I got my first blog award!
Posted: October 1, 2011 Filed under: OMG!, Uncategorized | Tags: award, blog, Christmas, Cinnamon roll, Sweet Valley High 5 Comments »Many thanks to Jimmie Chew for tagging me with my first ever blog award!
I’m a little bit new to this so here goes…
Seven things about me
- My favourite foods in the world are pizza, cinnamon buns and muesli with blueberries. Weird huh. I love cinnamon buns but never make them in summer – they are truly a winter comfort food. Needless to say, I’ll post the recipe on here in the next couple of months!
- I love cats and dogs, especially all cats and all dogs. Plus anything else cute too.
- I have a bow problem. Bow shoes, bow headbands, bow tops, bow necklaces, bow EVERYTHING.
- Brightly coloured sprinkles and learning new cake techniques excite me. When I got my Wilton 1M tip and piped cupcake frosting that actually looked like amazing proper cupcakes for the first time, I jumped up and down with happy.
- I live in a victorian house and love period features and learning about the history of where I live. I would love to live in a classic new england style house with a porch and white clapboard too – I blame the film practical magic, which I continue to love to this day.
- My favourite films are Sleepless in Seattle, Heathers, and Hocus Pocus. Growing up I was also completely obsessed with Famous Five and Sweet Valley High books, which are a continuing source of mirth even today.
- My favouritest time of the year is Christmas, followed by Halloween/autumn, followed by Spring, followed by Summer. Some of those are holidays and some are seasons, I know!
15 10 blogs that are new (to me!)
Check out these blogs I’ve recently discovered – well worth a look!
- Kitchen goddess in training. I love Emma’s blog!
- How Sweet it is. A fabulous baking blog that I recently discovered.
- The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle. Another baking blog but with more of an emphasis on cookies – they’re amazing!
- Jim’s chocolate mission. I love this site as it alerts me to all the new products to try!
- Rockstar diaries. I’ve spoken about my love of this blog before. It’s awesome!
- Two peas and their pod. Despite being very established I’d somehow never noticed this blog until Kath, Caitlin, Emily and many more started raving about Mama pea’s new cookbook.
- Confections of a foodie bride. Great blog with lots of helpful recipes.
- I am a feeder. I love the look of this blog, its so cool, and the content is great too!
- I heart organising. I love this site. Inspiration to be crafty and super organised!
- What Kate baked. Great new to me blog, I’m planning on taking up the autumnal baking challenge soon!
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10000 views giveaway details!
Posted: September 8, 2011 Filed under: Giveaway | Tags: beauty, Biotherm, blog, Clarins, competition, Cosmetics, giveaway, prize 9 Comments »Hello blog friends! I’m back with details of the prize that one lucky reader will be receiving for helping me to reach 10000 views!
In the mix -
- Biotherm Skin Vivo Anti-Ageing moisturiser 50ml
- Clarins Beauty Flash Balm 30ml
- Diorshow Waterproof mascara in electric blue
- No7 Stay Perfect nail polish in vivid violet
- Prada Infusion D’Iris body lotion
- Origins blusher brush – I have a couple of these – its lovely and soft
- 17 Eyeshadow trio in midnight storm
- Benefit Powderflage concealer
- Ted Baker beauty lippy kit no. 4
- 54 blue polka dot cupcake cases from Lakeland – these ones are very good and don’t let the grease through
I must confess to being a time-pressed blogger today – I don’t have time to add up what its all worth as I need to go and do my ten minute toning exercises! But I know that the Skin Vivo product is worth £39 by itself!
If you’d like a reminder on how to enter the giveaway – have a look at the original post here. So far only THREE people have entered so get sharing!
Related articles
- Help me reach 10000 views… and win! (kerrycooks.wordpress.com)
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Help me reach 10000 views… and win!
Posted: September 5, 2011 Filed under: Giveaway | Tags: blog, Facebook, Twitter 17 Comments »
I’m very excited INDEED! that I’m now within reach (almost) of 10000 visits/views to my blog! I can’t believe that in the 6 or so months since I started the blog, how many lovely people I’ve met through it, and what a fantastic time I’ve had writing it.
I love it and I don’t even care if 10000 views is actually quite rubbish, I’m over the moon!!
Here’s how you can help me get there! (and win a little something for yourself)
-share my post on twitter/facebook/reddit/stumbleupon/email etc using the sharing links at the bottom of the page
-link to my blog on your blog
-other?! If you can think of another creative way to get the word out about my blog, let me know!
Let me know in the comments where you shared it and I’ll enter you into a very exclusive draw to win……. a fantabulous prize!!!!! I’ll post pictures of the prize in the next couple of days but I can promise that it will be fantabulously amazing and contain many lovely beauty products, and some cooking related stuff!
*UPDATE* – I forgot to say that the giveaway is once again open to everyone, no matter where you are in the world!
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My first blog giveaway! Win a beauty set worth £115!
Posted: August 28, 2011 Filed under: Giveaway | Tags: beauty, blog, competition, makeup, prize, prize draw 14 Comments »Last week I reached 10 subscribers on my blog! *does a little dance*
Thank you to everyone who’s become a subscriber – it means a lot to me!
To celebrate this momentous achievement (to me anyway!) , I’m going to run my FIRST EVER blog giveaway!!
One lucky reader will win this fabulous gift set full of beauty products – worth £115!!
