Happy Birthday to my Baby...

Hi Lil'guys,

It was Matilda's Birthday this week, and she loves fashion, so I decided to announce it to the world using a cool app on the i pad, it is called Fakers gold, it is super easy to use and you have amazing results!!!

See you soon,
Miss Drey.

Hi Lil'guys,

It was Matilda's Birthday this week, and she loves fashion, so I decided to announce it to the world using a cool app on the i pad, it is called Fakers gold, it is super easy to use and you have amazing results!!!

See you soon,
Miss Drey.

A pretty fairy tea party...

 Hi lil'guys!

Matilda has been asking me for a tea party for a few weeks now, just with her closest friends... And because it was just for a play date, I decided to go for the lowest budget that I could go for, so here it is what I came up with...

Any party, small or big needs a pretty invitation,
Matilda drew sweet fairy version of her guest friends and herself, I wrote their name on top of each silhouette, then I photocopied them 6 times (5 guests + 1 for Matilda for keepsake), cut each little fairies in a petal shape; I had some pretty paper in my "art" cupboard, I glued my 6 petals into a flower on it, then cut the edges following the petals, I finished by cutting two circles and glued them in the center as heart of the flower...
Of course at the back, I wrote the the details of the party, the date and the time, the address and a little map if necessary, a phone number/email address with a date to RSVP. I do write usually the programme of the party but it is not a must. Here are them!!!....They are so cute!!!...

For the Fairy Tea Party table,

We will need obviously tea cups and saucers, pretty plates for the "finger food" and a cupcake stand (they are so elegant on a party table...) So i got some paper cups, dessert plates and normal paper plates, all in white...

First, I took a small paper plate and cut the edge like this...



Then I took a bigger one and cut the edge as well like that...

I took a cup that I glued upside down in the middle of the big plate (with white glue),

And the small plate on top, like this...

To make it a little bit more fancy i added a cup on top, that I cut in half first, and finished off with the same pattern of the plate... Then glued little half plastic marbles to my stand a little shiny... There you have it, a beautiful fairy cupcake stand...

Ok, now the tea cups, we will need paper cups and the dessert size paper plates.



Cut the paper cup as shown above...
You will end up with this.




Then secure the long bit under the cup, it should hold by itself but if you are not too sure you can glue it with white glue.



And I finished the tea cup by glueing a little plastic marble at the top of the handle.

For the saucer, a paper dessert plate that I cut all around the borders like flower petals.
Here is the result... Beautiful fairy tea cups and saucers..

 

 


For the food, I made some fairy wand biscuits for each of the guest.



Recipe of the biscuit:

50g soft butter
75g sugar
1 egg yolk
1teaspoon clear honey
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 teaspoon milk
125g flour

Baking tray
Baking paper
Star cutter
Skewers

Fondant, different colors
Icing pens

Preheat your oven at 180°C

1- Beat the butter and the sugar until white and fluffy, then mix in the egg yolk.
2- Stir in the honey, vanilla essence and milk. Add the flour into the bowl, then mix with a spoon.
3- Use your hands to squeeze the mixture until you make a ball of dough, if too dry add a drop of milk, if too sticky add a spoon of flour.
4- Sprinkle a work surface with flour, then roll out the dought until it is about 5 mm thick. Use the cutter to cut out the stars.
5- Cover the baking tray with the baking paper, then put the stars onto it, and finish by inserting a skewer in each of them. Squeeze the scraps into a ball, roll them out again and cut out more shapes.
6- Bake them for 6 to 8 minutes, then carefully take them out of the oven. Leave them to cool on the baking tray.
7- Sprinkle a work surface with icing sugar, then roll out the fondant until is about 2-3 mm thick. Use the same cutter to cut out the stars.
8- Wet with a little water a star biscuit, then top it up with a star fondant, press lightly over to stick them together. Write the name of the guest with the icing pen.

I obviously made some cupcakes...

You will find the recipe in a previous post dated of April 23th, 2012.

I just found those Lavender Petal Baking cups, they are from the brand Wilton ( check out their website, they have amazing stuff! ) I thought there were beautiful and perfect for my fairy theme, but seeing the result!!... I was blown away!! They are just exquisite!...



As it was not for a party, I didn't make too much food, I served my homemade lemonade and I bought some sweets.

