Cath Kidston table - Before and After

Last week i bought this table from a charity shop. I thought it could look really nice if I brought it up to date. I used some purple paint which i had left over from my bedroom walls and mixed some with white paint to get this lovely lilac colour. I then used my material from Ikea to give it a shabby chic touch. I love the way that it has turned out!

What do you think? 

Wedding Papercrafts - Patterned Confetti Boxes

Selection of wallpaper

My chosen wallpaper

First I used a ruler to draw a rectangle 10cm x 26cm.

With a pencil and ruler I marked 4 points trying to keep the same distance between each.

Then I used a hole punch to create these holes.

Then using an empty Yankee Candle (I didn't have a compass, haha) I drew a circle 8cm in diameter.

Then i cut everything out.

You then need to apply some glue along the bottom inside edge of the wallpaper and around the wallpaper circle and hold it in place until the glue has dried. Also glue where the seams overlap.

Then you need to cut two lengths of ribbon 25cm long.

Thread each end through the hole and knot on the inside to secure them.

Here is my finished example of a confetti box.

For the confetti, gather together a selection of tissue papers to match the confetti boxes. Using scissors cut out little hearts from the tissue paper. Mix up the coloured hearts and fill each box.

You can also cut hearts from tracing paper and book paper. The top image is Alice in wonderland confetti! They have used an Alice in wonderland book to cut hearts from! i love this idea. 

What do you think? :)

Working progress

I bought this little wooden table from a charity shop.

I have had this mirror for years. I recently found it in a box and thought I could bring it up to date!

Pictures will be on another post coming soon!

Bunting Bracelet!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280887319685?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_5550wt_1178

After seeing the blog post Sprinkle Of Glitter made on this bracelet I went straight onto ebay to look for it! Such a bargain at the price of £2.39. It is from hong kong and took 2 weeks to arrive! Love it ❤

The seller has some other really nice jewellery pieces. Here are a few of my favourite items!

1. Carousel Necklace - £1.47

2. Hot Air Balloon Necklace £1.25

3. Cat Ear Ring 99p

4. Bird Cage Necklace £1.27

So cheap!

First attempt at making cake pops!

So, this is my first attempt at making cake pops!

First I baked a cake using:

200g butter

200g sugar

200g flour

2 eggs

1. Allow the cake to cool

2.  Put the cake in a large mixing bowl

3. Use your hands to crumble the cake

4. Add 2 tablespoons of butter-cream frosting to the crumbled cake

5. Using your hands or a spoon, mix the butter-cream frosting through the cake

6. Once your cake mix has all came together, roll the mixture into small balls using the palms of your hands.

7. As this was my first time at making cake pops i only mixed a small amount of the mixture to make 6 balls

8. Next I melted a bar of white chocolate in the microwave and stirred it thoroughly until it was smooth.

9. Take one of your sticks and dip it into the melted chocolate. Stick then into the centre of your cake  balls.

10. This will act as glue and keep the cake ball attached to the stick. Do the same with the rest of the sticks.

11. Now leave your cake balls to harden. I have used saucers to keep them upright.

12. using the rest of your melted chocolate you are now ready to coat the cake balls.

13. As this was my first go I found it quite hard to evenly coat the cake balls with chocolate!

14. Place the cake pop in the chocolate at a sideways angle. Using a spoon spread the chocolate all around

15. You should try and do this quickly as the chocolate hardens as you go!

16. Once you have coated the cake ball tap the stick on the side of the bowl. This gets rid of excess chocolate.

17. Now you are ready to decorate your cake pops. I have used a pot and filled it with rice so that the cake pops could stand upright, you can also use polystyrene to do this.

18. I have used a selection if chocolate sprinkles to decorate my cake pops.

So here are my finished cake pops. Not too bad for my first attempt! 

What do you think? :) 

I have recently bought some Pink candy melts so I am going to make some more very soon! So keep a look out for that!