day eight - bloggy birthday.

today my blog is seven years old. SEVEN!
who could believe it!

i don't have any cake to celebrate...



though i did start my day with a slice of this banana cake i baked up a few weeks ago. fished out of the freezer of course...

after getting back from new zealand last night, i've had an awesome nights sleep in my own bed, managed to get a gazillion loads of washing done, cleaned the heck out of my fridge and toilet and cooked a whole bunch of food.

it's good to be home!

what's your favourite part of being at home? have you been reading my wee blog for long? have you made this banana bread before? it's my go-to and absolute fave!

bloggy birthday!

i realised only an hour or so ago, thanks to pink patent mary janes posting about her blog's birthday, that it is also my blog's birthday too!!

five freaking years of me blathering on about the things i'm dabbling in... crazy!



i didn't have time to whip up a birthday cake for the occasion, being that i only remembered in the last hour, so the above is some-what of a promise...
a delicious looking packet of cake mix goodness. to be whipped up soon, maybe tomorrow, if the temperature dips to something below 35 degrees!

how long have you been blogging for? when is your blog birthday?

2 years.

on this day 2 years ago, i thought to myself, you should start writing a blog. so i did.
i'd been reading other peoples blogs for a little while (thanks to brianna, who introduced me to blog-reading) and thought i had some thoughts to share with the world too.
and boy i'm glad i did. i've met some wonderful people and had some great times and oh the crafty and arty inspiration!!!



so here's to the last 2 years!
oh and in case you were wondering, i'm not cracking a bottle of (very classy) sparkling before lunch for drinking purposes... i'm making scones with it! a work friend professed an idea to me a while ago about using sparkling wine in scones instead of lemonade and today i'm going to give it a try!



they're nestled away in the oven at the moment. can't wait to try them!
i'm taking them over to the magnificent heidi's where we are going to spend the afternoon drinking tea and eating scones and painting to our heart's content! can't wait!

a very happy blogiversary to the lovely pink patent mary janes as well!