Jikana Damaru

new life

today we started our day @ the beach. it's an early start : 5.30am. to see the sun rise. it's my favourite church service of the year. sitting on the sand with blankets. my girls & husband huddled close to keep warm. a fire is lit & every year for the past 5 the sunrise has been amazing. then we head home to a breakfast of hot cross buns, an Easter egg hunt & get ready to hit the road to spend the rest of the day with family for lunch & dinner. we enjoy as much choccie as we can & rejoice in the love & life we have been given.

happy easter to you x

how do you celebrate?

Hand-made chocolate egg

I have never made a big chocolate egg... until now! But when a certain little person said they would love a blue egg for Easter, their wish was my command!

Chocolate egg
What you will need:

Instructions

Temper (melt) white chocolate
Stir in blue chocolate food colouring a little at a time until you have desired colour. Stir well so colour is even
Fill mould full of melted chocolate, let it sit for a few minutes.
Then pour the liquid chocolate out. Some of the chocolate will have solidified on the inside of the mould
Leave to set. Refrigerating speeds up this process and can make it easier to turn out
Carefully release the eggs from the plastic moulds

I filled mine with coloured candy and a little white rabbit then wrapped it tightly in cling film and tied a pretty ribbon round it.

For now the bunnies are looking after the egg!

Have a sweet day!

pinning delights

perfect party or everyday deco

chair love

love this quote

pressies & all?!

love the freshness of this

must try these!

all images via my pinterest boards

My Easter Wish

For today, tomorrow and always...

I pray you find the gift of compassion

I pray you become beautifully optimistic

I pray you find a soul that believes in you

I pray you find the beauty in every sunset

I pray you make mistakes

I pray a butterfly flies past you so witness it's elegant beauty

I pray you find unconditional love

I pray you find a few minutes a day to be still and be one with your soul.

I pray you never loose your innocence.

I pray you savor every single second of motherhood. It is a very rare and special gift that you should never take for granted.

I pray that you always believe in magic

I pray you find your light.

I pray you never give up on your dreams. No matter how big or small.

I pray you find a soul that is your cheerleader in life

I pray you learn to forgive.

I pray you never stop learning.

I pray you find courage to never give up.

I pray you find faith. No matter what your beliefs are.

I pray you realise what is important in life.

I pray you learn to 'let it go'

I pray you take chances.

I pray you kiss slowly and hug often

I pray you love your heart, your body and your soul

I pray you find patience

I pray you smile every day

I pray you find eternal happiness - you deserve it

x S.K.K x

little artist

both my girls love to be creative. whether it's whipping up cakes & soups in the cubby house or drawing with pastels at the dining room table there is always something keeping them busy. i love watching the concentration & the little hands at work.

i always loved art at school. have always thought about learning to sew. enjoy baking. & of course taking photographs is my creative outlet #1.

what about you? do you love being creative & how?

A Good Friday

It was Good Friday today! and let me tell you it was a GOOD Friday here in the K household. For the first time in years we had no plans to go away. No camps to set up, no traffic to fight, just me and him, at home, together. I had plans in the afternoon but they got changed to Monday. This worked out perfectly as I could spend the whole day with my man and then spend a beautiful morning on Monday with my favourite gal! Perfect! I had a late night last night so I slept in a little and I woke up to Rob building the girls a play gym!

We have been planning this stand for a while now and actually bought the black stand a few months back. It only had a single wooden perch and this, of course, would not do for our girls! We wanted to have something they could sit on but also play on! We also wanted to use natural timber. Ruby loves stripping the wood and making marks in the wood and I hate to think of what chemicals are in the wood they sell at the shops. So Rob got to work and designed and chopped and screwed and tied and created the most amazing bird play gym I could of ever imagined. It is huge and big enough for both the parrots to be on. I LOVE it so much!

TA-DA - The finished product!

Enjoying a chilli each while Dad gets more wood!

Sabrina smashing out some chin ups!

Rob couldn't and wouldn't stop there - he caught the bug and was go go go! Who am I to stop a man who wants to build things for our home! His next project was to build a fishing rod holder that would keep his rods off the floor, keep them straight and also display them. He got the idea from his boss and whipped up this little beauty in about 15 minutes. I think he achieved the look he was going for!

Next on the list was to create a space for the boards so they were off the ground, out of the weather and not taking up too much room. Rob once again designed, measured and created our vision! He started with a couple of meters of steel and turned them into brackets. He cut each piece and weld them together using my grandpas welder! Its still going strong after all these years! He lined them with rubber and screwed them onto the wall and....wallah! A perfect space to store all our boards! Looks fantastic!!!

....and me...

Well you know I just hung out! Helped out here and there! Played with all the animals! Took photos, got the cold beers from the fridge...I had a very big role ;-)

But seriously I just enjoyed being with my husband! Watching him work his magic. I loved just sitting by and watching him work. Everything he does amazes me and every day I thank God for how lucky I am to have him by my side. He's truly talented and such a dam hard worker. I am so very proud of him! Tonight, as I look over all the work he did today, my heart warms with pride! I am the happiest, luckiest wife in the world!

x S.K.K x

Hand-made chocolate carrots

Last year I made pink chocolate carrots with green chocolate tops, but I found that a lot of the tops fell off! So this year I made peach carrots and painted the tops with edible green dusting powder. No breakages so far!

Chocolate carrots
What you will need:

Instructions

Temper (melt) white chocolate
Stir in peach powdered food colouring a little at a time until you have desired colour. Stir well so colour is even
Spoon chocolate into icing bottle or bag fitted with a small nozzle
Squeeze chocolate into moulds
Lightly tap moulds so chocolate lays flat and air bubbles are removed, and leave to set
Turn out chocolate carrots
With a damp brush, lightly paint the carrot tops with the green dusting powder

After posting about my bunny jars for Easter the other day, Bonnie Leigh from the blog Three o'clock on Tuesday suggested making mini ones using baby food jars. What a great idea! So I made some more bunny jars, this time using baby food jars and some very small bunnies I've had knocking about since last year which I bought from Acorn & Will.

Hand made chocolate carrots in mini bunny jar

Have a sweet day!