Sweet Fabric:
the good life

It's been an amazing week in my neck of the woods.

Just truly gorgeous things have been happening over the last seven days...

My sister & her family are coming home!!! You can't even imagine how insanely happy this has made me.

An amazing, amazing person sent me THE NECKLACE in the mail! Just a totally inspiring act of generosity.

I've received sweet handwritten notes, posts & lovely, lovely emails from internet mates. You know who you are and I thank you from the very bottom of my heart.

Finally, yesterday for no particular reason Auntie Pat gifted me a box of lambswool/angora Anny Blatt. This is an incredible treat.

All those years ago when I worked at Woolcraft I used to spend far too long "tidying" the Anny Blatt shelves so that I could enjoy the luxury of this yarn. I imagined that one day I'd be able to make something amazing with it.

Totally inspired by Assemblage & Aunty Cookie I've cast on a few stitches.

cleansing...
I'm chucking out a lot of stuff, it's hard rubbish in our neighbourhood.

north sun...
My favourite time of year in the family room.

earl grey...
A gift from someone nice.

homemade...
A fabulous little cookbook put together by a group of very dedicated people to benefit those affected by the Black Saturday bushfires. You can purchase a copy here (all proceeds to the Salvation Army).

got "wrapped" today.

It's really looking like a house now.

& 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.

I've ever eaten!

Just perfect. Surprisingly light & fresh & completely lovely.

If you're in Melbourne & looking for a good breakfast & a good coffee ... go to Porgie & Mr Jones

& make sure you order the banana bread!

I ask the question daily. Why?

This is the reason.

If I achieve nothing else on kootoyoo I'll be happy!

Can't write anymore...too emotional.

Thank you B & come home. please

Sunday Supper hosted by Meet Me at Mikes.

This week is a collaboration between myself & the date.

We usually have pizza on a Sunday night & now that we are using this pizza base recipe it's a quick & easy meal. I know Cam has also had success with it.

Our favourite Sunday night pizza is "Souvlaki Pizza". It's yummy & it forces me to eat red meat - good for the iron levels.

Souvlaki Pizza Topping

2 Tablespoons of good quality pizza sauce or tomato pasta sauce
2 lamb backstraps seasoned with a Greek Spice rub, cooked & finely sliced.
1 good handful of baby spinach
1 Tub of Tzatsiki (or you could make it from scratch).
Tasty cheese

After you have made the pizza base spread the sauce on top & cook in a 200 C oven for 5 minutes.

Remove & top with baby spinach, followed by the sliced lamb, then flick a few dollops of tzatsiki around (be generous - it's yum). Finally top with a bit of cheese & return to the oven.

You probably need to cook it for about 10 minutes.

Enjoy!

Vintage sheets - thrifted & came wrapped in plastic!

I overshot my exit on the freeway coming home from my favourite shop. I was on autopilot driving out to the gym. My route home took me past an out-of-the-loop Op Shop I haven't stopped in at for a while.

Unexpected & pretty darned thrilling.

for my friends.

My lovely friend is walking this. I've done it - it's the hardest thing ever! If you'd like to donate to her team of go-get-em girls and support OXFAM go here. I'll be tracking her progress over the next 20 hours or so.

I'm off to support another of my lovely friends tonight. She is doing live stand-up - that's gutsy!

Always up for a challenge - I'm linking my cute with Angela & Mikes to my Thrifted Tuesday Op Shop purchasing.

The cutest Op Shop ever turned up this beauty "tested & found to be working". This night light is so super cute that I couldn't leave without it.

I think a night time drive in that jalopy with the little glasses & drivers-cap attired chap would be quite lovely. Now I've just got to get the date to grow a moustache & find myself a nice hat with a yellow flower & we'll be set.

DELIGHTFUL.
Snippets from my week.

I purchased a few pairs of jeans from the Op Shop to finish of this project. When I got them home I examined them more closely & found one of the pairs to be fits-like-a-glove & tracky-dack-comfy...delightful.

I met a friend for coffee. She was running late - yay just enough time to duck into the Op Shop next door. I purchased a taped closed supermarket bag full of what I knew to be handwork of some kind. What I discovered was the handwork pictured above...delightful.

On my daily mouse-mobile travels I read this post on a blog well loved by many and written by lovely local Claire. The post was simple and utterly...delightful.

A souvlaki pizza enjoyed with beautiful tier one friends & pretty drinks & made by the date...delightful.