So whats been happening since my last post?
NOTHING!! besides my preperation for my up-coming trip. Will be leaving on monday to go off to London, Spain and France. Yahoooooo!!
But other than that I have been cooking at home trying to keep myself from going outside shopping or eating out.
But aside from that I will be back with alot more photos and updates on my trip if I manage to find internet access.
Friday, 1 July 2011
Monday, 6 June 2011
Annual Spastic clean and furniture rearranging.
So ever since my sister moved out and went to live and work in London with her boyfriend I've had the room (well the whole flat) to myself. And one of the first things I did was completely destroy the room tearing it apart storing my sisters belongings into big plastic boxes and dragging my dollhouse into my room. So last year it looked like this.
Which worked out fine cause originally the shelf in the corner was disassembled from the study table it was connected to. Where the doll house is used to be a very heavy industrial sewing machine (which I dragged outside to the living room on my own thank you very much). And the used to be bunk bed is now just a double with the mattress and bars lying underneath my bed.
Probably a year later this is what became of my room...
Scary isn't it. Looks like a preview to next weeks episode of hoarders. So after the last 6 weeks or so of ' I need to clean my room'. I came home after work on Saturday and went hardout. Got rid of all the crap that I didn't need. Filed all my paper work, clothes put away. And suddenly *bam* the idea hit me. Rearrange the furniture around! Like cleaning the room wasn't already a mission and a half.
So cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. I even cleaned my window sill and my windows! Yep, spastic cleaning indeed. The end result..
And gosh does it feel nice to have open space in front of my door! So now that I have an area of my room exposed my ugly wall is also exposed. The wall is water damaged so the pain kinda went bubbly and dried like that so theres just dry bubbles and some cracking paint.
So thats where operation black board and sofa(?) came in. First things first. Sofa? too big and heavy, whats the next best thing. BEAN BAG SOFA!!!! So googled some, prices 100+ 200+ ehh...
D.I.Y! why? cause I can.

So out I go buy fabric, bag of beans, sew sew sew. And no I don't have a car; which means, yes I carried 2 x 100L bags of bean bag refills on the bus. OH MY GOD! Disaster. One bag is already bigger than me. Imagine TWO!
But in the end I did get home... some how.
2 Hours later, done! Not a worry. Now I just need to get cracking on that wall.
TBC ta~
Which worked out fine cause originally the shelf in the corner was disassembled from the study table it was connected to. Where the doll house is used to be a very heavy industrial sewing machine (which I dragged outside to the living room on my own thank you very much). And the used to be bunk bed is now just a double with the mattress and bars lying underneath my bed.
Probably a year later this is what became of my room...
Scary isn't it. Looks like a preview to next weeks episode of hoarders. So after the last 6 weeks or so of ' I need to clean my room'. I came home after work on Saturday and went hardout. Got rid of all the crap that I didn't need. Filed all my paper work, clothes put away. And suddenly *bam* the idea hit me. Rearrange the furniture around! Like cleaning the room wasn't already a mission and a half.
So cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. I even cleaned my window sill and my windows! Yep, spastic cleaning indeed. The end result..
And gosh does it feel nice to have open space in front of my door! So now that I have an area of my room exposed my ugly wall is also exposed. The wall is water damaged so the pain kinda went bubbly and dried like that so theres just dry bubbles and some cracking paint.
So thats where operation black board and sofa(?) came in. First things first. Sofa? too big and heavy, whats the next best thing. BEAN BAG SOFA!!!! So googled some, prices 100+ 200+ ehh...
D.I.Y! why? cause I can.

