Some exciting news... and Banana Cake

First I would like to share some exciting news with you!

On August 5, my Pear Pincushion made from vintage fabric 

was featured on the front page of Etsy.

My Etsy shop closed a while ago

Last Saturday I baked Banana Cake and watched a movie with our children

Served with ice cream and strawberries. Yummo!

Our eldest son said 'I don't like the cake. I love it!' 

It was time well spent, to see how much they were enjoying it

Who doesn't like fresh baked goodies straight from the oven?

This recipe is from my beautiful Mum

Banana Cake

1 cup raw sugar

1/2 cup butter

1 tsp bi-carb soda, dissolved in 2 tbsp milk

4 or 5 mashed bananas

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups SR flour

1 tsp vanilla 

1/2 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven at 200 oC 

Prepare cake tin ~ lightly spray with oil and line with baking paper

Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and bananas

Add dry ingredients, then milk and bi-carb soda mixture

Mix for 2 minutes until well combined

Pour mixture into cake tin

Bake in oven for 30 minutes

Have a great weekend with your loved ones

Navy Ship and Fish & Chips

Yesterday afternoon we took the kids for a drive to see USS George Washington while it is docked in Brisbane. We thought the boys, in particular, would have thought it was cool however they didn't. One comment was 'Where's the fun stuff?'

Click on image to zoom in

It was nice to get out of the house, do something spontaneous and have some family time together. The fish and chips we bought on the way home were yummy

Have you done anything spontaneous recently?

Little Superheroes

Our children asked me to make superhero masks for them earlier this year.

I completed them on Saturday.

Here they are. . . 

Our children chose the colours they wanted.

The tutorial has 4 printable patterns for making superhero masks.

3 Superheroes in action. Mr 9yr old didn't feel like doing 'the action' part.

Do you have any cheeky superheroes in your family?

Squeeze Cuddles ~ Featured on the internet!

I am a little excited to share that Squeeze Cuddles has been featured 4 times on the internet in recent weeks!

{Featured} on Everything Etsy 

My 'Vintage Summer' embroidery hoop wall art. Bottom left of photo

Link here

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Three of my creations have been featured in Etsy treasuries in the last 3 days!

 Jade cloth doll in Dots and patterns treasury

Home embroidery hoop wall art in Pop! treasury

Cherry Blossom embroidery hoop wall art in Orange Florals treasury

It's nice to see my creations being appreciated by others

My Etsy shop closed a while ago

{Inspiration} Cherry Blossom embroidery

I would like to share the inspiration behind the Cherry Blossom wall art I started embroidering on June 22

Image by Squeeze Cuddles

Inspired by the cherry blossoms we saw in Suwon, South Korea 

April 2011 when we adopted our daughter

Available for purchase here

The first cherry blossoms of the season opening to show their exquisite beauty. The air is crisp in South Korea and new buds are sprouting on the branch

For many years I had dreamt of seeing cherry blossoms. My dream came true. They are more exquisite then I had imagined