Twist on The Trend- Berry Shades

Hey everyone!

 

 Today is the start of an exciting feature on our blog, called

'Twist on the Trend'

 

Me and Jess have wanted to collaborate with other bloggers for a while and we came up with an idea which would be a great way of showing how different bloggers are styling the same trend.

 

We asked five of some of our favourite bloggers to be part of a group, and every fornight we are going to chose a different trend and see how everyone styles it.

 

For the first trend, as we are slowly coming into autumn we thought that it would be a great chance to style one of autumn's colour trends 'berry shades'.

 

Here is a peek of everyone's berry shade outfits, Be sure to check out how they  styled the trend on their blogs :)

 

 

1) Lizzie from Dust on the Ground, 2) Rachel from A Girl from the Countryside

3) Jane from The Tale of Two Buttons, 4) Emily from The Tale of Two Buttons

5)Paloma from Cos It's the Bee's Knees, 6)Jess from Cos It's the Bee's Knees

7) Bree from The Urban Umbrella

 

 

Here is more on how we styled the trend:

 

 

Me and Jess went into town yesterday, because it was such a nice day, and after our first week back at college we needed a break.

 

We sat by the river and watched a live band, people were even giving out free cupcakes- could the day of been any better!

 

 

 

We loved styling the berry shade trend, and definitely continue to style the trend all through autumn- its so versatile and it has a real autumnal feel to it too!

 

I am wearing, Shirt- H&M, Jeans- River Island, Shoes- Deichmann, Bag- Primark, Belt- ZARA

 

 

Jess is wearing: Shirt- DIY, Skirt- Primark, Belt- H&M, Shoes- F&F, Nail Varnish- Rimmel lasting finish in Purple Pulse

 

Hope you enjoyed the feature! We would love to hear your thoughts, and what trends you will be styling in autumn? 

 

 

Love, Paloma xxx

The Cupcake Post

Hey! So this is what all our work's been for. Just had a whole session of baking cupcakes, which was so much fun :) We go through the recipe and decorating step-by-step, so don't be afraid to try it xx

 Ingredients:160g caster Sugar

160g Butter or Margarine
3 Medium Eggs
160g Self Raising Flour
1 Teaspoon on Vanilla Extract
20 Cupcake Cases
Frosting:110g of Butter or Margarine
340g of Icing Sugar
Squeeze of Lemon Juice (if required)

Preheat the oven to 180*C/350*F/Gas 4. Cream the Butter and Sugar in a bowl until pale and fluffy (you could use an electric whisk or a spoon).

In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and the vanilla extract. Add to the mixture bit by bit.

Sift in your Flour a little at a time, folding in between. Try no to knock any of the air out, a spatula is best for this.



Next, spoon your mixture into the cupcake cases. They should be about 3/4 full, try to make them as neat as you can. Bake in the oven for 15-20 mins, or until golden on top and the cakes spring back when touched.

 

Put the cakes on a wire rack to cool. Now make the icing. Put your softened butter or margarine in a bowl and add the icing bit by bit while mixing with a tablespoon/ wooden spoon. If the mixture is too tough, add a little lemon juice. If the mixture is too runny, add some more icing sugar. Then, separate the mixture into smaller bowls and add the food colouring.

Put your piping bag (with your chosen nozzle) into a glass and spoon your coloured frosting into to bag. push the icing to the bottom of the bag and twist to sercure. Now it's down to you to be creative and have fun piping your chosen patterns :)

This step is optional. Paloma bought this beautiful pink edible glitter from a newly opened cake shop near her house. Its quite expensive, 3 pounds for a tiny pot, so we used it sparingly. Dust a little on each cake to add some sparkle :)

The finished product! After slaving away for what seemed like hours, our cupcakes were done :)



We made A Garden Full of Dasies...







...Traditional Swirls...



...and Little Monsters...

  

...and they tasted epic :)

So, what do you think? We were over the moon that the cakes worked out because our last attempt (the challenging Macaroons) was a massive fail. Thankyou all for following and feel free to leave comments and tips :) xxx