How to have your cake & eat it too!

Its nearly September! And September means Birthday Month! And that means I HAVE to eat cake right ;)

So this year I thought it'd be fun to share the baking love around a bit with a Baking Swap.

If you enjoy baking and eating baked goods, and live in NZ this is for you!

What will happen:
You register (details below) by Friday 5th September
I sort you in to swap groups & give you the addresses of up to 5 other people.
You bake (biscuits, cakes, fudges what ever you enjoy making)
Then you split your baked goods into 6 (you need to keep some for yourself!), package them up and post them to the 5 people you're swapping with.

Then sit back and wait for baking to arrive at your place, make a cuppa to enjoy with the baking, and consume! (or invite friends over to help you - share the baking love even further)

To register:
Email sweetdesignsnz@gmail.com with your name and address (make sure you put Baking Swap in the subject)

Please note - Baking needs to have been swapped by September 30th 2014.
You don't need to send a whole batch of baking to every person - that'd be a lot of baking! 

If you have any dietary requirements, you're not excluded! Join in too, make sure you let me know in the email what they are, and i'll try and match you all up :)

This is not a competition about who does the best/fanciest/prettiest baking - this is about sharing the enjoyment of giving and receiving home baked goodies. A little bit of love to get Spring started :)

AND as an added bonus, all people who participate in the Baking Swap will go in the draw to win a Sweet Designs Oven Mitt :) (may not be exactly as pictured due to the way the fabric repeats)

Have you a Spring in your Step?

I find Winter a bit tough and long to be honest. The lack of sunshine eats away at my mood and it becomes much harder work to be positive about things. So I really love it when we get a lovely sunny day - especially if I get to hang out on the boat with my husband :)

I also really like when signs of Spring start appearing. It might be a little on the early side for some of these flowers but I'm really excited to have been able to pick this bunch of flowers from my garden - really feels like spring is here! (I'm ignoring the fact that another Stormy Southerly is forecasted for tomorrow!) 

These flowers really smell like Spring too :) 

Are you a Winter fan? Or more into Summer like me?