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   I bought a few books a little while back.  One of which was Amy Butlers Little Stitches book.  It has loads of great little projects perfect for little bubbies.  I forgot about  my book for a few weeks but flipped through it again the other day and noticed that the clothes patterns only went up to 12 months.  Seeing as Ella is fast approaching her first birthday (so soon I can''t believe it!)

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It's the second day of summer here, though you really wouldn't know it what with all this rain about!  But I have been getting Ellas summer wardrobe ready and found some more lady bug prints in my mountain of a fabric stash.  I bought this when it was on sale and thought "ooh so cute".     This time round I used the Market Skirt tutorial from the Made Blog.  I think it turned out pretty

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Ella has been growing out of her long pants and I wanted to have some casual comfy pants for her to wear in this inbetween weather so thought i'd make her a brand new pair of pants that she can wear now (rather than me always making clothes 2 sizes too big for her!).  Had a look at my fabric stash (there is ALOT!) and thought i'd use up some of this super cute pink lady bug fabric - she'll

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I am ecstatic!!!  Want to know why???  I can fit back into my fav pair of jeans that I haven't been able to wear for about 5 years now - WOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a lovely pair of Gripp Jeans that I bought way before we moved to London.  I wore it everywhere cause they were so super comfortable - the softest feeling denim jeans ever.  Ofcourse they came with me to London, and travelled

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Our church is holding a fete in the next few week to raise money to purchase a ute for the teaching centre set up in Thailand.  It's a much needed vehicle as only one person has a vehicle at the moment, and so many trips need to be made to ferry people from place to place or there is much walking going on as it is far too expensive to get public transport/taxis.  Not only will be able to help

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Oh my poor back, neck and shoulders - ouch!  I'm not sure if it's cause of the chubbster bubba i'm carrying, or the sewing or the ironing/cutting hunched over the floor but my back and neck and shoulders are in really bad condition.  I know when my aches and pains are getting really bad cause I start to think that maybe I could handle the accupuncture needles and so I get myself onto the

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Ella is learning how to use a sippy cup at the moment.  Well truth been told i've been trying to get her to drink from one for the last 4 months now.   We've tried numerous types of sippy cups with every type of spout possible, with and without handles and all sorts of pretty colours and patterns.   No luck until my friend passed me a few different ones that she tried for her bub and YAY there

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I have been on another long break from blogging - mostly cause i've been too tired due to lack of sleep.  It seems just when I think Ella's got the hang of of this thing called sleep it goes topsy turvey all over again!!! But I had a little bit of time today to take some piccies of these two items I made for Ella from Burda 9645 pattern.  I'm really happy with how the top turned out - I love

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  Have been away from the bloggy recently as Ella got a cold and then hubby and I also got sick due to lack of sleep and having to stay in Ella's room during the night to pat her back to sleep all night long!!!  My first experience having a sick baby was a real eye opener.  Thankfully 2+ weeks later we are all healthier and sleeping much better. Poor old bloggy got a bit neglected, hopefully I

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After making the Haa Hoo for my nephew, I thought i'd better make something for his big brother too.  It would be a bit rude to give one a gift and not the other.  Plus the fact it was big bro's bday coming up.  I had already bought him his birthday present - but I figure he wouldn't be that excited about clothes (I know I wasn't when I was younger!) so I found some cool fabric at home perfect

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Image: mtv.com Des and I were totally and thoroughly addicted to season one of The Jersey Shore.  Normally I can watch a whole season of TV in a weekend or two but Des on the other hand tires of watching more than 2 episodes of a show in a row.  You can imagine my surprise then when we started watching the Jersey Shore and spent the entire day (well the bits when Ella was sleeping) watching

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My little nephew is obsessed with Haa Hoos - well AHoos as he likes to call them.  Everytime he see's a computer he keeps saying Ahoo Ahoo Ahoo until someone turns it on and goes to ABC Kids and puts on the In The Night Garden activity thingy on.  He quite happily watches for the Haa Hoos to float in the background making their 'Haaaa Hoooo' sound.  Haa Hoo playing on Ella's mat  My sister just

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Since starting out sewing i've been on the web checking out so many sewing/crafty blogs.  I came across Grosgrain and I love it! She makes amazing clothes that I only dream about being able to do!  Plus she does these great dress tutorials during the week 'A Frock by Friday' which I am hoping one day i'll eventually be able to particpate in, though I think not just yet, maybe when i've

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Here are some piccies of Ella in her new Kimono Wrap Top.  I made this one in a size 12-18mths.  She's almost 7 months in this photo - it just fits her around the belly but I think that's because she has about 4 layers on underneath, or cause she's just chubby chubby :)  We will see if she can still wear it in a few months time when the weather gets warmer without so many layers underneath!

