Play Laugh Dream Games SCRABBLE onesie!

Howdy folks, how was your weekend? A definite highlight of mine was being caught in the middle of a toddler-mosh-pit large crowd of very young people and their respective parents/minders plus a squillion prams all jostling for position. For what purpose? Why, Dora the Explorer of course! Yes folks, she who once happily idled away a sunny Saturday reading lifestyle magazines on the beach now finds herself surrounded by hundreds of screaming children, all waving their hands in the air singing "backpack, backpack!" All except my daughter, who was as overwhelmed as I and burst into tears and Elliott - who (ensconced in his new $27 stroller from Kmart which he loves way more than his $1700 Bugaboo - go figure) upon polishing off a packet of Tiny Teddies, a Mandarin and a Sao began to look less than impressed, I beelined for the nearest exit and marched us all to Sushi, where we happily decorated the restaurant and selves with rice. Rice + tuna + seaweed = more mess than I can possibly hope to understand...

But this weekend, I also got to work on a new design I've been contemplating (and which you probably know about, if you have joined my new Facebook Page  -- if not, please do, I am having my first giveaway and launching some more goodies on there this week!).

It's a...... Scrabble onesie! Trust me, you cannot find Scrabble fabric anywhere (I've tried) and the only way I could find of doing this was to invent the process myself, and so I did!

I constructed this onesie from little hand-cut pieces of felt which I appliqued to the onesie and then carefully hand painted the wording with a permanent ink! It took a while to get the pieces right... but I think the effort was worth it! I see much potential with this design -- there are just so many fun things you could do to play around with the wording!

I was originally inspired by this image which you could easily reproduce in YOUR nursery using the inexpensive Scrabble letting available at Typo for about $4 each:

from www.style-files.com

My interpretation? Check it:



from my Bubby Makes Three store - $22
The best part is, this design is gender neutral so would make a great gift for somebody expecting a bub; you could go to town on the wording! The onesie is designed to be worn, but I rather imagine it hung in a nursery on a sweet little hanger as a unique little 'artwork'!

I'm open to custom orders on this one -- contact me to discuss your ideas!



ps. It's not the first time I've dabbled in a bit of Scrabble inspired fun... I made the artwork below from a little square canvas I painted black, and glued some vintage Scrabble pieces I sourced in an antique store:



I'd love your feedback!
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Decorative glass jars

Decorative glass jars
This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you some pretty decorative glass jars with these gorgeous 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):

Have a sweet day!

: scavenger hunt :

my first time joining in today with the amazingly talented Ashley Sisk who puts together a list of photos we need to come up with during the week to share every Sunday. 
Scavenger Hunt Sunday

: emotion :
my girls loves to jump & especially on the beach

: from a flowers point of view :
here is me looking at it looking at me


: natural frame :
taken from my car at one of my favourite spots

: letters :
a little wind vane

: bliss :
for me it is bliss to sit down to a hot cup of tea & enjoy a little something chocolaty





Don't follow me, I'm lost too?


The other night, my post was so offensive I lost five followers.

Yes, five people chose to leave my accidental-cult of followers* after revelations that my husband's Italian family were... a lovely, warm family.**

Hmmmmm.... that can't be right.

Of course it isn't. Followers drop off and join in on this blog all the time. Except for the fact that five abruptly exited at once, I may not have even noticed.***

But I remember the first time I 'lost' a follower, I was mortified - why would someone want to unfollow me. Was it something I said? Was I not fun enough? Was I, gasp, boring?

Oh, fickle followers, I thought. But I know different now.

Followers come and followers go, such is the merry roundabout of blogging life. New faces in, some faces lost. A little trace left behind or none whatsoever. There are so many so fabulous blogs out there (my latest 'must read - at least whenever I can' is Emily over at The Beetle Shack) that it's really, really hard not to let the eye wander off to landscapes new. It's hard to choose the blogs that you'll follow and stick with.

And how marvellous is that!

Have you misplaced a follower? How did it make you feel?


* Seriously, since when were the David Koreshs of the world involved in internet platform development?
** What is even more of a shame is that I named the post 'part one', indicating that I'm going in for another round soonest.
*** This is a lie.

[Follow Me tights from here are actually Twitter tights, but still...]

Pretty wrapped soaps

Bird Apothecary Jar filled with pretty soaps
We have started work on our new laundry room and cloakroom. So, after months of looking around the internet for cute, pretty ideas I have started to get my interior accessories ready! Don't you just love the part where you get to accessorize a new room?

I thought my bird glass apothecary jars from Modern Chic Home would look great in my cloakroom and would match my bird trail fabric blind (which I have yet to make!).

Today I am sharing with you my large bird apothecary jar that I have filled with hand wrapped pretty soaps and mini Cath Kidston guest soaps in colours to match my bird trail fabric. I decided it would cost me a small fortune to fill my large glass apothecary jar with the pretty Cath Kidston soaps so I bought a pack of pure vegetable soaps form Waitrose that were wrapped in white paper. I then wrapped two in blue polka dot wrapping paper, with a band of lace tape, pink polka dot ribbon, finished off with blue rik rak. Another two I wrapped in floral wrapping paper with a band of pink and white striped ribbon and a further two in pink polka dot wrapping paper.


Floral & Polka dot Soaps
Soap wrapping supplies
Hand wrapped soaps
Pretty Cath Kidston soaps
Cath Kidston wild flowers guest soap collection


Have a sweet day!

this week I am grateful for



























lots more gratefulness 
over @ maxabella loves


what are you grateful for?

This week I'm grateful for... oranges


Fruit and I are wary of each other. Every time I start to think I kinda like it, it tosses me a frigid manadarin or a wanton pear. When it's good, it's very, very good, but when it's bad it is just so darn awful that I start to realise that the thing about a Snickers Bar isn't that it's convenient or addictive 'cos of the high salt/sugar/fat combo... no, it's successful because you always know what you're going to get.

Fruit isn't like that. Yuuuummmmm.... Snickers Bar... sorry, where was I?

But, this week I'm grateful for...

139. Oranges - sorry, Ms Winterson, but they actually are the only fruit that seems to be tolerable most of the time.

140. Baking - flour puffs, oozy dough, greasy hands, fragrant warmth, spoon-licking goodness. Substituting wholemeal flour means it's all good for you, right?

141. My pathetic little heater - yeah, yeah, I know I said last week that I really love the cold. But that was cold days. Not, you know, later at night when you're freezing through your four layers and your feet just won't warm up without a little help. Not then. So, we thought about getting ducted reverse-cycle air-con and I got it costed up and then I realised that my pathetic little radiator heater wasn't as bad as I thought...


So, what's making you smile today? Add your I'm Grateful For post to the list below (and please, we love you, but it really does matter that your post is a Grateful one and not just a random), add the button (grab the code from my sidebar and paste it into your post) and pretty-please add a link back to me. Then pop over to visit other bloggers who are spreading a little sunshine. 





[Image from How About Orange - another fabulous orange that I love to indulge in as often as possible! Thanks Jess!]
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