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Making birthdays and Christmas sparkle with Inspired by Alma

You may have noticed on some of my YouTube Vlogmas videos I have been using Inspired by Alma products to make my baking look a lot better! I tried out everything with the exception of the dinosaur cupcake toppers as I decided to save them to surprise a certain dino obsessed boy for his 8th […]

Christmas birthdays and wheat free chocolate madeira cake recipe

Chris and my dad share a birthday. In December. Cue panic double present buying… Christmas in our house doesn’t really get started until after their birthdays. As a child, we used to decorate the house with my grandparents the weekend closest to Dad’s birthday. Chris remembers something similar in his home when he was growing […]

Cooking (Vlogtober day 7)

I love cooking and having a wheat allergy and being vegetarian means I have tried lots of different manipulations of recipes to make them suitable for me! My personal favourite is baking but I am not so good at decorating…let me know what you think of my cake!

Yesterday was a big day…

So yesterday was a big day: Anya’s fifth birthday but also her first full day of school. A big day for her but also a big day for me. Matthew’s birthday (and mine) are both in May half term so I have always had the children with me for their birthdays, but today was different […]

IoW2017: Godshill Model Village and Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary

Our final day of the holiday was jampacked! We began by heading to Godshill and visiting the model village. The children were absolutely captivated by the amazing world that has been created. We were given a leaflet with questions to answer with the intent that it would make us look more closely at every detail. […]