GIVEAWAY!!!

(Update 25/10/10 - sorry everyone, but the competition is now closed. See here for the winner...)

Finally...my first giveaway.  I have been promising myself one for ages.  I had thought to celebrate my 200th follower with a giveaway and then 250, but those milestones came and went. 

So how could I let this birthday go without a giveaway?  I couldn't!  So I have organised myself and jolly well sorted one out!

I want to say thankyou to all you fabulous readers of my blog.  I really didn't think a year ago I would still be blogging, I thought it would be a just another craze but I have come enjoy  so much being able to share my projects and ideas with the bogging community I'm never going to stop!  And it is such a privelege for me that people want to read about them and take time to leave such lovely comments. So as a big big thankyou to you all here are my first giveaway prizes.

 1 .Two Hooty Owl cookies from Nevie-Pie Cakes. (see above)

 2. A cute felt cupcake curtesy of the lovely Marie from Heartfelt Handmade.

 

3.  Two picnic/lunch bags from Amelie's House made from mexican oil cloth.

 4. Twelve fondant cupcake toppers painted with Autumn scenes from Nevie-Pie Cakes.  Click here to see them in action.

5. An Amelie's House felt brooch.

To win all of these goodies all you need to do is be a follower of Amelie's House and leave me a comment letting me know what you would paint on a cake or cookie.  You can also have extra entry into the draw if you link to this giveaway on your own blog or twitter or facebook.  But please tell me via the comments below or I won't know. The competition is open to everyone.

I will draw the lucky name out of a hat on Monday 25th Oct 12pm BST.

Once again thankyou for all your encouragement and good luck!

A BOX OF DELIGHTS!

 I'm very excited about this week as I celebrate the first year of Amelie's House. I have a box of delights lined up for you.  Tomorrow I will have news of a fabulous giveaway full of Amelie's House, Nevie-Pie Cakes and Heartfelt Handmade goodies.  I will also have a guest blogger with a post about my family baking origins!

Lots to look out for, so join me tomorrow!

xxx

WEDDINGS, WEDDINGS AND MORE WEDDINGS!

  I hope you are ready for a lot of pictures of wedding cakes!

Last weekend Mr Lemon Drizzle and I were delighted to be guests at the most gorgeous wedding of some good friends. They had a Tentipi which was fabulous and arm in arm we danced the night away.

The happy couple asked me to make their cake which I loved making. The bride wanted it painted to match her flowers, which were lovely bold and autumny colours, there was also a butterfly theme going on.

They also wanted cupcakes as an alternative to a traditional desert,
so I made 5 flavours: 

Vanilla, Chocolate Mud, Apple and Blackberry, White Chocolate and Bailey's and Caramel.  

It was hard to get a good photo of them all nestling in the tent..sorry, Tentipi.

It was such a lovely day and the weather really was the icing on the cake!

This week I had a meeting at St Michaels Manor Hotel (a beautiful hotel in St Albans) about weddings so I made some samples to take along.

Sometimes I get asked about my inspiration.  Well I recieved a promotional card through the post from Cox and Cox with some cute birds on and I thought they would a perfect wedding motif.  As I was thinking about weddings I spent some time looking at gorgeous wedding blogs and found favours with this tag on (I think they had made jam can't remember the link).  So the two thoughts collided and I came up with this.

 These cupcakes were based on a plate I saw in Elle decoration.  I loved the mixture of line drawing and painted flowers. 

I thought they were unusual and I remember designing textiles in a similar manner years ago. 

This design is literally just out of my head, I wanted a soft romantic look.  I've made the picture look quite 80's now I think of it.  Do you remember 'Lace' the mini series?

 I also wanted to try out some other favours.

 And while this mini cake looks like it has been inspired by Twilight actually the original idea was sparked by one of my teatowels.

So there you have my new wedding portfolio.  Brides of Herfordshire watch out!

Now on another note remember last week Amelie's House celebrated it's birthday?  Well next week we will celebrate in style.  I have four fabulous guest bloggers lined up an amazing giveaway and at least one recipe.  So on Monday festivities will commence.

See you then!

I WANT ONE!

The notonthehighstreet.com catalogue dropped through my door this week and along with lots of gorgeousness I saw these.

How cute? Unfortunately my babies are too big now but I want one for me!