Beautiful brogues.

I should be saving my money, and mostly i am, but when i saw these lovely topshop woven brogues on ebay needing a good home i couldn't stop myself. They were a bargin so i don't feel so guilty and they'll be perfect for the upcoming spring weather. I just love the double buckles!

Waiting for the Sun

I am in love with these sunglasses, they're from brand 'waiting for the sun', how fitting. I have a bit of an obsession with bamboo products so when i saw these french made beauties i was in heaven, and lucky for me they're stocked in Australia!! This is definitely one for the wish list.

Mojito Cake

It's such a beautiful afternoon and usually i love nothing better than a sit in the sun while sipping on a Mojito but today i decided to shake it up a bit and turn my favourite cocktail into a yummy dessert. I used a tray for mini loaves to make little individual cakes so everyone gets the crispy edges on this light fluffy cake! Try it for yourself, it's perfect for the warming weather.

Ingredients:
Cake-
1 pack homebrand white cake mix
1 cup soda water
1/4 cup rum
3 tsbp chopped fresh mint
2 tsp lime zest
3 egg whites
Juice of one lime

Glaze-
50g unsalted butter
1/4 cup water
1 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup rum

Cream-
1 cup whipping cream
2 tbsp icing sugar
1 tsp lime zest

Directions:
1. preheat oven to 175 degrees celcius, lightly grease baking tin.
2. In large bowl combine cake ingredients and mix gently before beating with electric mixer on low for 30 seconds and then on medium for 2 minutes, scraping down sides of bowl. Pour into tin.
3. Bake for 25-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
4. In saucepan combine glaze ingredients, heat until boiling over high heat then boil for three minutes turning down to medium heat, mix should ticken slightly.
5. Poke warm cake with a toothpick and pour glaze over cake, leave to cool completely.
6. beat cream ingredients until peaks form. Garnish with a mint leaf.

Lomo

I recently got some more film developed from my Diana mini, I had been a bit lazy about getting it processed and forgotten what was on there.
I'm so glad i finally got around to it because I love them, it was a mix of the beach at home and my trip to Sydney. I really like the one with the Opera house and the lovely chevron patterned walkway. From now on I am going to be proactive about getting my film developed, because i just love the surprise of opening the envelope and finding out how my persistent snapping turned out! 

Photo booth love.

 I'm a big one for rituals and i thought i'd share one of my favourites. Everytime i head to the Melbourne the first thing i do is make my way to the corner of Flinders and Elizabeth pick up a Lord of the Fries mini burger, cross the road  get into the photo booth and take a crazy set of photos, while they're processing i eat my mini burger. It's simple and a bit silly but it's my very own little ritual and i love it!I try to make it fun and do something a bit different everytime which you can see below in my latest strip.