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colour

One colouring in book complete so now I look for another (what a great present this book has been...thanks Jo :) In the mornings after breakfast and in the evenings while i am preparing dinner, the house falls silent and i find them at their desk chatting away and commenting to one another on how beautiful each picture looks. Maxs' bed has become as colourful as his colouring in this Autumn by an old blanket made by my great grandmother!

Have a look at these amazing burst of colours by Arch.
I am very much in love with all her photos, and i find i get lost amongst her photostreams... go have a look see!

2 different dictionaries

Karin posted about a beautiful looking book she found at the flea market and it inspired me to share these 2 dictionaries. The Dr Seuss one we found in a second hand shop whilst on the road in NZ last year, it dates back to 1964. The other one was my mum's, 'the rainbow dictionary' which was given to her from her father and now passed onto us. Parts of it make me laugh with the definitions they used back in 1947.

Thanks Karin for the inspiration :)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. x

cut,cut,cut,sew,sew,sew

At the moment there is a bit of a penguin frenzy happening in my studio. I am making for the window space at Craft Vic in Melbourne and there i will have a little exhibition that will run for 3 weeks from the 26th May. Exciting stuff and included in this will be a break in Melbourne when i set it up...Yeah!!!. I have also been doing a few custom order's over the last few weeks.... a penguin off to Japan for a friend's 1 year old and 4 Mosis' off to 4 newborns in various parts of the country.

Happy wednesday to you :)

Famapa's wonderful photography .... My funny eye.

three on the weekend

We had a surprise with lunch delivered to us on saturday by our good friends who also gave Oaks a beautiful present. Thankyou very much Soul for the toy and Dave for cooking lunch (it was delicious). How nice it was to sit down to a hot meal whilst in the middle of baking and making.
The cake turned out well and i decided to go with Tessa Kiros' Vanilla cake recipe from Apples for Jam ( I added beetroot to get the pink for the icing), and while i was at it i made some chocolate and cranberry biscuits while Hal made the Honey Joys.
It was a beautiful party in the park, good food, lovely friends & family and perfect weather. I think they all had a great time..... I hardly saw Oaks as she rode her bike, played games ( thankyou Katie you were a star) and then when a pink fairy dress was given to her she ran around even faster once it was on...... she is still wearing it today :)

all day gardening

It has been a big day moving dirt and road base creating different paths and garden beds. We harvested celery and shallots and admired small details from the garden whilst the kids played around us creating their own wonders with worms and their spades.
It has been a great day :)