Now, everything is in the set up of the table, I picked all the little fairy toys that Matilda had, I spread a white table clothe, arrange the tea cups and saucers, the cupcake stand, found a Playmobil plant stand that I used to showcase my magic wand biscuits, place every toys carefully on the table, then the food. Matilda came back from the garden with beautiful flowers she picked from the garden, so of course we placed them on the table, here are some pics...

Now the activity,

We made some fairy wings,
What we need...

Wire,
Strong tape,
Different pieces of fabric,
String
Beads
Fake flowers, leaves,
Some elastic.


1- With the wire make a 8 shape, see below in red.
2- Secure it with the tape, see below in green.
3- Pull up each wing like the purple arrow shows you below.

Now, you have the structure of your wings.

4- Cut long pieces of fabric, then use them to hide the wire going around it many times...


5- When you done, the fun part starts, use the fabric, the flowers, the leaves to decorate the wings as you like, secure them with the tape, or use the metal stalk which comes usually with those fake flowers.
6- Make the kids bead the strings when they need your help so if you are already with someone else they don't get bored!
7- Then use the beaded string to finish the look of your wings!



8- Finish by putting the elastic for your fairy to wear her wings.
Take a 70 cm long elastic which it is represented in orange, see below. Attached it at its middle on the top of the wings, see orange dot. Then take first extremity, make a knot where the green dot is, and the second one where the red dot is.



Here is a few versions you can end up with... and of course you can make crowns and wands the same way! Have fun!...

Matilda and her friends had a wonderful time!

Artistically yours,
Miss Drey.

 Hi lil'guys!

Matilda has been asking me for a tea party for a few weeks now, just with her closest friends... And because it was just for a play date, I decided to go for the lowest budget that I could go for, so here it is what I came up with...

Any party, small or big needs a pretty invitation,
Matilda drew sweet fairy version of her guest friends and herself, I wrote their name on top of each silhouette, then I photocopied them 6 times (5 guests + 1 for Matilda for keepsake), cut each little fairies in a petal shape; I had some pretty paper in my "art" cupboard, I glued my 6 petals into a flower on it, then cut the edges following the petals, I finished by cutting two circles and glued them in the center as heart of the flower...
Of course at the back, I wrote the the details of the party, the date and the time, the address and a little map if necessary, a phone number/email address with a date to RSVP. I do write usually the programme of the party but it is not a must. Here are them!!!....They are so cute!!!...

For the Fairy Tea Party table,

We will need obviously tea cups and saucers, pretty plates for the "finger food" and a cupcake stand (they are so elegant on a party table...) So i got some paper cups, dessert plates and normal paper plates, all in white...

First, I took a small paper plate and cut the edge like this...



Then I took a bigger one and cut the edge as well like that...

I took a cup that I glued upside down in the middle of the big plate (with white glue),

And the small plate on top, like this...

To make it a little bit more fancy i added a cup on top, that I cut in half first, and finished off with the same pattern of the plate... Then glued little half plastic marbles to my stand a little shiny... There you have it, a beautiful fairy cupcake stand...

Ok, now the tea cups, we will need paper cups and the dessert size paper plates.



Cut the paper cup as shown above...
You will end up with this.




Then secure the long bit under the cup, it should hold by itself but if you are not too sure you can glue it with white glue.



And I finished the tea cup by glueing a little plastic marble at the top of the handle.

For the saucer, a paper dessert plate that I cut all around the borders like flower petals.
Here is the result... Beautiful fairy tea cups and saucers..

 

 


For the food, I made some fairy wand biscuits for each of the guest.



Recipe of the biscuit:

50g soft butter
75g sugar
1 egg yolk
1teaspoon clear honey
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 teaspoon milk
125g flour

Baking tray
Baking paper
Star cutter
Skewers

Fondant, different colors
Icing pens

Preheat your oven at 180°C

1- Beat the butter and the sugar until white and fluffy, then mix in the egg yolk.
2- Stir in the honey, vanilla essence and milk. Add the flour into the bowl, then mix with a spoon.
3- Use your hands to squeeze the mixture until you make a ball of dough, if too dry add a drop of milk, if too sticky add a spoon of flour.
4- Sprinkle a work surface with flour, then roll out the dought until it is about 5 mm thick. Use the cutter to cut out the stars.
5- Cover the baking tray with the baking paper, then put the stars onto it, and finish by inserting a skewer in each of them. Squeeze the scraps into a ball, roll them out again and cut out more shapes.
6- Bake them for 6 to 8 minutes, then carefully take them out of the oven. Leave them to cool on the baking tray.
7- Sprinkle a work surface with icing sugar, then roll out the fondant until is about 2-3 mm thick. Use the same cutter to cut out the stars.
8- Wet with a little water a star biscuit, then top it up with a star fondant, press lightly over to stick them together. Write the name of the guest with the icing pen.

