Gatsby and Deco Cookies
I have been dreaming of making these Deco Cookies styled by the Jewels of New York ever since I saw them floating through the world of Pinterest. Here I have used a basic cut-out cookie recipe, but...
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Cherry Floral Icebing cherries cut into halvesedible rose and carnation petalsfiltered waterice cube trayThe amount you will need of everything depends on the size and shape of your ice cube tray....
View ArticleSecret Garden
I wish I had all the time in the world to spend here drinking tea and exploring this vast garden and all of it's secret places. Kew Botanical Gardens
View ArticleVintage Moon Cake
Today is my birthday and it's the last time I can say I will be in my twenties so why not make a 1920's inspired moon cake to celebrate! Moon Cake(a goldy white cake) 1 1/2 cups of flour1 cup golden...
View ArticleAnd so I learned I was nearer to the Crown than I had thought...
In a moment of serendipity I rode the tube to some unknown location. I just knew that if I rode, I would find something that could only be in a big city like London. This feeling kept me going north,...
View ArticleSophie Dahl : Poetry on a plate
I like to eat food that is not only tastes good, but is beautiful. Gourmet food can be a bit stuffy, so I prefer Sophie Dahl's style that is blousy in all the right ways yet simple and healthy. I read...
View ArticleRose Chocolate Chip No-Churn Ice Cream
One day it's 2013, the next thing you know you take a bite of something cold and delicious and it's 1901 - the last reigning year of her Majesty Queen Victoria. To me food and memories go hand in hand...
View ArticleVintage Emporium
I would like to live as poet above this cafe/shop and come down every day for a cup of coffee and inspiration. Time forgot to touch this pink facaded building and stepping inside completely immerses...
View ArticleSimple Shortbread
What's inside this darling package? Little shortbread moons with shimmery sugar sprinkles. They are classic, sweet and crisp. Perching sweetly on a tea cup or a little platter they are ideal company...
View ArticleLavender Fields Forever
I think recently I discovered part of my life calling - to be a flower farmer. I'll take a cottage nestled in the Surrey hills with a little plot of lavender and a rose garden complete with English...
View ArticleA Walk Down Vintage Lane
Cheshire Street beams with vintage charm. A walk here leaves me feeling doused in bygone glamour. When I walk away it follows me like a perfume, lingering in a way that can't be forgotten quickly...
View ArticleShe drinks tea made from petals
She drinks tea made from petalsAnd her breath smells like a roselaced with sugar and a bit of something metallic like a silver spoon...*High Gate Pantry and down the road High Tea of High Gate*(a...
View ArticleTea for One
With autumn here I am bundled in my bed drinking tea and reading library books. I don't mind that summer is over and that the leaves and roses are drying up. I'll just use them for tea. ♥ *Tea from...
View ArticleLuminary Bakery
I didn't know that all the while I was living my life cutting out cookies and photographing them here there was a girl in East London who was making all sorts of breads in her kitchen. I definitely...
View ArticleAnd I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t...
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great GatsbyNow it it all feels like a dream ♥. We glimmered into a night that overflowed with live jazz and Gatsby inspired cocktails in tea cups. Everyone played their part...
View ArticleSunny Sweet Pea
Today is a special day! I have had my first interview ever with the lovely Jenny of Sunny Sweet Pea. Find it here and definitely check out the rest of her blog, which is full of adventure, cosy...
View ArticleCrown Pavlova
This dessert is named after the beautiful ballerina Anna Pavlova who was born near Saint Petersburg, Russia on a cold winter's day in 1881. She lived an utterly decorative life on and off stage often...
View ArticleA Day at Work
On baking days my tea cup never runs dry. Through the hours spent opening up oven doors I talk with Sarah my bread baking friend about life in London since we're both American expats replanting our...
View ArticleFavourite Beauty Products
Some of my favourite beauty products are the kinds filled with lustre and ones made with love. Here is a glimpse of both types and all are entirely modern, but some hail back to those old fashioned...
View ArticleLaunching People - Competition
I feel a bit nervous just typing this! But I joined a competition for being launched as a musician. I would be over the moon if you voted for me so that I could get the attention of the judges and...
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I've been learning how to be my own friend. Life is so much easier that way, but it isn't always easy to do. In the process I have made two new friends who happen to love to have tea for dinner...
View ArticleThe Grand Budapest Hotel - Patisserie Class
Thanks to Wes Anderson The Courtesan Chocolat is no longer fictional! We can all be Agatha and mix up choux pastry piped with chocolate cream dripping with pastel icing. After finding this recipe I've...
View ArticleStars got tangled in her hair whenever she played in the sky
~ Laini TaylorThis astral beauty is handcrafted by Sue Eggen, lover of early 20th century hair adornments. She has decided to go out with a bang and close her successful shop Giant Dwarf and I...
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