DIY cupcake parties

So through facebook, I met this lovely lady Jane! She runs her own home made party business down in Northern NSW. You can see all her beautiful work here. A while ago she did a tea party birthday for some little girls, which features cupcake toppers by me of course! Jane used some of the toppers for the cupcakes and some for the little girls to decorate thier own cupcakes with! So cute.

    

    

        

All photos were taken and provided by the lovely Jane from Home Made Parties. 

{Feature Friday} Plenty 'o' Pockets

This weeks Feature Friday brings Plenty 'o' Pockets into the Spotlight! 

Trudie is the talented lady behind this gorgeous business... how cute are these horses! Trudie started making handbags, but aren't we glad she switched to horses! I love the matching fabrics, the detail, the buttons on the side... so adorable. 

I asked for her secrets to making them, of course she didn't tell me. She works closely with her mum who finishes each of the horses, attaching the heads to the sticks. 

So many fabrics and combinations... my favourite are the floral ones.

 You can find Trudie and all the Plenty 'o' Pockets horses at the Belle Bazaar Markets in Mt Gravatt, Brisbane. 

The horses are also stocked at the Belle Bazaar Boutique, also in Mt Gravatt. 

You can read more about Trudie and her business in the next issue of the Belle Bazaar Magazine. 

For any more information follow her on facebook!

{Tutorial} Spider web cupcakes

This is one of the easiest and most fun things to do with cupcakes and the kids! 

Grab a packet cake mix, and make a batch of cupcakes. 

Ice the cupcakes with chocolate or vanilla frosting. 

Cut a tiny 2-3 mm hole in the corner of the icing bag. 

Then draw a little dot in the middle. 

Draw another two circles around the middle dot, like my son did in the picture below. 

Starting in the middle, drag the toothpick out to the edges, so that cupcake looks divided in half. 

You must do it from the middle though. 

Then drag it across, and then across on the diagonal, like you are writing an asterisk. 

Reverse the chocolate and vanilla to get really cool effects.

What kind of Halloween is it without a tiny pink flowery spider??

Have fun cupcake decorating with the kids!

Kids Cupcake Classes

We launched our kids cupcakes classes this week on the Gold Coast. This is our little group at Gov's Espresso, this great cafe with a backyard space out the back which includes a huge sandpit! The kids love it! So mums can grab a coffee and relax before or after the class.Or have a browse through the fabulous vintage and chic furniture they have. 

The first theme was 'beach' cupcakes. Here are the ones I made. 

I have specially designed the class for the kids, to give them a chance to be creative and develop their kinaesthetic skills. The older kids (6 and up) can do most of it with just my instructions. The little ones can do it too but benefit with the help of their adult (mum, dad, gran, aunt). So they are a great activity to do together. So here are the rest of the pics, cupcakes made by kids aged from 3 to 11! How well did they do!

If you're on the coast, our classes run every Tuesday at Gov's Espresso, which is on the south bound side of the Gold Coast Highway at Mermaid Beach. They cost 20$, you take home 6 cupcakes and they run for the hour, starting at 11am. 

New themes coming each week, book your place online www.jamosiesweet.com

{Feature Friday} Little Tots Frilly Bots!

So it's been a while since I did a Feature Friday article.... and this week I thought it was time to get on with it! So this week, I have for you... another fabulous business on facebook... Little Tots Frilly Bots! Now if you can't work it out from the title, this business is all about nappy covers for babies!

Now I wish I had access to these when my rug rats were babies because they are so adorable! I can remember looking for nappy covers when my boy was born in 2007 and all I could find was bright colour expensive cloth nappy covers! How cute is this jungle one?? It has purple ruffles on the back to match those adorable elephants with pink flowers on their ears.

So who is behind all these cute covers then?? Meet Jen. Like me, Jen found it hard to find nappy covers after her little girl was born. So she got sewing, and created her own line of nappy covers that met all her needs and wants: something frilly, something versatile, something light and something inexpensive. All her nappy covers are only 15$ including postage! Gotta love this one with ice-creams...

Now Jen must obviously have a creative streak in her, because all she makes is nappy covers, but there are so many. You have to take a peak at her facebook page... I tried to pick my favourite ones and had to stop myself from picking them all! There are a huge range of designs for boys...one of these covers is even Christmas themed!!

...and Jen does custom orders as well. Check out these next ones....these are my favourite... you know I am a sucker for vintage pink roses....

...and I can't NOT put a cupcake nappy cover in!! Come on! ;)

So how does Jen make all these and stay home with the kids? They motivate her to make her business grow so she can stay home with them. Easier said than done... this-stay-at-home-with-kids gig is difficult.... I'm only even writing this post because the rug rats are in day care today!! But to work from home as well, it's a tough job!  These little creatures we all love so much are hard work!! Love this, my son, now 4, still sleeps like this!

Jen also says we shouldn't just follow our dreams... we should chase them! Never give up, anything is possible if you truly want it to be. I agree. I love writing my Feature Fridays, the replies I get always inspire me to keep going too. It can be a lonely spot at home with little ones, thank god we have facebook, blogging and twitter to connect us all!! So on that note, check out Jen's Little Tots page and say hi!

Have a good Friday everyone!