Showing posts with label diy cake stand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diy cake stand. Show all posts

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

A Reflection of 2012 - & Most Popular Posts

Looking back at 2012 it's been one of the toughest of my life. Watching my mother lose her battle with cancer, my life has virtually been on hold. However, this blog "Lee Caroline - A World of Inspiration", has kept me going, it has been an inspiration not just for my readers but for myself too. LC has been an outlet for my semi starved, creative side, a place to share the wonderful interiors, recipes, art, crafts and DIY I discover in my daily trips around the Internet. More importantly, I've  discovered a world of wonderful and caring people, total strangers that drop by from afar taking time to comment on a postm and people giving encouragement, sharing a little of their lives with you. I just want to say, you have no idea how much this has meant to me. I have not met you personally, but I've felt encouraged and uplifted and at times consoled through the comments and sometimes personal emails I get from those who have been touched in some way by something they have read or seen on my blog.

2013 will be a new year for me, a new beginning and I have vowed to spend equal time on my blog and my painting. I'm finally purchasing that elusive DSLR in February. My new camera will enable me to share high quality images of homes and beautiful things that I see in New Zealand. I am quite excited about this and have lots of great posts planned.  Looking back over 2013 I've made a short list of some of my most viewed posts to share again. I want to thank everyone for their support throughout 2012 and I wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.


French Country Style Bedroom Makeover......Read more


Country Kitchen Makeover Ideas....Read More


Bathrooms, beautiful ideas to inspire you....... Read More 


Blue and White Interiors. Read more...... Read more


DIY French Wash Furniture......Read more 


Country Cottage Bedroom Ideas...... Read more


DIY Mini Vintage Cake Stand . Instructions......Read more




Thought for the Week......Read More





Sunday, 9 September 2012

Inspiration From The Blogasphere 7 - Interiors, Recipes, DIY, Upcycling

Fellow blogger Kifus of Inspiring Interiors, shared this beautiful home on her blog this week. This fabulous 15th Century home is inspired by nature.... See the original post and images "here".
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A sneak peek at "Hazed" the new Kiwi on line Indie Mag...

I love Cush & Nooks blog and regularly receive Vic's inspirational design posts. This week I was excited to see a new on-line magazine, "Hazed" mentioned in Vic's latest post.  Hazed Magazine is devoted to NZ Indie products... there's lots of ideas, recipes and inspiration, so pop over and read the inaugural issue "here".

What about a handle with a difference....

A cute idea from "Country Living". A short time ago I posted an idea of my own for up-cycling vintage cups and saucers into mini cake stands. You can see the post and step by step instructions "here"

Upcyled glassware creating some lovely cloche's - See "here" for instructions.
Also spotted at Country Living...Who doesn't posses a watch with a broken watch strap, hiding away in a draw, now you can re-cycle your watch face with a vintage or trendy scarf.  If your watch face is antique, you could use a pretty piece of  lace or organza ribbon.  



I can't end this weeks inspiration without a couple of delicious recipes, this week both are from Liren at Kitchen Confidante...
Who doesn't love a Margarita, but have you heard of a Margarita slice? - Hop over to Kitchen Confidante for Liren's  yummy non alcoholic version.



Apple Spice Cake" from Kitchen Confidante

Friday, 29 June 2012

DIY Mini Vintage Cake Stand

I love vintage cups and saucers and have my own small collection of miss-matched floral tea sets. Today I'm going to show you how to upcycle some old china to create a sweet little cake stand. I purchased my vintage cup and saucer at a hospice shop, you'll easily find little sets such as these in second hand shops, salvation army or garage sales, even grandmas house ☺



What you need:

Vintage cup and plate (make sure your cup has a flat base so that the plate will sit level)
Glue (suitable for china)
Clear cellophane (for gift wrap)
Scissors
Ribbon
  • Place your cup upside down on a flat surface, run the glue around the lower lip of the base of the cup where it will touch the plate.
  • Place your plate on top, making sure it is even each side, you may need to get down to eye level to check.
  • Carefully place something heavy on top (a cup filled with rice works well).
  • Allow to dry per instructions on glue packet.
As a lovely gift, just simply add some chocolates or little cakes.

Wrap in clear cellophane and tie with a ribbon and voila! a lovely hostess or mothers day gift.

More vintage love - I used Style Me Pretty to create this little collage




                    
              If you love vintage cups and saucers visit  my "pinterest" collection of tea cups to see lots of pretty examples.


Next week I have a wonderful book give-a-way, "Cake Star" by Jade Lipton. The book is full of fabulous cake and cookie decorating ideas with beautiful photography by Paul Giggle. The easy step by step instructions with templates will enable you to impress your friends and family for sure.


Above: Images from Cakestar by Jade Lipton, published by Penguin Books