Love and Food

Let me start my Mothers day post by stating the obvious. I have the best Mum in the world. (And what a stunner right??) My mum is an amazing, caring, smart, creative, hilariously competitive, beautiful person, and I definitely wouldn't be who I am today without her (in fact I often find myself doing things and thinking 'Oh Lord, I'm definitely my Mothers daughter...'). I'm very lucky to be a part of an incredibly close family. It's so nice to know that whatever I have going on in my life, I have this network of awesome people who will always be there for me no matter what.

Now Mum's not into the whole commercialization of Mother's day, and so asked that I make her a special dinner instead of buying her a present. I couldn't resist picking up a pretty new potted flower for her though...

For her special dinner Mum requested Roasted Red Pepper Risotto:

 

 

 

 

This was glorious. And very easy. Really happy with it. And for dessert, we went with a good old Banoffee Pie. 

 

 

 

Both of these recipes came from the Sorted Food book, you should really check out their website (sortedfood.com), they have heaps of awesome, easy to follow recipes (plus I totally have a crush on Ben... but then I'm a sucker for a guy with glasses who can cook). 

I just want to end off by saying thanks to my Mum. Thanks for always being there for me, and for always encouraging me to be myself. And thankyou for being so incredibly awesome.

Early Morning Serenity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Little Bit Country...

What a lovely long weekend it has been. I so don't want to head back to work tomorrow... but that's ok! Until the Lotto comes through with the big money it's gotta be done :oP And I got to watch a beeeeautiful sunrise over Perth and go for a great picnic with friends on Thursday, went shopping yesterday, and watched all 3 Iron Man movies today (I feel that 6 hours of Robert Downey Jr is a good thing...) This was what I wore to go shopping yesterday (try as I might for some reason I could not get the photos to upload here last night).

 

 

 

I love the kinda country feel of this dress. which is unusual considering my opinion of country music (to reference Xander Harris, it is the music of pain... Now I want to watch old Buffy). But I love the embroidered roses and it has pockets. I enjoy few things more than a dress with pockets.

 

Glasses - Vintage50'sEyewear
Dress and Socks - Dangerfield
Shoes - Melissa

Kings Park Dawn Service - ANZAC Day 2013

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them. 

Lest we forget.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aimeecakes Forde: Childrens Entertainer

Hi everyone! Two posts in two days?! Madness! :oP Today was my gorgeous little second cousin Lincoln's 4th birthday party and I was asked to play face painter again. And as anyone who has been reading this blog for a little while will know, if I can find an excuse to play dress-ups or play with crazy makeup or something, I go for it with gusto. And this was no exception (the kids need to be able to pick out the face painter easily right?). I found these super awesome butterfly false lashes in Priceline the other day and was stoked to have something to wear them for. And as an added bonus they are way easier than putting on regular false lases (which I love but usually struggle with).

 

 

I went for a bit of a 'butterflies and sparkles' theme on my face, and in the clothes I just went for fun, bright and again with the shoes all out magpie-shiney. Sorry about the lighting in some of these... it was a tricky time of day for photo taking by the time we got home! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a lovely day (although I was thrown a couple of curve-balls in terms of requests for designs that I didn't have in my prepared repertoire, but no customers went away unhappy) and most importantly, I think the birthday parrot had a great day!

I also made the cake (or should I say, cupcakes), but I'm going to save them for my next post with a recipe :) I hope you're all having fabulous weekends!

Butterfly and Face Paints - Lincraft

Lashes - Priceline

Necklace, Dress and Shoes - Modcloth

Cardi - Alannah Hill

Stockings - Myer