DIY: GINGERBREAD HOUSE LANTERN.

With all the festivities and parties going down at the moment I decided to challenge myself and make something I have never made before as the centrepiece of this years dining table. I have made gingerbread men many times before so after seeing the all mighty Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood whip up a gingerbread house on The Great British Bake Off Christmas Special I knew I had to have ago at this one myself.  

BROWN PAPER AND BAKERS TWINE.

With Christmas day less than a week away I expect you all to be knee high in gift wrap an sellotape by now but I thought it would still be nice to share with you my take on gift wrap for this wonderful season.

WRAPPZ PERSONALISED CASES.

I have mentioned on the blog before that I am a sucker for a personalised phone case so when the people from Wrappz asked me whether I wanted to try one out and offer all my blog readers a discount code to get a free case/skin I would have been a fool to say no. 

RECIPE: VANILLA SNOWFLAKE CUPCAKES.

This weekend I had a friend over to have a bit of a catch up and chin wag and couldn't pass up the opportunity to whip up some cupcakes. I didn't have a huge selections of ingredients in the cupboards so decided to stick with good old faithful vanilla cupcakes and get a little festive with the decorating. All you need for the recipe is some large cupcake cases, a baking tray, baking paper, a piping bag and a snowflake cutter that you can pick up from most craft shops or online for a couple of pounds. 

HOME AT CHRISTMAS.

I wanted to share with you today a few snaps from around my home now that we have finally completed decorating our Christmas tree! This post also debuts the first appearance of Poppy the cat, a birthday gift from the boyfriend that never fails to melt my heart and drive me round the bend on a daily basis.