Its been a long time...

I am sorry for the blog silence for such a loooong time. The past month as certainly had its ups and downs. More downs than up unfortunately, and I hope you can understand that when things are going bad, you don't really want to document them. When things were OK, I was so exhausted that I couldn't get my head into blogging mode and just couldn't think of what to write. I was pleasantly surprised though to receive a few comments and emails, asking me to get back to blogging. I really didn't realise I would be missed. So thank you.
I thought as it has been such a long delay it would be rather fitting to start this post with the same picture as the last post. Of course now we are having glorious sunshine and not a snow flake in sight! Oh how I am much happier in this weather.

I recently joined a group on Flickr. Its called Cake Off, for UK peeps. You get partnered up with a baking buddy, and you make some baked goodies and post them off to them! So much fun. I love to bake, but being just me I don't always see the point of baking, so it was nice to have someone to bake for.

I decided to go with banana loaf cake, pictured above. One of my all time favourite cakes, ever since I was a child, always begging my mum to make it for me. The trick with banana cake is to use those left over bananas, you know the ones that are always left at the bottom of the fruit bowl looking rather brown and unloved. It adds to the moistness and flavour of the cake.

My second cakey goodness was double choc chip cookies! Cookies are another of my favourites and well you cant beat double choc chop ones! I love how these are nice and gooey and just melt in your mouth. So hopefully my partner will be happy with her goodies. She is a fellow Etsian and has two fabulous shops, one called The Birch Tree, and one that I just want everything in Birch Tree Boutique, where she designs and makes some gorgeous clothes. Worth checking out!

I shall leave you now with a little Mosaic of some of the things I have been doing. Although I did neglect my blog, I have kept up the sewing. All the items are available now in my shop. Apart from the bottom right corner, which was a custom order.

I have been tagged by the lovely Ruth, of Tip Top Toppers, and will tomorrow reveal 7 facts about me ; )

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