September Photography Challenge- Day 12

Day Twelve- Sunset

This is also late as it was stormy yesterday and no sun out so I couldn’t get a sunset. Luckily, I managed to get a snap of one today, I thought it would be nicer but the clouds on the horizon hide the sun early.

September Photography Challenge- Day 11

Day Eleven- Something blue

So this is late as I spent most of Sunday at my boyfriend’s house and couldn’t be bothered to take a picture when I got home. I wanted to take a picture of the sea but it was so stormy that day it looked more grey than blue.

My bed, with lots of different shades of blue.

National Cupcake Week!

 

So you can imagine my excitement when I discovered that this week, Sept 12-18 is National Cupcake Week! I love cupcakes (or queen cakes as I knew them by growing up) and have so many recipes I want to try out, so hopefully this week I’ll get through some. But before I try anything new, I thought I’d show you some cupcakes I’ve made before.

Madeira Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Icing

This is the basic cupcake recipe I go off and that I alter to suit my tastes, by adding different colours (red and blue were added as these were to celebrate my sister going to college to study French), flavourings (vanilla is what I usually use, but you can add chocolate, lemon, orange, almond, the list goes on!) and decorations (sprinkles and the likes). Recipe for the above found here.

Chocolate Orange Cupcakes with Baileys Buttercream Icing

Essentially, this is just a variation of the cupcakes above, but made slightly more decadent with the added Baileys. Yum! This recipe is found here.

Green Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Essentially a Red Velvet Cupcake made with green dye instead of red. Made with some cocoa powder, this gives the cupcake a subtle chocolatey taste, while the cream cheese frosting is just silky and delicious. Recipe found here.

Chocolate Truffle Cupcakes with White Chocolate Buttercream Icing

Rich, decadent and simply delicious! Definitely for chocolate lovers. Recipe found here.

Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

While the icing here may not be the prettiest, don’t let it through you off! Made with Oreos, it’s perfect for those who don’t know whether to go for a cupcake or a cookie! Recipe here.

So, that’s all I’ve made so far. Any suggestions for what to make this week? I’d love to here your ideas!

September Photography Challenge- Day 10

Day Ten- Childhood Memory

‘When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll’. Ah, Tina Turner! And although listening to her is a childhood memory, it’s not what I photographed. Instead, I took a picture of a doll my mother made me years ago.

I don’t remember ever having a name for her, but I do remember thinking her hair reminded me of scrambled eggs.

September Photography Challenge- Day 9

Day Nine- Someone you love

My boyfriend, tired after a long week of work.

September Photography Challenge- Day 8

Day Eight- A Bad Habit

Personally, this was one of the days I was least looking forward to doing. It just seems ridiculous. I have loads of bad habits and none I want to take pictures of! I used to bite my nails but I stopped a few years ago. However, my bad habit is still nail related, I start chipping away nail polish when I get bored.

Now I must decide what colour to do them tomorrow!

September Photography Challenge- Day 7

Day Seven- Fruit

This fruit has been sitting here for a few weeks and I have no idea why, I guess my Mum just put it there. My Aunt noticed it this other day and noted that it looked liked it was a jail for fruit.