I obviously made some cupcakes...

You will find the recipe in a previous post dated of April 23th, 2012.

I just found those Lavender Petal Baking cups, they are from the brand Wilton ( check out their website, they have amazing stuff! ) I thought there were beautiful and perfect for my fairy theme, but seeing the result!!... I was blown away!! They are just exquisite!...



As it was not for a party, I didn't make too much food, I served my homemade lemonade and I bought some sweets.

Now, everything is in the set up of the table, I picked all the little fairy toys that Matilda had, I spread a white table clothe, arrange the tea cups and saucers, the cupcake stand, found a Playmobil plant stand that I used to showcase my magic wand biscuits, place every toys carefully on the table, then the food. Matilda came back from the garden with beautiful flowers she picked from the garden, so of course we placed them on the table, here are some pics...

Now the activity,

We made some fairy wings,
What we need...

Wire,
Strong tape,
Different pieces of fabric,
String
Beads
Fake flowers, leaves,
Some elastic.


1- With the wire make a 8 shape, see below in red.
2- Secure it with the tape, see below in green.
3- Pull up each wing like the purple arrow shows you below.

Now, you have the structure of your wings.

4- Cut long pieces of fabric, then use them to hide the wire going around it many times...


5- When you done, the fun part starts, use the fabric, the flowers, the leaves to decorate the wings as you like, secure them with the tape, or use the metal stalk which comes usually with those fake flowers.
6- Make the kids bead the strings when they need your help so if you are already with someone else they don't get bored!
7- Then use the beaded string to finish the look of your wings!



8- Finish by putting the elastic for your fairy to wear her wings.
Take a 70 cm long elastic which it is represented in orange, see below. Attached it at its middle on the top of the wings, see orange dot. Then take first extremity, make a knot where the green dot is, and the second one where the red dot is.



Here is a few versions you can end up with... and of course you can make crowns and wands the same way! Have fun!...

Matilda and her friends had a wonderful time!

Artistically yours,
Miss Drey.

Hi Lil'guys!

I have been making little movies to make life again to really short videos and pics of the kids that now I got by millions!!! They are a really cool gifts for your loved ones, and if at the beginning it took me a little time to get use to all the tools, i Movie is an awesome application, you really can make amazing videos!!!

I had a lot of fun yesterday with Jack and Matilda, making this little trailer for the blog using the program i Movie, have a look!...

Click here: Lil'Dreys Art and Craft, the trailer...

The Art of Life

Create, CR8, CR8...

The Life of Art

Lil'Dreys, a Way of Life

See you soon!
Miss Drey.

Hi Lil'guys!

I have been making little movies to make life again to really short videos and pics of the kids that now I got by millions!!! They are a really cool gifts for your loved ones, and if at the beginning it took me a little time to get use to all the tools, i Movie is an awesome application, you really can make amazing videos!!!

I had a lot of fun yesterday with Jack and Matilda, making this little trailer for the blog using the program i Movie, have a look!...

Click here: Lil'Dreys Art and Craft, the trailer...

The Art of Life

Create, CR8, CR8...

The Life of Art

Lil'Dreys, a Way of Life

See you soon!
Miss Drey.

"Mummy, they are the Most Beautiful and Yummy Chocolate Fairy Cupcakes Ever !!!!"...

Hi Lil'guys!

Here are the Gorgeous Cupcakes that we made with Matilda for my Birthday! Matilda has a thing for those tiny pastries, she LOVES to decorate them! The frosting would be turquoise one day, pink or yellow the other days, matching the appropriate candies and glitters on top!!!
Although they look very sweet, they are not on the sugary side, the frosting is made mainly with cream cheese... which make them even more delicious!!

