Thursday, August 28, 2008

For those of you who like to ogle pictures of hot men...







I'd been admiring this young chap in the Lakeland catalogue for quite some time and, after seeing him in the Lakeland shop, just couldn't resist taking him home with me.

So, as promised, here are some freshly baked and very tasty gingerbread men...






...can you spot the odd one out?



Friday, August 22, 2008

You asked for it...


The "fewer pictures of cake" promise was not a popular one!

These are carrot cupcakes made from this recipe with bodged (but very tasty) cream cheese frosting.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. PIGEON!




My little pigeon is a year old. I can hardly believe it, they grow up so fast! I am of course talking about Mr.Pigeon 001, the original pigeon, who is on the left in the party hat. He is very different from the rounder, softer, plain-winged pigeons I make now (see 007 on the right).



I must apologise for an unplanned month of absence. "Where on earth have you and that bird been" you say?


Well, we've been sunning ourselves in Valencia...


...in bed ill for a week (probably as a result of something eaten in Valencia)...


...in London doing work experience (Mr.P didn't think much of the local laws)...


...and it's taken two days to catch up on e-mails and blog-reading.


You'll be pleased to know (well, you might not be) that I've decided to start doing more frequent but much shorter posts. As there's no longer the excuse of being abroad and away from the sewing machine, there will be much more crafty action and fewer pictures of cake...unless you want pictures of cake, that is...