed again everyday for the next 2-3 weeks. They've given her lots of medication to help with the pain but it still hurts like hell.
And worse of all is that we can't visit because the little cupcakes won't understand that they couldn't run and cuddle her like they usually do. So it's lots of phones calls and well wishes from here.
Get well soon little Gran, you mean the world to us. Love you x

Thanks for all you're fabulous comments on my Chicken out post, it's lovely to hear that so many people care for the welfare of our animals and birds. Did you all see the saving British bacon one last night. It was an eye opener. Always check the label. And lets keep it British.

Have a lovey weekend and keep warm it's going to be a cold one. Brrrr!

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Hugs,

How to bring a bit of happiness to the world, why get people dancing of course lol

Just sit back and watch this. The first time i saw it on the telly, i jumped up and starting dancing. It made me smile for the rest of the evening.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=exkfGhz-YsU
Amazing to see how people just came together an forgot all the crap in the world.
Please enjoy. My favourite bit is the old lady dancing to Do You Love Me, that could be my Granny, she'd join in. Shake it Grandma lol
Well done T-mobile life truly is for sharing.
X

Sorr i couldn't get the youtube thingy to work this time, butjust click on the link and you can watch it.

Catherine x

The postie left lots of treats...

...For the soon to be Mr & Mrs. A lovely lady with the biggest kind heart left me a comment saying that she was sitting looking at one of those Ikea birds i am after for the top of our cake stand and that if i wanted it, she'd happily send it to me. But that's not all she put in with it this beautiful hand sewn Mr & Mrs picture which i just love sooo much, a little book of wedding favours, this pretty cupcake idea is in it and tells you all about the meaning of giving favours and throwing confetti.

There was also a lovely letter with stitching around the edges and a gorgeous lavender heart, filled with the lavender she had at her own wedding. So something old and something new all in the one beautiful item. I was nearly in tears with all of these lovely gifts, one lady's kindness brought me so many smiles. Thank you so very much Steph good things happen to good people so you're be getting you're reward very soon.

You can find more of Steph's beautiful hand made items on here at Mad Mummy designs. Well worth a look, lots of cute things for little people.

And here she is the birdie with no name, perched on top of our soon to be wedding cake stand, isn't she the cutest thing? it would of driven me and the whole cupcake house crazy if i didn't get one. I was starting to feel the sort of OCD i get when I've lost something. I don't really know why i love her so much, i just do. And smile now every time i look at it. I guess with all that's going on in the world, we all need a little bit of sunshine in ours lives and mine is planning and getting together items and prices for which will be one of the best days of ours lives. I hope sharing bits of it with all of you wonderful bloggers puts a smile on you're faces too.

It was a double treat from the postman, my beautiful friend Tracy sent this box of yumminess for me and the cupcakes. It is brimming with pinkness. The cupcakes where so excited they could hardly contain themselves lol Thank you honey for such a loveliness. ( and yes nearly all the strawberry pencils have gone). I had to put them up so little hands could not help themselves, that included Mr cupcake lol

Thank you all for the comments and support you keep leaving, it means a lot.

And yes if anyone else finds a box of Ikea birdies, I'll buy them or swap for something yummy off my website. Just drop me a line x
Back soon with an award from Yeovil at Pink feather paradise, thanks sweetie i will be handing it out to 7 more fabulous bloggers, it's just so hard to choose.


With love,

Our mini Nigella, a light dusting of snow and some Christmas crafting

Eat your heart out Nigella, watch out here comes miss Molly. And look what she made, well with a little help from her Mummy. We must of made about 36 of them and i have to say they tasted so much yummier because of Molly's help. Poor Daisy missed out on making these because she was fast asleep on the sofa full of a cold and Calpol, bless. We gave the lovely ladies and Tony at the cupcakes playgroup a box of these all wrapped up with a pink bow and some naughty green and blacks cookies. Just to say merry Christmas and thank you to them. I think I'll be making more this year and giving them as yummy gifts. I was so happy how they looked all wrapped up in a box. A nice little treat.

Here is our light dusting of snow, it made everything look so pretty.

My mother's day tulips are just poking their heads up through the snow, i can't wait for them to come out, oh how i love the Spring time. Every things new and full of life and everywhere looks so beautiful. Roll on the Springtime...

Tiny footprints in the snow lol they almost look like the moo cow has got up a walked off. (that's what under the pile of snow and he's looking a little green lol).

Well it took a few days for it to melt and the cupcakes and i jumped in ever bit of snow left on the ground on our walk to playgroup but sadly it's left us now. Oh how i wish we could get the sort of snow Ben and i remember getting as kids, so thick it lasted for days and you could build snowmen and go sleighing in it. I'd love the cupcakes big and small to enjoy the kind of fun we both had as children when the snow came.

I thought I'd share with you our cupcakes first Christmas decoration creations from playgroup. They both came home everyday with something new and i had such joy in hanging them in our front window. These will be treasured forever more.

I love that Mr Snowman has his hat upside down lol me thinks he's been at the mulled wine lol

This year brings a few new changes the biggest one being Molly starting big girl school in Sept. It seems a million miles away now but i know it will be here sooner than later. Daisy will be 3, hopefully leaving the terrible two's behind her, Jade will turn 14, two more years closer to the big 16 and making choices of staying at or leaving school and well Ben and i who knows, we might be planning our wedding for sometime this year. Have to see how the pennies go. I don't want a big thing just family and close friends. Reg office, pretty photos by the castle, nice dresses for the cupcakes and a little do back here at home in the garden. Bunting hanging, cupcakes baked, bubbly on ice and some music. Awww perfect. I'm planing things in my head already and have lots of money saving ideas for a wonderful day.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend and hoping no one else is struck down by this mean old bug that's going around, it seems everyone I've spoken to has had it. I've been a lucky bunny and only had a day or 2 with a tummy thing and little cold. I must be strong as an ox lol just hope i don't look like one hehe! i know i ate to much food this Christmas, well someone had too finish it off.

Hugs,

Catherine x

Home Sweet Home

Your Home Says That You Feel Settled and Calm

You don't come across as very intellectual or serious. You seem like a bit of a goofball. You have amazing hygiene, and it shows. You are sparkling clean! You are a very domestic person. You enjoy decorating, cooking, and making things homey. You are a very nurturing person. You find meaning in taking care of others. You feel settled in your life. You have enough time to focus on little details. You are a very self sufficient person. You can get along well without much help. Your friends see you as honest, humble, and responsible.

http://www.blogthings.com/whatdoesyourhomesayaboutyouquiz/">What Does Your Home Say About You?

I enjoyed doing this test, I am indeed settled and calm here, more than I've ever been anywhere.

Thanks Shabby Chick for this one. Happy new year.

Hugs,

Catherine x