November 2012 Workshops.

Childrens Making and Baking Workshops.

 02/11/2012         Childrens Sugarcraft          £15

10am – 12pm    

03/11/2012           Learn to make button         £10

10am – 11.30am                 Jewellery.

05/11/2012           Parent and toddler sugarcraft.

10.15am-11.15am                                                              £7.50     

 

10/11/2012           Learn to make a dream

10am-12pm          catcher.                                 £10

15/11/2012           Parent and toddler button

10.15am-11.15am       jewellery.                        £7.50

17/11/2012           Learn to sew a patchwork

10am-12pm          cushion.                              £12.50

19/11/2012           Parent and toddler sugarcraft

10.15am-11.15am                                                              £7.50

24/11/2012           Christmas Sugarcraft

10am-12pm                                                          £15

26/11/2012           Parent and toddler Christmas

10.15am-11.15am                decorations                         £7.50

28/11/2012           Parent and toddler Christmas

10.15am-11.15am      sugarcraft                     £7.50

Big Peoples Making Workshops.

01/11/2012           Knitting for beginners        £50 for

7.30pm-9.30pm    6 week course.                    course.

7/11/2012                          Learn to sew celebratory bunting.

7.30pm-9.30pm                                                  £20

9/11/2012                          Crochet for beginners        £50 for

10am-12pm             6 week course                                       course.

13/11/2012           Recycle, Upcycle

7.30pm-9.30pm                                                  £20

16/11/2012 + 17/11/2012       Make your own fascinator.

7.30pm-9.30pm                                                  £45

20/11/2012          Learn to sew Christmas decorations.

7.30pm-9.30pm                                                  £20

21/11/2012           Learn to sew Christmas bunting.

7.30pm-9.30pm                                                  £20

27/11/2012           Make your own sequins Christmas  

7.30pm-9.30pm    baubles.                                 £20

28/11/2012           Learn to sew Christmas stocking

7.30pm-9.30pm                                                  £20

Big Peoples Baking Workshops.

5/11//2012            Christmas sugarcraft

7.30pm-9.30pm                                                  £20

6/11/2012                             Learn to bake and ice buns.

10am-12pm                                                          £25

6/11/2012             How to make traditional honeycomb demonstration.

7.30pm-9.00pm                                                 £7.50

8/11/2012             Quick and easy Christmas bakes.

10am-12pm                                                          £25

14/11/2012           Ladys sugarcraft night.

7.30pm-9.30pm                                                  £20

19/11/2012           Christmas sugarcraft

7.30pm-9.30pm                                                  £20

22/11/2012           Learn to bake and ice buns

10am-12pm                                                          £25

29/11/2012           Quick and easy Christmas bakes

10am-12pm                                                          £25

All materials are included in the cost of the workshops and here at Nice Buns, Nice Life HQ the kettle is always on, so tea, coffee and nibbles are provided too! (Juice for kids)

A deposit is required on all workshops to secure your place.

Nice Buns, Nice Life HQ is situated in the rural countryside just outside Ballygowan, County Down.

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The Journey so far - A dream come true.

Wow! What a crazy few months it has been!

Here at Nice Buns we have been up to our eyes between summer holidays, back to school, trial childrens sugarcraft workshops and paperwork with Inbiz to get us all official and up and running.

Neil and i have always talked and dreamt about are perfect life, as im sure you all have as well. Of course we talked about winning the lottery but when we came back down to earth and into the real world we always batted back and forth business ideas. What we would love to do.
2 years ago Neil was made redundant. It was a scarey time. Since then unemployment rates have continued to rise. We very quickly became dependant on the benefit system, we saw it as a short term solution till Neil found employment again however it also got us seriously talking about owning our own business.
We knew we could bake, we knew people loved our buns but we were never sure how to marry it all together and make a profitable business out of it.
As time went on, and another baby arrived! the situation that we had been thrown into, that had initially scared the hell out of us had somehow changed our entire family set up. All of a sudden Neil was able to spend time with the kids, watch them grow up. He saw Madisons first words and steps, all things he had missed with the other two. We loved our new life, but and it was a big but, we didnt want to rely on the benefit system to keep us. We needed to make our own money, to show our children that you have to work for a living and also to provide our family with the means to move forward in life.
We made the decision that we would make a go of Nice Buns. We have been lucky to get involved with the Inbiz scheme. It is a programme run by the job centre in Northern Ireland that provides help and support for those wishing to start their own business.
So two years on, a hell of alot of paperwork and frustrating meetings later we are finally ready to officially open our doors.
We made the decision that as well as baking and selling our buns we wanted to teach people how to do it themselves, to give people the skills they need to create yummy treats at home.
Alongside baking i also sew and knit, so very quickly we began to link it all together and im very proud to say that Nice Buns, Nice Life was born!

