I made these little outfits for the kiddies, from vintage pattterns I got from the op shop.I have to say I am so very proud of them!
remember i sell everything I sew!
Our garden part 2 13/11/2009
So now we have a huge garden bed full of freshness just waiting to be big enough for us to gobble up! Down the end of the garden bed is where the chickens will be, if the rain ever stops and allows up to dig the last hole!
In our garden we have corn, carrots, beetroot, brocolli, peas, rockmelon, strawberries, tomotoes, chives, sage, celery, zucchini, lettuce and cucumber. I just can’t wait till it all gets to the point of eating!
tomotoes
Zahara’s flowers are thriving with all the rain and it’s so cheery to see the look on her face as she counts all the new flowers, sometimes a few times a day.
Sunflowers
Some sort of little flower, thanks to Granny and her treats for Zahara, we can come home from a day out and find new seedlings under the tap, it’s so cute!
And one of my favourite flowers, we had at our wedding, frangapani……
Hopefully soon I can show you the chickens and maybe a bunny rabbit!!
Our Garden transformation 12/11/2009
I have been meaning to update you on our garden for some time now……we just love our garden, or more so its potential. We have a huge block of land with fertile ground just wanting to produce.
Firstly we had to remove a number of smaller bushy shrubs to let the light stream through and help our vegies grow. Poppy has a backhoe, job much easier!!
We also has to demolish the ‘car port’ that didn’t even fit a car in it!
and we were left with this
but then the boys just HAD to mow the lawn!
The story behind the mower is that Dh’s motto in life is “if it’s worth having, it will be found on the side of the road”
And that is where he got this mower. For $100 on the side of the road. He brought it home, tinkered with it and has it going like a charm. as soon as the kids hear it start up they are running out to the shed and fighting over a turn.
Zahara loves the freedom of steering it by herself.
I will get some updated shots of the vegie patch and the flowers we have growing! So very exciting and rewarding
The first fruit of our labours! 04/11/2009
We have been working very hard on our garden, and more so our vegie patch and getting a coup ready for the chickens.
Here is the first fruit picked, a strawberry!
I am now mature and sensible…REALLY??? How boring! 01/11/2009
Well our holiday was cut short by my dear Husband, much to my dissappointment, but he said it was not open for discussion and I had to trust him…and I did!
I woke Thrusday morning ( I am not a morning person) to the demands ” you have 20 mins to pack your bag and we are leaving!”
OHHHHHH!!!! I was so excited, 20 mins! I can’t get it all done by then….little did I know that after I fell asleep the night before Dh packed everything, kids clothes, food and all!! oh, and the surf board! of course!!!
I was SUPER impressed when the family birthday banner was remembered by DH!!
Then we packed the belongings and the bikes and he typed into my new GPS (present from my MIL and FIL) Alexandra Heads…I was so excited, a beach escape for my 30th!
The resort was so beautiful, family friendly and central to everything. Zahara took us to the shops as she had chosen a birthday present for me, pearl earrings! I was so stoked, and she was so very excited.
I should mention I got my big present from Dh a few days earlier…..a beautiful ceremic water purifier, something I have been requesting for years now. And the water tastes so pure.
On the day of my actual birthday Dh took us all up to Montville, in the mountains where we wondered through the unique shops and had yummy lunch.
The next day while Jarrahson was asleep and Dh was swimming with Hara I was relaxing on the balcony eating some yummo chocolate when I saw my most beautiful friend come around the corner…..I was crying, tears of joy and thankfullness, I am a lucky girl!!
I still can not believe that Dh organised for my beautiful friends to come the 3 hr treck, and that my beautiful friends came all that way to share my birthday! I am so very lucky and feel so fortunate to have them in our lives, they are priceless and I love them to bits xxxxx after my friend arrived we went for a day of op shopping….now I mean these op shops were HUGE. I suffered nervous sweat and E suffered butterflies, we were so very overwhelmed, but it was all worth it in the end when we arrived home to show our Husbands our fantastic finds!
