Yesterday I was feeling a little overwhelmed with everything that I want to get done this week, or at least by Saturday anyway. Sunday I’m keeping free for an impending flake out. In my moment of crisis I did what I always do – ring Amanda and plead guilty to exactly that…biting off more than I can chew.

Seems we sisters are tarred with the same brush. When asked could she make a tart for an upcoming celebration (the emphasis being on that one would suffice) she too confessed to going into overdrive and now cannot choose between four different fillings.

And let’s not forget an earlier phone call to me this week, requesting that we ‘go crazy’ putting together a dessert bar for another occasion only weeks away. Of course I said…’sign me up’ before we’d even contemplated the logistics of the four hour travel time that separates us. Probably a good thing someone else had already offered to cater instead. At least that’s what we keep telling ourselves.

So anyway, by 9.30pm last night whilst I was a hot mess painting our toilet, because it’s completely normal to be painting at that time of night right?… I’d come to the conclusion that I LIKE being a ‘doer’. I LIKE feeling like I’m achieving whatever it is I set my mind to. I LIKE having a huge list and crossing it off one by one.

With that said, I CAN bite off more than I can chew. Just watch me stuff it all in and chow down like the cookie monster. This is how my week life rolls.

So lovely….pretty peachy cream roses adorning my bedside. 

 

So this is it! The new look…what do you think? I am super excited about how it all came together in the end. If you're a new visitor to Nicabella then thankfully you will have missed what it looked like prior to receiving this much needed makeover. 

Anyone who knows me knows that I love pink, so obviously that was a given. And then of course I couldn't say no to a set of glittered social icons to add a little sparkle. They were kindly custom designed for me by Sara from Mint 102…check out their gorgeous shop and blog. Thank you Sara!! 

Anyway, I really think this one is a keeper 🙂

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend xx

Well, so to speak anyway. The time has come to admit that for the moment I suck at regular blog posting. There, I said it.

I know you're all being very patient with me (a virtue I wish I had a little more of for myself) and it'll be worth the wait. TRUST ME. A new look for my blog awaits!

I know, it already had a mini facelift not to long ago, but in all honesty that kind of sucked too. Let this be a lesson in what late night experimentation with Photoshop watercolour and lazy css looks like. Ugh, cringe.

So, needless to say it needs a change. And, as the saying goes, change is as good as a holiday. So change are go.

Stay tuned xx

 

Yep, call me a little strange but I have a crush on my bicycle. Not only is it black and shiny, has a basket and a bell (nothing quite like a cute jingle to announce my arrival) but that Amanda also has the same one. Oh yeah, we've upgraded alright. We've come a long way from matching pyjamas and holly hobby camping blankets haven't we A 🙂

My advice….if you don't have a bicycle, go and buy one. Today. They're awesome.

And here I am, looking a little more awkward than awesome but LOVING. EVERY. MINUTE. OF. IT.

What happens when you receive an order for 150 plus cupcakes for a horse racing event, each decorated with a mini horseshoe? Let me tell you. The dining table gets over run by the mini horseshoe making factory, and you have a scribbled sheet of measurements to make some custom cupcake stands!

They were delivered on Saturday morning before heading away for the Rusty Iron Rally weekend in Macksville (more on that later) so needless to say my week was a little crazy!  

It was overwhelming how good they looked once they were all set up.

For some reason this week has seemed like such a LONG week. Long because I have been super busy at the office, and long because I have had a sudden attack of inspiration overload for all things non office related. Yes that's right…between the figures and filing that is 'supposed' to consume my nine to five, my mind has been in overdrive planning the next blog tutorial, what flavoured macarons to make and how the hell did I not discover how amazing mod podge is until now.

Anyway, it brings me to say hooray it's Friday! 

Hooray because tomorrow I am going to bake, glue and glitter my little heart out.

Happy weekend x