Happy Birthday x10

With 10 babies (rapidly approaching toddlerhood) in my mothers-group-turned-friends, we decided to hold one big birthday party in our local park with party food! and balloons! and pressies! and cake! The party is tomorrow and I can't wait for the squeals of delight under mountains of wrapping... closely followed by scrambling mummies sticking fingers down throats to lovingly extract the bits of wrapping paper the bubs won't be able to stop themselves from sampling. 

In celebration, I was inspired by this inexpensive packet of bibs I found at Target:

... and this lot of hand-me-downs:

... to make a personalised bib for each of the bubs in our group for their very special party. Here's how they came up:

An hour of terrible sewing, a bit of fabric paint and ta-daaa! something to prevent the cake from smearing into their party clothes... for about 5 seconds! I'll post pics from the party tomorrow, should be lots of fun!

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Point + Shoot

I have decided to join in with Chantelle's photography project called Point + Shoot where on a certain day we have take a snap of something of interest from the nominated day.

The first day was Sunday - and if you follow my little blog you would know it was market day for me. I had so much fun, my little LLFF clips flew off the table in the morning (not so much in the arvo) and Chicken Ink.'s Tees were a hit. It was also nice to spend some time with hubby (my seat warmer) without the little one, even though he spent almost more money than was made. I won't complain though as we now have a new fig tree planted in the garden.

Thank you very much to my lovely friends, family and madeit buddy Narelle who popped in to see us as well - which brings me to my point + shoot photo...

This is little M - how divine is she? This is her wearing her very 1st LLFF baby bling snap at the market while her dad is blowing a raspberry on her neck - How cute is that?!

 

and this is a crappy photo of me at about 8.30 in the morning at my stall.

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Sunshine + Watermelon = Happy Baby!

Inspired by the Point and Shoot challenge by Fat Mum Slim over the weekend, here's yesterday's Sunday in a nutshell... sunshine. good friends. yummy bbq. paddle pool. one naked baby. one rather large piece of watermelon. Lotttttts of mess.

I love Summer! Have a great week...

xo

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A bright Christmas

This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you a bright coloured palette with these gorgeous Christmas pics. Check back soon for some more of the most inspirational photographers on Flickr.

Some beautiful shots from my Flickr favourites (clockwise from top left):

• The adorable coloured Vintage Tree Ornaments by acreativemint
  
• The wonderfully bright Jingle Bells. by shutterberry
• The beautifully packaged Glittery Glass Ornament Soaps by soapylovedeb
• The gorgeous Garland on snowflake pail by papierdreams

Have a great day!

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Markets Galore!!

So its the perfect time of year for a little shopping .... If your into high quality, unique, made with love and thought type of gift like I am then boy do I have a jam packed weekend for you (if your in melbourne - that is) sorry if your not :)

Today I popped into the awesome Magnolia Square Event at the Brighton Town Hall and once again was not disappointed. I loved looking through the books at We heart books - its filled with the most precious stories and many classics from the past. Lou's grandmother couldn't resist this one - lots of fond memories of reading this when we were young.

There were so many lovely children's clothes and not to mention the amazing artwork by sweet william but what really took my fancy this time was the Bride & Wolfe stand - these wooden wall hangings are truly amazing and I want at least one in every room :)

Magnolia Square is on for the rest of the weekend so be sure to check it out.

Tomorrow I am going to try and head out to this - the brand new Blackbird Market. Its has music, art and awesome shopping with lots of my crafty made it friends there, such as Little Wise Owl, Narelle and Michvanetta. 

So if your in the area (or not) be sure not to miss this one.

Now, if your not all marketted (is that a word??) out don't forget to come and visit ME at the Dingley Craft and Produce Market on Sunday!

Have a lovely weekend what ever you do!!

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It's here (already)

December that is... which means that Christmas is less than a month away.

I have found it quite difficult for a while now to get excited over this time of year. For both my hubbies family and my own, it just seems to be a reminder of who is not here to celebrate it with us -  again. We go through the motions, do the decorating, buy the presents, prepare the food and try to have a good time but I suppose that's what happens when you lose people you love - you never stop thinking about them.



This year is a little different though - Louise is two - she is the 1st child in both our families since my brother was born 21 years ago.

(I'm so sad I can't call him my baby anymore)

She doesn't really get it but, I see it in her eyes - they just light up at the sight of Christmas. The coloured decorations, the trees, the strange person in red and especially the tinsel. Everywhere we go I hear "Its pretty mummy, so pretty". There is this happiness and excitement that just can't be contained and her smiles are so special.

So now, this year and for the next fifteen years (at least), i hope our family will begin to remember how much fun and how lovely Christmas can really be. It will never be the same but I look forward to making new happy memories for Lou (and her siblings and cousins - when they come).



Note: This is NOT my tree (it will never look that good, no matter how hard I try) We will put ours up sometime next week. I got this photo from here

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Pretty Kitchen

Pretty kitchen storage by Living etc (March 2005).



Fluted mini pie dish in pink for £5.75 from John Lewis.



Fluted rectangular baking dish in blue for £11.50 from John Lewis.



Mason Cash large pink hearts mixing bowl for £12.99 from Cargo.



Zyliss colourful ice cream scoop for £10.00 from Cargo.



Miniamo pastels 23cm silicone covered rolling pin in pink for £3.99 from Pots and Pans.



Large food storage cabinet in Norwegian blue for £439.00 from Ella's Kitchen Company.



Pastel enamelware from £15.95 at Lytton & Lily.



Tiered pastel cake stand for £25.00 from Great Little Trading Company.



Pink cake tin for £7.75 from Pod.

I adore that first image! I have had it in my interiors file for many years now and have now been able to use it as inspiration for my first gift guide. I have been looking around for gifts to buy my loved ones and I wanted to share with you some of my pretty finds!

Click on any of the blue lettering to be linked straight through to that item.

Have a sweet day!

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