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Gosh that post title sounds rather romantic doesn't it?  Well there is no romance here, but last night surely deserves to be marked down in the pages of Ella History, as it was the first night EVER where she has slept through the night and I mean really slept through the night - 7pm to 7am!!!!! WOOO HOOOO!!!! If you know Ella you know her sleeping history has not been the best.  She never did

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My friend sent me the link to these super cute litte pinafore wrap dresses that are sold by an etsy seller Maluhia.  They are so cute esp the fabrics!  I have a pattern I bought previously for a little kimon cardigan which I thought could be altered to make it dress like, but as i've never altered a pattern before thought i'd do a little google search (I love google!) for Kimono style tutorials

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I can't believe it!  I bought a pattern and actually made the item in the same year that I bought the pattern - unheard of!  Usually takes me a year to get around to doing something with the pattern purchase!  I was under a bit of a time constraint I suppose - the pattern I bought only goes up to size 18mths, so Ella being 6.5 months already, didn't really give me that much time to procrastinate

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Since having Ella, we have only managed to get away once, to The Entrance, and with my entire family at the holiday home.  It was crazy with 4 families and all the kiddies in one space.  Ella had a great time with all her cousins and had her best sleep ever there (her personal best of 6.5hours sleep in one go!).  Since then we hadn't been away - too busy with life I guess and trying to get her

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  I love that there are so many crafty blogs out there.  It is great for inspiration and for trying out new little projects.  One of the blogs i've come across is 'Living with Punks' - she has lots of great posts and tuturials to try out with really easy to follow instructions and lots of visual pics (i need the visuals!!).  I tried out her tutorial for the kids floor cushion and it came

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Today is the 12th of August 2010.  Not a special date for me or anything but I was wondering what was I doing this time last year, 2 years ago, 3 years ago etc etc and wondering just how life has changed for me.  It's a bit hard remembering exactly what I was doing on a random day last year, let alone a few years ago so I went to look at my photos to see if it could give me an idea of what I was

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My cousin who recently had little Owen was telling me the other day that she's not used to him peeing every time they change him.  Her first bubby was a little girl so she wasn't quite prepared for it.  I have no idea about this little boy sprinkler thingy either as i've only got a girly too but I do remember seeing something about tee pees a little while ago so googled it and found these. 

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I bought this pattern over a year ago now.  I thought I would try making myself a top for my ginormous belly when I was preggers, so bought this pattern as it looked quite shapeless and cool (I was pregnant in the peak of summer - hot! hot! hot!) and I figured I could make it in a size 14 for my belly and then reuse the pattern when I was back to normal size.  The pattern said EASY so I figured

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Spotlight was having a sale on New Look and Burda patterns recently so I went online to websites to check out what patterns they had but as I did I found a section on the Burda website for free patterns, ofcourse I got distracted again as I found a puffy (volumous) skirt that I liked which seemed do-able.  I looked around my room for some fabric that had already been washed that I could use to

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We went to a lovely engagement party on the weekend for some dear friends of ours.  Lovely to catch up with friends and celebrate a happy union of love!  But, it also meant that Ella got to wear her pretty little red and white polka dot dress for the second time.  Lucky, as I only just managed to do the buttons up at the back this time round.  I fear this would be the very last time she would

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Well not really.  More like Green Thumb Mushies Mum! We have this little round plot in the middle of our garden perfect for growing stuff as it gets maximum sunlight.  When we first moved in it was nicely maintained (by previous owners) and had lots and lots of herbs in there.  Since we moved in we tried to maintain it but it got overgrown with the dreaded Onion Weed, and taken over by the mint

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This is what happens when you walk by Morning Glory when it is 50% off:

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Phew! Yay!  I finally, finally finished this quilt.  I started it quilt a few months ago when my cousin found out she was having a little boy for baby number 2.  I purchased this fabric at the same time I bought the fabric for my soon to be nephews quilt which I posted about here.  I didn't know what I was going to do with it at the time, but when I found out another little boy was on his way, I

