I was spoiled on my birthday with thoughtful handmade gifts from friends…
Amazingly funky LIME GREEN necklace from Charlotte (she sells her lovelies at Spotted Lime):
A cute pair of button earrings and chocker necklace from Aimee (she sells her lovely button jewellery and accessories at Greentree Goods):
And these gorgeous dangly Willow Tree Earrings from Eve – I’m a bit scared to wear dangly earrings yet and worried that they will get caught on something, but I’m sure I’ll get used to them with time!
…Oscar woke up in the morning with a “great idea”.
“Mum, we should go to the IGA and choose some lollies and then you can make some cupcakes and leave them on the bench for Lil and I to decorate. But you have to go away, because it will be a surprise.”
And it was a great idea! Their cupcake decorating skills were out of this world amazing! (Photos taken on my iphone because Jaron stole my camera for work – the nerve!)
After cupcake decorating, we spent the afternoon at the pool and then a quick singing of Happy Birthday before Jaron and I went out for a yummy, child-free dinner.
Thankyou, family for making 29 not so bad…you are really going to have to pull out the big guns for the big 3-0 though!!
Last week was happy mail week. You know, the kind of mail that you didn’t “order” and have been hanging out for every day! It was more like, “surprise – bet you weren’t expecting me today” kind of mail – and not yucky bills, but lovely parcels full of super special goodies.
Like sweet Evonne, who sent Carli and I a cute plush heart each in gratitude for running the QLD Flood Appeal Auctions which she sends out to people she thinks has kind hearts…
And this wasn’t in the real mail, but did make it’s way to my inbox…a GREEN version of Jan’s special quote from Leanne. Love it!
Then to top things off, lovely sisters Amelia and Kate surprised Carli and I with a gorgeous cushion cover each. They are just beautiful and it is going to be very hard deciding who gets which one – Carli, your thoughts?!
My friends know that I don’t “do” opp-shops (thrift stores).
I really want to, but they kind of ick me out a bit!
I’m happy for people to buy things from opp-shops and give to me all washed and fresh, but I’m not very good at going myself and sifting through everything.
Which is why this post is a big deal for me. A couple of days before the wedding, I went looking for some vintage fabric to use as tablecloths and lucky for me, I scored!
Check out the cool doily tablecloth I found – and only $2!! It is beautiful, but won’t be staying whole for very long as I have plans to cut it up and dye away. (Stay tuned, because I think I am going to have an abundance of hand-dyed doilies that I might just have to give away later on!)
And I’m loving this awesome piece of fabric – broderie anglaise – with pretty green and yellow flowers. I’m envisioning a sweet dress made from it, or maybe a nice flowy skirt? It is about 2m long so plenty to work with! Again, a bargain at $2!
So, my opp-shopping adventure was successful…until I heard a kid blowing a tune into a recorder only to turn around and find it was Lil and freaked out a little bit. GROSS!
Most days, our table is a mess of pencils, sticky tape, scissors and tons and tons of paper. No matter how many times I quickly pack it up during the day, it isn’t long before they notice and get everything out again to do some more making. As much as the mess drives me crazy, I really do love that they love to draw, cut, stick and create awesome stuff every day.
Today was particularly funny…Oscar was busy making something at the table, I was in the lounge room watching the events of Cyclone Yasi unfold and heard Oscar call out to Lil, “Lilsy…I made you a new t-shirt, come and see!”
