A Little Valentines Message

It is Valentines Day and Mr A is away - the first time in the 16 Valentines Days we have been together.  We don't usually make a big fuss but it is always nice to receive that card and know that the love of your life is there beside you.

So this one is for you Mr A - I love you to the moon and back xox

Fete Press Issue 1

The latest edition of Fete Press came out today - one of the most gorgeous online magazines to be found.  Annabelle and Jane have such style - I could flick through the pages all day.

Make sure you check it out (here) - you might see a few Sweet Style Products on some of the pages as well.

 In love with the shoes from this next page

January Photo a Day Challenge

So our January photo a day challenge finished today - here is my month as seen via instagram.

A new February Challenge begins tomorrow and you can find out more by visiting Chantelle at Fat Mum Slim - I would love to see what you come up with.

1. Me 2. Breakfast 3. Something I Adore

 4. Letterbox 5. Something I wore 6. Makes you Smile

 7. My sky 8. Daily Routine 9. Favourite

 10. Childhood 11. Where I sleep 12. Close Up

 13. In My Bag 14. Something I am Reading 15. Happiness

 16. Morning 17. Water 18. Something I bought

 19. Sweet 20. Someone I Love 21. Reflection

 22. My shoes 23. Old 24. Guilty Pleasure

 25. Something I Made 26. Colour 27. Lunch

 28. Light 29. Inside my fridge 30. Nature 31. Me again (Wii style)

Jars for Cakes and Drinks

I have a thing for interesting jars but I also have a thing for jars that have multiple uses!  My latest love in jars is the fabulous Ball Mason Jar - yes I love the antique vintage blue ones but this one is brand new and is so versatile.

It is the perfect size for a cake in a jar - a great way to serve your guests at a party or even as a take home gift - change the colour of the patterned paper in the lid and you can match the theme of your event.  Here I have layered a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting to go with the festive red dots and twine used as decoration.  Attach a spoon and an instant dessert is ready.

When you have finished your cake you can then use your jar as a fabulous way to serve your next drink.  

Just right with a delicious ice cold summer punch and they look
cute with these little lids that are a perfect fit for a stripey straw.

Eating cake and drinking punch just keeps getting more enjoyable.

These great jars (as well as all the other goodies you see here) can now be found in the Sweet Style store here.

Thank you to Jordan from Polkadot Prints for sharing this post on her blog earlier this week.

Images: Sweet Style

Happy Australia Day

Happy Australia Day to all the Aussies around the world.

We have had a wonderful day flying the Aussie Flag, enjoying a backyard bbq and finishing the meal off with some pavlova - hope you are having a wonderful day wherever you are.

With love for Valentines Day

It is only a few weeks to Valentines Day so I have been looking through all my goodies to see what is perfect for a valentines party or even just as a special something for your valentine.  Here is what I came up with - hope it provides a little inspiration.

So who is having a Valentines Day party or will it be just you and your sweetheart?

Images: Sweet Style
Cake by Blissfully Sweet Cakes
Jars, cake stands, straws, paper bags and candy available in the store

Can't get enough of Instagram

I have been taking part in the January photo a day challenge hosted by Chantelle from Fat Mum Slim - you may have seen a few photo's pop up each day on Facebook.  I am always looking for a new photo challenge so decided to join this one for a bit of fun but the day before I signed up my new fancy camera decided to malfunction! So I had a change of plan and decided to use my iPhone and instagram to participate in this challenge.  I have had instagram on my phone for a while but only used it occasionally but have noticed how wonderful the images in my feed are from regular instagramer's so I set another challenge -  to see if I could capture some great shots on my phone.

To my delight I have found a whole new world of people and photo's to follow and I now check in regularly throughout the day to update my daily life via instagram and also find out what everyone is up to in pictures - it really is such a fun app and I am amazed at how incredible it can make your photo's look.

So here is a snapshot of January via my instagram feed - will post my January photo challenge photo's at the end of the month.

Are you on instagram? - leave a comment for me so I can follow you.  You can find me under @sweetstyle

 This next one was taken by Indi!