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Heres my Scenic Sunday photo for this week.  This time instead of a scenic landscape shot i've gone for a city street scene.  This photo is going back, to 2004 actually.  I picked it as one of my best friends just jet setted off to Japan this weekend and got me reminiscing about our time there.  It is probably one of the first lot of digital photos i've ever taken.  It was taken with our first

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Our house here is cold.  And I mean really really cold.  It's colder in the house than it is outside the house.  I always think it's quite funny that I have to take my jacket off when I leave the house and not the other way round!  So as you can imagine night time it is freezing!!!  It takes me ages to feel warm when I go to bed, but yesterday I remebered that  I had bought some flannel

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It has been awhile since i've participated in Scenic Sunday.  The last few times were on my ppdesigns blog, but since i've stopped doing that blog, I thought I might pop back into the Scenic Sunday scene on this blog instead. Since returning to Sydney and having set up home here and had a bubby we haven't had the chance to travel like we did when we were living in London, so I thought getting

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After cleaning up my sewing room it has really begun to hit me that I have loads and loads of fabric still waiting to be used up.  I admit I do have a slight addiction, I buy lots of fabric but can't bear to use them on little projects that I haven't tried before incase I stuff it up and 'waste' my fabric.  So to upskill myself in the sewing department, i've been trawlling blog world to try out

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  I was up at Office Works yesterday to do some photocopying and I saw some really nice patterned magazine holders.  I was shocked to see that they cost $18 each!!  That was a bit much I thought and it was then that I decided i'd try and make some pretty fancy magazine holders of my own.  Instead of the lovely printed $18 magazine holders I headed to the cheapie fold your own bland grey cardboard

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Just as I thought they were really gone I found my both my wedding ring and engagement rings!  I couldn't believe it and felt my heart skip a beat with joy when I realised my rings weren't gone forever. Where were they??  In my plastic bag of scrap fabrics!!!  I don't even remember putting stuff in there on the day I lost it but realised I must have as I saw scrap bits of fabric from Ella's Itty

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I finished this quilt a little while ago but it was as usual a long time in the making.  I somehoe managed to complete in by sneaking in a few squares here and there during Ellas naps when she used to only catnap 45 mins at a time.  I found this cute little fabric set from a seller on etsy - Down Shadow Lane (it's still availble there) and thought it would be perfect for my soon to be nephew (

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Saturday was a very productive day - for Mummy Mushie anyway!  We started our Saturday in the usual fashion - Daddy Dessy headed off for work, while Ella and I got dressed, made the bed and had some breakkie.  We played for abit before Ella had her nap and while Ella slept peacefully (yay for me!) I got busy re-stacking my fabric shelf as I had just got a parcel of some yummy fabrics from

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Ella has been sleeping much much better at night since our Tough Love training instituted about 2 - 3 weeks ago.  Instead of waking up every 2 hours during the night she is only waking twice at around 10pm and 2am. Wowsers what a change from every 2hrs (sometimes even just 1 hour!!) - it feels soooooo good to get a 3 hour chunk of sleep and if i'm super lucky a 4-5 hour sleep!!! As a result

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I found a fantastic blog the other day - Made by Rae - who had posted up a free pattern/tutorial for a super cute itty bitty baby dress.  I was eager to try it out as my only other clothing attempt (for me) was a complete disaster.  Looking at the pattern/tutorial it looked sorta doable even with my newbie sewing skills, so I gave it a go. Only thing is Ella is bigger than 3mths (which the

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I've done the unthinkable and lost not just one but two rings - the only rings I ever wear - my wedding band and engagement ring.  I'm so sad and felt sick last night thinking that I may never see them again.  I need to hire a hypnotist or someone to help me retrace into my subconcious to see where they may have come off!  I've retraced my steps and gone through everything.  Cleaned the house

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While I was preggers with Ella and waiting for her (very late) arrival I did lots of web searching of crafty bloggies. I got very inspired and tried my hand at quilting.  I was always a scared to give it a go remembering my yr 7 textile classes where none of my corners every matched up, but I had time so off I went to Spotlight to find some material, buy a cutting mat and rotary cutter to make a

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I haven't logged onto blogger for quite sometime and after having a little lookie round yesterday after my 'New Beginings' post, I noticed that there were new templates and a new 'ímport blog' feature.  I actually had another little bloggie that I was trying to maintain for my etsy shops but since I started work back here in Oz, and then had a bubba my etsy stuff was put on hold as was my bloggie

