Jikana Damaru: 04/08/10

Thank you

An end to the week with a few thank you's to some lovely ladies who featured Sofia's 4th Birthday Party last week - it was so exciting to be featured on these wonderful and inspiring sites so to Kim and Sara it is hip hooray!

You can check out the post that Kim from Tom Kat Studio did here. It seems we were both and party mode at the same time as her daughter Kate celebrated here birthday the same week as Sofia - make sure you check our the stunning photo's of Kate's third birthday party here.

And the post that Sara did is here.

This weekend sees another birthday in our house - Mr A will be celebrating another year tomorrow - the girls (and me) are busy making home made cards and are looking forward to showering him with love.

Enjoy your weekend.

cup cake crazy

how delicious do all these cupcakes look?! I chose them out of a selection @ taste.com.au I enjoyed looking at how they were photographed & here's my top 4

white chocolate fairy

double chocolate

orange & poppyseed

butterfly

all images & recipes courtesy of taste.com.au

Egg topiary tree

Easter Egg Topiary

I fell in love with the Pottery Barn Easter egg topiary tree from my Easter tree post. Unfortunately, as I live in the UK there was no chance of getting one. During a visit to Hobby Craft I noticed they were selling pots of small plastic eggs so I purchased two of them with the idea of making the tree in the same colours as my wooden bird houses. It took some working out, but I am pleased with the result.

Egg topiary tree

You will need
36 small plastic eggs
polystyrene cone
paint
wire
plant pot
cream roving
needle felting needle
small wired paper flowers

How to

Using an embroidery needle, punch a hole in either side of 35 of the eggs.
String 3 eggs together using wire, and make into a circle, twisting the end of the wire to secure. Fold twisted wire so it points inwards.
Repeat step 2 with 7, 9 and 11 eggs.
Paint eggs in desired colours, leave to dry.
Paint plant pot and leave to dry.
Place the circle of painted 11 eggs over a polystrene cone, then the circle of 9, circle of 7 and so on.
Glue one painted egg at the top.
Place a small strand of cream roving over the wire in between each egg. Using a needle felting needle, push roving into polystyrene cone at the top and bottom of each egg. This will secure the eggs in place and cover the wire.
Push wired flowers into the gaps.
Place egg covered cone into plant pot.

I used the following colours Woodland Glade, Willow, Ice Pink, and Amethyst (all Focus matt emulsion), which you can buy in small tester pots.

Have a sweet day!