Seriously love this. I wonder if Len might have been a frustrated electrician? I love the fact that these lights were strung in such a temporary way & yet they are hard wired and appear to have been in situ for at least a couple of decades.
Things to love about this shot...
-yellowed masking tape
-vintage christmas lights
-glitter
-woodgrain contact used as wallpaper
-christmas in July (all year, every year for that matter)
Happy weekend.
image credit Paul Thurlby
but oh my gosh.
I'm not sure how I hadn't seen this before but the very clever Paul Thurlby has the whole alphabet! I shall be starting with "A".
I was searching for "zip" on flickr & had planned a whole my handbag zip's busted thingy & needing to make a new one but now I'll just be killing a bit more time in Paul's shop & on his blog too.
Just so good.
at this Avon sampler box of soaps. I just love the colours.
& at this gorgeous blog.
Cam & Jess are living an enviable life ... vegies, chooks, each other & a sweet as anything little boy.
& today he won! (convincingly...9 holes up with 8 to play)
He's the Club Champion. It's been a long time between drinks. He hasn't won since 2001.
now you don't.
They spent lots of time standing on their feet & lots of time being dumped!
The dial up thing means reply is tricky... I've just created a transparent gif from the film strip image & layered it over the photos.
Happy, happy boys at our place.
The kids & I crafted this banner yesterday morning before the game & here it is featured at the MCG.
A big day for the Hawks & a really big day for Shane Crawford.
I had to be content to watch on the TV with the girls.
The big girl & I had a chat about the merits of Brad Sewell. I told her I'd happily leave the date for him. Big girl looked at me with eyes rolling skyward & said "What on earth makes you think that he'd leave whoever he's with for you". She's nothing if not realistic.
Sunday Supper hosted by Meet me at Mikes.
The little guy & I have spent the afternoon in the kitchen doing a bit of cooking for school lunches.
I've made cake: one for Brown Owls & one for snacks.
The little guy made raspberry pikelets.
Raspberry Pikelets
1 1/2 cups SR flour
1 Tbs caster sugar
1 egg beaten
1 cup of milk
1/3 bag frozen raspberries
Mix flour & sugar together in a bowl.
Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients.
Add milk & egg to the well & using a wooden spoon gradually beat dry ingredients into the milk & egg.
Once mixed stir through the raspberries.
Heat fry pan, grease lightly & add spoonfuls of the pikelet mix to the pan turning once the bubbles appear...you know the drill.
Cool inside a tea towel on a wire rack. I'm not sure why you do this but my mum did it & my grandma did it so it must be right!
Freeze in a plastic container & add to school lunch boxes.
They thaw beautifully in time for play lunch. We do this for cake & muffins too.
1. The Bride & babe, 2. Powerful Words, 3. The Wedding Chapel, 4. The Dream, 5. The Parents of the Groom, 6. Hand basin, 7. The Groom, 8. The Bride, 9. The Honeymoon Suite
of a beautiful wedding.
The Bride & Groom (my cousin) had their little boy today. Lucky boy!
What do you think of the toilets? Brilliant!
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but I like to mix things up & in my "mum uniform" I can't really pull off a brooch.
This gorgeous resin bird brooch is made by the clever boy half of this dynamic duo.
PS: It's really hard to take a pic of the back of your own head.
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This is... hosted by Three Buttons & theme from Flightless Boyds.
He's my brother.
He's tech support.
He's super smart.
He's creative.
He's clever.
He's encouraging.
He's funny.
He's about 5 steps ahead.
He does good stuff.
He works hard.
He plays hard.
He thinks a LOT.
I try really hard & most of the time I'm pretty good but every now & then I just look at him blankly & shake my head.
What a life this little baby is destined for!
Last year I saw really cool side sleeper for babies & thought how super cute they were & now I've received this via email from my cousin.
What a lucky baby to have this magnificent side sleeping bed made with such love by both his/her parents. It's absolutely the BEST thing I've ever seen & I'm so proud to be related to these guys.
For a small boy.
Big heart.
Big effort.
Big result. (2nd overall)
I know I said I was going to get out the rotary cutter this weekend but I got a bit carried away with some organic stencilling.
Claire's gorgeous spray job & the promise of that wonderful patchwork skirted girl as well as Anna Laura's recent Mary Jane shoes have been racing around my already jumbled brain for a couple of weeks. Then I came across this mud stencil.
The recent wood obsession - a simple stencil design of my muse & I was away.
The Mud Stencil genius has a how to on his blog here.
This is what I did -
Cut: the stencil. I used a laminating pouch. It worked really well. I probably should have left it there but I laminated it. It buckled a teeny bit but there was no way I was going to cut it again. I just went for it. I told myself it would need to be tough to handle the mud!
Next: mix the mud. I just dug up a bit of dirt from the garden & mixed water in until it was sort of a bechamel sauce consistency.
Stencil: the design onto the timber. I used spray adhesive & that did the trick with the first stencil.
I did a couple more onto watercolour paper which worked OK but I didn't wipe the stencil or reapply the adhesive (& I got a bit too confident). I probably should have done both those things (& kept my ego in check).
All in all I'm pretty happy with the way my organic stencil turned out.
Is...
Determined.
Focused.
Encouraging.
Gracious.
Modest.
Caring.
Sensitive.
Consistent.
Strong.
Confident.
Supportive.
Intuitive.
Competitive.
Loving.
Affectionate.
MINE!
& going to the Victorian Championships on the long weekend.
Image source - used with permission
I want this bracelet so much.
I found this today via Swiss Miss. I usually follow these links & end up at some huge International store & think....Nah!
BUT... Oye Modern is Australian & Craig Arnold is a very clever boy from Adelaide. I also noticed that Liana Kabel is one of Oye Modern's featured designers.
I've joined the contact list & I'll be saving my pocket money for that bracelet. Genius should be rewarded!
at Birrarung Marr are really quite something.
I was "fortunate" to be a parent helper on an excursion to the city today. The bells were doing their thing when we stopped at 12:30pm.
I ran a long way this morning, didn't get my coffee, didn't pack a jacket & am not really cut out for excursions.
Teachers, even the grumpy kind with a "superannuation stare" d connolly 2006 are sainted. If you are/were/might one day become a teacher. Thank you.
as a gymnast when your hands look like this.
I've got a list of management instructions. Who knew teabags were good for blisters?
and this is one I'm a bit obsessed with. I just can't stop looking at it. Now I've got to find the perfect frame.
I went on a clicketty trip from Design for Mankind & landed in Matte Stephens etsy shop. There was no way I could click on without this gorgeous print.
I've been buying straight from the maker/artist/crafter lately & Pip is right buy handmade - it's better. I feel really good about my purchases & you always get a lovely little hand written note on the receipt - what's not to love about that?
If you would like to read more about Matte this interview is fabulous & just check out Matte's ranch. I'm his new number 1 fan.
one ear on the cricket & one ear on the kids.
mojito! I hate mojito but my date tonight (& forever) loves them.
Finally tracked down some mint in Queenscliff, I brewed the sugar syrup today & we are all set.
I made a double batch of sugar syrup...I wonder what girly drink I could make with that? Ah yes, the slushie. I'm going to the strawberry farm tomorrow!!!