So out I go buy fabric, bag of beans, sew sew sew. And no I don't have a car; which means, yes I carried 2 x 100L bags of bean bag refills on the bus. OH MY GOD! Disaster. One bag is already bigger than me. Imagine TWO!
But in the end I did get home... some how.
2 Hours later, done! Not a worry. Now I just need to get cracking on that wall.
TBC ta~
Saturday, 4 June 2011
flowers! ; a bit of something different
Hey, back again. So within the last months (after mother's day) two of our excellent European florists; one had gone on holiday for a month and the other, my trainer left Australia to go back home to start a new. So my point, because of shortage of 'senior' florists I had to step up and take a few of their places in the workplace. So here is some of my 'not-so-ordinary' bouquet works.
Couldn't resist but to finish off with a rose posy with ivy and berzillia berry.
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Welcome to the real world!
Another announcement! I am officially a god mother.
My friend had given birth to her little bubba on the 17th of May!
Little Emily is soooo cute and tiny. At 5lbs!!
My friend had given birth to her little bubba on the 17th of May!
Little Emily is soooo cute and tiny. At 5lbs!!
yes, I do have a habit of comparing things to my fist. I have another photo with an oyster the same size as my fist hahahhaa.
Flowers flowers and more flowers!
And for the flower segment. We are well into autumn now, just days away from winter technically speaking. And oh am I loving it!
Speaking of autumn, while working at one of the shops I did get a chance to make an autumn stlyed wedding bouquet. One of those customers who decide to call up on a Sunday and its a bit like 'Oh I need a wedding bouquet for tomorrow, but I don't want this this this and want only this'. Yeah.. buddy, not gonna happen. But in the end we did end up negotiating for an autumned styled bouquet. Well.. on a Sunday you are kind of stuck with the flowers you have in the shop at the time. But seeing as the guy who called up wanted an all red bouquet and absolutely no roses.. hmmmm.....
So the next morning, he came to pick up this. I was told that he was very pleased with the bouquet and said it was perfect. NOTE: it was JUST for a photoshoot.
And I kinda quessed, you know trendy, out of the norm kinda stuff you would see in the magazines. (obvisouly not pretty frilly magazines. But more style, fashion mags.
And here is Miss 'Stellar'. On of our catalogue products which has been kept from mother's day. Honestly none of them are true to what is displayed on the website flower wise. But a florist works with what she or hes got!

And last but not least. A trio of vases put together with what I could find in the shop. Each vase with a colour and texture of their own.
Speaking of autumn, while working at one of the shops I did get a chance to make an autumn stlyed wedding bouquet. One of those customers who decide to call up on a Sunday and its a bit like 'Oh I need a wedding bouquet for tomorrow, but I don't want this this this and want only this'. Yeah.. buddy, not gonna happen. But in the end we did end up negotiating for an autumned styled bouquet. Well.. on a Sunday you are kind of stuck with the flowers you have in the shop at the time. But seeing as the guy who called up wanted an all red bouquet and absolutely no roses.. hmmmm.....
So the next morning, he came to pick up this. I was told that he was very pleased with the bouquet and said it was perfect. NOTE: it was JUST for a photoshoot.
And I kinda quessed, you know trendy, out of the norm kinda stuff you would see in the magazines. (obvisouly not pretty frilly magazines. But more style, fashion mags.
And here is Miss 'Stellar'. On of our catalogue products which has been kept from mother's day. Honestly none of them are true to what is displayed on the website flower wise. But a florist works with what she or hes got!

And last but not least. A trio of vases put together with what I could find in the shop. Each vase with a colour and texture of their own.
Not dead yet!
I'm baaacckkkk!
I've been lazy to post up anything lately since winters a coming and thats my call'n to hibernate whenever possible.
BUT~ I have still been baking and flowering as I normally do... just blogger was being a richard and didn't let me sign in. So basically I'll do two separate posts one for food and one for flowers. Flowers and food. Perfect combination!

So last week on a Mondy, yes I said Mondy. I went out to one of the new cafes in the new Westfields on Pitt street. Before I went, I looked up the place up, Le Pain Quotidien. Although being very stereotypical, I assumed anything with 'le' in the beginning was french. But coming there and ordering, they did have alot of belgian, and austrian breads and bakes. Which kind of took me off guard.
Aside from the true origins of this cafe. The food there was actually very nice, well presented and coffee was lovelovelovelovelovelovel<3ve!
After going to such a bread-y cafe I was in a bread baking mood. So I went to seek a scroll/bun kind of recipe. Couldn't remeber which site I got the recipe from, but I have screen shots of the recipe on my phone.
I basically took the recipe and ended up rolling scrolls out of them. And as a second test, buns filled with cheese and bacon.
I've been lazy to post up anything lately since winters a coming and thats my call'n to hibernate whenever possible.
BUT~ I have still been baking and flowering as I normally do... just blogger was being a richard and didn't let me sign in. So basically I'll do two separate posts one for food and one for flowers. Flowers and food. Perfect combination!


