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
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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...
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