Flamingo Cake Topper

Not a recipe but something to decorate a cake or some peanut butter brownies in this case. It was one of the girls at work birthday so I made her brownies and as she has an obsession for flamingos I thought that this would be perfect. The best part of this is that is really easy. 

All you need is some pink paper, glue, string and skewers. 

I also found a template online and traced the flamingo onto the pink paper. If you can draw then feel free but holding paper in front of my laptop screen worked a treat for me.

Tie the string to the skewers to make a little washing line. Cut off any excess string.

You then just need to cut them out and glue them on the string.

And there you go, a flamingo topper. See it on my instagram here!

DIY Speckled egg nails.

Sunday nights when the Mr clears off to play football I'm left for a few hours with time to myself. I used to fill the gap with watching shed loads of TV but all my programmes have finished. Why do they all finish at the same time?

 So I thought I'd read through blogs and I noticed that a lot of bloggers have been buying speckled egg nail varnish. And me being me didn't want to fork out for another bottle of the stuff so I decided it was time to make my own.

After watching a few YouTube videos I thought I'd give it a try. I rather impressed. Although I could have used less speckle!

If you want to do this yourself here's how.

After prepping your nails with a protective base coat. You'll need a base colour, I went for Essie nice is nice but any pastel shade would look good. Apply enough coats until opaque. 

You then need a black glitter. I used models own mixed up. Apply the glitter over the top. Use it sparingly and it doesn't need to be applied evenly. Wait for this layer to dry.

Then apply a very thing layer of the base colour again this will make the glitter look like speckles. Apply enough to look speckled but not too much.

And voila. Speckled nails with nail varnish you already own. Perfect for Easter too!

Mothers day: Fabric hangers DIY.

Another Mother's day post for you. As with a lot of "holidays" I sometimes think it is time for people to show off. Who can buy the biggest card, the biggest bunch of flowers and the most expensive gift. I like to take a more simple approach to things and I hate the pressures that are put on people who feel like they have to buy things to prove that there mum's mean a lot to them. It's rubbish and you know it!

I have a lovely present planned for my mum but I'm not going to say what it is just yet. I've put my blog in her favourites along with a few others and you've never know, she might just be reading. (Hi mum!) I've put a lot of thought into it and I can't wait to see her face come Sunday. I will be buying her a bunch of flowers along with her present but I'll be doing what I do every year, wait until the Monday when you can pick bunches up for 50p, forget paying ten times that amount! Having to wait one day means nothing. 

Anyway onto my DIY and this one is super easy. There's nothing nicer than a wardrobe full of wooden hangers and I picked these up from poundland. I decided that these needed pretty-ing up! They'd make a great small gift for Mothers day and they are so easy to make!

You will need:

2 wooden hangers

scraps of material 

scissors

a glue stick

First, apply glue to the metal hanger. 

Cut a long piece of fabric, the prettier the better!

Begin to wrap the material around the hanger, securing the ends with a dab more glue.

Cut another piece of fabric and tie into a bow around the bottom of the metal hanger.

And voila. You're done. Repeat with the other hanger.

Wrap in some beautiful tissue and big pink bow. Such a simple gift.

How to make a pom pom garland.

If you know me, you will know that I like to spend a lot of time on Pinterest (you can follow me here if you like!) and there's always something I want to make. I pin them and look back through my boards and decide on what to make. I went round my mum's the other week and got some of my old bits including a big bag of fabric and these balls of wool. So it was decided, pom poms had to be made. 

When I was little my mum and I would make these but wrapping wool around a circular piece of card. I can remember it taking forever. You can now buy pom pom makers which are even quicker than the method I used but my method is the easiest. All you need is your hand (you should hopefully have one of those) a pair of scissors and some wool. Simple as. My mum was impressed of how quick it was.

You will need:- A few balls of wool/yarn - your hand - scissors 

Choose a few different colours for your garland. 

Take your ball of wool and wrap around your hand. 50 times will make a small pom pom and 100 times a medium sized.

As soon as you've wrapped the wool enough times, cut the end

Cut a length of wool. It needs to be long enough to tie around the wool.

Carefully slide the wool bundle of your hands and tie the length of wool around the bundle.

Tie as tightly as you can. Three or four knots is ideal.

You will then need to cut the sides. Hold the length you've tied so you don't cut that by mistake.

Pull out the wool to make it more into a pom pom. Cut the other side the same.

You will need to give your pom pom a quick trim to neaten it up!

And repeat until you have enough pom poms to make the garland.

Take a long length of wool and use the length of wool on the pom pom to tie onto the long length of wool. Trim the pom pom length to blend in. Repeat this process until all the pom poms are safely secured.

And volia! The perfect pom pom garland. 

Now all you need to do is find the perfect place to hang your garland.

Valentines - Cute face mug DIY!

This DIY didn't exactly go to plan. I planned to make a letter monogramed mug. But after not being able to find masking tape without taking out a bank loan, I decided that I would create something different instead. 

Tea cups and mugs with faces are a bit of a thing at the minute. Most bloggers and their cats have this beautiful teacup. Which I adore but not at that price. So get your Sharpies out and get a bit creative. I'm suitably impressed with myself and I'm going to get hold of some more plain mugs and plates too and give them all a bit of a makeover.

And the best bit, these make the perfect Valentines gift, and cost so little. How about making a matching Mr and Mrs? 

You will need: Plain white mug/teacup - Sharpies (Black and pink) 

Make sure your mug is sparkly clean.

Practice your face a few times first., unless you're really good! I drew my face out three or four times first. Just so I knew I'd get it right. 

Draw your face onto the mug. I added eyelashes and cute pink cheeks. But the possibilities are endless. 

 Bake the mug for 30 minutes in a hot oven about 180º.  Allow your mug to cool completely before washing or using. 

Wrap in plently of tissue paper and find a box, wrap with ribbon and you're all set for Valentines!