Overall I had a great 30th and although I was not too keen on turning 30 it is really just a number and I have to say this is the happiest birthday i have ever celebrated, and that’s a BIG call as all my birthdays have been memoriable. TO be surrounded by my wonderful husband, 2 precious children and my bestest friend in the world!
Home from holidays and hard at work 19/10/2009
After freezing our buts off in Stanthorpe we headed (gladly) back to the coast for a day of fun fun FUN with our beautiful friends at Australia Zoo.
Not sure what is going on……just click on the more tag to see all the pictures!
A Family photo! How delicious are our children! (more…)
Our road trip 09/10/2009
Well we are on day 6 of our road trip and really having such a lovely family time..
We started in Bellingen for our beautiful friends wedding …Chelle looked like a timeless, classic bride with her beautiful little miracle baby bump all snug in vintage looking lace. It was such a lovely setting and everyone seemed to really have a great time. Sadly my night ended with a projectile vomit…..NO!! Before you think terrible drinking habits on my behalf I swear I did not have a single drop of alcohol…seems I had a miragraine, something that is happening more and more these days YUCK!!!
Then we hopped from national park to National park, experiencing the true roughing it…Zahara rthought in the beginning we were joing about bush wees, now she want to bush we in the main street!
We are now in FREEZING cold Stanthorpe and looking forward to getting to the coast tomorrow not only to see my delicious friend and her precious family, but to get some sun on us!!
It’s odd for us to go away on holidays and not spent the whole time getting a tan…I think we will go home whiter then we left!
Here’s some pics to share…..more to come with Australia Zoo on Saturday!
The Boy gets a new hat! 01/10/2009
I have a thing about buying new patterns, they are so expensive, tend to only get used a few times, and are made on a tonne of paper. It also meets my love of op shopping so I tend to get them second hand, borrow them, or make patterns off clothing I already have.
I attempted to make Zahara a hat awhile back and it was a distaster! Bless her, she loved it declaring it was a chef hat! And YES it does get worn every time we cook. I had another shot and YIPPEEE! It worked out! I will have to post a photo of it another time as she is ‘resting’ at the moment.
So I was desperate to make Jarrahson one as he needs a bigger size and they are not handed on very often from others. I refused to pay for one.
So I set about with a pattern, and with my ever patient husband’s help I we did it and we are so happy with the results!
So much so that I made another one last night, this time with a wider brim and thicker material.
I also made the kids (and their 4 cousins!) some quick and simple capes, nothing fancy here, but I just HAD to post this full flight picture of Jarrahson! How sweet is this.
We are heading off on the weekend on a camping adventure..so very exciting and looking forward to some family time, been a long time coming, Dh only took 4 days off when Jarrahson was born some 14 months ago!
Along the way we are meeting with my dearest friend and seeing her sweet little boy and precious new baby girl…..I have made a little gift for her, some new bibs, sweet prints and practical!
more to come….look out for some ‘on the road’ updates as we travel this great land of ours!
xxx
a few things to share! 27/09/2009
I have a few bits and bobs I need to share with you.
Firstly something a bit funny. When we moved into our new house in the garden, right near the front door was this emu, ugly and in the road. We are getting sewage connected and one of the workers commented on the emu. We had placed ‘Esme” as I called her, out the front fence as we wanted her to ‘fly’ down the street. We had even thought for funnies to put her on Dh’s aunty and uncle’s lawn! Well the sewage worker LOVed her. I told him if he could lift her, he could have her……here she in on the journey to her new home!
Quite some time ago I made Zahara this dress, 
it was a single sheet I got from the op shop. I used the bottom of the sheet to make the scollop detail…I am very pleased how it all worked. What she insisted on was a house inside the pocket..here she is ’showing’ the house!
A baby shower 17/09/2009
Tonight I am off to celebrate the impending birth of a little miracle…isn’t every baby a miracle!
Another friend and I am doing a few little things to make it a (hopefully) memorable night.
Firstly the presents I have created…..little booties and 2 little bibs….simple yet cute and sweet.
Here’s a front and back view of the bibs
I also made this watermelon pram as the centre piece, it is to be filled with fruit salad when I get to the restaurant
And how could I resist the chance to make another banner…BABY this time!
