Saturday, 22 September 2012

Evening Decor

This evening we are holding a Heritage Day party at my house. My mom has made me in charge of decorations, and naturally I left it till the last minute. Now.

So I got up super early (for me anyway) and started stumbling (Yay!) in the hopes to find something to make and use. So far, I have a few tricks up my sleeve. The first thing I got, was from JADERBOMB, and I must say she is quite amazing.

Watch How To: Cut Glass!



INGREDIENTS:

It’s best to triple your yarn because it will burn longer!
Soak it GOOD! This is VERY important!
I like to tie my yarn where I want my glass to “cut” then quickly pour polish remover over the string again. I also slightly pour a little over the glass also!
Get a big bowl with ice and water ready. You will be dunking your glass in this. It has to be COLD so make sure to put enough ice! Also make sure your bowl is big enough! It needs to be deep enough to dunk where your string is!
VERY IMPORTANT! Make sure when you light this that it is not right over your bowl of polish remover! (trust me, I did this and everything got engulfed in flames).. hahah I like to light it over my water!
Slowly turn your bottle. Try not to do this where it’s windy because you want your string to stay lit or it will not work. The slower you go the better it is, but it has to constantly turn.
You can’t let the flame go OUT then dunk it in the ice water. You will notice after little while your flame getting lower and lower. Remember in the beginning I said you will be practicing a lot. It may take you a few times before you get it right. When the flame is “ALMOST” out dunk it in the ice water. You will hear a cracking noise. THIS MEANS YOUR GLASS IS CUT… If you mess up and your glass did NOT cut, take the string off and apply a new one. You can’t use the same string twice.




Super Amazing! Now... How to reattach...?

Like I Said... The Fashion




















Gorgeous Hair!



Gorgeous Hair Again!



















My Sister's Bday Party

Last night my sister had a awesome birthday party! I would like to tell you all about it, but that will take several Posts... So bare with me, and enjoy!

Firstly: The Technical Stuff

We went to The Boardwalk, where the 20 of us splitted into groups of 3 and 4 to go and complete our tasks. This is a Photographic Scavenger Hunt. You have to take the most original and funny pictures of yourself doing the assigned tasks.

The Tasks Were:
  • (Write a word that makes up a sentence on a member of each group's hand ) Go to the Tourism office and get the person there to write the word in a different language
  • Choose an item from any shop and take a photo with it
  •  Take a photo of you kissing a poster at the movies
  • Take a photo of yourself in the ball-pen at the kiddies area
  • Photo feeding the fish in the pond
  • Photo posing with mime man
  • Photo winning tickets at arcade games
  • Photo of you riding on a kids ride
  • Photo being frisked in front of casino
  • Photo tossing money into wishing well
  • Take a cheesy photo in the bathroom 
When everyone's finished we regrouped at a restaurant and had mocktails (not yet eighteen)!

Next: The Fashion :))))))))))

Red Velvet Cupcakes

I have a cupcake fetish. It is my guilty pleasure. You know what is also my guilty pleasure? Croissants. Oh My French Cooking! Hallelujah I have a French Aunt who can aptly deliver recipes to me. But now, lets concentrate on the scarlet of these Babies...


Red velvet cupcakes with cream             cheese frosting

RECIPE BY KATELYN WILLIAMS
(makes 24)

Ingredients:

120g butter, softened

300g castor sugar
2 eggs
15g cocoa powder
40ml red food colouring
1t vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
300g cake flour
1t salt
1t bicarbonate of soda
3t white wine vinegar
Icing Ingredients:
600g icing sugar

100g butter, softened
250g cream cheese

Method
Preheat oven to 170°C. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat on high while adding the eggs one at a time. In a separate bowl, mix the cocoa powder, colouring and vanilla to make a thick paste. Add to the butter mixture and mix very well. Beat slowly while adding half the buttermilk and half the flour. Mix well before adding the remaining buttermilk and flour. Beat on high until smooth. Add salt, bicarbonate of soda and vinegar and mix well. Spoon into muffin pans lined with cupcake cases until 2/3 full and bake for 20-25 minutes until springy to the touch. Allow to cool on a wire rack.
For the icing, cream the butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy. Add the cream cheese and beat until smooth. Place in a piping bag and pipe onto the cooled cupcakes.
For more of Katelyn's delicious recipes visit her blog here

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