Madeit Ruffles - The Ruffle Phenomenon

Better late than never is our madeit blog this week.  We are both struggling with a 12 week term at school so our blog has been a little neglected :) Congratulations to Tina (Queen of Ruffles) from Georgie Girl who has created such a media frenzy this week when she took her stock to the Mummy Tree Markets in Brisbane.  There were ruffles galore and lots of eager fans who had travelled from far and wide to get their hands on some ruffly goodness.  Here at AnK we were delighted to spot some of our very own fans on the news coverage wearing some AnK  and M2M Georgie Girl pieces. Ohhhh so cute.

Princess Lily - Photo by Rachel Tutton

 

Tina is an amazing lady who is dedicated to providing ruffles, she has a fabulous eye for colour combinations and fabric choices and we are thrilled to be able to work with her on several M2M (made to match) items. Thankyou Tina for supporting us and offering guidance when it all seems too hard.

Today's madeit blog is all about ruffles - ruffles for ladies and ruffles for babies.....the ruffle phenomenon is certainly here !!

Red Stitch Designs Linen Drawstring Bag $39.95

Railway Street "Scaramouche" bamboo jersey ruffle tee $85 

Little Star Clothing Beige botanical garden ruffled halter $33

Trellis Fairyfloss Ruffle Dress $45

Charliebird Clothing Tea Tilly Rose Ruffle Dress $45

Indigo Magenta Girls Twirlie Skirt $40

Missy and Moo Buttons and Frills Cushion $35



Oopsidaisi Rosey Ruffle Playsuit $45



I could have filled pages upon pages of blog posts about ruffles, hope you enjoyed the few I selected. Happy shopping, don't forget to tell the sellers where you found them.

Madeit Monday - it's almost Easter....hop to it :)

Quick blog here before the P & C School Tourism Meeting, how I miss those days of browsing the net whilst listening to our 'on air' meetings.  Now as Secretary I have to have my fingers busy typing the minutes !!

Hope you enjoy these Easter finds ;)

Three Honeybees Sweet Mini Bunny Friends Easter Egg Cookies
$12

Pixels Plus Paper Easter Rabbit (Bunny) Gift Boxes - 2 Pack - Limited Edition PINK
$5.00



Ollie Rose Rabbit Rattle $16.95

Coconut Kids Easter bunny singlets $14

Imaginart Easter Hunt Card $4.00

AnK Bowtique Neveah Easter Trio Baby Clips $6.50

Hope you have fun shopping on madeit, remember postage make take up to 2 weeks from some sellers plus creation time for your goodies. Best hop to it ;)

Madeit Monday - red, navy & white my favourite colour combo.

Madeit Monday today is dedicated to all things red, navy and white...my favourite colour combination...check out these gorgeous items from some very creative madeit sellers.

Monkey Chops Mummy & Me Bracelet Sets $20

Kitty Hugo Kids Drawstring Bag $20

Cushion Tree Hello Sailor Cushion Cover $40

Zucchini Girl Emily Bag $42

Alphabet Monkey Surfboard Cot Quilt & Cushion $170

Zippy Zippy Navy & Red Bunting $30

Ascoozamii Designer Boys Adjustable Belt $12

 AnK Bowtique from Paris with love M2M Pumpkin Patch Stretch Headband $15

Happy madeit shopping, let us know if you purchase any of the above goodies :)

Frayed, ripped but Ohhh so gorgeus.

In my blog surfing this morning I come across this very beautiful blog from Australia (which I love when they are 'local') Mrs A in the Cove.  She has given me the most amazing idea of what to do behind my daughters bed.  I had plans of hanging a curtain up behind it.  I even have the fabric but haven't had the chance to make it yet.

But when I saw this I have changed my mind.  I think it will add a whole lot of colour and be a bit whimsy as well and it is same colours that I have in her bedroom.

Can't wait to go to town and pick up some more fabric!!

Photo from Mrs A in The Cove

Mrs A has used it in the most beautiful party table.  Check out her blog for some other fantastic party ideas.

Photo from Mrs A in The Cove

Madeit Monday (bit late !!) - Wall Art

Madeit Monday is a bit late this week, sorry !! This week our blog is all about wall art, prompted by the gorgeous Me Likey print I recently won at the Autism Advisory & Support Service Auction on facebook.

Me Likey The Perfect Tree $80

Ledamae Circular Collection Transport $38

Art Candy Boutique Strawberry Dreams Print $12

KatyK Designs Extra large Destination Canvas (custom) $250

Nancy Louise Flutter B Green $25

My Name By Design Custom Fabric letters $20 per letter

Have fun shopping on madeit :)

 

Kristy

It's time to be thankful.

Photo courtesy of Emma

As I sit and watch all the devastation on TV in Christchurch I realise that my own life is not that bad,  Yeah, I'm having a bad week in the schoolroom, my husband is away so all is left to me, I have had the worst hay fever for two days but this is all meaningless when you see how the poor people in Christchurch are dealing with such devastation.  There were a few anxious hours after the earth quake as I waited to find out about my family who live in Christchurch but thankfully they are all OK.  Miraculously some of their houses are not harmed while others have major damage but they are all alive and together.

I read Shannon Fricke's post this morning and have decided to take some of her advice.

I am living my BLISS.

I have my children with me, a husband who cares for us, great family support, live in a blissful place & fantastic friends.  What more could I want?
NOTHING

Rainbow Party - Part 2 The Cakes

We have always had 2 birthday cakes for Mr T and Miss M, so this year was no exception. Miss M had wanted a giant cupcake cake for several years now but it had been wet and all our parties had been cancelled.  Mr T was happy with anything that involved lots of colour and icing.  So with that in mind I thought I would attempt the rainbow layer cake.

Rainbow Layer Cake = 3 packets of Betty Crocker Vanilla Cake mix, 4 1/2 tubs Betty Crocker Vanilla

Premade Icing.  Each layer is baked seperately.  Mix packet mix as per instructions and seperate mix into 2 bowls (thanks to Suzanne for the tip to weigh the mix so that each layer is even !!).  Colour with food colouring - you will need lots ! All of the colours in this cake are made with food colouring except for the purple which was created using edicol dye. Available from kindergarten suppliers and non toxic !

To put together we iced between each layer, filled the gaps with icing and then poured more icing over the top.  We freezed the cake into between icings to assist with cake crumbs.  It was such a hot day you can see the icing was melting off the cake.

The bottom of the cake was ribbon, the top was coloured choc chips from woolworths.  Tip- might be a good idea to put these on at the last minute as the colour melted and ran onto the cake a bit.

Melting child and melting cake.

Success - it was a little bit frozen so hard to get the first piece out but it was delicious and cold on

such a terribly hot and humid day.

Cake number 2 - Miss M's Giant cupcake.  Made using a Wilton cupcake tin and homebrand cake mix with pink marbling.  White frosting is bakemate in a tin can, available from Woolworths.  I love this stuff, soooo

easy !! Cupcake wrapper was made by fan folding wrapping paper from Phoenix Trading. Rainbow sprinkles purchased from ebay.

The Giant cupcake was very popular.

One very hot Miss M.

Hope you enjoyed the Rainbow Party cake details.