… we are taking a bloggy break. A sickie, if you will.
In the midst of party preparations, I have a chest infection, coughy thing, which is driving me insane. My foggy head couldn’t think of anything, so instead, I’m chucking a sickie. Concentrating on my course of antibiotics and making sure No.1 has a good [...]

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A year full of beautiful photos with a calendar bought you by My Wings are Made of Faith and Simply Hue

A cute little notecard by Mufn Inc

A lovely ABC poster from Black Pio {via mixtape}

Having a dinner party ~ get these holiday invites by Erin from Sunny July over Love. Obsess. Inspire

And another lovely notecard [...]

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A little bit of excitment this week with the weekend celebration of No.1’s birthday. A small party on Saturday afternoon followed by a family dinner, and then breakfast the following morning for his actual birthday.
So party preparations are in progress. There is no theme as such, just afternoon tea and colourful decorations. So some balloons [...]

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Here in Australia, we are marvelling at the arrival of spring and the colourful blooms that are appearing in the garden. Spring ~ renewal, new life and all that ~ is a wonderful time for inspiration and feeling uplifted. After a drizzly, dreary end to winter, I was amazed at how motivated I was once [...]

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1. Une Fleur, 2. “There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.” , 3. bluegrass bokeh, 4. Birch-keh
After going through some of my own photos, and then scouting my favourites this week, bokeh is on my mind. I love the effect.
Check out some more flickr favourites over [...]

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Paper Pastries has been on my flickr contacts for a while and her lovely stationery goodies has been catching my eye for a while. Now I ‘m wondering why I haven’t until now investigated further. Look at these goodies!

1. 104-01 Candy Jars, 2. 101-03 Love Punch Out , 3. 106-02 New York, 4. 101-01 Happy [...]

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… something cuddly.
No.1’s teddy bear, christened Terry thanks to his terry-towelling like fur, given to him when he was a baby by Hubby’s cousin and his wife, and still being cuddled seven years later.
Head over to Cindy’s to find some more cuddles this Monday morning.

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This week’s Theme Queen picked “bedsides” as this week’s place.
Here we have:

yes, they would be lime green walls in our bedroom, to the left, you can’t see it, is a wall of painted navy blue cupboards
freedom lamp
pile of books, mostly unread or partly read, with a couple of notebooks thrown in
little box of bits and [...]

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Calendars are popping up everywhere for 2010 {is it that time alread?} and so today I have picked five of my favourites.

Beautiful photography by Alicia Bock available at etsy | website

Letterpress simplicity from Simple Song available at etsy

Wonderful word play from Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar available here {via oh joy}

Gorgeous artwork by gretchenmist [...]

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… schedule some “me time”.
This week, I’ve seen several posts around the www lately of mums feeling overwhelmed, busy and spread a little thin.
I hear ya.
I am a full-time working mum, juggling work, family, housework and my own hobbies. And most of the time there is never enough time in the day. In the crafting [...]

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