"Make a wish mummy!" Jack & Matilda

... "They look really completely delicious mummy!"... Jack.

"This one is my best Fairy cupcake!" Matilda

Here is the recipe of those Divine Cupcake to die for... You will now realize how easy they are to make!!!...

THE CAKE:

You will need :

-16 cupcakes paper cases

- 16 holes cupcake baking tray

- A small saucepan

- An electric mixer + mixer bowl

The Dark chocolate version:

- 200g dark chocolate

- 125g butter

- 115g brown sugar

- 3 eggs + 1 yolk

- 80g flour

The milk chocolate version:

- 200g milk chocolate

- 125g butter

- 100g brown sugar

- 3 eggs + 1 yolk

- 100g flour

The white chocolate version:

- 200g white chocolate

- 125g butter

- 90g brown sugar

- 3 eggs + 1 yolk

- 120g flour

Preheat your oven at 180º C.

In a little saucepan, melt the butter and the chocolate together under small heat.

In the bowl, mix the eggs + the yolk with the sugar using the electric mixer until the mixture looks pale and creamy, it should take at least 3 or 4 minutes.

Stir in the bowl the melted chocolate/butter.

Finally add the flour and mix.

Put the paper cases in the holes of the baking tray.

Fill up the 3/4 of each cupcake case with the batter.

Bake for...

10 minutes for the dark chocolate version.

12 minutes for the milk chocolate version.

14 minutes for the white chocolate version.

The milk chocolate version, after they cooled down, ready to be frosted...

THE FROSTING:

You will need:

-A piping bag

-Electric mixer + Small mixing bowl

- 200g cream cheese 

- 1 Tablespoon of milk

-1 Tablespoon of lemon juice

-Icing sugar to taste

-Food coloring

-Sprinkles

-Edible glitters

In the Bowl, the cream cheese, the milk, the lemon juice unti nice and smooth.

Add little by little the icing sugar until you have the sweetness wanted.

From here, you can play with the color of the frosting using the food coloring, start by very little drops until you have the desired color.

Fill up the piping bag, then start to decorate each cupcake.

(the cupcake have to be cold before frosting)

Finally, have fun customizing your frosted cupcakes with the glitters, sprinkles, fresh fruits like blueberries, candies, chocolates!!!... 

Enjoy!

Experimente, try new ways to frost your cupcakes!!!

Yellow frosting with an edible spray pearl effect...

Blue frosting, edible spray pearl effect, disco dust glitters.

Blue frosting, disco dust glitters, sprinkles.

I had some left over batter so I used a small heart shape silicone tray and used the left over frosting with some glitter on top of course!!!

See you soon!
Miss Drey.

Hi Lil'guys!

Here are the Gorgeous Cupcakes that we made with Matilda for my Birthday! Matilda has a thing for those tiny pastries, she LOVES to decorate them! The frosting would be turquoise one day, pink or yellow the other days, matching the appropriate candies and glitters on top!!!
Although they look very sweet, they are not on the sugary side, the frosting is made mainly with cream cheese... which make them even more delicious!!

"Make a wish mummy!" Jack & Matilda

... "They look really completely delicious mummy!"... Jack.

"This one is my best Fairy cupcake!" Matilda

Here is the recipe of those Divine Cupcake to die for... You will now realize how easy they are to make!!!...

THE CAKE:

You will need :

-16 cupcakes paper cases

- 16 holes cupcake baking tray

- A small saucepan

- An electric mixer + mixer bowl

The Dark chocolate version:

- 200g dark chocolate

- 125g butter

- 115g brown sugar

- 3 eggs + 1 yolk

- 80g flour

The milk chocolate version:

- 200g milk chocolate

- 125g butter

- 100g brown sugar

- 3 eggs + 1 yolk

- 100g flour

The white chocolate version:

- 200g white chocolate

- 125g butter

- 90g brown sugar

- 3 eggs + 1 yolk

- 120g flour

Preheat your oven at 180º C.

In a little saucepan, melt the butter and the chocolate together under small heat.

In the bowl, mix the eggs + the yolk with the sugar using the electric mixer until the mixture looks pale and creamy, it should take at least 3 or 4 minutes.

Stir in the bowl the melted chocolate/butter.

Finally add the flour and mix.

