Weekend Catch Up!

An eventful couple of days...

Friday we went to my sonogram! Addison is as cute as ever. It makes me so anxious to meet her after seeing her on the screen! Afterwards we went out to a delicious lunch at Coastal Flatts and did a little shopping! Addison got a hooded towel and bath toy from Pottery Barn. Hubby and I both got new flops for the beach! We were celebrating our second anniversary, which was Monday the 20th!

Saturday we went to the Nationals game! It was HOT so we hardly sat in our seats, but we walked around the stadium and had a good time. Plus they won! 

these shots are from my lovely point and shoot, which is on its last leg!

Father's Day we spent time with both our families. It was a great day.

And finally, I did a little girl's first birthday photos! It was a lot of fun. This is one of my favorites! 

more of her cuteness to come!

linking up the above photo to...

And pretty please don't forget to vote for my photo at Live Every Moment if you haven't already! Just two more days to vote so I won't bug ya again ;)

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An Angel at my Table

This week for my 'shops i love' page, I bring you An Angel at my Table; a store I have loved for such a long time for their beautiful birdcage mirrors. I have the birdcage noticeboard on my kitchen wall painted in a pretty duck egg blue to match the facing wall!

An Angel at my table is a family run business: six people and one dog! They started life in 1997 as a shop in Essex, England selling painted furniture and French style accessories. They then moved to the countryside to concentrate on their labour of love, sourcing and designing the most exquisite English and French furniture along with the most stylish interior accessories with a difference!

The accessories section is whimsically laid out with categories such as 'Whiter shade of pale' which has the cutest white house tea light holders, Boho crochet throws and white porcelain swallows to decorate ornate white plaster frames with. 'Exotica' is full of brightly coloured bird cushions, bird wall sconces and butterfly plates. In the furniture section there are great painted wooden dining chairs that can be custom painted in the colour of your choice. I've got my eye on the classic English fiddleback chair, which I would love in duck egg blue!

A great store with so much eye candy!

Have a sweet day!

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Photography Challenge - Week 3

Lots of great topics this week in the White Peach 30 Day Photography Challenge - it is so great to have an excuse to pick up my camera every day and take some fun photo's.  So here we go with this weeks pics and a few explanations about where they were taken.

Sunrise from our bedroom balcony created the perfect silouhette for the pine tree that sits in our backyard. 

 Day 16's picture was taken from the same bedroom balcony looking at the Sydney city late night skyline which we can glimpse in the distance!

 Hmm - technology - need I say more!

 My Favourite Shoes from Jigsaw

 A lovely orange marigold on our walk around the area last weekend.

 Backyard berries with the sun shining on them created some pretty bokeh in the background! (Loved this challenge and ended with lots of photos this day!)

Me in the kitchen splashback, using my iphone and instagram - look there is that pine tree again in the background!

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks photos - just one week left in the challenge.  If you would like to find out more drop in on the White Peach Photography Blog here.

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Girl's Personalised OWL Onesies... and some Nursery Wall Art

Hello to you! Today I am working busily on some orders (or rather, procrastinating about working on orders, can't you tell!) -- mostly for my personalised owl onesies, which have become rather a hit! Halfway through creating of my girl's options, I realised I havn't even shared this one with you! I'm rather proud of the design, so I thought I'd show you what I came up with!

I first created the gender neutral/ boys option which I shared with you here. That one has been really popular, and in fact I am redesigning the fabrics as we speak as I have sold out of the one with that particular print around the eyes!

But then I started getting some enquiries about designing a special one, just for girls. Well, why not? So I came up with this one:

Girl's Personalised Owl Onesie $24 available here

She has a little ribbon hair-bow...

And she can be customised with an initial or number!

I also made a matching headband:

Owl Pinwheel Flower Headband $8 available here

Actually, I've actually almost sold out of this fabric already so I'm going to have to come up with another design -- not to worry, I'm off to the Craft and Stitches show tomorrow where I'm bound to unearth some divine fabrics and embellishments!

I also couldn't stop myself from making a nursery wall hanging to match! This one is on a large 6" bamboo hoop with vintage linen and layers of appliqued fabric with embroidering, a hair ribbon AND a real piece of Australian Gum Tree for the branch! 

Nursery Owl Wall Hanging $30 available here

I hope you like! Is anybody else out there off to the Stitches show in Sydney over the weekend? I am very excited, I desperately need new fabric and can't wait to be inspired by new ideas and trends!

Now, must get back to finishing sewing or will not be going anywhere tomorrow!

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wordless wednesday

Playing along with Sarah: come and join in!

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: wordless wednesday : family dinner desserts

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& link back to here so others can join in to thank you

i hope you have a great wednesday wherever you are today

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27 Weeks

This photo was actually 26 weeks, 4 days. I have been pretty busy and haven't taken an official 27 week photo yet. We had a an eventful weekend celebrating our anniversary and fathers day. We're also packing up to go to the beach on Saturday for a week! I'm so excited to put my toes in the sand, go swimming, and eat lots of yummy food! 

Helllooo summer!

I'm editing a bunch of photos from the weekend and from a photo shoot of a little girl who is turning one! They're almost finished so I'll be back soon to share! Plus, I have a new sonogram photo of our little girl! 

Meanwhile, could you please take a quick second and vote for my photo over at Live Every Moment? I am thrilled it made top 3! Thanks!!

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