I AM OFICALLY BACK

Hello
I am back and for good  I a so sorry that I have not posted within the past couple of weeks my life has been pretty busy with exams and some other things.
But the good news is that I have finished school woop woop !! this means I will defiantly be posting every week because I will have nothing to do so this blog will have my full attention :) 
I will see you very soon I'm thinking of doing some summer DIYs if anyone has any good ideas and want to share them just comment down below
kate x

EXAM TIME !

Hello
I will not be posting for the next two weeks as I have my exams starting (tomorrow is m first one)
But I will be back as soon as I can I promise. If anyone else is taking any exams this week or month good luck and I shall post very soon ! 
Kate xx
  

How to make a quote board

Hello
sorry about last week I have been so busy with handing in coursework and revising for exams which start in less that 7 days EEK! and of course I had my French speaking assessment which was interesting ...( well lets just say it didn't go very well but ill found out this week )

So how to make a quote board !

things you need:
glue
a picture frame
coloured / patterned card
pinterest xx (or google)









I came up with this idea a few weeks back when i was board and I was scrolling through Pinterest which I LOVE !! an a tiny bit addicted to :). any way I was looking at my favourite travel quotes and I have got to say they all look really pretty.

 so I printed them all off and I was actually going to put them in my art book, because my theme for my exam is traveling ( which I hope to show you very soon before my exam) But I decided to place them in a frame, and I arranged them on a blank piece of paper you don't have to do it on a blank piece of paper you could use pattern of colour I did not have any card that would fit the frame so I just stuck with the one that came with the frame. I then stuck them all down and tada I have a picture frame of all my favourite travel quotes.You could do this with any quotes it doesn't have to have any theme it can be what ever you want.

I know that this is not really a step to step guide of how to create a quote board but you could really go any ware with this idea you could even make it 3d if you want I hope to post next weekend again I will let you know if I cant
kate x

Sorry i will be back next weekend

hello
sorry I will not be posting this weekend as I have been so busy this week with exam revision and coursework. I hope to upload a mid week post if I can ( I have my French speaking assessment this week so I will try my best ) if I cant there will defiantly be one next weekend.
see you next weekend
kate x

PS
I was wondering if anyone had any tips of how to memorise a French speaking assessment I would be very grateful if you have any ideas let me know x

How to make butterfly cakes / fairy cakes

makes 12 cakes

hello
 welcome to my blog this is my first post of the year and ever! I hope u will enjoy my blog as much as I enjoy writing it. Most things I will post on my blog will be more crafts and DIY thing so I thought I might start with something a bit different. this is not a sponsored post these are just things I had in my fridge and cupboard.

 ingredients :
- two medium eggs or three small
- self raising flower
- butter
- caster sugar
- baking powder ( I don't think you need it because of the self raising flower but I put it in just in case )
- mixed spices (optional )
method

1. first turn the oven on to 190°C/375°F/Gas Mark 5. Then weigh out your eggs and whatever they weigh  you weigh out the same amount for the butter , flower and sugar this may sound a bit strange but trust me I think it works just the same as a recipe from a recipe book.
2. once you have weighed out all the main ingredients, put the sugar and the butter into a bowl and mix until its like a butter mixture.
3. After add in one egg and sift half the flower ( if you are like me and put in baking powder in sift it with the flower two teaspoons, also if you are adding mixed spices sift two teaspoons in with the flower) and mix well and then slowly add in the rest of the flower and the second egg until light and fluffy.
4. then lay out your cases either in a cupcake tray or just a normal tray and carefully pore the mixture into the cases making sure that it is an even amount.

  5.then put the cakes in the oven for 15 minutes until golden brown 

excuse the reflection of the camera and me

 

 

 6. while the cakes are in the oven its time to make the butter icing you can just buy icing already done, but I think it is nice to make your own as you can put anything you want in the icing but for this recipe I made plain icing.

ingredients:
- icing sugar ( I only have two boxes in this picture because I did not know if I had enough)
- butter
1. sift 175g of  icing sugar into a bowl I put a fresh tea towel on top while sifting and mixing so the icing sugar will not go every ware.
2. add in 75 g of icing sugar and whisk until light and fluffy at this point you can add food colouring or flavourings.





7. once the cake are golden remove them from the oven and place them on a baking rack. I have got to admit that my cakes were a bit on the burnt side ooops

8. once cooled with a knife cut a circular top off the cake. it is had to explain so hear is an image do this to all 12 on the cakes. 

9. then add a teaspoon of jam into each of the cakes and then add the butter icing on top.

10. then finial cut the top in half and place back on the cake to make the 'wings' then add a sprinkle of icing sugar on top

tada

I hope you like my first blog post and hope you continue to read my blog I am hopefully going to post every weekend if I don't I will let you know

comment what your favourite cake is

kate x