little Vintage Edie style ...+ 11 months old

Hello poppits,

it's time for another weeks styling for little ones what ever the era is! be sure to hop hop hop-pity hop over tohart+ sew and mama loves papa for some other great little characters in some very nifty wears.

Edie turned a whopping 11 months old this week and the count down has begun for her very first birthday ! I've been planing for a while now and think i've got mostly everything sorted now and it's just a matter of wait for things to come in the post!

Romi was kind enough to take Edie out and take the photos for this weeks post whilst i was getting some things together for my night of present wrapping ... who knew i had brought so much stuff... oh well. Oh and i did some cleaning up after edie again and by that time she was ready for a nice little nap :)

this picture is so funny !

Edie wore :

dress, vintage,

stockings, Bonds

TTFN,

Lili and Edie xx

little Vintage Edie style ...

hello poppits,

it's time for another weeks styling for little ones what ever the era is! be sure to hop hop hop-pity hop over to hart+ sew and mama loves papa for some other great little characters in some very nifty wears.

 this little outfit was a find on etsy and was a pretty good one at that as it didn't cost to much and is so mixy and matchy. I love that you can have either or neither together. But i d really love the top it's just so nice and i don't want to say boring but thats precisely what comes to mind, it pretty plain there's nothing froofy about it. but because of that I love it. it's nice to just have some vintage clothes that can be worn and not have to be too careful in them.

 the pants in a last photo look like they are giving Edie a slight camel toe but thats just because they kept falling off and i could't be bothered with fixing them too much because, by this point of the day ( morning tea time) Edie was already filthy and had  at lest 1/3 of a piece of cake on her clothes that she had spat out and then crawled through !   

in other Edie news she now has 7 teeth and has learnt how to climb down and up stairs and other things like the verandah and peoples beds !

Edie wore:

vintage suit: Etsy 

basics: Kmart 

Hair bow: made by me

TTFN,

Lili and Ediexxx    

Upside-down pear and ginger cake

Hello poppits'

i've got another recipe for you today , this time it's a supper nice pear and ginger upside down cake!

There's no supper amazing picture of it because we were out on a picnic and how really wants to wait around hungry whilst somebody takes picture ?? not I that's for sure.

the cake was really easy to make and because of the golden syrup it gives it a lovely dark cakie colour and scrumptious taste!

oh and the pears are truly delightful ! they are moist and infused with all the spices that are in the cake ! 

oh and a few picnic snaps :)

Recipe: Donna hay issue 56

Cake:

1 cup (350g) golden syrup

1 cup(175g) brown sugar

3/4 cups(180ml) milk

1 2/3 cups (250g) plain flour

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp mixed spice

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

125g butter, chopped

1 egg

5 pears, peeled and checks removed 

Pre heat you oven to 180c 

put the golden syrup, sugar and milk in a saucepan and heat over a medium heat until the sugar has dissolved and set aside to cool.

place the flour, baking powder, all the spices and butter in a mixer and beat until the mixture looks like bread crumbs. now you can add the golden syrup mix with the mixer running until you have a smooth mix. 

now place your egg in and mix until combine. 

line a 20x30cm tin with backing paper and place the pear checks  cut side down and pour the the cake batter over them. bake for about 50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. 

let cool for 10 minutes or so and then turn out onto a cooling rack or just eat it now and then !


TTFN,
Lilixx
P.s Enjoy !!!

little Vintage Edie style ...

Hello pottits,

having a lovely wintery or summery week where every you are in this round and very big world we live in ?? 

Edie and i have been having a very nice and chilly wintery one here in australia. theres been snow falling in the mountains that you can see form our house in the valley which looks a treat, when you catch it out of the corner of your eye.

thous it's still been cold we've have some lovely warm day's if you can find a sheltered nook out of the wind ( or my room which has sun almost all the time... aghhh) 

 I love Edies little vintage tee she has, it's fit her for soooo long I mean she's pretty much worn it on and off since she was about two weeks old but it's sadly almost getting too small now. 
I remember going through all the clothes I had for this little baby and wanting this to be one of the first things she wore because it had been mine :) and let's just say I got that wish!

