Thursday 19 August 2010

TREATS AND GOODIES.


Don't you love a giveaway?  
A few weeks ago I won a fabulous one from Torie Jayne.  She was giving away a £60 voucher for CSN stores.  I promised her I would let her know what I bought (I only went slightly over budget) . It all arrived this week and I have already made good use of some of my winnings!

As my family is getting bigger and eating more I needed a bigger pie dish so I got this lovely blue Le Creuset dish and it came just on the day I needed to make a chicken pie.

I also purchased two stacking cooling rackes which are fabulous!

I have read so much from Nigella about reusuable baking paper that I had to try some of that.
I also got two flat baking trays for my cookies.
 A tin of butterfly cookie cutters

And some square cutters which I shall be using later on today!

Anyway as a thankyou to Torie here is a pretty cake!


A good friend ordered it for a summer party and she wanted me to incorporate the bird house from a previous design.



I also used this trial which I found on Tories blog,(here), she does like a bird!



ps. Happy Birthday Mum
pps. If you live in the USA or Canada, head over to Haniela's blog for a chance to win a CSN voucher!

19 comments:

  1. Oh Natasha! I am dying over here! your cake is so so beautiful! The detail is incredible. Glad you enjoyed your giveaway prize, I must get those baking racks! Happy Birthday to your Mum, Have a sweet day!

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  2. What a gorgeous cake Natasha,so so beautiful. Your painting is remarkable. Love the roses.

    I love those cooling racks. Wish I had some of those. Such space savers

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  3. Ooh and I just read you mentioned my giveaway. Thank you so much. Now seeing all your new kitchen tools I wish I could enter my own giveaway. :-)

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  4. ~how wonderful for you to win such a giveaway and treat yourself to such fun gifts...your designs always leave me in awe...i have never seen anything like them before...ever so sweet! bright birthday wishes to your mum...may her day be filled with an abundance l♥ve and laughter...memories and moments to forever be savored....warm wishes and brightest blessings~

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  5. What a sweet pretty blog you have...love this cake...and the sweet cakes..congratulations on the win...kitchen tools are the BEST!!!!

    Hugs for a great day...off to follow you because I would not want to miss another single post of yours xoxo

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  6. that cake has to be the best cake i have ever seen sooooo pretty !!! as is your blog !!!! le creuet sure bliss lucky you xx

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  7. Well, what a lovely way to get a birthday wish! and with such an amazing cake as well [which I am not going to eat !] but my lovely fella has baked me a victoria sponge with strawberry [home made] jam and fresh cream...yes I know that it should be butter cream but on one's birthday one has a choice!

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  8. Lovely buys and oh my word that cake is just stunning! I don't think I would want to eat it :-( I thought the first photo was a china plate with a lovely design on it when I first saw it.

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  9. Oh my goodness, I LOVE that cake!!! I MUST have it, now!!! Wow Natasha, you did an outstanding job, I've got my daughter's 6th birthday party coming up early Nov (it will be spring here) and this would be perfect for her. I wonder if an airticket to Ozz would inspire you to come over? lol

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  10. Blown away! This is stunning as always. Bravo.

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  11. Your cakes are so wonderful! I would be hesitant to eat them!

    J
    www.gfinkfamily.blogspot.com

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  12. Wow - what a fabulous cake!! Please tell us mere mortals that you are secretly a super hero and that your super power is all things cakey?? I love reading your blog - it is beautiful and wonderfully inspiring! Keep up the fabulous work!

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  13. Hi Amelie.. I found you through a friend and love your blog. I've just started one of my own too. Everything you blog about is just gorgeous. I especially love these cakes because I'm mad about vintage, birds, birdcages, butterflies.. So thanks for sharing. :)

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  14. Wow - what an amazing cake; I LOVE it...especially as I have a real thing for all things bird orientated at the mo! Gorgeous! :)

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  15. I want to get married again so you can design the cake. I'll have to check with my husband first. :-) Seriously, gorgeous work! ...Susan

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  16. Love the tin of cutters with butterflys where did you get it

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  17. Nicole, I got them from CSN stores, there's a link above, it's in pink.

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