Stone Life February/March 2014 | Page 19

LITTLE STARS New messy play session comes to town arents, carers and children will soon have the chance to give their creative sides an airing when a brand new play session comes to town. Organised by ‘Little Stars’ this fun messy play session for babies, toddlers and preschoolers is set to be hosted and run by Eccleshall Pre School with the first session taking place at Eccleshall Community Centre on Wednesday, 26th February, from 1.30pm to 3pm at Eccleshall Pre School. The cost of a session will be £2 to attend with one child, and a further £1 per additional child. Tea, coffee, juice and fruit will all be included, along with the fun session led by the Pre School’s highly qualified staff. Activities during the sessions will include body painting, den making, making and playing musical instruments, seasonal crafts, and of course lots of messy play with gloop, paint, spaghetti, baked beans and much more! There will also be a song time during each session with all children aged 0 to five welcome to attend with a parent or carer. To find out more or book to attend, please call Katie at Eccleshall Pre School on Tel. 01785 859578, or Michelle on Tel. 07779 562112. P brate book launch Staffordshire businesses to stock her book in local retailers and venues, as well as being available on Amazon. Liz, who is currently expecting her second child, added: “Through my own business journey, I have built strong links with so many other fellow local companies I really wanted to work alongside them to launch this book.” Although a keen baker from an early age Liz actually only started baking professionally four years ago, after leaving a career in teaching to raise her son, William. Liz now runs monthly cake decorating classes and sugar craft lessons, as well as supplying branded cupcakes for local businesses, children’s themed party cakes, wedding towers, cake pops and her adult-only cocktail infused range, working with clients all across Staffordshire and beyond. For now however as she embarks on her maternity leave, Liz plans to take some time off this year, at least until the end of September anyway, when she has a wedding afternoon tea booked in and some cupcake decorating classes in the Autumn. The book, which makes an ideal and thoughtful gift for keen bakers everywhere, is available on Amazon for just £6, or can be pre-ordered online at www.simplyscrumptiouscupcakes.co.uk. The kindle version of the book is also nearly ready, and will be available to download from Amazon soon. Anyone interested in learning more can follow Liz on twitter @Eccleshallcakes for further updates. February/March 2014 19