2 Birthdays and a Wedding!

Well the past two weeks have been a big struggle for me, so much stuff to do, so little space to do it all in...

First we had my birthday, during which I had to work,but there has been a blog about that and how my wonderful man made me a lovely dinner ^_^

Second we had Lewy's birthday, he is now officially an old man..... he can no longer call me a cougar XD We had to start making things for his birthday on the Thursday because he took Friday off...

The stuff for all our cakes

Bella helped me out by making cupcakes

my cake stuck to the tin =( I couldn't fill it with cherries any more and had to come up with a new plan

Bella icing her cupcakes

the finished cake... minus the candles

the poor fridge everything had to be shoved in the veggie crisper to make room for the cakes!

Friday morning Lewy gets a healthy breakfast of scrambled eggs. pancakes, bacon, toast with Vegemite, sliced apple, and freshly squeezed orange juice! (I made it myself)

While I worked away in the kitchen getting his surprise dinner ready he played on the PlayStation with Aaron... I told him to pull a face for the camera and this is what I got.

because the kitchen isn't finished yet we don't have a dining room set up, we had to make do with a faux table made out of a desk set up in the lounge room...

quick selfie so you can see how I looked XD

Lewy's cake with the candles on it, all lit up and ready to go!

Bella's pretty cupcakes, I wanted her picture with them but she wouldn't take one for me =(

Birthday Boy blowing out his candles

cutting the cake

quick kiss to mum

finally its over and we can relax in bed with some movies and leftover cake!

There weren't many pictures that got taken unfortunately, no one really wanted to be in them, and I was running around like a spastic trying to make sure everything ran smoothly, it is really hard to try and serve seven people dinner when you don't have a table, or proper bowls (because half of them decided to go missing at the last minute) But Lewy said he had a great night, he did figure out my surprise though so boo on him.... and unfortunately I did run out of time to finish my extra special present.... so it has now turned into an anniversary present since that's in the middle of November. That should give me adequate time to finish it off properly.

Saturday came around quick as anything, the day before our friends got married. We had a barbeque at their house, which almost didn't happen because we thought the barbeque was broken. We drank a little bit, and then the girls headed off to Rhi's mums house. We watched old family movies, and wedding themed movies, I got stuck in a fold out bed, we drank way to much.... but we had fun. Next thing I know its Sunday morning! We're up and ready to go, we made a quick stop by Woolworths (in my pjs!) to grab some fresh fruit for breakfast, the cashier, being nice to us at 7:30am, wondered why we were out so early and Rhi casually mentioned she was getting married today.... I think the cashier was more excited than she was at that point! We headed back to their house to check on the boys and grab a quick shower. Then it was back to Deb's (Rhi's mum) to get our hair and make up done, it looked awesome! Mimosas with our fresh fruit while everyone was teased and braided and pinned, then brushed and blushed.... and finally everything was loaded up into the car and we were on our way to Panorama House to put on our dresses, take some quick photos and then head down the isle. It was a lovely ceremony, even if the rings got left in the room... good thing it was only a quick walk away! We took some really good pictures with the photographer which I cannot wait to see, and then back to the reception, where I got white girl wasted, and we partied the night away! It was a really good day, at around midnight we all piled on the drunk bus that took us back to our hotel, Lewy de-bobbypinned my head and I had a shower, we weren't really tired when we got to our room, but as soon as he turned the lights out I was snoring my head off....  Monday morning came around and we went down to have the after wedding breakfast, where they had a nice little sign up that wasn't even spelled right. My head was pounding, everything felt spinny..... my hair was deflated, I seriously felt like a flat bunny. After breakfast We packed up our things, said a quick good bye and headed home where we spent the rest of the day in bed, too sore and sick to move.

It's now Wednesday and my legs are almost still too sore to walk on. I get the lovely task of having to go into work today as well.

Me getting the party started

The boys and their bbq

Isabella playing hairdresser with my head

Mimosas for breakfast

my hair and make up done

on our way to panorama house

quick selfie with the view we had at panorama house

quick selfie in my bridesmaid dress

then my phone died.... right in the middle of the speeches at the reception! So there were no more photos from me until the morning after at the hotel...

Reservation for breakfast.... btw her last name was spelled "Wragg"

relaxing in the hotel room after breakfast for a while

the view from dan and rhi's balcony

The newlyweds!

Let there be cake!

What could be more appetizing than a nice gooey slice of chocolate cake? Nothing thats right!
This little beauty was made from felt, hand stitched and fabric paint gooey-ness...

What to do? This one is so simple you dont even need a pattern, cut out two triangles thats the size of the slice you would like, brown for chocolate cake, white for vanilla, pink for strawberry.... or go all out and make a multicolored rainbow cake!

Next, cut a few strips for the layers of your cake long enough to go around the two large edges of your triangles, and then cut a few strips of the "cream" to go between the layers of cake. Sew these strips in a cake/cream pattern until you run out of cake layers.
Next cut an icing layer that is as wide as the short edge of your triangles, and as long as all of your layers once they have been sewn together, this will be the back of your cake icing.
Cut out a number, or numbers from your choice of colors, a strip of white, and a flame shape from some yellow, this will be your candle. The cherry is optional, but its just a red circle and a green strip of felt.
You will also need some ribbons so you can wear it as a hat, or if you just want it as a toy forget the ribbon.. Now for the interesting part: the assembly.
1. Take the ribbons, if you are using it, and sew one end of it to each long edge of the triangle you will put on the bottom of the cake.
2. Make the candle: Sew the flame together and turn it inside out, sew the white strip together and attach the flame to it this will be the candle wick, place the wick and flame inside the number and sew the number together leaving an opening at the bottom to flip it right side out, leave this open.
3. Cut a small opening in the top of the cake and place the open end of the candle into the opening. Sew this shut from the underside of the cake top. 
4. Take the layers and the top part of the cake, sew the layers around the two long edges of the triangle, this will make up your slice.
5. Take the back of the slice and sew across the top of the cake, and down each side of the layers, this will make up the icing.
6. Sew the bottom triangle on, the same way you did the top of the cake, but leave the back edge open so you can flip it right side out.
7. After flipping it right side out, make sure all your points are pointy and then stuff it with craft stuffing until you're hearts content. Then sew up the bottom back edge.
8. Add your details, this means using the fabric paint which will make your cream look a little more creamier, or look like chocolate/caramel sauce drizzled over the top.

To make the cherry, single stitch around the edge of the red circle and pull semi-tight. Add some stuffing and pull the thread tight, add the green strip of felt to the opening and sew shut, then tack it to the top of the cake.

And there you have it, your own personal slice of cake, now you really can have your cake and eat it to!

Nothing better than a birthday!

Alright So I know this has nothing to do with Harry Potter, but I still think its worth an honorable mention. Sunday I am attending a very special little girl's FIRST birthday ever, and I have decided that the whole "eat it or wear it" saying needs to be put into motion.
Since most little ones feel the need to grab handfuls of everything and shove it straight into their mouths (which we dont want her doing to the cake) I have decided to make something she can wear that will look almost as good!
We are talking about the exclusive CAKE HAT!!!! It's a big slice of chocolate cake, with a big dollop of vanilla ice cream melting and oozing down the sides, with a great big #1 candle on top. Mind you it will all be made of felt so she can chew on it 'till her little hearts content and no one will be upset that there is handfuls of real cake missing and smeared all over her face and clothes....
There will be a photo put up as soon as it's finished, and yes I am still on Hiatus from the Harry Potter themed objects until we get settled in and unpacked lolz, this is just being made from some bits and pieces I had laying around.