Hope you’ve remembered the flour, eggs & milk as tomorrow is the one and only pancake day! Here’s some pancakes inspiration to get those tummies rumbling!

For the image sources, please click the links: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8

We can’t believe it’s almost time to start the new term already! how did that happen?! …Here are some cute back-to-school themed cakes, cookies & projects to get you in the mood!

Image Credits:

Cake / Wreath / Chalkboard / Cookies / Free Printable Lunch Box Notes

Now, copyright laws are pretty strict around the whole thing, so I should mention – we are not an official sponsor of the games (that was a stretch too far on our marketing budget!)

Please note this poster is free to be enjoyed by all the clients and Facebook ‘likers’ who are members of our Free Printables Library. It is not for sale or redistribution.

If you’d like to join the Free Printables Library, send us an email (info@inthetreehouse.co.uk) with the subject Free Printables Library and we’ll invite you along to join. You must be a follower/’liker’ of our Facebook page or client from present or past. 

Here are some cute party ideas in case you and your family are marking the occasion:

Please click the links to find the image credits online: Donuts / Party Spread / Sweetie Jars / cookies / cupcakes

Evening all, hope you had a nice weekend and that Monday wasn’t too painful returning to work… Just a little Free Printable treat for all of our US followers tonight -

- good for cakes, in a vase of flowers, in the window, anywhere you like!

To join our Free Printables Library, you must have ‘liked’ our Facebook page or be a client of ours from past or present. Please email us at info@inthetreehouse.co.uk with the subject Free Printables Library and you’ll be invited to join…

I’ve also put together an inspiration board of cute 4th of July party ideas – hope you like it.

Click on the links to see where I found the images:

Covered Strawberries

Tiered Cake

Cupcakes

Wreath

Garlands.

Every now & then, we are lucky enough to meet someone who truly inspires us creatively, and this happened to me while in London this weekend. I had the pleasure of meeting world renowned Milliner Piers Atkinson at his pop up boutique in Covent Garden. With Royal Ascot taking place this week, I thought I’d share a selection of a few creations from various collections. Piers is one of the featured Milliners who’ll be present at Ascot this year, but if like me, you’re not going to be there, you might just have to go swoon over his website instead…

Happy Fathers Day to all our readers…

We’ve designed this poster which you’re more than welcome to share on your dad’s Facebook wall, click here if you’d like to do so….

Hope you’ve enjoyed the day!

Hi all, I wanted to share with you the latest addition to our  Free Printables Library – some fun Easter egg hunt signs and clues for you to print from home and use with the kids this Easter…

These signs are great for littler ones (like mine,who’s 2) and the clue cards are great for you to write your own clues on, making them as easy or tricky as you like depending on the ages of your children.

Our Free Printables Library is available to all our Facebook ‘likers’ as well as all clients (both whom we’re currently working with and previous ones too). If you fit it into these categories and would like to join – just email us at info@inthetreehouse.co.uk with the subject Free Printables Library and we’ll invite you to join.

If you make use of these, hope you and the little ones have loads of fun -we’d love to hear how you get on! Happy Easter…

You may have noticed that whenever a special time of year comes around, I search the web for some inspiring little treats to get us in the spirit! With Easter in mind, I had fun finding these – hope you like them.

I love these cute little Spring garden cupcakes above!

Easter Nests by the Vanilla Clouds & Lemon Drops blog – Ah, now here’s a recipe I could manage! These really take me back…

These Easter Bunnies look kind of achievable don’t you think? I might try them with my little one soon…

Feels so good to be blogging today – it’s been a while (something to do with a rather incredible week of sun, sea and relaxation in the Cape Verde Islands - more on that soon!). Anyway, I’ll now be making up for lost time with some exciting features coming up over the next few weeks – including the exquisite wedding photos of Matt (our very own Treehouse Keeper) & Leanne. I can’t wait for him to share them with you via his new blog feature ‘In the He House’.

