SOC: Birthday Celebration Monkey Boy Style

Come Monday the 5th of March we will be celebrating my eldest boy’s 8th birthday. This year he has requested for an Aeroplane cake for his birthday. He specified that he wanted it to be a Ryan Airlines plane and to look like the model airplane which we have in the house.

It really wasn’t that easy to create the plane and I had to redo the wings a few times as they broke in the process. In the end I substituted baby biscuit for cake and it manage to hold up without having to put extra “support” inside the cake. It was a really rush job as I actually intended to decorate the cake after the kids went to sleep at night but they only went to bed at 11pm which was way past their bedtime. In the end I decided to wake up early and decorate the cake the next morning. Who knew that these energizer bunnies would wake up too at 7am and make such a din playing around making it extremely hard for me to concentrate on decorating the cake and getting them settled for breakfast before going off for their Saturday morning swimming lesson.

This is not one of my best cake decorations. The Angry bird cake which I made for Doggie boy’s 5th birthday back in December was better planned out and it looked much better. R said that it did look good given that it took me about 1.5hrs to finish getting the cake done and everyone enjoyed eating it.

Monkey boy got his wish of an Aeroplane cake and had the toys/books which he wanted. He too got to eat his favourite Japanese food and had a great 8th birthday celebration.

March 2, 2012

Fancy Some Cool Lightings for your Dining Room?

Dominique Reviews Meyda Lighting

Meyda Chandeliers

Photo credit: Meyda Lighting Chandeliers

Lighting plays an essential part in the ambiance of a room. Having the right type of lighting could make the room more posh and inviting to you and your guest. It also would aid in setting the mood for the evening. The correct lighting not only brightens up the room it can also enhance the focal point of the room to make it more outstanding. If the lighting itself is the focal point it could be used to tie in all the different element/furnishings of the room so that it all blends together stylishly.

Meyda Tiffany chandeliers are the type of lighting which I would choose for my dining room. It would look perfect above my six seater marble table. It would certainly give it a touch of sophistication and match any formal dinner settings which I may have set on the table. The chandelier would also make a good conversation starter piece if we do have guest over for dinner on special occasions.

If having a chandelier is not your style or you find it too cumbersome to maintain there is the option of having a more classic look with Meyda Tiffany lamp lighting. The simple design would blend into any decor and give it a more casual feel than the opulence from a chandelier. The classic look is timeless and can suit the most modern or chic decor.

Which type of lighting then will you be choosing for your dining room?

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