Aside from the true origins of this cafe. The food there was actually very nice, well presented and coffee was lovelovelovelovelovelovel<3ve!
After going to such a bread-y cafe I was in a bread baking mood. So I went to seek a scroll/bun kind of recipe. Couldn't remeber which site I got the recipe from, but I have screen shots of the recipe on my phone.
I basically took the recipe and ended up rolling scrolls out of them. And as a second test, buns filled with cheese and bacon.
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Mothers Day recap
Hiya, survived the mother's day period. 'N I'm back with some photos from the spastic week that I had at work. I wish I could've taken more photos during the week, but it was waaaayyy too busy and hectic for me to stop . But will have to make do with what photos I did manage to sneak, hehe.
Just under a thousand orders went out this year for mother's day, so we did better than last year. So good job team!
6AM starts, 9PM finishes. Can't say that it was like having a scone and cuppa tea. But I am very glad that its over and done with. And by the end of the week lets just say that I looked and felt a bit like(and pardon my french) shit.
Just under a thousand orders went out this year for mother's day, so we did better than last year. So good job team!
6AM starts, 9PM finishes. Can't say that it was like having a scone and cuppa tea. But I am very glad that its over and done with. And by the end of the week lets just say that I looked and felt a bit like(and pardon my french) shit.
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Super organic banana and honey muffins for mum.
Back again with some baking goodies.
So after my family had demolished the last batch of brownies, mummy came up to me asking if I could bake her something like banana bread, but with honey.
Never have I heard of a banana n honey muffin (but I'm sure it exists somewhere), so I went through a couple of my cook books to find bits and pieces from other muffin recipes to make this one.
BUT on one condition; I can only use very organic products and foods. So mummy went to market and brought home the goodies.
This 'recipe' made me a dozen and a half muffins. BUT since I used the nifty silicon muffin tray my sister bought, there was more left over? The holes in the silicon tray looked a lot smaller. But not saying I couldn't have filled it to the top and let it look like a true 'muffin top'. So in the end I used a 6 holed muffin tin lined with paper cups.
Ideally, its best to have most ingredients at room temp. I think when it came to the honey I totally forgot and had to sit it on top of the preheating oven so it could warm up a bit. Measurements with the honey aren't 100% exact. I'm only guessing 1/4 C since I poured it from the jar (I really really really really really really hate honey so having it stuck in the measuring jug and having to clean it would be death for me). Also being a batter eating enthusiast, I tried the batter even though there was honey in it (I was very curious), it wasn't too sweet which is why I decided to sprinkle a little of brown sugar on the top before baking them. Or it would've been a better idea to wait for the bananas to ripen more. Haw haw!
So after my family had demolished the last batch of brownies, mummy came up to me asking if I could bake her something like banana bread, but with honey.
Never have I heard of a banana n honey muffin (but I'm sure it exists somewhere), so I went through a couple of my cook books to find bits and pieces from other muffin recipes to make this one.
BUT on one condition; I can only use very organic products and foods. So mummy went to market and brought home the goodies.
So as you can see, pretty much organic this, that or relatively healthy/fat-free/gluten-free.
Ingredients!!
2 C self raising flour
1/2 C plain flour
1/4 raw sugar
2 C self raising flour
1/2 C plain flour
1/4 raw sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
2.5 bananas (mashed up)
2.5 bananas (mashed up)
1 C buttermilk ( don't forget to shake bottle/carton first)
2 eggs lightly beaten
1/4 C honey (room temp)
1/4 C honey (room temp)
1/3 C veg oil
So, making it very easy and simple.
Oven at 200 degrees celcius.
Sift all dry ingredients together.
Stir in honey and mashed nana.
Eggs, buttermilk and oil.
Combine, but don't over mix. You want a relatively chunky batter since theres banana in it.
Stir in honey and mashed nana.
Eggs, buttermilk and oil.
Combine, but don't over mix. You want a relatively chunky batter since theres banana in it.
In they go muffin tins.
Bake 20 mins.
Bake 20 mins.

