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Category Archives: Celebration

Cactus Cake

23/09/201715/09/2019

Good morning  Lovelies. How was your week?  If you read last week’s post on Motherhood musings   you may have picked up that I was having a bit of a moment with my lack of organisational skills and ability to run a large household efficiently. Well, I am pleased to announce that I have gained the victory this week! Forgive me for boasting, but today I actually saw the bottom of our two huge washing baskets in the laundry. Yes, I did it. I washed every single  piece of dirty clothing  and can proudly respond to the children who are looking for a certain item “Well, it’s all clean, so you must be able to find it!” 

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Happy New Year {Yadda Yadda}

13/01/201715/09/2019

Hi De Ho folks and a hearty New Year wave from Mama Bear. Another year has bulldozed it’s way into our lives and there isn’t much point trying to hold it back screaming  ‘too soon! to soon!’ I confess I am a tad frustrated. I still feel caught up in the cyclonic turbulence of Christmas and it’s ensuing obligations. My feet are running and I haven’t had a moment to take a breath and even begin to think about what another year means to me. My house is a stark reminder of the chaos I feel.

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Retro Spring Brunch

28/11/201615/09/2019

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I recently read somewhere that orange is the new black. I don’t really like black but I’m happy to hear that orange is now fashionable. I have a bit of a bower bird attraction to retro orange and am guilty of collecting more than a few funky pieces. Last year I styled a rustic orange baby shower and since then I have longed to create a fabulous retro orange bridal shower using my vintage kitchenalia. If there are any adventurous brides out there who would like a quirky retro kitchen bridal shower, let me know!

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Rustic Horse Party

06/11/201615/09/2019

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What a wonderful afternoon we had a few weeks ago for my daughter’s 11th birthday. Last year she had her first ever birthday party, which was a spectacular Vintage Rainbow theme. This year, with a bit of encouragement from Mama Bear, she chose to have a horse party. She is animal crazy, and I love the idea of a rustic horse theme. Of course, to make it authentic, we needed to find somewhere to give the kiddies a horse ride. My expectations were blown out of the water by Jo and her amazing team from Seahorses Byron Bay. They provide up to ten beautiful horses for guests to enjoy. Even young children can groom and feed the horses before going on a spectacular ride along the glorious beach of Brunswick Heads.

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Bohemian Sunset photo shoot

05/08/201615/09/2019

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When my beautiful young friend asked if she could come over to make flower crowns with my girls, two words immediately  popped into my mind. Photo shoot. How could I let such an opportunity pass me by? Never! And as hubby and my two ninja black belt Taekwondo legend kids were off kicking butt in the UK World championships, I reasoned that this was the perfect time to bake and create.

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Autumn inspired Dessert Table

26/06/201615/09/2019

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Autumn is my favourite season. Actually, it’s a toss up between Autumn and winter. I Often walk past our lovely neighbour’s house and am always struck by the beauty of their deciduous trees which are one of the few signs of seasonal change here in our sub tropical climate. It just so happens that they also have a  feisty  horse called Mosey in a rustic paddock directly behind the trees. Each time I walk past I tell myself that one day I am going to set up a dessert table right in front of Mosey’s yard.

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Vintage Barefoot Wedding – Part 6 : The ceremony

26/05/201615/09/2019

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This is it. At long last here is the beautiful vintage barefoot wedding of my son and his precious new bride. I hope you have enjoyed walking through each element of this journey with me. It has certainly been an adventure. I was honoured to be so intimately involved with the organisation of this wedding, not to mention  revelling in my Happy Place as chief dessert stylist. ( You can see my previous wedding posts here: Sweets table, Dessert table, Drinks station, Finishing touches and Getting ready )

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Vintage barefoot wedding – Part 5 : Getting ready

15/05/201615/09/2019

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I guess every mother feels the same when her child gets married, but I confess as I sat looking through these photos to prepare this post, I was fighting back tears the whole time. So many different emotions were rising up from deep within me. Firstly, such an overwhelming love for my brand new Daughter – in – Love, Chloe. She is truly so beautiful and so dear to my heart. I am thankful to God for hand picking her to join our family, and so happy that my son has found so rich a treasure.

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Vintage Barefoot Wedding – Part 4 : Finishing touches

06/05/201615/09/2019

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Here we are in the final stages of preparation for our family wedding of the year! Everything is in it’s place, the finishing touches are being made and we are all set to go. I am getting excited about showing you the beautiful ceremony, which will be my next blog post. Hooray! For now, here is an overview of the marquee so you can see the bigger picture of how our reception area came together with all of the dessert, sweets and drinks stations.

