May the force be with you...

Hey there!! It's spring!! Or so they say, still a bit on the wintery side I think. There is so much snow here in the Highlands, well, you just wouldn't believe it!! Check out Matt & Jenny's flickr page for snowy shots of Highland mountains and ice and such like. Hey that's all just in the back garden you know!

Oh but caketop making is good for keeping the fingers warm and nimble!! The feet do get a bit cold right enough, but then that's what slippers are for... This time last year I do believe I was knee deep in pheasants and labradors, a wee run of country pursuit themed caketops there was. Well this is 2010 they tell me and I've seen plenty pheasant (easy to spot against the snow) but none in the house this year. Instead I have been surrounded and under house arrest by men and women of the law. Honest as the day is long I am, so no worries... still best to stay on their good side I say...

Let it snow

It must still be winter?! It feels like winter has been a year long at least... still that's not so bad, not when you are a big fan of the white stuff.

This winter I have been doing some important and essential caketop making research and have thrown snowballs (been hit at close range by snowballs too thanks to some scallywags I encountered in the big smoke) and I have had a go at snowboarding. Oh yes, I can prove it! The size of my bruises was unexpected, oh and ice, oh and keep me well away from that poma tow gadget... but still all good...

Maybe my next essential caketop research should be for one where folks get married on a desert island, cocktail glass in hand, birds singing, palm trees swaying... oh comission me someone!!!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2010!! Hope you all had a good one! Here it has been a very good break, much fun, friends and laughing. A fair bit of snow too would you believe? It was a deeply white christmas and so far 2110 is proving ever deeper...

Holidays are fun of course, but it is nice to ease back into cake tops again. Like clockwork email enquiries are popping into the inbox - I shall do my best to keep on top of emails! If you are looking to order a cake top for 2110 do get in touch for a quote or to go through ideas, get that diary slot booked early!

Ooops!!! Yes, well, just seeing if you were paying attention... in fact still a bit early for those 2110 orders, now taking orders for 2010!! That's twenty ten!!

Caketops Christmas shop!

I'm feeling festive, and have been pottering away this week feeling very merry indeed. The webmaster and I , when recently taking our vintage inspired photographs, came up with the name 'Felicity & Belle' which has stuck fast, and has inspired a new wee foray into Etsyland. Etsy, if you haven't visited, is quite a cool place with lots of wonderful handmade and vintage things on there. The webmaster is already a loyal punter. She always has nice necklaces in particular which when I admire and enquire as to where she got them, she sheepishly admits she's been perusing the gems on etsy again... So I warn you, it's a fabulous and glittery place and you have to be very careful not to get too addicted.
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Well, I've given you fair warning and now happily direct you Etsy-ward. Have a look at Felicity & Belle first, let us know what you think, and then why not have a wander where you will?!
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If you happen to fancy any of Felicity & Belle's handmade holiday wares that I have on there, you can purchase via Etsy, it's all in US dollars tho which confused me slightly I admit.... . However, probably preferable if you are reading this blog right now; email me direct, mention this word - TIMOROUS - within your email, and I shall make you a special individual price offer for whatever you may be interested in purchasing. The more inventive your email, the better for you my offer shall be! hey hey! If you make me laugh out loud I shall tell you so in numerical fashion!
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Happy Hallowe'en!

Hey-how for Hallowe'en!

A' the witches tae be seen,

Some are black,

an' some are green,

Hey-how for Hallowe'en.

- Scottish Traditional

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This poem seems very apt, however my cake top customers on this occasion were Frankenstien and his charming bride..... so not witches as such, but one half certainly green....

Lawfully wedded

I do think it's a good idea to stay on the right side of the law, don't you?!

Woolly winter warmers

Oh there's a definite nip in the air... and I don't mean the whisky kind. It seems that it is definitely Autumn, the leaves are turning golden and red on the trees, the nights are drawing in, and I'm beginning to debate the choice of thermal undergarments that the worldwide web has to offer....

Now, if your cake top bride or groom fancies a scarf to keep themselves nice and warm, well no problem!! My Mum is actually the knitter in the family, and she makes tiny wee knitted scarves for me, knitting them with embroidery and crochet threads so that they're perfectly tiny. She's very good at it, and does a fine line in stripey ones. Recently I found some crochet thread that was different colours on one thread. We didn't know if the colour change would be quick enough- if you know what I mean- to show up on the small scale scarf, but in fact it worked quite well. So now some nice stripey pastel ones to add to the range...but we (she!) can do any colour. A nice addition for those snowboarding, snowballing, or chilly winter wedding caketops pehaps, where a cosy scarf may be essential wedding attire!

The scarf making was originally inspired by football fans of course. A mini woolly scarf works well: adding a nice touch along with footballs, team logos or even hats on!! (My Mum is now an expert in team colours for both Scottish and English Premier leagues - a handy pub quiz team member I think!)

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While it may be getting chilly and becoming warm scarf weather now, I do enjoy the autumn and wintertime, so I'm not complaining really. I'm looking forward to some serious frost like we had last year here in the glen, very pretty it was. But didn't I tell you this is a time when some folks enjoy thier wedding day somewhere hot? Somewhere where the folks there think frost exotic?

If that's your bag and a scarf just won't cut it, perhaps what you really need is a sarong and a beach!

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