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Have been in major hiatus from bloggie. No excuses just laziness really - I was going to blame the baby (its good having a baby - can be used for lots of excuses!) but looking back at my blog posts I was really slowing down even before the baby came along!I wonder if anyone has even visited this bloggie for awhile. In anycase thought i'd try and get back into the swing of things. So here is my

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Have been ultra busy of late but have had a moment to stop and relax on our recent 'babymoon'. We took a few days off and made our way to Bowral in the Southern Highlands. I really enjoyed my time there. I had no idea what to expect and loved all the little boutiques and relaxing casual atmosphere to stroll around in and to soak in the place while stopping for a raspberry spider in the cafes

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We aren't travelling much these days so when unpacking my boxes it was hard not reminisce when I unpacked our travelling sheets. Our lovely lime green sleeping sheets we picked up from a YHA when we realised that lots of YHAs don't provide any sheets or pillow cases just a mattress.It turned out to be one of our best buys as we ended up using it ALOT! Who knew how many dodgy accommodations we

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We had our first big BBQ just last weekend! Lovely warm weather, lovely friends and a lovely old house to boot!We have slowly been trying to fill our house will furniture and when we came across an outdoor set for 50% off we bought it and started planning our first BBQ with friends in our new home.We got home sent out the email, confirmed the date for the BBQ, the only left to do was to go buy a

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Just got back today from our mini break to Brissy. Having only started work 2 months ago my annual leave balance is pretty sad, so I was quick to make use of the Bank Holiday today and Des and I booked ourselves a little long weekend to Brissy. Why Brissy??? Well I don't know, dessy picked the destination, but even though everyone I spoke to said there was nothing to do there I have to say I

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I was looking through my photos the other day, actually I was meant to be culling them to clear up some space on my computer but as usual got distracted with some of our old travels. I came across our photos from Norway and remembered what an awesome trip that was. Norway has some really beautiful scenery. Everything looks serene, calm and pristine. Like an untouched land. The houses are

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Being the LOL around here I've been given the task of painting the new house. So I have had to get familiar with paints - acrylic, low sheen, flat, ceiling, wash & wear, under coat etc etc and get handy with the paint roller, brush and edger.I've only painted once before (chezzys pink wall!) and I have to admit I actuallly quite enjoy it - even the little splashes here and there that drip onto

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It had been well over 5 months since our last holiday so we thought it was high time to get out of Sydney for a little bit of R&R. Where to go for a weekend away around Sydney though????Well, for us it was abit of a no brainer - as my folks have a lovely little holiday home at the The Entrance we decided to try it out for the first time. It's only about 2 hrs drive from us so even though the

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I've always liked resin jewellery. I've got a few pieces myself that i've picked up along my travels and couldn't resist doing a little search on etsy for 'Resin Jewellery' only to find to my delight lots of pretty resin goodies. I'm still confused over how they make these lovely pieces but am grateful that these wonderful shop owners do and can share their work with us! A few of my favs I

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to the Greys Anatomy thingo, but i've finally caught up! I've just watched the last episode of season 4 and will have to start onto Season 5, which I think is the current season.In the beginning when there was all the Greys hype I didn't really get into it. Mostly because I couldn't stand Meredith's whiny voice. I'd heard about McDreamy but didn't think he was all that from the brief glimpses

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I've been absent from the Shadow Shot Sunday meme for some time, but this week I'm making sure I get in in time. The picture i've selected for my re-entry into Hey Harriets SSS is a photo taken in the Souks of Marrakesh, Morocco (above). I love this one as the entire frame lies in a shadow except for the beautiful rays of light coming through the roof highlighting the daily activities of those

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My first attempt at a party cake! It was kinda tragic - the little fairy queen princess ended up being much bigger than it looked in the photo (no scale on those party book photos!) and was 3 cakes worth.She looks a little wonky and a bit lumpy and lucky you can't see her face too well as I needed to make extra icing and forgot to let the butter soften so it's all very lumpy - as my neice said '

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I have been eyeing this dress from asos for quite a few months now. If I was in London still earning the pound I wouldn't hesitate to buy, but having come back to Sydney I realise from an aussie point of view things aren't as cheap as they sound when I convert GBP to AUD :( plus being an unemployed 'lady of leisure' means i've got to watch my pennies a little bit more these days! So i've had