Put the paper cases in the holes of the baking tray.

Fill up the 3/4 of each cupcake case with the batter.

Bake for...

10 minutes for the dark chocolate version.

12 minutes for the milk chocolate version.

14 minutes for the white chocolate version.

The milk chocolate version, after they cooled down, ready to be frosted...

THE FROSTING:

You will need:

-A piping bag

-Electric mixer + Small mixing bowl

- 200g cream cheese 

- 1 Tablespoon of milk

-1 Tablespoon of lemon juice

-Icing sugar to taste

-Food coloring

-Sprinkles

-Edible glitters

In the Bowl, the cream cheese, the milk, the lemon juice unti nice and smooth.

Add little by little the icing sugar until you have the sweetness wanted.

From here, you can play with the color of the frosting using the food coloring, start by very little drops until you have the desired color.

Fill up the piping bag, then start to decorate each cupcake.

(the cupcake have to be cold before frosting)

Finally, have fun customizing your frosted cupcakes with the glitters, sprinkles, fresh fruits like blueberries, candies, chocolates!!!... 

Enjoy!

Experimente, try new ways to frost your cupcakes!!!

Yellow frosting with an edible spray pearl effect...

Blue frosting, edible spray pearl effect, disco dust glitters.

Blue frosting, disco dust glitters, sprinkles.

I had some left over batter so I used a small heart shape silicone tray and used the left over frosting with some glitter on top of course!!!

See you soon!
Miss Drey.

Pretty Spring... Joli printemps...

Hi lil'guys!

Yeah!!! Springtime! Matilda's favorite season, she is just amazed by the bright colors of the trees, but above by all the cute flowers that she can pick wit real care and displays later all around the house in her odd but sweet little vases!!!

For the holidays, it became a tradition to put together a holiday book, Jack and Matilda would present what they've done, seen, collected... during those special days. For their covers, they made beautiful trees mix matching techniques, collage, wax crayons, tempera paint, glitters...

They were just stunning!

Salut Lil'Kids!


Aaah, Le printemps! La saison préférée de Matilda, elle est tout simplement émerveillée par les couleurs toutes tendres du feuillage précoces des arbres, mais surtourt par toutes ces jolies fleurs qu'elle sélectionne avec soin pour plus les placer tout autour de la maison dans de surprenants petits vases!!!


Pour chaque vacances, il est devenutradition de confectionner un cahier de vie où Jack et Matilda présentent ce qu'ils ont fait, vu, collectionné... pour ces périodes toujours un peu plus spéciales.


Pour leurs couvertures, ils ont décidé de faire des arbres en mélangeant des techniques comme le collage, crayons de cire, gouache, paillettes...


Je dois dire qu'ils ont fait du bon travail!!!

Spring tree by Jack. L'arbre de Jack.

Spring tree by Matilda. L'arbre de Matilda.

See you soon!
A bientôt!

Miss Drey.

Hi lil'guys!

Yeah!!! Springtime! Matilda's favorite season, she is just amazed by the bright colors of the trees, but above by all the cute flowers that she can pick wit real care and displays later all around the house in her odd but sweet little vases!!!

For the holidays, it became a tradition to put together a holiday book, Jack and Matilda would present what they've done, seen, collected... during those special days. For their covers, they made beautiful trees mix matching techniques, collage, wax crayons, tempera paint, glitters...

They were just stunning!

Salut Lil'Kids!


Aaah, Le printemps! La saison préférée de Matilda, elle est tout simplement émerveillée par les couleurs toutes tendres du feuillage précoces des arbres, mais surtourt par toutes ces jolies fleurs qu'elle sélectionne avec soin pour plus les placer tout autour de la maison dans de surprenants petits vases!!!


Pour chaque vacances, il est devenutradition de confectionner un cahier de vie où Jack et Matilda présentent ce qu'ils ont fait, vu, collectionné... pour ces périodes toujours un peu plus spéciales.


Pour leurs couvertures, ils ont décidé de faire des arbres en mélangeant des techniques comme le collage, crayons de cire, gouache, paillettes...


Je dois dire qu'ils ont fait du bon travail!!!

Spring tree by Jack. L'arbre de Jack.

Spring tree by Matilda. L'arbre de Matilda.

See you soon!
A bientôt!

Miss Drey.