Showing posts with label joe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joe. Show all posts

Saturday, 26 March 2011

things that begin with 'S' ★

sunshine, strawberries, scrumptious, sweets, sauce, sprinkles, social, stalls, super stuff and Sienna

all things that begin with 'S'

(it will all become clear don't worry!) 


right so today i went to the 'on your doorstep' exhibition at the Villa Marina with my mum + my little cousin Sienna to have a skeet at all the lovely Manx things on display

one of the main things i was excited to see was the 'Cupcake Creations' stall


i've visited their website lots of times before + spoken to them on Twitter (@CCIOM) but it was nice to actually meet Sarah and see all the yummy cupcakes for real


here's Sarah posing with one of her 'cupcake creations'


the display was amazing and the cupcakes looked truly scrumptious, they had a DIY cupcake decorating option as well and since little Miss Sienna is so fussy with cakes, i let her pick her own toppings


in the end she went with heaps of chocolate sauce, chocolate mini eggs, smarties and a mini jammy dodger...

i picked one too only mine was covered in vanilla frosting tinted with pink and covered in glittery bits


i can tell you now that it was indeed... delicious!!!

for more info about these tasty little freshly baked homemade cupcakes for every occasion, check out the Cupcake Creations website here - IOM Cupcake Creations

i should point out as well that Sienna actually ate all of hers, to the point where she was licking the crumbs and sauce off the cake case!


oh i'll show you my nails as well, in keeping with the little strawberry necklace i made last week, i painted my nails to match...


so what else? well to be honest i didn't get the chance to take many photos of the exhibition stalls, the place was absolutely packed and it was tricky making your way around all of the displays let alone snapping photos of them all!

i did manage to get a photo of the Groudle Glen Railway stall though, and Alex (or 'the train man' as Sienna calls him) pulled his very best model pose while i took a quick shot of the display


we'll probably be taking Sienna to the Easter trains next month which should be super fun as always, 

in case you'd like to book yourself some tickets or find out more about getting involved with the railway, here's the website - GGR

and for my previous posts about the charming little Groudle Glen Railway check out these links - Super Duper Train Times & Super Sunday #4

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one of the other main reasons i actually left the house today was to meet my friend Joseph at the villa because he had a truly awesome amazing and ruddy fantastical present for me!!!


since i'm not much of a 'gamer' anymore he's given me my very own purple gamecube to play on and even managed to get me a copy of my favourite old gamecuve game 'Pikmin'


i can't even begin to tell you how excited i am to be playing this again! this used to be my favourite game console and game to play on and i can't believe he has given me this!!!!

thank you thank you thank you!!!

Joseph... you are a star!

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it's been a really super day to be honest, i've met with quite a few lovely new friends and caught up with lots of old ones + i saw my big sister Nikki for a bit as well which was nice

i guess i should actually bother to leave the house more if i want to catch up with people like i did today!

i got to pop in and see the new David Maddrell exhibition at the Sayle Gallery as well. big thanks to Joseph for coming with me since i don't really like to visit the gallery by myself (don't ask). and of course for carting the awesome gamecube all the way down into town for me!

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oh i thought i'd share these pics of Sienna's doodles for you all to see, 

she got this great notebook from the Manx National Heritage stall and it didn't take her long to start sketching away in it


these two show a giraffe with a shark on it's head and a picture of me scared of the 'shiraffe'


and these two are both drawings of me


she's clearly inherited my artistic skills!

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and that's it, enjoy the rest of your weekend wherever you are

nothing else to say, 

that's all folks...

★ ◕‿◕

Friday, 11 March 2011

★ Fabulous Friday ★

So apologies for not posting yesterday, those of you that follow me on facebook or twitter might have noticed that I posted up a new website link...


I spent about 7 and a half hours straight working on a new website layout yesterday and it finally went live last night at about 9pm (massive thanks to the lovely Miss Danni Tatu for all of her amazing help, check out her awesomely gorgeous website here – doodlesbydanni


the new site is much easier to navigate than my old one was + it has clearer buttons, links and a bigger gallery


it took me a ridiculous amount of time to sort out (mainly because I suck at anything flash or html related) but it's finally up and running now! (thanks also to Joe for checking the site for bugs + other crazy technical things and for putting up with me ranting on about photoshop headaches all afternoon)

i should warn you all though... the site is a total cacophony of girlyness with pink everywhere + candy colours, sweeties and other girly stuff (also thanks to Mike for being the first guy to visit the site, he thought it was insanely gay... i did warn him though!)


i apologize to my male readers/fans... it had to be girly though! (it matches the artwork after all)

anyway you can now visit my 'official' website here 


oh and fyi it's a 'flash' site so it will NOT load on iPhones or iPads

and if it still won't load for you on a computer or laptop then check your adobe flash player...

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in other news...

Today my new postcards and stickers arrived!!!


I was beyond excited to open these and they did not disappoint


the quality is lush with lovely glossy finishes + my little logo on the back 


lollipop + rococo cupcake postcards are now available to buy individually or in little bundles on the etsy shop - the Candy Cove

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anyway on with the most IMPORTANT thing...

today is the last day you can enter the Giveaway!!!

there are less than 6 hours left to get your entries in to win...

this adorable acrylic pink poodle necklace


this little diddy hello kitty notebook


this set of super kawaii food badges/buttons


these tasty kawaii bubble stickers


this sweet (blank) cupcake card + detachable squishy cupcake magnet


as well as a FREE 'Sensationally Sweet' lollipop postcard (yes free)


and a liquorice allsorts keyring (not for sale anywhere on the web yet... anywhere)


AND a sheet of mini stickers that aren't available ANYWHERE else full stop!!!


not even to buy... these stickers are for me only so a sheet of them in the giveaway loot bundle is quite a big deal...

so yeah... lotsa goooooodies!

so what are you waiting for! get entering...

and remember i don't care if you're the other side of the planet, if you win i will post this stuff out to you, no problem!


i know i have a lot of international followers but i don't want any of you to think you can't enter

YOU CAN (in fact, please do)

ok so to enter all you have to do is comment on THIS here post right here that you are reading NOW right here... here just scroll down and leave a comment HERE

(even if it's just a word, leave a comment and you'll automatically be entered)

alternately, if you follow me on Twitter you can retweet to enter or send me an '@' reply/mention

or if you don't have a blogger account you can send an email to this address telling me that you want to enter - jadeboylanblog@gmail.com

and you can leave a comment on the facebook fan page

it's THAT simple!

to gain extra entries you can reblog me on tumblr - the-jaded-one

and for an extra EXTRA entry you can mention this giveaway in a blog post (if you do this then please leave or send me a link so i can see the post)

♥ ♥ ♥

maximum of 6 entries per person

the giveaway is running until Midnight (UK time) on Friday the 11th of March, so there's not THAT much time left to enter...

i will draw a winner tomorrow morning using a random number generator

i'll post the results on Saturday the 12th of March and the winner will be notified via email, facebook, tumblr or twitter accordingly


so go now and enter the giveaway

look at all the cute stuff you can win!

you won't believe this but i've already started picking up goodies for the NEXT giveaway so don't be too disheartened if you don't win this one

gosh i do spoil you guys...

◕‿◕ xX


ps – i'm really not much of a praying girl but right now all the prayers in my heart are going out to those affected by the devastating Earthquake and Tsunami that hit Japan + affected most of the Pacific basin. if you live in any of the countries or islands affected, keep safe + please be alright xX