Easter Wrapup

Each season I come up with ways of making my life just a little more complicated. It's not intentional, but I have been forced to recognise it in myself... this Easter was no exception. I could (should) have raided Woolies like every other human being for my Easter egg supply but nooooooo... I had to complicate my life by making my own. The thing about normal chocolate making is that really, its no more complex than pouring melted chocolate into a mould and leaving it to set. It wasn't until I had already bought my egg moulds (and the colourings, chocolate, ribbon, straw, boxes etc etc) that I remembered I had to make an EGG, that had a shell but was hollow inside and that needed to be somehow joined together. I'll say no more except to say that next year, the fam will be getting Cadburys. Here's the best of the finished product (too embarrassed to show you the worst):

This one was made with white chocolate and pink colouring, and some hundreds and thousands for fun!

Coloured white chocolate bunny with brown chocolate egg. Never again!

The packaging

Up at Nanny's, Fern went on her first Easter egg hunt! She scored herself a cute rabbit soft toy and Easter Egg (nope, we didn't let her eat that particular egg, but her Nan and Pop might have slipped her a few bits of chocolate when I wasn't looking!)




On Easter Monday, we went for a bush hike high up on the mountain, with beautiful views over the Central Coast. Her dad chose her hiking outfit, and they came out of the bedroom grinning from ear to ear dressed in matching green hiking shorts, grey tees, puffy jackets and boots!


Fern LOVED it; she's turning into quite the little outdoors girl (her father wouldn't have it any other way!). She trotted ahead and mostly refused to hold our hand, preferring to stop every 30 seconds to examine a gumnut or but of rock. I am just loving that Fern can walk now and that she takes such pleasure in little things. Children make you re-appreciate the little things you took for granted, don't they?? Here's some pics from our day:





Hope you and your family had a wonderful Easter - what adventures did you get up to??

photo book

here is a photo book I had made up to promote my photography. Seeing the images in print form feels a little more personal.









eggs




a few photos from our egg hunt on Easter morning. I hope you were able to enjoy a few too



the reason for eggs @ Easter

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter
This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you a bright coloured Easter palette with these gorgeous pics. Check back soon for some more of the most inspirational photographers on Flickr.

Some beautiful shots from my Flickr favourites (clockwise from top left):

Have a wonderful Easter!

Easter chocolates

Chocolate bunny lollipops
Chocolate bunny eggs
Handmade chocolate eggs
Easter egg mold
Honeycomb filled chocolate bunnies
Handmade honeycomb filled bunnies
This year I decided to make my own Easter chocolates. As the homemade honeycomb went down such a treat at Christmas I also wanted to add honeycomb to my chocolates. So, after making a fresh batch of honeycomb, letting it cool down and then breaking it into small pieces, I started tempering my chocolate. I made large bunny heads filled with big chunks of honeycomb, bunny lollipops with a honeycomb crumbed back, honeycomb-filled chocolate eggs and lots of chocolate bunnies.

I better get back to finishing!

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter!
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Easter



traditions - are something that makes this time of year special. For us Easter is all about getting up extremely early on Easter Sunday (5am!) while we bundle the girls into the car - still sleepy - rugged up - with some hot cross buns to fill their tummies - we head down to the beach & watch the sunrise as part of an Easter church service - watch the fire being lit & enjoy the peaceful morning. The sunrise is always amazing - has been for the past 3 years.

The rest of the day is spent hunting for chocolate eggs - enjoying time with family - chatting - eating - & being truly thankful for all we have.

Do you have any Easter traditions?!
Favourite Easter egg? (mine is the Cadbury cream egg!)

Happy Easter... and all that stuff

Image from Creative Chaos

Um, those amazing chocolate eggs I was going to dazzle you with today? They're not finished. Why rush? I have tomorrow, riiiight? They'll get done by Sunday, promise.

In the meantime, I hope you had a lovely day with friends and/ or family; I forgot I was pregnant for a bit and went on a 3km cross country hike; I have a nasty headache from not bringing any water as well as neglecting to wear any sunscreen or a hat! I thoroughly enjoyed myself, though!

Anyway, have a safe and happy Easter break my friends.
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