The Cake and Bake Show 2014

Caaaake!! I was really excited to be going to The Cake and Bake Show 2014. My friend was raving about it last year but unfortunately I didn't have the chance to go. This year I was majorly looking forward to it and it was definitely worth the hype. 

It's filled with lots and lots of stalls selling all sorts of caking making and baking goods. There were places to sample cakes and places selling such delicious treats. There were hands on workshops, demonstrations and other fun things! 

Look at how cool these cake and sweet stands are. So much creativity was pouring out from this event. Don't even get me started on the cakes further down in this post! 

Covent Garden! Like whaaaat. How much detail has gone into this. Each of those flowers were made by hand, using icing. TALENT!

Guess the tube station! Some of them were really obvious but I stood there thinking and thinking and had to get the lady to tell me...shh.

Donuuut! Do I even need to tell you how good it was? Just look at it!

Macarooons always look so fancy. I tried some and they were gooood!

Ok, from this post on, I have no words. The amount of sheer talent it took to make these cakes just astounds me. Well done to these cake artists on pulling off such amazing bakes! I was flabbergasted the entire time. Especially by the zombie mermaid. Whoever made that, has some crazy imaginative mind!

All the lovely stalls! I may have sampled too much fudge. MMMMM! I tried peaches and cream fudge on one stall and I can't stop thinking about it. I should have bought some. 

People can be creative even with bread! The typography lover in me doesn't even want to eat this bread because it looks so cool.

Maybe I got a bit too excited about seeing this Cake Boss stall!

And here's even more word stealing, indescribable, talentful cakes.

Side note: How is this a cake? HOW?!

All in all, I just spent the whole day being wowed about things. I'm pretty sure my mouth was like :O the whole time. Also, Renshaw had this white chocolate icing sample that I'm 100% sure I could eat the whole tub of by itself.

Here's some phone pics in which we were fangirling a bit...ok...a lot!

 SPOILER ALERT RE: THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF. Close your eyes if you haven't seen it yet!

I'm sorry Luis didn't win The Great British Bake Off! He was really lovely and all his cakes always look so amazing. I just want to eat them alllllll!!

Stamp Markers Review

I forgot that I bought these stamp markers a while ago! I rediscovered them and thought I'd give them a go and she the process with you. In my collection of craft stamps, I have more acrylic ones and only a couple of rubber stamps just because rubber stamps seem to always be way more expensive. Anyway, this is what they look like and I was drawn to them because they are pretty pastel colours!

I didn't really know what I was doing but I assumed you just colour over the stamp to ink it up and then stamp as usual. This is what I got...

Not really the wonderful stamp effect I was hoping for!! Especially because the ink pad I usually use is a Stazon and it's amazing! I assumed I was doing something wrong and decided to Google and YouTube to see what other people were doing. I found a YouTube video where the lady inked it up and then breathed on the stamp. So I tried that and got a much better result! It's not a clear cut stamp attemt, but it's cute and has a watercolour sort of effect which you can't really go wrong with. 

Out of curiosity I decided to ink up one of my rubber stamps to see if there would be a difference.

The first attempt came out very faint but I feel the ink held more to the rubber stamps. This was proven in my next try, on some alphabet stamps I have. For these I used to medium tip on the pen instead of the brush tip.

These are much better results! I didn't push down at the bottom properly, but the top letters are looking nice and crisp.

Filofax Pretties: Spooky Monthly

Is it cliche to make my October month Halloween themed? If it is, I don't care! It's not even over the top! 

Typo Haul Again!

I think it's going to be a habit that any time someone comes back from South Africa, they'll have to bring me things that I've requested from Typo. I'll pay them of course! These are the goods my dad brought home for me on his recent expedition!

The thing I am probably most excited about is the MAIL holder! I just love it! I've had my eye on it for a while and kept telling my sister to buy it for me if she spotted it in the store. So glad she was finally able to get it. I also have a mail cloud from Typo, so both of them together will be such cool beans!

You can't really go wrong with stickers and these are no exception. Major cute!

Also, anything moustache shaped is amazing! The only problem at the moment is I don't have anywhere to push them, Oh man, I really do need my own craft space. I've been having major craft space envy recently.

And finally, some super cool stickers to jazz up some envelopes for all my pals!

Sealed with Love

This is a short post. I just have to share with you my most successful wax seal attempt in forever. The right amount of was, a nice clean stamp and a gorgeous colour too! It's so beautiful that I don't want to send my letter. I will be nice and share the love with someone else who I know will appreciate it! 

Filofax Covers

I've had a busy time today making these Filofax covers! I have two A5 sized ones to make and then I'll be all up to date and can start trying out some new things. I tell you, this new sewing machine is such a dream to sew with. There's no way I would have gotten 3 covers done with the old sewing machine. It would have driven me insane. I had such a pleasant time sewing these and I didn't even get stressed when I had to unpick some of it. 

I am in love with this print! I liked it when I bought it, but after making the case I LOVE IT! I have a small bit of it left that will be enough to make a pencil case or purse or maybe both. How many pencil cases do I need though!?

Just look at my Filofax trying to get all snug in there! It's not for you! It's for a nice lady on Etsy!

I didn't tell you guys about my business cards that I made the other day. Super simple, just used Word and then sewed some pretty fabric on the back once I'd printed it. They look pretty and they were simple to make if I need to change them. My heart beats for custom made Letterpress business cards but they're a bit pricey so these will do for now! 

Packaging is key! I hope that my wonderful customers appreciate packaging. Packaging my orders up is so satisfying and I just love the way it looks at the end of it all!

Once I'm all caught up on my orders, I'm going to try out some new things. I'll keep you all updated. In the mean time, if you want to order one of these, you can check out my Etsy shop- SoJoey. You can also request a different kind of fabric, by sending me a message on there.