The interview



It's kinda funny. I did my first stint in the interviewer's chair last week interviewing Natasha. And today, it's my first stint as interviewee with Simone at Honey and Fizz interviewing me! Thank you for thinking me an interesting enough subject, Simone. After the actual answers came back, I am very impressed that you still hit publish! You're a good gal, you are.

It was so much fun. I love talking about myself. As teens my dorky friends and I interviewed each other incessantly, celebrity style. What's your favourite place in the world? How often do you brush your teeth? Why do you think the world is coming to? If you could have any dress which one would you have? All the important, thought-provoking questions that meant so much to us at 16.  Now it's all about my decorating style and my fave perfume.

I guess I grew up?

Well, kinda! Check me out and you tell me!

PS - Do you 'follow' yourself? It only just occurred to me that it would be nice to see myself in my Reader from time to time. I'm my newest follower.

[Image via weheartit. I gotta stop going there. I hate not knowing the real source. To high a price for a shortcut!]

browsing online

without having to spend up big
I love creating wish lists
& dreaming of all these gorgeous finds


industrial hanson scale


NOS general store price marker


wood letterpress number block set


friend


all available here plus many more items to browse through


enjoy 

Flowers for Monday

My heartfelt thanks to my wonderful blogging friends - the incredible support and caring messages you sent after Friday's post was so warmly appreciated.  The blogging community truly breeds a special kind of person.

After the events of the weekend in Japan we all know how life can be filled with such heartbreak.

I filled my home with lovely bright flowers over the weekend and we also took some beautiful yellow gerbera's to Laura, and a little gift which the big girls picked - their love, care and compassion for their big sister make me so happy.



Wishing you all a lovely week - stay safe in your travels.

Leanne

Blog Help ? ? ?

Still new and a bit clueless in the design side of this blogging world!! 

How do I put all of my favourite blog "buttons" on the side of my blog??? 
I looked under 'gadgets' but couldn't see anywhere!

Also how do I put 'tabs' on the top of my page for example an 'about me' page and 'my family' and 'our wedding day' etc so when people click on the it takes them to a page with all of that specific information and photos??

HHEEELLLLPPPP PLEASE

Thank you x

Inspirational Pins - A Fresh Floral Easter

A Fresh Easter by Torie Jayne
Today in my series of posts, "Inspirational Pins", I bring you the first of many Easter Inspirational boards. I am still deciding which theme and colour palette to go for this Easter, but it definitely needs to involve bunnies!

Have a sweet day!

13 Week Bumpdate

I found these 'bumpdate' questions on another blog and thought it was a great way to remember the goods and bads of my pregnancy journey! So I will try to do these weekly :)

DSC_0292c
My tiny bump :)
How Far Along: almost 12 weeks in the photo...13 now!
Total Weight Gained: 0- haven't gained, haven't lost- I know that's about to change!
Sleep: Is good, minus peeing every three hours. That started the week I found out and it has never failed, not even for one night!
Best Moment of the Week: Announcing my pregnancy on here and Facebook! Feels so good to be 'out'.  Now it's more real!
Food Cravings: Fruits and Salads
Food Aversions: Most meats. Especially thick/large pieces. Bleh. 
Symptoms: Fatigue. Some nausea. And I've been getting sick more :/
Hubby's Symptoms: Anything & everything that I have!  ;)
Movement: None yet!
Gender: Unknown!
What I miss: Cold cuts!! I miss them every single day.
What I'm looking forward to: Seeing my little bug on Tuesday (tomorrow)!
Weekly Wisdom: Eat small stuff all the time!! It's harder than it sounds but I've learned that it really helps with sickness. 
Milestones: Dismissing the first trimester this week! And baby is now about the size of a peach, approx 3 inches :) He/she is fully formed and just needs to GROW!


Super Heroes

The world has been a crazy place in 2011. Our children are noticing that something is different. They can feel the earth shifting around them and the waters tumbling in.

At bedtime I have a little ritual of the 'sleepy story' with my children. I tell them a tale about me as a young girl. I can never remember my exact age with childhood events and so I usually say "I must have been, oh, about ten". And Maxi says"You're always ten in these stories! I can't wait to be ten!"

After my sleepy-story each child goes to their own bed and I tuck them in with a 'magic sheet'. I say, Safe and warm in Cappers' bed, peaceful dreams, my sleepy head. The 'magic' bit is that the sheet keeps them safe and warm all night, even if it comes off (this part was invented because for a while there they were kicking off the sheet and I had to go through the whole ritual again).

Last night Maxi said, "Why are people being drowned in Japan?'

I said, "Sometimes bad things happen just because."

He said, "But why?"

And I said, "Well if everything was good all of the time, people wouldn't get the chance to practice their super hero skills."

"So we need some bad stuff so we can be extra strong?"

"Yes, my darling, we do."


[Image via weheartit. Please let me know if this image is yours so I can correctly attribute it.]

Edit - 21.10.11 - FOUND the image source! It's from the beautiful Tortoise and the Hare blog. Go visit!


______________________________________________________

Shared in March.

Photobucket

Eric Carle Easter Onesie

Wondering what to dress your little-one in this Easter?

Well, here's a sneaky-peek of an option for you!

I've made up a range of sweet little bunny appliqued onesies in a range of GENDER NEUTRAL fabrics! Each bunny features a hand-stitched eye (not v clear in the images to follow!) and a little bunny tail on the back! The onesies are available in all sizes (0000-1) and in both long and short sleeves. This particular model uses Eric Carle fabric and just might be my secret fave... In fact, its what little Elli will be wearing over Easter, with a pair of leggings and his very first pair of shoes!

The range of onesies will be available to purchase from Etsy for $16 (plus $5 postage within Aus)... or directly through me at a bm3 readers-only discount! I hope you like, and I'll hopefully be uploading the rest of the range tomorrow... x


Eric Carle Easter Onesie - $16