decorating bliss

during a recent trip to Ikea I found these
&
i am looking forward
to spending time
decorating
the house
for Christmas!

how will you be decorating or celebrating this festive season?!

holding hands

pom pom

we are going to have an extra special Christmas celebration this year with relatives coming over from the UK - some for the first time ever. So I have been working out how to decorate the festive table & thought these pom poms would be perfect hanging over head.

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image thanks to Martha Stewart weddings

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ohhh yummm

i have a birthday coming up
& have found the perfect cake to celebrate
it involves profiteroles
custard
ice-cream
&
caramel

if you are able to grab a copy of the 'Christmas Coles magazine' you too can drool over this delight!

if you aren't able to get your hands on a copy

you basically empty a tub of premium ice-cream onto a plate (the swisho 500ml tubs) then cover it in freshly filled custard profiteroles (securing them with the help of runny caramel) & drizzle the completed masterpiece with remaining caramel




uh huh!! ohhh yummmmm!

Countdown

to Christmas is on!

My girls love their advent calender that magically appears on Dec 1st. Instead of unveiling a chocolate or treat our advent calender is all about making a nativity scene. Each day they pick out a piece of the picture & on Christmas day place baby Jesus in the manger - well that's the plan! you never know where each angel or shepherd ends up each year.

You can make an advent calender just like the one pictured from Notebook magazine

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this book at the moment

& it's

one of

those that

I don't want to

put down

I feel a

connection

to the Author

I was brought

to Australia

from the UK

@ the age of seven

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to what she is writting

about

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across the page

as she reflects

on the hard felt

truth

of Motherhood

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to

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Carnegie Vic

if you are close by - head in for lots of handmade goodies

On Saturday

Come & say hi to Melinda & Me

Thankful for

these 2 healthy girls
that bring so much joy to our lives
the journey of Motherhood
hugs
kisses
laughter
&
sharing their childhood

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Freshen up

when we were looking at buying our house this is how it was presented. I love visualising how I would set up a home - a space - somewhere that I can freshened up to my style.



so after a few years working on my visual & practical ideas & a few coats of paint & a few trips to Ikea! this is how our downstairs living area is now



& we all love living in this space.

I am now adding some finishing touches - bits & pieces here & there that truly make it a home. I think this lamp will be the next addition & help the evening lighting to be a bit softer so we can curl up on the couch - watch tv or read a magazine as we enjoy our ritual of hot choccies before bedtime! I'll let you know how it goes!

Here's a house

for little people - that needed some re-decorating - I was going to use paper as wall paper but thought fabric would last longer & since I can't go past all the delicious fabric from Kelani there was no better place to start. I chose fabrics that reminded me of my Granny's bathroom tiles, the tea cups were a must for the kitchen & the rest complimented each other. I hope my girls have as much fun playing with their 'revamped' dolls house as I had decorating it.

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: grown in our garden :



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This time

in 2 weeks

it's market time

again

here

are a few

of my Christmas

creations

that will

be available