Point + Shoot : 19

Since having our darling daughter, our social life {as expected} has slowed dramatically. We loved having people over, our house was always full and both my husband and I really enjoyed entertaining. 
Lou got to about 8 or 9mths and it just got too hard  - I'd put her to bed and she would be aware that we where having fun in the next room and refused to sleep. 
The hubby is Soccer mad - he has been so excited about the world cup finally starting - so excited, that he cleaned out a garage filled it with chairs, heaters and put up a massive projector to watch as many games as he can.  
Of course in the land of man - the bigger the TV - the more people pop over (kind of like in the land of kids and swimming pools) - its been so nice to see our old friends again. Saturday he put on a little BBQ in the freezing cold,  to prepare them to watch all 3 matches.   
I, on the other hand, cant stand watching sport at the best of times but those trumpets are just killing me - so I decided to have my own shindig inside and indulge in a little swoon time of my own.




Saturday 19th June 11.15pm


I've never seen or read Twilight before and have been meaning to see what the all the fuss was about for ages. Who knew pale faced, cold blooded vampires could be so sexy :)  It did make me feel a little old but has tempted me to pick up a copy of the book.

Hope you had a lovely weekend!




Why not check out what everyone else has been doing over at Chantelle's Place!
(and don't forget to wish her a happy birthday)

The June Chronicles: What's on your fridge?


On Sunday as I gave my fridge a half-hearted swipe with a wet cloth, it occurred to me that in most households, the fridge door is a very dynamic, revealing chronicler of family life. Mine changes almost daily as artworks, notices, shopping lists and snippets come and go. I thought it would be fun to record and share what's on our fridges once a month. You can do it with photos on your own blog (linky at the end of this post, open for a week - I've never done this before so I hope it works...) or by comment below. I would love to hear from you either way!

The June Chronicles


There's a cute picture of friendly teeth that Cappers drew for the dentist but I forgot to take last visit. The sweet postcard is from Ivy Designs (customised with grey Cappers 'paper sculpture') and you can get these cute little loveheart magnets from kikki k.

There's a little cartoon that I've had since Maxi-Taxi was about 3 months old. It says: 6.07am. Only 12 and a half hours until Ned's bedtime. I related then. I relate now.
There's a picture of Kingston, whose 'education' we are sponsoring in Malawi through Plan International. This is the photo we received when we started sponsoring him. He's must be at least 23 now so I assume he's in about 5th grade.

There's a print-out of the 'five minute skirt' instructions from Angry Chicken that I was going to make next weekend last April.

There's an Elk postcard that I just like.

 And there's a picture of my beautiful nephews and niece, children of MultipleMum at And then there were four (make that 'and then there were four under four'... if you've ever struggled with finding the patience for your own young 'uns, you need to read this blog!)

That's my fridge for June. What's on your fridge right now?

saturday surprise



when the Herald Sun Home magazine featured
they also took some photos of my fabric hoops
for a later edition
& what a surprise I got on Saturday
when there in print was a feature on my
it was an exciting morning
full of happiness & smiles!

shadow shot



here is my shadow shot for this week
click here to see more shadow shots
from around the world


Easy Sunday: Super scrummy muesli bars

Cappers, The Badoo, LOML and I are in love with these little bars of happiness. I can't say I managed to persuade Maxi-Taxi to love something so healthy (it's got 'green bits in it'). But next time I'll probably leave out the pepitas and add more oats and tanis and hopefully that'll win him over.


Homemade museli bars

1 cup rolled oats (use the 'quick' chopped up variety so the bars aren't jawbreakers)
1 cup desiccated coconut
3/4 cup wheatgerm
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup sunflower kernels
1/2 cup pepitas
1 cup sultanas
125g butter
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup brown sugar

Lightly grease and line 3cm deep 16cm x 28cm baking pan with baking paper.

Toast oats, coconut, wheatgerm, sesame seeds, sunflower kernels and pumpkin seeds in a frying pan over medium heat, stirring for 8 - 10 minutes until golden. Transfer to a bowl and set aside to cool. Once cool, stir in sultanas.

Cook butter, honey and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring for 3 -4 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer on low. Simmer without stirring for around 7 minutes. (Here the recipe called for some complicated thing involving small balls forming when you drop a little of the mixture in ice-cold water, but I didn't bother.)

Add caramel mix to dry ingredients and stir until combined.

Spoon mixture into pan and use a large metal spoon to press down firmly. Press and press and then press some more. Allow to cool and then unlike in the photo above, I cut them into 3cm by 1.5cm little bars, wrap each in al foil and then into an airtight container. They keep for over a week this way and I can't see any reason why you couldn't freeze any extras.

Recipe is adapted from one at taste.com.au and I used the photo from there by Steve Brown as for the life of me I can't find my camera (cue panic!).

Winter Joy


Flannelette pyjamas. Icy cold feet. Stacks and stacks of cushions. Look out!

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Vintage ice cream tin signs

Vintage ice cream tin signs by Torie Jayne

1. Tasty Treats ice cream vintage metal art sign
2. Ice cream cones vintage tin sign
3. Bordens ice cream sign
4. Knickerbocker Glory vintage sign
5. Ice cream sundaes
6.Waffle cones vintage metal sign

This week in my series of posts, "Fridays Finds", I bring you a collection of cute vintage tin ice cream signs. On a recent trip to TK Maxx I found the pink knickerbocker glory vintage sign and I just had to buy it! My idea is to get a few and hang them on the side of my garden shed as artwork for my "outdoor living room".

Walls ice cream, Happy Family, 1950s
Walls ice cream, Happy Family, 1950s


Don't forget you can click on any blue lettering in any of my posts to link through to the relevant store website or blog post for more info!

Have a sweet day!
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