Sunday, 25 March 2012

A post for Maria

Thank you for your lovely letter Maria. I have just read it now, lovely words from a special lady. I thought I would dedicate this post to you. Much love and thanks xx 

It's the year of 30th birthdays! The most recent was my friend Sarah's fancy dress party so I went as Sharpay from High School Musical, Pete went as Troy and our friend Ian went as...well, I'm not sure who he was but he sort of fitted in haha. I decorated both of their tshirts with felt and I got my costume for a bargain price on ebay. Here's some piccies!  
Me as Sharpay
Pete as Troy (in the hand decorated t shirt!)
Me and the beautiful pirate birthday girl
'Kim by the Sea' restaurant 
Who you gonna call?! Ghostbusters!
Me on cake cutting portion control duties!
Pete finds a prop and turns a bit scary
Our funny friend Ian

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Easter Crafts

I've been making some Easter crafts to display in our dining room for a little shindig we have planned. I started with this felt bunny! I'm going to make some more 'characters' too. 
Then I moved onto using some craft materials I had left from last Easter that I never got around to using! This included some polystyrene eggs and Decopatch papers.
I've decorated 18 eggs in total and now the Easter basket is full! I'm pleased with how they have turned out. It's going to form part of a centrepiece for the table, I'm cracking on with the rest of the project!
 And last but not least some Happy Easter bunting strung across the picture. 
Has anyone else been making anything?  
xoxo

Sunday, 4 March 2012

Birthday treats!

It was my husbands 30th birthday this week. He is a big food lover so I planned lots of food related treats! I should add these photos were taken over a couple of weeks! It started with brunch at Patisserie Valerie in Leeds.
 I then treated my husband and our friend to this fish pedicure at Appy Feet. Honestly, it was so funny. They both jumped out their skin as soon as they put their feet in and the fish started nibbling away! I spent the whole 15 minutes laughing and our friend just sat there with his hands on his face making strange noises.  
He also loves Top Gear so this birthday cake with the Stig on was perfect but it didn't last very long!
 I also did a Trip Advisor search and found amazing reviews for an Italian restaurant called Salvos. It certainly was worth booking in advance and requesting a certain table. The food and drinks were excellent and the staff were so nice.
I also compiled a photo album as a surprise. Inside there's a photo a year for every of his life so far!
 He really loved it and told me lots of stories.
1982!
 We also had a small gathering with some friends at a local pub. I decided to get everyone a 30 glass because all our friends are 30 in the next few weeks and some name confetti to sprinkle on the tables.
 Then today we went to another posh place! The Bon Restaurant and Wine Bar which had excellent reviews for Sunday lunch. It was delicious and such a beautiful and cosy place.
 This was the best sticky toffee pudding imaginable!
Right I think I've covered all the foody treats! I do have another surprise planned but that's under wraps because I don't want him finding out as it's a few weeks away! Well, you're only 30 once and he is super special. 

Saturday, 3 March 2012

Spring in your step

Well after several weeks of freezing temperatures, rain and snow, it's nice that things seem to be perking up a bit now! I was looking through some of my husbands old photo's and things the other day. I came across this poem he wrote when he was a child. It's too cute isn't it?!