We provide workshops in baking and making, for the young and the not so young and all those in between.
We officially begin trading on the 1st November. Excited? Very. Nervous? Very but i know we will make a success of this.
I will upload all of our workshops tomorrow so as you can all see them and hopefully pick some that you would like to try out.
And, although it is very early days and i know its going to take time to build our custom, the moral of this story is.................dreams really can come true. Im working from home so as our children are cared for, im working with my husband and i am doing something that i love. What is not to love about that?
Thankyou to everyone who has helped and encouraged us on this journey so far, the fun bit is just beginning...........bring it on!!

                                                                      The Crew!!


Lots of love n kisses

Suzi

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50 Shades of Crazy!

Wow, what a manic month it has been! We've been inundated with Moshi Monster cupcake orders so the wee blighters have taken over the house again. Amidst the monsters (including our own 3!) we have been busy organizing, advertising and taking bookings for our childrens summer sugarcraft workshops.
We are very excited about these and if the bookings are anything to go by then you lot are too! What better way to encourage children into the kitchen than teaching them how to create their own masterpieces?

                                                         It is Summer......honest!
                                                     Miss Madison collecting eggs.

As well as the bun and games (geddit!?!? *sigh*) we have also had normal everyday Nice Buns Hq craziness. Finley is now off for his summer holidays (they break up early in Ireland), 9 weeks of having all 3 kiddies together again. The house gets loud, fast, loud, messy and loud very quickly but I wouldnt have it any other way. We have been out and about to different places when the weather has permitted but as it is like a rainforest without the forest currently we dont make plans until the last minute. I'll do a separate blog post on our family "summer" so as you can see what all we get up to.

In other news, over a long telephone conversation with my lovely friend Tracey from Kent, she introduced me to the book of the summer, 50 Shades of Grey. I haven't read a book since the kids have been born as to be honest I haven't had time! But after our conversation i was intrigued! I downloaded all three books and started to read them one evening. And 4 straight days vanished!! Everytime my bum hit a seat I read a bit, waiting for the kettle to boil, I read somemore, even went as far as taking it to the loo!! - The only room that if you close the door you may well be granted 5 minutes peace! And I saw hours of the night I hadn't seen since I was a teenager!

Well, what can I say? It certainly isn't for the faint hearted! The kinky bits are...well, kinky.........VERY kinky! But the story line is amazing and I have to say, strangly thought provoking (apologies to my hubby, not in a kinky way!). I'm not a book reviewer so I'll refrain from going into loads of depth, but it made me sit back and appreciate whats around me. Christian Grey is so madly in love with Ana, he protects her in everyway he can because he can, now obviously the vast majority of us dont have the cash to be so extreme but it made me think how much I take Squealy for granted ( he'll be getting big headed reading this!). You know how I mean though, work, life, kids and other commitments take over, we do everything we can to keep the world ticking over and everything and everyone cared for and attended too that somedays we dont tell the people who mean the most to us that we love them.

                                                          A quick 5 mins!! lol

You know what I gained from raunchy kinky books? Take 5 minutes and have a cuddle! Hell have a snog, tell your other half how much they mean to you and appreciate everything you have. We don't need to be financially loaded to achieve any of this and one day if we all keep working hard and stay focussed? Well maybe we'll catch a glimpse into what its like to have no or at least very few money worries.

That's our crazy life. It isn't all roses...but it's our life and we will work hard to achieve the end goal of providing our kids with a financially secure up bringing while ensuring that along the way they are smouthered with love n snuggles and of course scrummy buns!! NICE LIFE beckons!

Lifes for living, DO IT. Do whatever it takes to be happy and content.

Love n Kisses,

Suzi
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