Disney Wall Art

Most people, especially girls, of my age love Disney, simply because we grew up with the classics and as we got older, the technology improved, the and the films developed with us.

But then you get us, the ones who worship Disney and would prefer them to any other kind of movies or cartoons. My bestie is one of these people. Before I first stepped into her apartment, I told her, I am expecting to basically walk into Disney Land (where she worked back in the days, so that is even level 264828 up compared to me). And I wasn't disappointed! Millions of cuddly toys, tsum tsums, quotes and every day use objects, all Disney related, around her flat. I was happy to see, that the Disney Wall Art, I have made for her birthday, made it to the living room. I figured if she appreciates it this much, I should really share it here as well...

Disney Wall Art

I went to a pound shop to find a decent size picture frame. This one has glass in front and had a back that could be taken out. I also needed lots of glue, some white paint, brush, glittery paper and scissors. From a previous conversation I got to know her all time favourite, old school Disney movies, I jumped on the internet and found some silhouette pictures I printed in the desired size later on. I coated the background of the picture with white paint, it needed a few coats to cover it all up, so the project did go over to the next few days, as you need lot of time drying after a few steps. When it was all white, I planned out the design and cut pieces of glitter paper in different colours. After I glued them up, I put the half ready picture under a lot of books to dry. Again, left it over night to make sure it is all set. The next step was to cut out the black silhouette pictures, some of them was a real struggle, for example the umbrella has some reaaaaallly thin parts I almost managed to cut off.

Then, you guessed it right, all I had to do is to glue them on the glitter paper, pile up the books once again on top of it, and let it dry for a few ours. When I was happy with it, I just placed the picture back in its frame, with the glass in front and voilà, it was all finished!

I have found that having the glass on the front was very helpful as it kept the papers in place if the edges would try to come up, also saved her to get glitter all around herself and her flat. I was actually very chuffed how it turned out, and how much she liked it! Can you guess the four Disney movies?

Mooo:)

Fruity cupcakes

Recently I have tried a few more things to bake, new cupcakes are always nice to explore. I have never made a banana and walnut cake and I must admit, I am not big fan of making full on cakes as they are harder to take to work and eat there, meanwhile cupcakes are so easy to deal with!

Banana and walnut cupcakes

For a banana base I followed a recipe on bbcgoodfood. I do find this website very useful, if I have a flavour in mind I want to try, I make sure I have a look for variations there first, as I think they are reliable.

However, I prefer my own presentation of things, so I usually just follow the base instructions and get creative with the toppings. As far as I remember, I didn't even have to double my portions and I ended up with more than the suggested serving number. After filling up the first 12 cupcake cases and putting them in the oven, I finely chopped up some walnuts and added it to the other half of the mixture. I also sliced up a banana and selected some nice walnut pieces for the toppings. When I was finished with all the baking, and both kinds were cooled down, I just added some icing (basic icing sugar and water mixture) on the top of the cupcakes and placed a banana slice or walnut on top - obviously, the only banana ones got the banana and the nutty ones got the walnut... Duh.

I think the nutty ones were more popular. I could see that the banana started to go brown on top after a few hours, which did not mean they did not taste nice anymore, but I guess they were not that appealing after a while. All in all, it is a nice recipe, and I am glad I tried it.

Pink Blueberry

Everyone has a go to standard cupcake recipe. So I always make sure I have the ingredients for the basic cupcake at home, so when I decide to bake at 2am in the morning, I only have to figure what flavour I want to add. This time it was a birthday treat for my bestie, and she loves pink and glittery things just as much as I do. So after I made the cupcakes, I sprayed the top shimmering pink with the edible food spray, then with a help of a cupcake corer (first time I used it) I made little dips in the middle. Filled them up with blueberry jam (just to keep with the colour theme). My friends know I love baking, so back in September I got plenty of baking decorations for my birthday. So I decided that this was the time I used one of the sets. I decorated the cakes with little sticks with purple and pink butterflies on them. Although you could barely see it, but the cupcake cases were matching as well! They just turned out so lovely, it wasn't the most extreme flavour, but it was delicious and so pretty!

Moo :)