My First Blog Post

Almond flour muffins with cranberry streusel (@mangelka)

Hello. Welcome to my first blog. I am very excited and hope to have some fun, and that you'll have some too!  I'd like you to come on the journey, to have a look behind the scenes at the creative process as l share art,  photography and styling tips, everything I'm learning about instagram, the best and most popular IG posts, yummy fool-proof recipes and some of my favorite things. So ... get comfortable, grab a muffin and a drink and let's have a go!

I started on instagram out of curiosity few years ago as a young mum with two little girls - feeling challenged to create for a daily "prompt" kept me intrigued and entertained + to my utter joy I met wonderful people from around the world, many of whom I met in person and now regularly keep in touch with.

After experimenting with all sorts, I hit on something that I really enjoyed - styling floral still life images and flatlays, playing with props in my kitchen and later capturing lifestyle and food action shots (then eating them!)

Hey, check out the pictures - which one do you fancy?  Go on ... salivate! 

One of the fun things was going shopping for a fancy new camera to try to do the food  and great outdoors justice - how can you capture beauty with your Mom and Dad's old Kodak!  Go on, splash the cash, and get a good one (sorry a bit of cheating - I also took some photography courses ... well, everyone needs a little help!)

So, that's all folks, hope you like it.

I also started a new instagram account @naughtyteas (which reached 40K today!!) where I highlight the best of the indulgent coffee/tea moments from #naughtyteas gallery. Come join me!