Happy Five!

La Baguette Magique is 5 years young today, a good excuse for a little sweet tooth celebration! Add sparklers and sparkling wine and dress the birthday table to the nines! Well, who said that September couldn't start off with a bang?!

Sprinkle Bakes' Bubble Gum Frosting Cupcakes with Gelatin Bubbles' could be the talk of the table!

Eh, wait! Sprinkle Bakes is 5 years young too! (pict source)

Snowed Under! (Part 2)

Hey, it's been snowing across the net too! So then stay in with us, snuggle up and check out this selection of beautiful inspiring photography... Oh, hang on a minute... Is it me or is there a Valentine's hint down our icy Winter theme?

Sources: (1) via Pinterest. (2) 'The Kylie Fashion Shoot' by Stylist (pictured by William Baker). (3) 'Triple Layer Vanilla Ruffle Cake' by Red Magazine. (3) 'Vanilla Rosewater Cupcakes' by Sprinkle Bakes.

A Week-End Wonderweb 26-03 (Dessert)

Aside from good company and interesting conversations, the most enjoyable part of a dinner party is - for those of us with a sweet-tooth inclination - the anticipated dessert, prepared, shop-bought or made to order for the host(ess): from a baking classic to the decadently-laden crème de la crème, the cherry on the cake is likely to stir up more than one capital sin, and sure enough we'll even come back for more!

Sources (top page down):

• Sprinkle Bakes, 'My First Daring Bakers Challenge - Tiramisu!' (27/02/10)
• Red Online, 'Raspberry & Double Chocolate Cake' (picture by Tony Briscoe)
• La Ciliegina sulla Torta, 'Entremets Marron Glacé Chocolat' (15/12/10)

A Week-End Wonderweb 07-11 (Tea Time)

Welcome to La Baguette Magique's brand-new and exciting week-end feature, a taster celebration of online inspiration that will complement our forthcoming blog adventure, Mirabelle, where the mostly visual homely, lifestyle and interior design scheme will be developed at leisure, mainly capitalising upon existing online resources.

Meanwhile please rest assured that La Baguette Magique will carry on as normal, with however a number of exciting additions including product reviews and another passion of mine, ephemera (already given pride of place here and there).

A Week-End Wonderweb will consist of a small number of carefully-chosen web-published lifestyle photographs (with sources provided at the end of the article), strung together by one simple sentence. Nothing more, nothing less. Just see for yourself now.

P.S: Wonderweb was originally scheduled for yesterday morning, unfortunately 'technoflops' decided otherwise (in this instance an extremely erratic internet connection). Apologies.

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Riches of gold enhanced by aqua or duck-egg greens, like in this splendid reception room, an invitation to temptation, to pause for a while, succumb to a selection of delicacies served with a cup of your favourite Earl Grey for that perfect afternoon tea amongst friends...

Sources (from top page down):

• Hopscotch & Grace, via Tumblr. Original source: Thibaut, via House of Turquoise
• Sprinkle Bakes, Pièce Montée (Croquembouche)
• Charbonnel & Walker, Pink (Marc de) Champagne Truffles (via John Lewis)
• Sol Linero, illustrator and motion graphics designer, 'Tea Time Exhibition' (silkscreen print)
• Royal Albert 1950-Festival tea cup & saucer by Royal Doulton (via Amazon and Polyvore) 
• Gillian Frazer Handcrafts, 'Rosie Lea' hand-knitted tea cosy
• My Vintage Party, vintage crockery hire
• Stop! Tea Time!, by Dutch illustrator and designer Esther Aarts.