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I love this photo and i've actually got this one printed out at home and it looks even better when printed out. The light purple haze is so pretty and you can see in the distance a lovely golden sunkissed mist - it is so pretty.I took this photo at Richmond Park in London UK. We got up really really early one morning to get a 1hr bus out there just before sunrise so we could spend a morning

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I received my spool dolly family in the post the other day and I am so thrilled with them! I can't wait to set up my sewing room and have my little family watch over me as I sew sew sew away.I must say a great big giant THANKS to Erica Daley for creating my wonderful spool dolly family. It will be a lovely reminder of my family (mum, dad, bro and sis) as I move out of home all over again.Oh,

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Well, brand new mushie hair actually! Being a LOL has meant my exercise regime has gone by the wayside so in an attempt to get some exercise I did some walking and walked my way to a brand new haircut near the station.I am relatively happy with it - although my fringe was a bit disasterous (which is why its pinned back) but I do miss getting that shoulder massage from jmoriyama. I guess paying

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I forgot to mention that I have listed some new items in my Jumpy Frog shop! These baby change mats came around as a suggestion from my sister-in-law. She wanted to give handy all in one baby change mats to her friends as gifts but could only find boring black or grey ones and often just a change mat only without any pockets for nappys/wipes. So out of that was born the Jumpy Frog baby changes

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Another last minute rush post job just in time for Scenic Sunday (hopefully)!One of the most serene places i've been too is the Okavango Delta. So beautiful, so quiet - very reflective (after you get over initial fear of being chomped on by hippos and crocs!)A definite highlight from my Africa trip - i'm glad we added it on to our trip plans last minute - well worth it! I just wish I had extra

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I missed out on Scenic Sunday last week, so I made sure I would remember this week to post something up!!Here are my photos - they are a photo of the very pretty town of Cassis in France. Gorgeous and cute, with beautiful water views especially the crystal clear water of the massive white cliffs known as the Calanques, which you can see in the picture below. Only silly me forgot my swimmers

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I recently spoiled myself to an early birthday present!! I'm turning the big 3-0 in just one weeks time and seeing as I am house hunting I thought it would be the perfect excuse to check back on the artwork I had 'hearted' to find myself an early birthday pressie!!I had been long admiring the wonderful works of Tush Tush and had 'hearted' this beautiful 'dancer' photo above. So when I went

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I was attempting to clear out some of our photos from our many zillions currently taking up space on the pooter. I came across this one and realised that I must really be a bit of a lazy mushie, as I am actually wearing my pj's in this photo!!See that pink top - thats my pj top and I vaguely remember getting up while in NYC and going ah heck i'm just gonna pull on some jeans and put a cardie

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You will have heard on the news about the bushfires in Victoria, Australia. The facts are devastating - many lives lost, many missing and many left homeless. It is encouraging to see that the Etsy community has banded together with many sellers donating a percentage of their sales to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal and many others supporting the cause by purchasing such items.To help out

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A little rush post to get my Scenic Sunday photo in. This week i've picked my photo of Monument Valley. As we drove along flat empty roads for ages it was very exciting to finally start to see Monument Valley in front of us!! We could see it far off in the distance, and ofcourse it still took us a awhile to get up close to enjoy it even more but it was very cool and was just like in all the

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Rainbow over IcelandHere is another entry into the Scenic Sunday blog. This time here are few of my photos from Iceland. We visited this beautiful country just before it collapsed financially so when we went everything was still super expensive (including our speeding fine - £265 after a pay immediately discount!), but we enjoyed our scenic drives and sightseeing while eating rye bread and

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Shopping and Cheap Shoes Good Public Transport Weekend Food Trips to EuropeDinner with friends at Cranfield CourtBeing a stones throw away from EuropeBreakfast at La FromagerieLazing on my red couch at Cranfied Court Having $£$£$ to splurge on yummy mealsLONDON FRIENDS!!

