♥ Loving Christmas spirit

The tree is up and sparkling. The front door is festooned with a new wreath. The Eiffel tower is glowing with fairy lights... it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I made the wreath in about 10 minutes for about $10 yesterday. A half-price plain wreath from our friends at Lincraft, a bunch of ribbons cut up and tied on each branch. A little birdy ornament from Morgan and Finch strung up in the middle. Easy peasy and I just love it.

I add something Christmassy each year. My favourite is my fat garland-toting boy angel with his nose permanently toffed. He just seems to be saying "meh, this Christmas gig, I can take it or leave it".

See, the Eiffel tower really is strung up with fairy lights!


Are you ready? Have you done your shopping? Can you feel December sliding away like a sled on snow?

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Playing along with Lou today too...

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shadow shot

taken down town Melbourne

Bourke St

Saturday 4th December

join in with your Shadow shot

@ Hey Harriet

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Tiny Prints Giveaway

I'm so pleased to announce a giveaway of $50 worth of store credit for Tiny Prints, and it's open to readers worldwide!

Tiny Prints is the source for chic and modern stationery for all life occasions! From creative holiday cards to baby photo birth announcements. I am loving their cute Gingerbread block, pretty Sweetest Holiday and the beautiful Haute Wreath cards.

To enter, please visit Tiny Prints and then leave a comment below this post letting me know what you would spend your store credit on. The giveaway ends on Saturday, December 11th 2010 at 10pm (GMT) and I will randomly select and announce a winner on Sunday, December 12th.

To increase your chances of winning this fabulous prize, you can gain one additional entry for doing each of the following:

• tweeting about this giveaway
• blogging about it
• following/subscribing to the Torie Jayne blog/twitter

For the first two, please leave a comment below with the link to your tweet or blog post.

This giveaway is open to readers worldwide.

Good luck and have a sweet day!

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Friday Photo Fun

This is my first time doing Fix-It Friday over at iheartfaces! Since I'm always playing in Photoshop anyway I decided to give it a try! I'm a little intimated by other entries but it's all for good fun! Plus I will only learn by challenging myself!

Here is the original photo:

And here are my edits:

I used Photoshop Elements 8. I didn't write down how my edits, sorry.

She is so beautiful and I had fun fixing up the photo!

So what do you think? I'd love any feedback- good and helpful ;)

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I'm also participating in Live Every Moments Challenge: Pets

Here's my entry:

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Charlotte Farmer Tea Towels

For the bakers amongst us I am loving these Charlotte Farmer tea towels from New House Textiles, and when you purchase three of them you get a gorgeous limited edition hand printed box for FREE...

Have a sweet day!

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mila's daydreams

Adele Enersen creates lovely dreamscapes for her daughter, Mila while she naps. Using things from around the house (resourceful gal), she takes just a few minutes to set up each scene without waking Mila. You can view the slideshow here.

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This week I'm grateful for... stationery

I mentioned yesterday that I'm not organising any Christmas parties this year, but in actual fact I have two non-Christmas parties on the go as I write. The Kinder 2010 Twilight BBQ - a bit of a 'farewell to Kindergarten' to be held after school at a cool park on 10 December. And the Kinder 2011 Welcome Lunch, where we welcome the new Kindy parents to our school next year. I just happen to be both a Kinder 2010 mum AAAAND a Kinder 2011 mum... so I was a natural fit for running the show (apparently). I'll keep you posted on both these gigs and in the meantime...

This week I'm grateful for...

1. Stationery - it allows me to think things through, put them in order, make lists, wrap gifts, compartmentalise stuff and weirdly feel happy just looking at it. I can't help myself, I love the stuff.

2. Savignon Blanc - and her sweet sister Chardonnay. Sometimes that Friday night glass of wine is all you've got going for you all week.

3. Muffins - so easy to make... so easy to eat.

So, what's making you smile today? Grab my Grateful button from my sidebar if you like (see, over there to the right), add your Grateful post below and add a link back to me in your post. Then pop over to visit other bloggers who are spreading a little sunshine. No hurry - we're all about laaaaazy Saturdays. Link is open all week. Happy day to you!

[Image from Little Jane Street]

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