Holiday fun!

 

It had definitely been a while since we have had a holiday - we calculated back to before Will was born!

 

We decided to flick the Hawaii idea for now and go somewhere closer to home, Caloundra.

 

It was all kinds of soul-good lovely. You wouldn't know it was Winter, that is for sure. We spent a lot of time at the beach, swimming in the resort Jacuzzi, the men went fishing and plenty of eating. The markets are on every Sunday and they were so great - worth even a trip up to the coast for those alone.

 

It was so lovely we are planning on going back in November - can't wait!

 

MK keeps asking when we can go on 'her holiday' again! Bless.

Photographing Miss V!

 

I had the honour of photographing Miss V, a little darling second child from Mother's Group - K's oldest and Madeline are the same age.

 

 

Isn't she absolutely gorgeous! The curls are stunning!

 

 

She didn't quite get the smash concept but atleast we tried and her Mum K is happy with the results. I love gifting photography because it is just getting more and more expensive for families to get photos.

 

 

I have downloaded trial versions of Photoshop and Lightroom to try editing - I have a few library books on hold to try and figure it all out! Good fun!

12WBT

 

There was a commitment months ago - perhaps 7 (!) that I was going to do 12WBT on my own - well you can imagine where I ended up - see after photo on the right below!

 

 

I signed up for the Michelle Bridges online program and I am loving learning to cook and I am very slowly losing weight - I actually think I am not eating enough calories as William is still feeding and more often whilst being sick the last month or so. I have been keeping an Instagram diary of sorts and I love having that visual outlet.

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately my knees are causing trouble again and I am off to the podiatrist to get some orthotics to correct the gait. I am dying to run!

 

 

I am hoping to lose about 10kg all up.

Dressing windows...

 

We have some French doors/windows at the front of our home that need some sort of window coverings -I had read on Georgica Pond blog that Melinda had sourced some fabric for her living area from a Profile Fabrics sold out of Seaforth at approximately $30 a metre - such a steal compared to Kravet etc etc. Doesn't it look stunning as drapery?

 

 

I ordered a metre and used it as a test run - please excuse the picture on the wall not centred etc etc and I put it to Instagram to see what people thought. The overwhelming response was to stick to plain - which was the original plan - haha!

 

 

I then came across this image on Instagram and I love this blind with the ribbon trim - perhaps I could do navy? It's all decorating hits and misses!

 

Bedroom musings...

 

How stunning are the blues on this bed? Spotted on Instagram. I decided I might like to have a blue tone alternative to the black and white palette I have. I love the blue quilt in the below pic!

 

 

Target and Myer were having a sale so I bought some blue pillowcases (for like $6 for the pair) and the roll cushion for about $25 reduced (Sheridan from Myer).

 

 

I am yet to use the blue floral fabric from the living room so thought I could make some more cushions for our bed.

 

I also wanted to ditch the cheap silver lamps from Kmart and was admiring some resin ones on eBay that seemed to be reasonably priced.

 

I ran into Freedom the other day and their resin lamps were reduced to $30 each - bargain! The online picture doesn't do justice at all, they are really lovely and I love the square shades!

 

Sew crazy...

 

Mum went away recently and I borrowed her sewing machine - I had pinned a lot of sewing projects so just wanted to see if I could make things! I made a couple of dolly nappies, a reversible bag and stayed up to 2am in the morning making a dress for Madeline (with Ollie's moral support).

 

 

 

 

The dress is quite sweet - but a little big - I was pinning it here to take it up.

 

 

It was good fun! I have a book of Softies to make next time I borrow the machine.

Some more photos...

 

Took some photos for a beautiful little family last weekend. I know the Mama through work.

 

 

Snapped these on my iPhone, a beautiful afternoon at New Farm Park with our Nanny Gold Coast.

 

I'm hoping to do a cake smash with Will over this long weekend.