Scrabble

I bought these scrabble pieces for the kids rooms but thought they looked cute on the kitchen bench for now, with a few of my trinkets of course.

Personalised Placemats

I put my Alphabetti Placemats to good use on Fri night...I personalised a placemat for each guest and did up a dinner menu for the table....I took the photos the next morning...hence the breakfast cereal (but the vanilla apricots left over were yummy on the muesli).

White & Buttercup Wedding Invitations

A gorgeous colour scheme of yummy Buttercup Yellow & White as requested by the Bride to Be. A simple monogram feature adds a personalised touch and splashes of Buttercup in the envelope lining & striped ribbon creates a real warmth. We also enclosed a matching RSVP postcard .... Simple yet Stunning!

Chewy Anzacs

What better way to celebrate living in the bestest country in the world than baking some ANZAC cookies for a little family lunch! Here is the recipe...
Ingredients...1 Cup oats, 1 cup plain flour, 1 cup dessicated coconut, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 125g butter, 2 tbs water, 1 tbs golden syrup, 1 tsp bicarb soda. Method... Pre-heat oven to 160 degrees and line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Sift flour into a big bowl, stir in oats, brown sugar & coconut. heat butter, golden syrup & water on low heat and add bicarb soda. Add to flour mixture. Use a tablespoon to mould cookies and squash down with a fork. bake for 10 mins or until golden.

Beautiful Crumb

Here she is...La Belle Miette (meaning beautiful crumb)..tha magical find in Hardware Lane Melbourne. Delicate & beautiful macarons, French tea...just a delight to visit x

Continuing the Liquid Gold Trail......

The little miss and I headed down to Melbourne for a few days to visit hubby. At 6 and a half months she kept up with me on the shopping & cafe trail...I think I drank more coffees than a columbian! Anyway, thanks to my new best friend Broadsheet (you must download this app for all things cool in Melbs & Syds), we hit the best of the best around St. Kilda, Prahan & the City....here are our faves x Pic 1 & 3 - the very cool St. Edmonds caf off Greville Street Prahan, pic 2 - the Amaze La Belle Miette French Patisserie...this one needs a blog of its own!! Pic 4 - Hardware Societe on Hardware Lane, Pic 5 - Sunset view from the Stokehouse. Pic 6 - Graffiti art & cool Manchester Press cafe. Pic 7. Mr Tulk at the State Library, Pic 8. Miss Jackson caf in St. Kilda, Pic 9 & 10 - The local haunt of Dr. Jeckyll, Pic 11 & 12 - Baker D. Chirico - yummy breads and cakes espesh the delish Frangipane tart washed down with you guessed it....coffee!

Liquid Gold

More Melb shots to follow...just a taste!

Neons to Neutrals

I finally worked on the tricky angled wall under the stairs. Thought I would break up the neutrals with some fresh happy framed prints & lots of colours from my Little lamb garland I picked up on my recent QLD visit. Bright side print from Etsy and Diamond Heart from Olive & Joy.

Little Chief Mason's Indian Invitations

Some very cute Indian inspired invitations to celebrate Mason's 1st Birthday. We love the Indian typeface & teepee on reverse of the envelope...... More pics to share following the early Feb Pow Wow!

Little Love and Happiness

As promised, here is the happiness find on the Gold Coast! It is little but has such a great mix of flowers, candles, vases, paper, art, bone china etc...not to mention the very cute spray painted bike out the front. Even a little menu outside with some coffee or drinks to revive you and think about some purchases....loooove! www.littleloveandhappiness.com

The Goldie gets its groove back!

We just returned from our fab holiday on the Gold Coast! 27-30 degrees everyday...lots of swimming, relaxing & dining. We ditched Cavill (lost its touch since Schoolies) and found some great little Caffeine hideouts around Mermaid, Nobby's & Broadbeach. Our fave was Elk - pics 1 & 3 (20 min walk from our apt to Elk at broadbeach ) - funky cement & peely walled caf with the big Elk on display, vintage glass vases with cute sprouting flowers, pastel coffee cups & great big juices and breakky/lunch menu. Another fave at Mermaid beach is Vintage Espresso - pics 5 & 6 (I read in Naked (the Gold Coast guide) that "If Frankie mag opened a cafe, this is exactly what it would be like")! - 70's furniture, vintage mirrors, porcelain figurines, arty crowd and great coffee! The new Oracle development at Broadbeach is a winner too! We attended the first of Jan Powers' Sat Farmers markets - pic 4 which were fab, followed by a coffee at the very cool & Melbourne like "No Name Lane": - pic 7 + a shop around some little art stores.
On the way to Tullebudgera for a dip at 7am we stopped in via Nobby Beach at Canvas - pics 8,9,10 for takeaway coffee, almond croissants & bannana bread - great art on display + vintage cushions, kids T's and mod furniture. I also drove the extra mile to a new store which opened in West Burleigh called Little Love & Happiness but this deserves a blog all to itself....happy times! For any QLD folk, would love to hear your faves??