Domino Cakes

I've recently joined a meet up group here in Wellington called the Wellington Pink Ladies, this weekend I took part in my first event with the group "A very thrifty weekend" which included a second hand clothing sale and a clothes swap. I will share some photos of the things I got soon as I got some great stuff.

But for now I just wanted to share a picture of these little "Domino Cakes" I made to take to the clothes swap. This was one of the ideas from the Queen of Crafts book I bought last weekend. They are a little wonky, but I think they came out pretty well. The cake recipe I used was from the Queen of crafts book too, it's called "Cut and come again cake" and its one of those great cakes that you can just throw all the ingredients in the food processor - I like that a lot.

Also I just wanted to say thank you for all your lovely comments in regard to the maxi dress I made, when it comes to sewing I still feel like I'm stumbling along about 80% of the time so it's nice to get feedback from people that the clothes I make actually look good!

I do have one fashion question though - I do quite fancy maxi dresses and I've been thinking of making a couple that are more suitable to for the Wellington environment (much thicker fabric). However, my question is, what kind of shoes look good with maxi dresses in cooler climates?

I loved wearing my gingham maxi in South East Asia with a pair of simple sandals - but that's not going to cut it in Wellington! My toes may well freeze off (ok, that is a little dramatic - but I hate being cold). What shoes would be best?