I am incredibly gutted to have missed out on sharing some ideas for Mothers Day with you (again, blaming my week in the sun & crazy pre-holiday schedule for this!). Still, I will have double the features for next year I suppose. Even though I know the day has passed, I didn’t want it to go unmentioned on the blog – now where on Earth would we be without mums? I don’t know where to start! -

So although it’s a little bit late – to all the brilliant mums out there:

The photo is of her own mum and dad, Mr. & Mrs. H. Foley on their wedding day in 1947. It’s the only photo of the day we have and was being safely kept in a drawer somewhere, although never on display. I scanned it in, printed it out & displayed it with some other significant & pretty things in this lovely box frame… The beautiful frame is from The Range for £9.99 and has a lovely cushioned canvas inside so you can simply pin in your treasures. I included a piece of a vintage dress pattern, as my mum’s a fashion designer – this is also why I have added a bit of an old tape measure. There’s a pretty rose corsage, some scrabble tiles which I bought in bulk from ebay, a patterned tin heart, and some pretty ribbons, laces and airmail paper behind. The frame around the photo is from a charity shop – I just removed the backing and glass and glued the empty frame in there.

If you fancy giving this a go, other things you could use are brooches, pearls, old stamps (ebay is good for these), letters, pretty fabric, favourite recipes or song words – the list is endless, but really – anything that feels personal to you/the recipient. The great thing about this particular frame is that the front opens and then closes magnetically, so you can continue to add special things to it long after…

Following on from the DIY treasure box frame, I thought I’d show you the photo in clearer detail – Mr & Mrs Harold & Monica Foley, my Granny and Grandad on their wedding day in 1947. What a truly handsome couple they made. During this time of austerity shortly after WW2, it wasn’t uncommon for a Bride to wear a smart suit such as this one as opposed to a white wedding dress. Although the original photo remains safely tucked away in a drawer for protection, I’m so glad there’s now also a version on display in the box frame to be admired & cherished.

If you are inspired to make one of these – good luck and keep us posted…

While queuing at the supermarket the other day, I found myself slap bang in front of a whole monstrous shelf, full to the brim of ready-made pancake mix. One step further than ready-made actually – the type you get in a bottle – just add water, shake and hey presto, you have exactly enough for 8 pancakes. After a few baffling moments, I realised it was pancake day/Shrove Tuesday coming up this week. While looking for a recipe to share with you today, I stumbled across this amazing blog, Sips & Spoonfuls. It belongs to Sukaina, a food writer and photographer, who lives with her 2 year old daughter Maryam and husband Akber. The blog, as Sukaina describes it, is “a compilation of generations of recipes, tales of her family, her childhood as well as labours of her photography. It is filled with beautiful memories, beautiful meals and beautiful images.” Indeed it is. Here’s her recipe for pancakes which I hope will give you a taster of her blog and encourage you to go take a peek:

Fluffiest Pancakes Ever:
Ingredients: 225 grms plain flour / 1 tablespoon baking powder / 1 tbs sugar pinch of salt / 2 large eggs, slightly beaten / 300ml milk / 30 gms butter, melted and cooled / butter for frying

Directions: Add the first seven ingredients to a blender and mix until the all ingredients are incorporated. Transfer batter to a jug (this makes it much easier to pour). Add a small knob of butter to a frying pan and pour a small amount of batter. Fry on one side until bubbles start to form on the top side. Flip over and cook the reverse side for less than thirty seconds. Serve with maple syrup.
Note: This recipe yielded 12 pancakes. You may need to add extra milk once the batter is sitting for a while as it may become slightly thick. Just add enough to get the same consistency as you started off with.

Whatever your planning to top your pancakes with, I hope they’re a success and happy pancake day! x

Just a little poster we designed to say Happy Valentines Day! Hope it’s been a smoochy one! x

I can’t believe February has come around already! …and we all know what that means -Valentines Day. Whether you’re a lover or a hater of this annual smooch-fest, you’re sure to want to sample one of these lovely treats below. There’s just nothing better to receive than when someone has taken the time to make you something with their own two hands is there? (Even if they don’t turn out looking quite like these:

These are amazing aren’t they? Such a simple idea – wish I’d have thought of it myself… These Cupid’s Arrow Cupcakes are currently on Bakerella’s awesome blog http://www.bakerella.com/

Hooray for Martha Stewart – decades of inspiration and great ideas. I love these colours. http://www.marthastewart.com/306695/valentines-day-cupcake-recipes/@center/276967/valentines-day