Mustard the Sausage Dog

Yesterday Rachel and Rebekah brought their pup Mustard to their photoshoot to pose with Rach in some of the photographs. How were we to know that Mustard would be so comfortable in front of the camera.
He took a little while to warm up, but once he did there was no stopping him from jumping into shot...

Here he jumps into and out of the bubble-bath tub, then gets settled for his close-up. Too sweet.

Stay tuned in the next few weeks I'll upload the final results of Mustard posing with mum Rach.
xx

Hens Day Results

I've had so many requests from clients who want to see what the group photo component of the hens package looks like, so girls, here you have it!
Our last hens group have been super gracious and allowed a sneak peek into their experience.
Thanks girls!
xx

Pin-up Girl Pageant

One our recent birdies Lita Lynx has recently entered the Sydney Tattoo and Body Art Expo competition for pin-up gals.

Calling all birdies!! Follow this link and get voting for her.
www.tattooexpo.com.au
Good luck Lita!
xx

Thank You Birdies!

Just a quick thank you to all our clients who've sent us thank you cards and glowing emails.
We LOVE your feedback, especially your praise, so thank you for taking the time to show your gratitude. And a very special thank you to Miss Mel who sent us this truly magnificent GIANT bunch of flowers. It took 7 vases to accommodate all these flowers!!!
Thank you Mel xx
(Mel was our first mermaid so stay tuned on this blog for the results)

Hens Day Delights

Our hens day packages have truly taken off. Here are some photographs so you know what to expect when you book yours!

Mermaid Pasties

We finally have a client who wants to be a mermaid! So excited. I bought a beautiful sequined mermaid tail over a year ago and it will finally make it's long awaited debut, along with these sweet pasties I'm making. Stay tuned for the results ;)

Louise XVth Three Piece Sofa Suite

Is this not the most beautifully coloured, shaped, and sized sofa?
We've been using it in our Marilyn Monroe tutu inspired photographs.

New Fitout!

Goodness! I've been terrible with my updates.
I can't believe July was my last update...Tisck tisck...
Sorry to all my regular followers, as you would know it's been a furiously busy few months, but the fog has cleared for one day and I am determined to publish these exciting updates!

So first cab off the rank is my brand-spanking-shiny-new-truly-splendid fit-out. We built this way back in the first week of September and had to SQUEEZE the build in over two days between shoots. Eekshk! Sometimes my Super Woman complex can really get the better of me, and as you'll see, others get dragged into my hurricane too!

------------

Build one:
Luke, my friend and man of many many trades, came in to help out. This is after I pushed, pulled, carted, carried and delivered SEVENTY-FOUR Ikea boxes to the studio for the build.
This is our first (and oh so rewarding) step beginning the build.

------------

Build two:
Next level takes form.

------------

Build three:
Thinking, thinking, thinking.

------------

Build four:
My lovely (and super strong) man G is roped in as the clock hits 9pm. He lends a shoulder to lift that entire unit while Luke bolts everything into place.
At this stage our very exciting lights have been fitted into each cubicle as well.

------------

Build five:
Even our poor seamstress is roped in as time ticks way. She works on draws with me while Luke and G install glass doors and door/draw handles.

------------

Build six to thirty-seven:
Wow. I totally lost my photography steam and we completely lost control so I didn't have anytime to photograph our progress... The next images are of the finished build. Whoops!

------------

Ta-da!
The finished product. But as you can see, I've already run out of room!!!

Don't you want to dive right in?!
Check out our new Pony Heels.
Not for the faint hearted ladies!
Our circa 19th century accordion given to me by my sister for my 30th birthday. I adore! Ooh, and shoes and hats galore.
All our makeup for our newly created hens parties!
Draws of silky delights!

Signature Cupcakes

Gals you asked for it so here goes, how you can wow all your friends with this fail safe, easy-as-pie (or should I say easy-as-cupcake), mighty tasty, fluffy as clouds, cupcake recipe!

-----------------------------------------

Step one:
Gather the following ingredients from your local corner store.

Buttercake
90g butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup caster sugar
2 free-range eggs
1 cup self-raising flour
2 tablespoons milk

Butter cream frosting
125g butter
240g icing sugar (not icing mixture gals, don't make that mistake)
6 drops pink and yellow food colouring

Decorations
Silver cachous (large and small)
Pink sugar sprinkles

Preheat your oven to 180˚C, or 160˚C fan-forced

-----------------------------------------

Step two:
Beat those naughty buttercake ingredients including: butter, extract, sugar, eggs, flour, and milk in a beautiful old mixer on low until all ingredients are nicely combined. Once combined increase the speed to medium until the mixture turns to paler colour.

Take off the beaters and lick them clean. This is the yummiest part – even better than the bowl!

-----------------------------------------

Step three:
Using teaspoons divide the mixture into teeny weeny cupcake papers.

NB. I often use even smaller chocolate papers as these make a cupcake small enough to pop into your pretty little mouth without ruining your red lips. A must during a Sherbet Birdie photoshoot!

Bake for 15 mins exactly. This makes them pale golden on the outside and fluffy and moist on the inside.

I can get 48 cupcakes out of this mix when I use chocolate papers instead of cupcake papers.
That's a lotta cupcakes!

-----------------------------------------

Step four:
Beat those cheeky butter cream frosting ingredients all together on low until combined, then high to really make that frosting super-fluffy-like.

-----------------------------------------

Step five:
Divide your frosting mixture into two bowls. In the first bowl add 6 drops of red food colouring, and the second bowl add 6 drops of yellow food colouring. Aren't they pretty!

-----------------------------------------

Step six:
Using a simple bread knife, spread the icing on your cooled cupcakes. Remember to spread all the way to the edges. No one likes missed spots on their cupcakes!

Sprinkle both large and small silver cachous onto the cupcakes of your choice. This makes what looks like a galaxy on your cupcake... Too adorable!

Sprinkle the pink sugar sprinkles onto the other cupcakes to complete your masterpieces, but before you finish make sure you've got some tea brewing. After-all your guests will arrive any minute and there's nothing more embarrassing than serving cupcakes without a steaming teacup of Lady Grey to cleanse you palette after each munch!

Viola, your are now a master baker and have completed your Sherbet Birdie certificate in Perfectly Sumptuous Sherbet Birdie Cupcakes.

Mazeltov!
xx

On Tour Oct 2008 Sydney

Well these images are from a while ago now. October 2008 to be precise.

Carly who is our Syd and Melb makeup artist and I were early for a shoot, and obviously bored, so pranced around the Sydney studio. Never let a lady loose amongst so many frills, bobs, bows and feathers. Dangerous...

Also below is one of my favourite SB images to date. A client of ours Claire brought her sweet pup Baxter with her for the shoot. Yes we got some great images of Bax in the shoot with Claire (see Sunny Kissed on the SB website), and here's one after the shoot. He's exhausted. Life's tough Bax!