Cake and Card

It was my Mum's birthday last week and in addition to getting her a present I also made her a cake and a card.

For the card a roughly drew a flower and then cut out all the parts with a scalpel.

I put a piece of coloured paper on the inside to highlight the cut-outs.

The cake was a standard Victoria sponge.

To decorate the top I tried putting a plastic doily on the cake and sifting icing sugar over it.

It kind of work, but I piped on some extra icing just to define the pattern.

And I put the cake on our 'I love you Mummy' plate.

Oh yes.

Vintage dress up

My Mum recently dug out some of her old (but would now be considered vintage) dresses.

So naturally my sister and I tried them.

They fit wonderfully! 

The yellow dress I'm wearing was the bridesmaids dress my Mum wore for her sister's wedding.

Here's my Mum at 18 wearing the dress my sister has on above. She made it herself.

My Mum was around 16 in this picture (and off to a barn dance which explains the hat) and here I am wearing the same dress. Age 21 but the same size!

Notice the matching hairband which inspired the ones I made last week.

Have any of you parents held on to any of their old clothes for you to try on?