Edie wore :

vintage tee, hat knitted by my mum ( I love it ) vintage up-cycled ugg boots etsy,

were linking up with mama loves pap and hart + sew pop over and have a peep at what everyone else is wearing 

TTFN,

Lili and Edie xxx

Amazing toffee and Almond slice

Hello Poppits 

How have you been? long for a sweet nutty snack, well here is your answer in one !

I stumbled across this recipe in one of my favourite cooking books Belinda Jeffery mix and bake.

Everything I've ever cooked out of it has turned out Amazing! and this was no exception. Sweet nutty and crunchy, with a lovely shortbread texture base without being too rich or heavy like some bases can be. The nut topping was so so yummy and moreish  everyone was very sad to see the last two slice gone to our lovely old hairdresser and his wife, but they enjoyed it so much and that made the slice even more enjoyable and memorable.

 oops those sticky crumbs 

RECIPE: belinda jeffery Mix and bake 

Base:

250g butter at room temperature

1 cup (220g) Caster sugar

2 egg yolks 

1/2 tsp vallina extract 

2cups(300g) plain flour 

1/2cup(75g) sr flour 

1/3(40g) custard powder

1/2 tsp salt

Topping:

1 cup (220g) brown sugar 

2 TBS honey 

180g butter

1/4 tsp salt

250g flaked almonds 

1 tsp vanilla extract 

Pre heat your oven to 180c

For the base:

in a large bowl beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy, now add in one egg yolk at a time until well mixed in, then add i your vanilla.

When this is all nice and mixed you can add in your flours, custard powder and salt, sift them if you like but i never bother and mix everything until nicely combined. 

scrape the dough into a lined slice tin , pat out evenly with you're hands and then role a small glass over to compress the base. 

Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden and puffy. 

Meanwhile for the topping:

put the brown sugar, honey,butter and salt in a heavy base pan over a low heat string until the sugar is dissolved and the butter melted. Now stop stirring and simmer the mixture for ten minutes. Add the almonds and the vanilla and mix well.

When the base is ready remove form the oven and let the base cool slightly so that the base doesn't cave in when the almond mix gets put on. pour the topping onto the base and working quickly spread the mix to completely cove the base and until smooth. return to the oven for about another 15 minutes but keep an eye on it. Remove when the topping is slightly golden and bubbling.

Leave to cool, once almost cool turn out onto a chopping board and cut into scrummy bits !

Enjoy.

TTFN,

Lili xx

Little Vintage Edie style ...

Hello Poppit's,

It's that lovely time of  week again when we link up with the lovely Hart+sew and Mama loves papa, where as per usual there's some lovely little poppits on show.

 At the moment i'm in a yellow/gold/mustered  and grey phase of colour loving and this little vintage outfit has the combination of the both ! yay 

I love this little dress that's slowly turning into a top not only for it's colour but for the smocking that's across the front and the peter pan collar. this make it a true winner .

 In the last month or so Edie's really begun to love looking and books, it's the sweets thing to watch she put the book up really close to her face then pulls it away and has the biggest grin on her face and then continues on her merry way looking through her book selection and leaving a trail of mess and destruction behind her! 

Edie's wearing:

Vintage dress, and kmart basics

tTFN,

till, next week,

Lili + Edie xxx

I'd like you to meet Rosie

Hello Poppits,

Hows your week going ? We'll I hope.

I just wanted to quickly show you the little creature I made for a give away a few weeks back. 

Her name is Rosie and she's the sweetest darn squirrel you'll every know! 

 she's just an  all round cut. I mean her ribbon is cute and silver and shine.

 She has a cute little backpack to keep all her little finds and nuts for the winter .

And her little red wool skirt and big boofy tail !

I hope you love her as much as I did, I think I might have to make one up for me as Rosie has gone all the way to the U.S of A ! I hope that the person that won her loves her lots and lots.

TTFN,

Lilixxx

P.s pop over to my shop and have a look at all rosies other friend and you could alway have a rosie for your self !