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Vintage Barefoot Wedding – Part 3: Drinks stations

01/05/201615/09/2019

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Is there anything in the whole world prettier than a tea cup? Sigh.

Right from the outset I knew I wanted tea cups to be a significant feature of this wedding. My beautiful Daughter-in-love is a huge fan of tea and loves to drink from a tea cup, so I had the perfect excuse and justification to hunt and gather some fine English pretties. Score.

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🌸 It’s been a tough start to the year for man 🌸 It’s been a tough start to the year for many in our region and also personally. This week I was able to put the difficulties aside and unleash my creative heart in a collaboration with the lovely Mandy from @whitecottage_flowerfarm_  in Tenterfield, one of my all time favourite places. 

Mandy owns the most wonderful antique store which is a vintage lover’s dream. She is also an accomplished gardener, stylist and photographer whose Instagram feed looks like it’s full of still life paintings. 

Having beautiful props, billowing flowers and perfect Autumn light at our fingertips, we spent the morning styling and photographing my cake and cupcakes in her cottage. 

I have long dreamt of days like these, when I could spend unhurried time focussing solely on creating, even just for a few hours. This is what fills up my cup, allows me to exhale, breathe a little deeper and look a little higher amidst the clamour and chaos of keeping house and raising children. 

Beauty brings life and I hope you are inspired by this calming vignette. I am looking forward to sharing more mages, from both Mandy and myself over the coming days. 

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🌿 Turning 21 seems like a million years ago, bu 🌿 Turning 21 seems like a million years ago, but I can still remember how grown up I felt and excited I was about life! 

I was blessed with an incredibly happy childhood and even happier teenage years, a good foundation for my journey into adulthood. 

Oh how much water has rushed under the bridge since those carefree days. Some flowing in stillness and glorious calm, other waves turbulent, large and ominous. But mostly there has been that steady, consistent flow of the day to day,  making for a very fortunate life indeed. 
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🌿 foliage drama 🌿 Spicy chai cake with caram 🌿 foliage drama 🌿
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🧡💛 Retro baby cookies. Does it get any cuter 🧡💛 Retro baby cookies. Does it get any cuter?! 💛🧡 
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🧡 Hello friends. It’s been a tough couple wee 🧡 Hello friends. It’s been a tough couple weeks in our region and to be honest, difficult to think about pretty baby cookies and blog posts with so much incomprehensible suffering and so many who have lost everything right on our doorstep. 

I am so proud of our community. The Aussie Spirit is alive and well and gives us hope that we are in this together and will recover. 

Through it all, we are still planning on the @mumhubcollective market in April. Pop over to the dear treasures Renee & Stevie @little_marquetta if you need any help with baby gear and support after these floods. 

For now, here are a few of the delightfully retro cookies I will be selling at the @lennoxculturalcentre2478 on Sunday 10th April, along with my delicious cupcakes. I hope to see you there x 🧡

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🧡💛🤎 Hello Lovelies. It’s sooo nice to b 🧡💛🤎 Hello Lovelies. It’s sooo nice to be back. I have been MIA for quite a while but things are looking up and I have some exciting news to share. 

I am delighted to announce that I am joining a team of very talented women, collaborators of the Mum Hub Collective market who seek to support mothers suffering from PND. 

The next boutique market will be held in the Lennox Head Community Hall on Sunday April 10th. 

I will have my gorgeous 1960’s Danish glove counter filled to the brim with delicious cupcakes, decorative cookies and boxed treats. If any of you have wanted to taste Mama Bear’s cupcakes, then now is your chance! I’d really love to meet you. 🤎

Check out the talented stall holders who create beautifully boho mama and baby products. @mumhubcollective @little_marquetta 

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🇳🇿 Hey Lovelies, Mama Bear is still sick so 🇳🇿 Hey Lovelies, Mama Bear is still sick so unfortunately there will be no blog post this weekend. Trying to rest up as much as I can and hoping to be back on board soon. Xx💖 
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🇳🇿 2022 has screamed to a halt for this Mama 🇳🇿 2022 has screamed to a halt for this Mama Bear as I’m sick in bed impatiently scrolling over my mental to-do list. I had so many grand plans for this week. Oh well. For now I will daydream about eating this wild concoction of an ‘Aussie Mess’ ( my sarcastic Australian nod to the Eton Mess) 🌺
Vanilla raspberry cupcake topped with vanilla buttercream, fresh whipped cream, raspberry meringue and whatever the heck else you want to pile on top!! 😉
Have a great week. Xx
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