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Here's my first entry to the Scenic Sunday blog. I took this photo while travelling around Croatia. One of the places I desperately wanted to see while in Croatia was the beautiful (and scenic!) Plitvice Lakes. I had seen so many amazing photographs of it and was dying to go there! Not to mention I love waterfalls and this place had a lot of them.So when planning our trip we decided to fly

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I went to visit an old school friend the weekend past. It was great to catch up and check out their beautiful new dream house. But of course the little highlight(s) were meeting their little bubbies. While we were in London she and her hubby had gone ahead and had twins. One boy, one girl - so gorgeous and sweet!I made them some cheeky monkey twins to play with. A blue one for the little boy

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I am terrible - haven't been keeping this bloggie updated very well since coming back. Surprisingly for a Lady of Leisure (ie unemployed) my time seems to go by very very fast. Things that have happened since we've been back 1. We bought a car! Our first big big purchase. I've never written a cheque for such a huge amount, was a bit scary. 2. After being a bit scared over writing a cheq

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I almost forgot about this weeks Shadow Shot for Hey Harriets Blog! This week I'm posting this pool photo taken in Thailand at Koh Samui. I took it just after breakfast before we stepped out for a bit of snorkelling out at the crystal clear waters of Nangyuan Island (below). The shadow shot pool photo I took was at our first hotel at Koh Samui. We stayed there for a few nights and was located

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Since returning back to Sydney I have been re-acquainted with my sewing machine!! While in London there were lots of things that I wanted to make but hand stitching was just way too slow so I ended up buying the odd thing now and then (when I couldn't resist or was a much needed necessity/gift!).But now that I am back home in Sydney with all my appliances (yay cake mixer no more manual stirring

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As lots of people mentioned my hot air balloon shot in the previous post was actually a shadow shot too!! But as it's in landscape and the shadow is in the corner not sure how that will fit in with HeyHarriets collages so i've gone ahead and included another shadow shot for this Sunday.This one was taken at the Colosseum in Rome. Of course on our return we had to go and watch Gladiator!

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Highlight for me of our recent Turkey trip has got to be Cappadocia, and it's not just because of the super nice accommodation we stayed at (see this previous post). I loved it because it was quieter, more hassle free (compared to anywhere else in Turkey) and of course the scenery was crazy amazing! Not to mention I took my first ever Hot Air Balloon ride there!It was a public holiday in Turkey

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I have been very busy lately. Recently got my sewing machine fixed so have been going a little crazy doing lots of little projects. So crazy busy infact that I almost forgot to post my Shadow Shot Sunday photo. But luckily I remembered just in time (I hope!).I really like this photo - the lighting is so pretty and it is a very cool room. It is actually a room inside a cave hotel! We stayed

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There have been a bunch of little bubbas getting born all around me recently, infact all around Sydney - so much so that the hospitals have even had to turn people away as the birthing suites were all occupied!!As a result of so many babies coming into this world it has meant that I have spent a huge chunk of time searching on Etsy for little baby pressies. I came across some really cute little

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I've been out of Hey Harriets Shadow Shot Sunday features lately but i'm hoping to get back into it starting with this photo:It is a photo of my husband and I stopping to admire the view of the White Travertines of Pamukkale in Turkey. We had to take our shoes off to walk up so we wouldn't do any further damage to it. I was actually surprised we were able to walk on it. The white stuff you

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I'm way behind in my blogging as i've been doing our last few stints of travel as we make our way home from London, UK to Sydney, Australia. I'm happy to say we have arrived safe and sound back to our hometown of Sydney where we are enjoying the sunny weather, yummy food and loving the company of our family and friends.But before I blog anymore about us moving home and what we did on our way

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We have well and truly left London! Here are the final pics of our final minutes at the London branch of Casa De Tan, our home for the last 3.5 years: Packing the last of the boxes and suitcases Bye Bye Front Door & Bathroom Bye Bye Kitchen & BedroomBye Bye Living Room

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While Jack is on a break from saving the world and what not I have a new hero to keep me entertained.Bear Grylls from Man vs Wild is my new Hero! I love watching this show and seeing the crazy things he does to show us how to survive if we ever got in a situation like that (would we ever!?!?!?).From peeing on his shirt to wrap around his head to keep him cool, to eating sheeps eyes, to scaling a

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I recently spent a glorious 2 weeks in France & Italy. My husbands brothers decided to make one more stop to Europe before we headed back to Australia so they joined us on our sun and beach break to *try* and forget about the miserable English weather.Colourful Windows of ProvenceThe first week we spent our time driving along the Cote d'Azur. We first picked up our car in Marseille and then did

