When I first started blogging it was intended that it be a way to share my home-spun recipes with family and friends. Although it evolved into something so much more. One of my most popular posts is still, Making It - A Simple Birthday Cake. Most days I am within the top 5 results on Google in the UK for 'how to make a birthday cake'. ...
Birthday Cake
Open House / What Friends Are For
It was the Hubby's birthday yesterday. Every year, for every birthday, we bake a cake. After all, I am a huge advocate of making your own birthday cakes. See the recipe here. This year, however, baking a cake was off the menu. With my lack of mobility, and reliance on doing everything one-handed, even with the Kids assistance it would have been a ...
That Was Then, This Is Now
I've always loved baking. One of my first baking memories was making a cake for Charles and Diana's wedding in July 1981 - I was 7. It was frosted red, white and blue. Baking was a favourite rainy Sunday afternoon pastime, for me, as a child. My Mom, always keen for me to get 'hands on' would leave me to my devices, with minimal supervision. I learned a ...
Food Waste Friday / Birthday Leftovers
Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and Food Waste Friday was born. I started participating in October ...
How To Bake A Cake
You never know where inspiration, for a blog post, will come from. (Actually it is my daughter's 9th birthday, but I hadn't planned on blogging about that). Then, I received an e-mail from a reader. As I e-mailed back - inspiration struck. ...
Get Ahead Of Yourself / Planning A Birthday Party
Leading a family life simply done does not mean I have nothing to do. I'm busy, as most Mum's are. But I'm busy doing things I enjoy. By downsizing my commitments and simplifying my life, I fill my time with my priorities. Birthdays are a priority at Chez Wright. We love birthdays. Birthdays are busy times. The preparation, for a birthday, can be ...
Food Waste Friday / Let Them Eat Cake
It's Friday Guys - My turn once more to host Food Waste Friday! Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and ...
A Weekend Of Not Buying It
So inspired by Katy's post last Monday, I wanted to do my own picture-book version today. What does a weekend of non-consuming look like Simply Being Mum style? ...
No Waste Tastes Great / Once In A Blue Moon
It's Friday Guys - Time for No Waste Tastes Great Click here to find out more about my Friday routine Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge ...
Once Again We Have Rain!
I'm starting to wonder if I have productivity issues? There was a post promised over the weekend on how to make and ice a simple Birthday cake. All the photography was done Friday, then Saturday was spent getting ready for Leah's Birthday (and tea-party) and Easter Egg hunt. I made party bags (there should be a photo here) And finished Leah's Birthday ...