Ideally, its best to have most ingredients at room temp. I think when it came to the honey I totally forgot and had to sit it on top of the preheating oven so it could warm up a bit. Measurements with the honey aren't 100% exact. I'm only guessing 1/4 C since I poured it from the jar (I really really really really really really hate honey so having it stuck in the measuring jug and having to clean it would be death for me). Also being a batter eating enthusiast, I tried the batter even though there was honey in it (I was very curious), it wasn't too sweet which is why I decided to sprinkle a little of brown sugar on the top before baking them. Or it would've been a better idea to wait for the bananas to ripen more. Haw haw!
End result. Very moist. Subtle banana and honey taste and smell. Not too sweet. So go nuts eating them all day.
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Just can't get enough flowers!
Collection of the last weeks worth of arrangements. Below is something you will find on Pearson's Florist Website . Just my version considering it is an out of season product. This sells for $220.00
In the last image, don't know if you can see properly. But stems had orchids spiralled around them, so the vase looks like its filled with orchids but oh wait! an arrangement on the top :-O Wowerz! And to all my little anonymous lurkers, please leave a comment. They do make me happy. I feel like a crazy person who blogs to myself in third person. I'm also open to baking suggestions or request or flower advice. PS SYDNEY-ERS MOTHERS DAY IS COMING UP, I HOPE YOU REMEMBERED TO GET YOUR MUMMY'S SOMETHING NICE. 8TH MAY, SUNDAY!!
Also just wanted a little shout out; Jay Park today released his MV for Abandoned . Was on my phone on the way to work at 5:50AM buying it off itunes. Support Kpop artists!!
Peace~
Monday, 25 April 2011
Something bittersweet
I'm baaacccckkk!!
Its currently 5:15pm on a Monday. And thanks to the (extra) long weekend, I can sleep till my hearts content. I originally planned to bake something yesterday for Easter's sake, but who could resist sleeping all day when its raining and 17 degrees outside?
Originally I had planned on baking a dense chocolate cake, but then I thought.. what am I supposed to do with it afterwards. Ican't shouldn't eat it all. So my opp was to go for brownies!!!
and as you guys know I never completely follow a recipe, what I did to this one was add 1/4 C flour more a bit more 20gm more chocolate (purely cause I was too lazy to measure 180gm since I had a 200gm pack) and I added 3tbs coffee granules diluted in 1/2C boiling water (cooled of course) And rather than just dusting them all in icing sugar. Why not make a chocolate ganache sauce for it too? (I'm so bad)
recipe here!
Its currently 5:15pm on a Monday. And thanks to the (extra) long weekend, I can sleep till my hearts content. I originally planned to bake something yesterday for Easter's sake, but who could resist sleeping all day when its raining and 17 degrees outside?
Originally I had planned on baking a dense chocolate cake, but then I thought.. what am I supposed to do with it afterwards. I

recipe here!
Saturday, 16 April 2011
Flowers flowers and more flowers!
Just a catch up of the pretty flower things I've done in the past weeks.
So, we've got the posies, rose posies, rose bouquets, all round arrangements, front facing arrangements and modern designs. (inspired by my colleague from germany)
And I was quite please to see that one of my arragements will be part of our Easter range that is available at our website. Order now for Easter and Mother's Day!!
Website photo by Tony Vu a big thank you to him.
So, we've got the posies, rose posies, rose bouquets, all round arrangements, front facing arrangements and modern designs. (inspired by my colleague from germany)
And I was quite please to see that one of my arragements will be part of our Easter range that is available at our website. Order now for Easter and Mother's Day!!
Website photo by Tony Vu a big thank you to him.
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