Happy Birthday Isaac

I made you a Black Forest Cake... your favourite

xxx

Key Lime Pie

With a tree bursting of Jamaican Limes I decided to make a Key Lime Pie. Florida's Key West is famous for it and every restaurant in the Florida Keys and Key West serves this wonderful pie. Recipe follows below xx

Twins

My friend Emma's best friend is lucky enough to be blessed with twin boys arriving in August. I was asked to help with some ideas to make her baby shower high-tea special, using a baby blue and white theme. I put together a little box of a few decorations, including: paper bunting, wishes for baby cards (as seen in this post here), heart-shaped cupcake toppers and food labels. I also included wooden pegs and twine in the box to create a makeshift clothesline to peg the two onesies and wishes for babies cards on.  Congratulations Falan, I hope you had a special day and wish you all the best with your little bundles x

Garden pea & herb soup with crispy bacon

This recipe is seriously so easy and perfect for a mid-week quick meal in this colder weather. It's ready to eat in less than 15 minutes! Adapted from this recipe here.

· 500g frozen garden peas

· Large handful of herbs, chopped – I used fresh parsley and basil

· 1 ½ cups water

· ½ cup fresh cream

· Sea salt and cracked black pepper

· 1/2 lemon squeezed

· Feta cheese and crispy bacon pieces to serve

Place the frozen garden peas, water and herbs in a pan over a low heat. Bring just to a simmer.

Turn the heat off, add cream, squeeze of lemon juice and blend the soup to a purée. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

 

Serve in bowls with crispy bacon, crumbled feta cheese on top and warm crusty bread.

Wrapped

Sometimes we feel as though the wrapping around the present you are giving is just as special as the present inside.  We always love taking the extra time to make sure the paper is perfect and the ribbons are unique.  Here are a few of our presents we have wrapped.

fabric wrapping with twine and a hand-sewn heart button

Guest Room Essentials

We love having guests stay with us - almost as much as we love going home to stay with our parents.  Our Mum is always making such an effort (which never goes unnoticed) - an arrangement of freshly cut blooms from the garden, crisp white sheets and towels, a bed made to perfection (with hot water bottles in winter) and what always feels like the best pillows in the world. 

Diamond Jubilee



outfit, vintage tote, crown, strawberries & cream, ysl nail polish, cupcakes, union jack bunting 

As winter quickly approaches us Down Under and the sun is finally shining over the UK, we reflect on our time spent in London and how much fun we had.  Weekends were spent lazing in the lush green parks, sipping Pimms and soaking up every moment of sunshine - because you never really knew when it was coming back.

This Sunday marks the Queen's 60th Jubilee.  If we were still living the London dream, we would have loved to host a Jubilee Garden Party.  All attendees at the party would be asked to wear a crown...no crown, no entry.  We have put together an inspiration board to bring some of our ideas to life.

Well done Queeny!