I recently took my niece out for ‘tea’ (the kind of tea that is typically accompanied by delicious treats and yumminess!) and I gave her free reign to choose her favourite location and to set the menu for  our little outing. She’s a wonderful girl – very hip, very trendy, always on top of the fashion and always full of fun! I do love spending time with her. Anyway, yes, back to the story. So … she chose this amazing little tea shop just off Leicester Square and guess what she ordered? Macaroons!

I haven’t sampled these delicious delicacies in years so imagine my surprise when we got delicious pistachio-flavoured green macaroons, strawberry-flavoured luminous pink macaroons, chocolate-flavoured deep brown macaroons and lemon-flavoured yellow macaroons all laid out beautifully on one of those gorgeous cake stands! And of course, me being the food lover that I am, I couldn’t help but google fabulous recipes as soon as I got home!

Now there seem to be an awful lot of techniques involved to get your mini macaroons looking as good as they should (just look at the picture, above, yum!) so I decided that instead of slaving over the stove with bowls and bowls of experiments, I’m going to Work Smart. In fact, I’ve already enrolled into a Macaroon Making cooking class! And I’m taking my niece along too – she’ll love the opportunity to make gorgeous treats to share with her friends And I’m sure that her mum will thank me as well!

Can’t wait! Yummmeee! So, if you’re in the market for an interesting gift idea for your  niece and you want to get her something really unique and special (something that she will truly appreciate) then you might consider millions of macaroons and a fabulous macaroon making class! Don’t forget to join in on the fun, it’ll be a ball!

Celebrate your niece’s exam success when you treat her to an amazing day out – just the two First up of you. My niece recently finished her semi-finals at uni and we are all very proud of her! I decided to treat her to an amazing day out so that she could relax after her hard work  … just what she needs after all that focusing and energy

I’ve got a whole day planned for us… I’ve decided to book us on a fabulous spa treatment and massage that should relax her after all her hard work and then we’re going to enjoy a decadent afternoon tea so we can treat our tummies to delicious scones, pastries and sandwiches. Yum! That’s the part I’m really looking forward to!

This is going to be a fab exam success celebration, cannnnn’t wait!

Celebrate your niece’s anniversary with a fabulous gift that will make her feel like a princess! Let her dress up in her favourite outfits and pose in front of a professional photographer, learn how to ballroom dance, or send her off for an amazing pamper day that will provide her with that ‘extra special’ magic that will make her anniversary a day to remember!

I’ve been hearing a lot about the new London Hamam Spa where you get treated like a goddess with the most amazing treatments in a stunning location… mmm I wish I could try this one out! This video was the deal-breaker for me:

That’s the perfect way to make your niece feel like a pampered princess on her special day!!