Sportsgirl loves Wikifashion... excuse me while I fall over!

The very gorgeous peeps over at Sportsgirl wrote a lovely little piece about Wikifashion today... I'm a little speechless, to have an established brand say how much they love our site makes me so happy. Living off beans and an absolutely no shopping ban for the last 13 months has been worth it...

What a lovely way to start the weekend. Speaking of the weekend, my boyfriend is entering a 48 hour programming competition with a few other guys and will be camping out in our dining room for the entire weekend. I'm going to occupy myself with baking, window shopping and having dinner with my lovely friend. What is everyone else doing?

Apple + Berry Pie

Lately I've been on a baking kick. Last night I managed to snap a photo of the apple and berry pie I made, before my boyfriend demolished it. I served it with some passionfruit greek yoghurt instead of icecream, so much yummier and much lighter!

Here's a recipe for those of you looking to get your rolling pins out this weekend ♥

Ingredients (serves 6)

• 1kg Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, quartered, cut into 1.5cm-thick slices
• 200g frozen berries
• 75g (1/3 cup) raw sugar
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• Dash of vanilla beans
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tbs plain flour
• 1 egg white, lightly whisked
• 1 tbs raw sugar, extra
• Double cream, to serve

• Pastry

• 525g (31/2 cups) plain flour
• 215g (1 cup) caster sugar
• 250g chilled butter, chopped
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 eggs

Method

1. To make the pastry, place the flour, sugar, butter and salt in the bowl of a food processor and process until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the eggs and process until the dough just starts to come together. Shape into a disc. Cover with plastic wrap. Place in the fridge for 1 hour to rest.

2. Roll out two-thirds of the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a 28cm-diameter disc. Line a 20cm (base measurement) pie dish with the pastry. Trim excess and reserve. Place in the fridge for 30 minutes to rest.

3. Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine the apple, berries, sugar, spices and flour in a bowl. Brush the base and side of the pastry case with half the egg white. Spoon the apple mixture into the pastry case.

4. Roll out the remaining pastry on a lightly floured surface to a 24cm-diameter disc. Place over the pie dish. Press the edges to seal. Trim excess pastry. Roll out with the reserved pastry. Use a leaf-shaped pastry cutter or a small sharp knife to cut leaves from pastry. Place on pie to decorate. Brush pie with remaining egg white. Top with extra sugar. Cut 3 slits in the top to allow steam to escape.

5. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until pastry is crisp and golden and the apple is tender when a skewer is inserted into the slits. Set aside for 10 minutes to cool. Cut into wedges. Serve with cream.

We reached 50,000 edits....

Well technically Wikifashion has reached around 49,000 edits. But I wanted to say thank you beforehand to make sure that our giveaway coincided with when we reached the 50,000 mark.

To show how much we really adore our contributors we've decided to give a little something to one of our facebook fans... chanel signature earrings no less!

My heart breaks a little about not being able to keep these, but I know they will be going to a good home. To enter just pop on over to our facebook page.

PS. Sorry if you're completely sick of me talking about Wikifashion. When the redesign comes along we'll be incorporating a forum and blog, for me to talk about wiki in a more appropriate space... can't wait!

Bedtime Stories...

In order to really switch off for the day, it's so important for me to read for awhile before I hit the hay. These are the books I'm currently working my way through. As you can see, I'm terrible at sticking with just one book. I'll usually choose which one I want to read according to my mood...at the moment I'm reading Murakami's and the Google book.

What type of reader are you? Do you stick the book out or start another at the same time?

I hope you are all having lovely weekends, it's considerably glum here in Brisbane.

Mini office reshuffle...

You know when you just can't seem to be productive? Well this morning I had the worst case of the jitters and just couldn't focus. When it gets this bad I find I need to rearrange my office and alter the aesthetic a little.

I whipped out my Caitlin Quiet poster from last month's Frankie mag and did a quick albeit dodge framing job... I added some pretty fabric behind the poster so you can't see that the frame is actually a wall calendar. Genius. Thanks Coral for my very good fabric scissors ♥

Some new additions to the wiki office....

I tweeted a little while ago about my new sewing machine. It's rather cute don't you think? Well it has one problem... I purchased it from the US and didn't consider that it wouldn't work in Australia. What can I say? I was lured by the Hello Kitty. I'm currently working on finding a transformer that doesn't cost more than the actual machine.

My lovely friend has offered to teach me how to sew. She's very talented and often makes her own clothes, I can only dream of being able to do that! One step at a time...

When I purchased the sewing machine from Urban Outfitters, I also placed an order for a pink vintage phone. Shortly after, I received an email from them saying they had cancelled that order. I wasn't given a reason, although it's probably because it wouldn't function in Australia. Why am I such an airhead around pretty things?

To console myself, I purchased this vintage phone from Australian ebay for $20.

On Thursday it was my birthday and my lovely boyfriend gifted me with this gorgeous orchid for my office. He was a little hesitant, because I've killed every other plant I have ever owned. I'm hoping I can break this record. If anyone has any tips about how to look after orchids, I'm all ears...

I hope you all have lovely weekends... we just arrived home from the farmer's markets armed with fresh fruit + veg, yummy rye bread and greek yoghurt. All for $30...

Also we have an entire bag of limes that were given to us by C's auntie, if anyone has lime recipes..sharing is caring ♥