Posts from October 2008

cupcakes! (fairy cakes as i know them)

i love cupcakes! as a kid, we called them fairy cakes. i’ve recently found my favourite recipe from martha stewart for these chocolate cupcakes. i can’t recommend the recipe enough. it’s easy and delicious - without fail. the only issue i’ve had with both batches i’ve made is finding the perfect chocolate icing/frosting to go [...]


taking back the weekend

i’m used to working on weekends. saturday and sunday don’t mean anything different to me other than the stores being a little busier. i am so used to spending my saturday nights working on projects and catching up on emails. well, no more. i realise i’ve allowed work to overtake everything else in my life [...]


mmmm….chocolate

i’ve been on the search for a really good chocolate chip cookie and i have finally found it thanks to nigella lawson. these are chocolate chocolate chip cookies and are quite delish! if you are ever in need of a really indulgent cookie, this is it!
125g. dark chocolate (i used milk choc)
150g. flour
30g. cocoa
1 [...]


diversity

sometimes i really love how diverse my work is. this week i’ve worked on finishing, and launching, a site for a PR firm, designs for a rather involved demo site for a major CMS company, the creation of a small fun site for an author, a few promotional e-cards for some new books coming out, [...]


refresh

due to some db issues on a previous host i’ve decided to move this site over to my own server. the db issues means i can’t pull over the previous posts (i’ve just copied over a few manually), without pulling over some crappy spam, so i’ve decided to just start over. i actually plan on [...]


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