Pin-ing Real Life

 I thought for ages that "Pin Real Life' meant, 'don't waste you life surfing pinterest, go do cool stuff and then stick it on there for other people to waste their life mooning over'. I liked the 'get off the 'puter' and go do stuff but then get back on the 'puter and upload it' encouragement it suggested. But it didn't mean that, so life went on as usual aka very little time for anything but childcare, books and a wee bit of craft, so no telly, no newspapers, no pinterest.
Until very recently, when some cake-spiration was required.

                                                       And so, here is, my first 'Pin Real Life'

                                                          

                                                                    My version

Rainbow cake with a little doll house/bunting embellishment

The Pin-Pic Inspiration

It is a great expanse of white cakeness that begs decorating in this fashion. I was going to make edible bunting to grace the sides of mine but ran out of time.

I made cream cheese icing for the white between layers, and used royal icing (thickly so as to hide the rainbow colours inside) for the outside. And half bottles of food colouring. Sickly and e-numbered up like all the best birthday cakes!

Claud and her mates were mad for it.

The birthday baba herself, beautifully dressed in Rowantree

But I still like my other idea of 'pin-ing real life' better, so I'm uploading some of the crafty stuff I've did last year on there (someone pined me doll house bookcase already *faints*.  And since the husband is still on his work hols and sharing the Claud rearing, and since it is wayyyy better than google image, I have made the occasional, specific, project inspiration foray there since the cake. 

ie there will be more 'pin-ing real life' round here shortly!

Are you a 'pin-up' too? 

How do I find you so I can surf your cool pins?