Monday, September 13, 2010

Fairy Garden Update ... and cake.

So, this is what I did today...planted some plants, arranged some gnomes and wood animals, painted a wall, paved and mulched.
From this
to this

From this
To this
So, all up it came together pretty well.
I just need some more redgum chips and some more time to paint onto the curved wall a 'fairy door' (even though it more of a gnome overload) and some flowers and mushrooms and stuff. Very happy so far, kids love it, yay. But I am totally stuffed. Straight to bed after True Blood and some work for the business association :(
Flowers planted are lavender (french white and regular avon blue), a variety of daisies - heritage, marguerite etc, everlastings, rosemary, parsley, alyssum, lobelia etc. The tree in foreground is a peach, weeping one behind cubby is a weeping mulberry.

And on to cake...
I did the kitkat cake again for my mums birthday. I'll show it in stages. Baked a round chocolate cake - devils cake made with with shaved chocolate. Iced it and then stuck kitkats around edges.
Then I put a ribbon around to support the kitkats, and filled in the top with one bag of mini M&Ms and one bag of regular M&Ms.

I have all the paper soaking ready to do the papier mache pulp. So not looking forward to next stage of the Dragon eggs...

4 comments:

Cwm Goch Chronicles said...

No energy huh?!!!!
the garden looks fantastic! I LOVE the gnomes.
The markets in Mundaring sell cute concrete mushrooms in bright colours - they might be a nice addition over time too.

Cathode said...

I have been feeling motivated of late - to get away from computer and actually doing things :)

I'm dog tired and I still have some graphic stuff to do for a local business group tonight :(

I love the concrete mushrooms. I have the gold and cream ones in my garden, and I put the red and orange ones in the 'fairy garden'. I do want to go and get some more ... I want the poisonous mushroom look (red with white spots) but I really want some that are a different shape.
Is the one at Mundaring the same lady that sells them at Kalamunda Markets?

Cwm Goch Chronicles said...

Heya,
yes I think she is the same lady. What do you mean different shapes? I reckon you could ask her and she'd work on ti for you if she doesn't already sell some.

Cathode said...

Last time I asked her (a few years ago) she said she only did the one type.
I would love some shapes like (you'll have to cut and paste)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xQBCml7iMkA/SwTX_t9B8VI/AAAAAAAAFDk/EbvbggjTPbE/s400/concretemushrooms.gif

or like here (oO and they are Aussie ...might get some from there!)
http://thefairygarden.com.au/magical-mushrooms-c-6.html