Here’s whats inside
- 17 eyeshadow trio in metallic toffee
- Estee Lauder pure colour lip gloss in berry light (sample size 2ml)
- Estee Lauder pure colour eyeshadow in aubergine matte
- Lancome flash bronzer self-tan (sample size 30ml)
- Biotherm skin vivo anti-ageing eye gel 15ml
- Origins Modern Friction exfoliator 125ml
- Lancome Defincils mascara (sample size 2ml)
- Soap & Glory the fab pore facial peel 50ml
- Biotherm Lait Corporel anti-drying body milk (sample size 30ml)
- Clinique Take the day off makeup remover (sample size 30ml)
- 17 nail polish in pizazz (a FANTASTIC dark grey/black with silver sparkles -perfect for winter)
- Biotherm aquasource levres hydrating lip balm (sample size 5ml)
- 17 metallic eye pencil in bronze
- Biotherm white makeup bag
I will post the set off to the lucky winner after the giveaway ends in two weeks time. The best thing is, everyone who reads my blog can enter – no matter where you are in the world
How to enter
To enter, just subscribe to Kerrycooks (if you’re not already). The box to sign up should be on the right hand side of this very post! And looks like this -
All existing and new subscribers will then be entered into my draw to win the prize. I’ll pick one at random, contact them for their address and then post the prize off to them!
Good luck everyone! You have two weeks (until the 11th September inclusively) and then I’ll pick a winner!!
What’s the best thing you’ve ever won? I never win anything!
The Great British Bake Off episode 2
Posted: August 24, 2011 Filed under: Baking, Just for fun | Tags: bake, baking, Baking and Confections, blog, bread, cake, chocolate chip cookies, cooking, cupcake, cupcakes, entertainment, food, frosting, Great British Bake Off, home, Mel Giedroyc, Paul Hollywood, Recipe, Sue Perkins, TV 4 Comments »
Image by Tour Scotland Photographs via Flickr
What did you think of The Great British Bake Off last night? I really enjoyed it but it wasn’t my favourite as I’m not really pastry’s number one fan (thats not to say I wouldn’t eat a slice of homemade tarte au citron if it were offered but its just not my favourite thing). I was quite surprised that ‘the handsome one’ stayed in despite his pastry disaster, but at the same time I’m sure cooking under those conditions is incredibly stressful and even the best of us would probably mess up our most tried and tested recipe!
I am very excited about next weeks episode though – I love bread! Especially foccacia bread – in fact I’ve been meaning to make some for a while, so I think I’ll make some using the same recipe the contestants use and see how it turns out.
Fun bake off fact – Mary Berry is 76 years old – I hope I look that good in 50 years time!
Some Bake-off links for you!
The recipes from the series so far! They also have some great videos on how to ice cupcakes too!
The Great British Bake-off recipe book (which I’m hearing great things about) – is just £10 on amazon.
Maison cupcake did a great post on the contestants for this year so now you can follow them on twitter and read their blogs!
Holly’s blog Recipes from a normal mum
Edd’s (last years winner) blog The Boy who Bakes. He also has a cookbook coming out in a couple of weeks
Ruth’s (last years runner up) blog The Pink Whisk - I’ve been reading this for a while – its a great blog
Related articles
- The mast: TV turn-ons and turn-offs (guardian.co.uk)
- Baked by Lace, Cupcakes With Love! (calvintimo.com)
- Recipe – Canapés for Beginners: Tiny Sundried Tomato, Rosemary & Feta Squares (thedailyhome.wordpress.com)
Stop what you’re doing and look at this!
Posted: August 4, 2011 Filed under: Cute stuff, OMG!, Random | Tags: blog, blogging, cute, fun, funny, interesting, internet, laugh, lol, random 4 Comments »I’ve got the best bits from the interwebs this week and put them all in one place for you!
- The loveliness that is autumn makeup
- How to make a vintage cake stand – I didn’t know you could make these at home! Amazing
- If you’re feeling crafty, this makeup magnet board is pretty damn awesome too
- The connection between food and your mood
- You must read this – Charlie Brooker’s latest hilarious article for The Guardian
- How to make your very own homemade peanut butter cups by Brown Eyed Baker (its so easy!)
- Stoned wallabies are apparently responsible for creating crop circles. Ha! A likely story.
- Young mothers are bearing the brunt of the recent tory cuts
- How to be a girl – take a look at this 1950s glamour makeup tutorial
- Hadn’t thought about this before, but this Guardian article as part of their new woman’s blog, makes a very good point about women slapping men in films
- 20-something american graduates turning to ‘sugar daddies’ for financial help. Oh honey, its still prostitution no matter what euphemism you apply to it.
- Amazing scrabble cookies over at Not Quite Nigella
I need YOU *points at you* for my blog!
Posted: July 31, 2011 Filed under: Random | Tags: blog, Bloggin' 9 Comments »I’ve been thinking it would be great to get some of the very talented people I know to do a guest post for Kerry Cooks!
Have a read and let me know what you think – it can be as short/long as you like but preferably include pictures – here’s some ideas
- Your favourite recipe – can be as healthy/unhealthy as you like
- Your favourite place around Notts
- Tips/tutorial on how to do something well (can be anything! well, this is a PG13 blog…if you get my drift)
Anyone who’d like to get involved, leave a comment and I’ll get in touch!
WOW!
Posted: July 27, 2011 Filed under: OMG! | Tags: 5000 visits, blog, thank you Leave a comment »I turn my back for five seconds (writing a post coming Monday on Stawberry and almond crumble!) and my blog hits 5000 visits!! Now up to 5013 in fact!
You guys! You’re the best!
Thank you so much for reading my blog!
