Pretty jam jars

Pantry Design jam making set with jars
How cute is this Pantry Design jam making set with jars? A great stock filler for under £10.

Happy shopping!

Pretty tea & cakes

To my friend Santa...


We thought, discussed, typed, printed, decorated, stuck down, almost re-opened and finally posted!




much love monday: a soak in the tub

More Much Love Monday here.

A friend gave me some lovely bath oils. Reminds me how much I enjoy and miss a good soak in the tub. These days, it's all about grabbing a quick shower while our two-year-old shouts "All done Muuuummm? It's got me thinking: it's time to bring back the bath. Find a little window and float for a bit. And while I'm at it, I might send some of this pre-Christmas stress down the plughole.

The Over-Styled Life


I was happy when Bubby Makes Three gave me the opportunity to let it all hang out. As much as I adore the aesthetics of life, I've got a bit of an issue with the Over-Styled Life. I previously mentioned Fleur Wood's book and how much it made me cringe. Even though I couldn't get into the over-done images and seemingly forced bubbliness of the whole thing, at least it was authentically Fleur Wood. I think she's really, genuinely like that.

Although sometimes I'm rather too preoccupied with the way life looks for comfort, I'm not really in danger of leading an OLS any time soon. It's the kind of life where at a party the host worries more that everything looks perfect than the happiness of the people attending. It's perpetuating the myth that women leap out of bed fully airbrushed into homes that look like a magazine spread. A world where only a $495 rubbish bin from Top 3 by Design will save our homes from becoming land fill. It's eating Donna Hay food rather than just looking at it. It's shopping at boutique grocery stores and paying $36 for a slice of cheese without batting a Bimatoprost coated eyelash.

It's sands and taupes and camels. It's definitely never beige.

It's the woman watching the people watching her children frolicking in their matching white sundresses rather than watching the children herself. Her husband smiles indulgently and wonders if she's put on a bit.

It's over-bright smiles and self-conscious fussing. It's forced whimsy and copy-cat cutesy. It's like we stopped looking at Pretty in mags and decided that we wanted that stylist-created, airbrushed life for ourselves. Without the stylist or the airbrushing.

It's all so samey same same and it's infiltrating more and more sectors of my life and it's driving me a bit bonkers!  Fortunately, I am far too frizzy, beigey and generally lazy to really fall victim to the OSL phenomenon. But, I know it... oh, yes, we've met and I didn't instantly turn my back like I should have...

Are you a victim of the OSL? Can you maintain the pace?


[Image by Peter Guthrie]

@ my house

the Christmas decorating has begun
I have been hanging up our home made garland
& making lots of these clay hearts to give to those we love





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A very special party for a GREAT-granddad at our house




SUPERBOX!!! seating at The Wiggles @ Rod Laver Arena
~They only way I EVER want to see a kids concert again~
Thank you ever so much Bree






& a Christmas BBQ in the park with some old friends
along with some house renos and reorganising means one BUSY weekend!



How was your weekend? What did you do? Why not check out what everyone did in Chantelle's -  Point & Shoot and Claire's - Week-a-boo!!

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