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Archive for June 2018

#Project365 week 26: feeling hot hot hot!

Goodness me, the heatwave is hot! Which sounds daft but I’m sure it doesn’t usually last this long in the UK! Day 175: finishing up our weekend in Dymchurch with a trip to the funfair and I finally let Matthew and Anya go on the Twister, oh and me too! Day 176: after being cooped […]

Strawberry cheesecake cupcakes

Earlier this week I shared my strawberry and cream cakes. Another one of my favourite strawberry recipes that is perfect for Wimbledon are these strawberry cheesecake cupcakes: Ingredients 180g caster sugar 3 eggs 180g soft margarine 180g self raising flour 100g cream cheese 2 tablespoons caster sugar strawberries halved or quartered depending on size Method […]

#StayClassyMama linky 107

Hello and welcome to the #StayClassyMama linky. I am absolutely thrilled and honoured to have been added as a host for this fab linky and look forward to seeing what you link up this week!   Yikes! I’m going it alone this week so please be friendly and link up! Plus it is super hot […]

Soaking up the sun with Simply Beach swimwear

You may have spotted on #Project365 that we headed to the Kent coast this weekend and had masses of fun at the beach. I got a chance to try out my new swimwear: a bikini from Simply Beach! It was the first time I’d worn a bikini since having my 3 children so I was […]

Wedding Wednesday: the engagement shoot

Engagement photography shoots are a relatively new thing. Celebrities in magazines would have them but normal people like us didn’t. I don’t think they were around 10 years ago when my sister got married but I have seen several friends have them in recent years. Our wedding photographer offered us a shoot and we snapped […]