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Beautiful Flowers with The Flower Man (+ a Giveaway)


June 9, 2015

If you have been following me on instagram lately you will see I have had a bit of thing for flowers!  I really do love beautiful blooms and capturing with my camera is one of my favourite things to do.  There’s no doubt that flowers are one of life’s simplest yet most beautiful pleasures, and there is literally no occasion that cannot be made just that little bit more special by a gorgeous bouquet of blooms.  

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Sydney-based florist The Flower Man truly understand the power that the perfect floral arrangement can have to transform someone’s day. It also just so happens that they’ve just updated their website with a gorgeous new design and colour scheme, which had a slightly old-school flower shop feel to it, with its pastel green and white stripes. 

To celebrate their new site, they sent me a gorgeous bunch of white flowers and they are giving one lucky reader the chance to win a $100 gift voucher to spend on anything at all on their website.

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 To enter:
To be in the running to win this prize, simply visit The Flower Man site at www.theflowerman.com.au, and leave a comment on this blog post with your answer to the following question: “What is your favourite floral arrangement on The Flower Man website, and why?”  Entries close Sunday 14th June at 8pm AEST.

Terms & Conditions:
Prize money is in the form of an online voucher code to the value of $100 AUD. Gift voucher is valid for 12 months.
Prize not redeemable for cash.
Flowers can be delivered anywhere in Australia – visit www.theflowerman.com.au for more info.
Gift card can only be used once.
Any unused funds will be sacrificed.
Gift card cannot be used with any other promotion.

Giveaway Now Closed
Congratulations to our winner Vanessa who favourite style was the Tulip Bouquet.

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Photography :: Leanne Ambrogio | Sweet Style
Flowers :: The Flower Man

 
 

Giveaway + Delicious Vanilla Products


September 17, 2014

I have been busy baking and making for the kids lately and one of our favourites this week is a great banana smoothie and these delicious butternut biscuits.

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Smoothies are a fantastic drink to serve at parties as they are so good for you and they can be made in a variety of flavours.

These butternut biscuits are also great on your party table as they are sugar free, wheat free, yeast free and diary free – no sugar high crazy kids after these two healthy options!

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One ingredient that both of these yummy treats have is Vanilla extract!  Vanilla is such a wonderful natural sweetener and this one by Pink Pantry Vanilla is my favourite.  It is sugar free and gluten free and adds the perfect hint of sweetness to your drinks and baked items.

Today Sunny from Pink Pantry is hosting a give-away for Sweet Style readers.  The pack includes 
50ml pure vanilla extract
30g pure vanilla powder  
6 pack organic vanilla pods

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We have two packs to giveaway and all you need to do is make sure you like Pink Pantry Vanilla and Sweet Style on Facebook and leave a comment here to tell us your favourite item to add vanilla to.

The winner will be drawn on Sunday evening and announced via our Facebook Page. 

Best of luck everyone!

Biscuit Recipe can be found here 


The Perfect Icing & a Giveaway Winner


April 24, 2014

Before I tell you the winner of this weeks Royal Albert Giveaway it is time to share with you the recipe for the absolutely perfect, totally amazing icing that you can see on these delicious cupcakes!

Again the recipe is by Gillian from Crumbs of Comfort Cake Design who I witnessed whipping up these delights for me!

She calls it the cheats version of Swiss Meringue Butercream – I call it naughty but oh so yummy!

Cheats Swiss Meringue Buttercream
250 butter
250 copha
750 soft icing sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons magic pav
1/4 cup water
The butter and copha needs to be soft.  Melt the copha if it’s super hard and pop it in the fridge once it starts to go cloudy again it’s ready to mix.
Beat the batter and copha really well until light with no lumps. Add half the sugar and mix to combine. Add magic pav to remainder of icing sugar and add to mix.  After 30 secs add the water (and flavour and/or colour).
Beat for ten minutes .. This makes sure it’s not gritty
 
And so now to the winner of this weeks Cake Stand Giveaway
Congratulations to entry no 1 – Anne Canalese
Please email me with your address details and so I can send off your prize!
Photography & Styling :: Leanne Ambrogio | Sweet Style
Recipe :: Gillian Brown | Crumbs of Comfort Cake Design
Teaware Range :: Royal Albert Australia
Flowers :: Fiona Kate

 

The Perfect Icing & a Giveaway Winner
Recipe Type: Dessert
Author: Leanne
Cheats Swiss Meringue Buttercream 250 butter 250 copha 750 soft icing sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons magic pav 1/4 cup water The butter and copha needs to be soft.  Melt the copha if it’s super hard and pop it in the fridge once it starts to go cloudy again it’s ready to mix. Beat the batter and copha really well until light with no lumps. Add half the sugar and mix to combine. Add magic pav to remainder of icing sugar and add to mix.  After 30 secs add the water (and flavour and/or colour). Beat for ten minutes .. This makes sure it’s not gritty
Ingredients
  • 250 butter
  • 250 copha
  • 750 soft icing sugar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons magic pav
  • 1/4 cup water
Instructions
  1. The butter and copha needs to be soft. Melt the copha if it’s super hard and pop it in the fridge once it starts to go cloudy again it’s ready to mix.
  2. Beat the batter and copha really well until light with no lumps. Add half the sugar and mix to combine. Add magic pav to remainder of icing sugar and add to mix.
  3. After 30 secs add the water (and flavour and/or colour).
  4. Beat for ten minutes .. .This makes sure it’s not gritty