I love this ~ not only because the photo is so beautifully styled but the whole idea of leaving messages in a bottle. A much nicer way of writing notes like “don’t forget the milk”, don’t you think?
I imagine a lovely table in the hub of a house, small pieces of paper, pencils and this [...]

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Wow Thursday has rolled around quickly this week ~ school is back, I’m back at the job that pays the bills, lots to do and a certain little one’s party to organise.
Hence these.
We are having a circus party (which goes with some things that have been happening at preschool – plus it seemed like such [...]

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{photos by Hubby | design by me}
Rain is often associated with grey and  misery but for me and our parched little area of the earth, it means colour. It’s a happy time.
After our first decent amount of rain in months, lawns have turned from an arid brown to a lush green and even though the [...]

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The National Portrait Gallery in Canberra will be hosting the Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 exhibition from June 5 to the end of August. It says the exhibition ~ full of famous faces  including the ones above, (from left) Adele and Fred Astaire, Madonna and Louis Armstrong ~ depicts the [...]

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I love stationary. Me in an office supplies store is like Carrie Bradshaw in a shoe store. I can’t go past a colourful pile of notebooks, bunches of pencils, trying lovely new pens.
And now there is all that really pretty stationary ~ handmade notebooks, gift tags, letterpress cards and tape, really lovely tape.
Here is a [...]

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{See the picture here}
Reminiscent of something from an Anne Geddes calendar, these bubs are cooling down in tummy tubs filled with water after a baby massage class in the Netherlands. The “cooling down” segment is to simulate a womb-like environment.
Nothing like some cute bubs to make you smile at the start of a [...]

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This is what I whipped up on the weekend ~ lemon delicious pudding. Uses a couple of mixing bowls but is otherwise quite easy.
My recipe is from an old Australian Table magazine – I’m sure there are lots of others but this one is tried and trued for me. I even had the sense to [...]

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The humble bicycle can be thing of rare beauty. A chic vintage bicycle makes me think of wicker baskets,  picnics and Paris. Check out this post by mrs french on sfgirlbybay for some blissful bicycle inspiration.

This is PANTONE® 14-0848 Mimosa. In case you didn’t know, this is the Pantone Colour of the Year for 2009 [...]

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The significance of the picture (apart from the lovely colour) – real raindrops! It’s been a while and we have been blessed with some lovely rainfall over the past 24 hours. The weather is quite cold and wintry and just lovely.
So what to do? We are thinking of an outing to mark the end of [...]

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This has been one of my aims from day dot – sharing.
So every now and then, (I shan’t be to ambitious and say every week) I will have a Friday freebie. Something you can download and use yourselves – or stow away for that day that you need it. (It’s not perfect but it’s free)
And [...]

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