You may picture yourself - in the future - for your child’s first cake stall at school. You think… lamingtons! butterfly cakes! toffees! … recalling your own distant childhood. But never in your wildest dreams did you imagine cakes of this calibre…
What you need is a distant relative or friend named Chris! Twelve or so years of practice, sugarcraft classes and a dash of obsession brings to life delightfully creative cakes that look as good as they taste. Be sure to check out the rest of her nursery rhyme cupcakes and the Noah’s Ark Christening cake.
Photos by abbietabbie
Come along to the first exhibition of ASTROPUNKS art for kids. It’s also the grand opening of the new designer kids clothes store, Tots Encore. What makes them different is they also stock recycled designer kids clothes. Fantastic for sustainability and your budget!
Where: Tots Encore, Shop 2/306 Bronte Rd, Waverly NSW
When: From Friday 4th April
Oh my this is just too cute! Just Bento is a site dedicated to the quick, healthy and sometimes adorable bento box creations.
People magazine is poised to pay Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony between $4 million and $6 million for exclusive U.S. rights to the first photos of their expected twins, people familiar with the negotiations said last week. At the high end, the payout would not only match box-office receipts for J.Lo’s “Gigli,” maybe a modest achievement even for newborns, but also set a stratospheric standard in the market for celebrity baby photos. Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, after all, only generated $4 million — if that. More at Adage
WHEN Jacqueline Brown and her husband, Gavin Friedman, were in their early 30s, they lived in a condominium in Santa Monica, Calif., with a black leather Ikea couch Mr. Friedman had bought for law school, a few modest pieces from Pier 1 Imports and assorted hand-me-down furnishings. Within a few years, though, having acquired professional and financial stability — both were litigation associates at prominent law firms — they bought a house in Cheviot Hills, an affluent neighborhood in West Los Angeles, and began remodeling and decorating.
More at the New York Times
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Apologies for the lack of transmission last week, I was on a east coast road trip in Tasmania. It was a much needed holiday… from facing a computer during the working week to facing a group of kangaroos on a bush walk! I also saw a lot of wallabies, echidnas, rabbits and a variety of native birds. Tasmania has a very temperate climate, fantastic produce and a beautiful yet rugged landscape. If you’re into camping and showing your kids nature, Tasmania would make a perfect holiday destination.
Photo by Tim Parkinson
Hint: Don’t tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort — not on intelligence or ability— is key to success in school and in life. More at Scientific American
Bringing up two children might set parents back more than $500,000 - but it is no more expensive than it was five years ago, a new report has found. More at SMH.com.au
A CHEMICAL substitution is believed to be behind a national health scare involving a popular children’s toy that contains a toxic illegal drug. More at SMH.com.au
There comes a point in time when you realise you are officially old. Don’t laugh — you’re over the hill if you can remember mix-tapes or Rubik’s cubes.
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