I love when clever types turn their light bulb ideas into successful businesses. I came across this when searching for tips to salvage a favourite pair of my husbands jeans...Denim Therapy are m...
Yesterday morning I decided to tick off a few things on my steadily growing to do list.. First up was transforming a bunch of forgotten and very brown bananas, into some kind of banana bread/cake thi...
Easter is upon us again.. This weekend all the family will be bunked up together at my parents beautiful property Cloudlake.I cant wait, as its generally around 5 degrees cooler up there a...
Dont forget its Earth Hour tonight!!Well be marking the occasion with a romantic candlelit bbq, just the three of us... What will you be doing? Check out the Earth Hour site here for more ...
Inspired by all the beautiful brights I saw on the Anthropologie site, I snapped up a couple of cheerful items this week to chase away the rainy day (or should I say rainy month) blues!All on the che...
Aaah what a lovely week!! Weve just returned from several lazy days spent on the Tweed Coast, swimming, reading and eating..Even better, this beautiful part of the world is practically on our doorste...
Its officially Autumn here but the weather doesnt seem to know that... Today its bright blue skies and 31 degrees!Our mailbox is stuffed full of catalogues advertising black and grey winter coats, sc...
We reached a small but important milestone recently, Thom started daycare.. Aside from mentally preparing for my little one venturing out into the world for the first time, sans me or his dad, I...
Not so long ago a quick flick through the latest Delicious mag would be what inspired a new culinary adventure in the kitchen..Yesterday I picked up a recipe idea from a slightly different source.., ...
I have something rather exciting to share..Theres going to be a wee addition to our family this year. Yep, bambino number two is on the way!! Were all very excited!! Even Thom points to my ever ...
Have you seen this?? Its a site called Dear Photograph where old family photos are revisited in the locations they were originally taken, sometimes many decades later.. This is such a...
Well hello and happy (much belated) new year!!The first month of 2012 has been lovely although, pretty low key for me.. It began with a couple of blissful weeks in the mountains, soaking up the ...
I intended to fit in a couple of posts this week, but its been a little crazy..Were almost there though. The presents are wrapped and the car is packed (to the gunnels) and Im checking off my final t...
Only ten sleeps until Santa, I tell Thom. To which he responds with a confused and slightly anxious look, probably thinking of his recent and terrifying run in with the man in red in a city departmen...
This year I put my hand up to tackle one of the family Christmas cakes, previously the sole responsibility of my Mother and as Sunday was grey and drizzly here, it was perfect for a little festive ba...
Two and a bit weeks to go and Im already in a pretty festive mood. The Christmas shopping is 99 percent done, the trees up and Thom has had his first encounter with the man in red (which was um memor...
One of my fondest memories of this time of year, as a child, would have to be Mum coming back from the markets laden with Summer stone fruit.., mangoes, nectarines, plums, apricots and the most excit...
Tonight I intend to be firmly planted on the sofa in front of the telly... The 2010 series of Upstairs Downstairs is here at last!!Although I never saw the original 70s version (I was a tad too young...
Twice a year my friend Jan hosts a clay play day at her lovely home.An all round creative and a part-time potter, she whips up (throws actually) a kiln load of bowls, beakers, plates and cookie cutte...
Yesterday I picked up a couple of bedside tables I won on Ebay...We were in desperate need of new bedsides (not my husbands opinion exactly) and these two fitted the bill. The price was right; theyre...
Yep more beading... I thought Id share a few pics of the necklaces Ive been working on for my nieces and a few little friends for Christmas.Next on the list, Im hoping to sew little matching drawstri...
David Hockneys A Bigger SplashSummer has well and truly arrived here and the evening air is full of the delicious aroma of sizzling BBQs and the sound of neighbours splashing about in their backyard ...
Im not usually one for gimmicks, especially in the lead up to Christmas... But how cute is this??!! Typography you can eat!! You can snap them up here.Have a great weekend!! xx
This evening, as the sun was going down on another scorcher of a day, the last rays hit the top of a tree in our garden.The tree is in full bloom and the effect was not unlike a burst of golden firew...
with the latest Inside Out! Although I rarely buy magazines these days (a. I never have the time to read them and b. theres so much inspiration out there in blogland and in online mags), I couldnt go...
Recently I came across these four crystal tumblers at a local opshop. I immediately fell for their simple lines and the fact they were all slightly irregular in size (a sign that they were handmade I...
Thanks to a bunch of generous compliments from sweet blogger friends, Im carrying on withmy new hobby and my desk is now covered with little boxes, dishes and bottles of beads, beads, beads...Today I...
Paul Colins Josephine Baker. Amazing!!Its been a tough ol year for bananas.. First the Carnavon crops were flooded and then Cyclone Yasi wiped out what was left of a vital industry here in Queensland...
Earlier this week a favourite, albeit rarely worn necklace fell to pieces in my hands. It was a very long strand of deco hued jet, jade and creamy onyx beads by Day Birger et Mikkelsen. With a heavy ...
Uh oh, yet another chair to covet..!This ravishing rattan number (also available in black) is new from my old friends Ikea. Just add an exotic print cushion or two (the new zingy Tribal from Ta...
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