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Ok - sorry for the lack up updates. Has been very busy over here on all parts (contestants, reporter and measurer) but here is an update - a little late but better than never![If you want to catch up on the challenge go to this post and this post first]NAME - STUOriginal Weight: 82kgCurrent Weight: 75kg1. What has been the secret to losing your weight thus far?Intense focus on nutrition (

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And seeing them sitting there in my hallway is making our move even more real. After receiving them a little sigh popped out and i'm feeling even sadder to leave this place. I've grown used to the life here and I will miss it greatly (bar the cold cold weather). But better not to dwell on such sad thoughts and instead to cheer myself up I just have to think of a few little things - family,

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I'm back from vacation. Had a wonderful time and managed to get rid of my pasty white skin to a nice golden glow!!!Will post more on the trip and some photos soon but thought i'd better get my Shadow Shot Sunday photo in for Hey Harriets blog as I probably won't have time to blog this coming weekend.This photo is a shadow of a plant growing just beside the pool of the french guest house we were

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In case you're wandering, my posts will be less frequent or non existent for a little while as i'll be soaking up (much needed) sun along the Cote d'Azur and then Amalfi Coast.Will see you all back in a bit with a lovely new tan :)

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After reading this the other day I didn't feel so bad having spent 110GBP to get a taxi from one place to the other in Norway (due to poor planning and not realising buses didn't run on sundays)!That poor old couple - all I can think about is all the holidays we could've taken with that massive taxi bill!!!

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Here's my Shadow Shot Sunday photo for Hey Harriet! Its a different take on 'shadow'. Instead of taking a photo of a shadow I decided to put this photo of a womans arm resting in the shadows and light of the sun.I really like this photo. I'm not sure why. Maybe because of its beauty in its simplicity.I took this photo last year when we visited the Himba Tribe people in Namibia. It was a

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Edit 17/09/08 - All pieces have been sold and are on their way to new and loving homes!!This is the final part of Jewellery for the Blog Sale, so it could be a long post - prepare yourselves but make sure you reach all the way to the end for the final fantastic deal (swarovski!) :)Remember if you are interested in buying, more details on how to buy can be found in this post or just email me at

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Edit 15/08/08 - All this pretty jewellery has found a new and loving home!! Thanks!Here is part two of my Jewellery Blog Sale. A few more pretty items that I couldn't help but buy but stayed hidden in my cupboard (i really do have a terrible habit of doing this!!).Hope you may find something in here. Remeber check out how to buy in the second half of this post. You may also like to go back &

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The Mighty Waz!!The arvo started out with a bit of b'day cheeringThen some bowling (Officer Hadds)Followed by a little snack or twoThen a drink or twoWhich led to random shenanigansAnd finished off with abit of good ol' fashion KaraokeHAPPY BIRTHDAY WAZZY!

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As you can tell from my massive grin I was quite a happy chappy :)

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I've been a bit distracted with clearing my house and listing some items on this blog for my 'Blog Sale' that i've neglected letting you all know whats new in my shop the past week or so!The first thing are these great little notebooks that have a front over of some of my photos! They're great if you like my photos but just don't have any room to display them on your wall. With lined white

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Edit 15/08/08 - All this pretty jewellery has found a new and loving home!! Thanks!The next few posts of my blog sale are gonna be my bits and pieces of jewellery for sale. I seem to accumulate lots of jewellery but am a bit lazy and never actually wear any of them! So most of these ones I've listed have been only once or not at all!These pieces weren't made by me and were shop bought so I

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Edit 13/08/08 - This cutie pie pink kitty radio has found a new and loving home!! Thanks!Ok well i've only had a handful of votes and of them 6 said go for it, 2 said iffy - but I was thinking last night - what have I got to lose really??So here is the first of my Blog Sale Items - Pink Kitty Radio/Note Holder!I bought this kitty in Oslo, Norway. It is actually a little radio disguised as a an

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As I start going through all my stuff to pack I realise I have a lot of stuff that we will probably either throw out or give to chartiy. Normally back home in Oz we have garage/yard sales to try and get rid of some of our stuff but being in London means we are in tiny flats and therefore no garage or yard - plus garage/yard sale just don't seem to be done here which is a bit sad as back home

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We haven't had a good piece of T-Bone since we moved to London. Every Sunday on our way back from church I always have to check out the Ginger Piggy to check out all the fresh pinky meats (as opposed to the sad pre-packaged stuff at the supermarkets) on display. A few Sundays ago Des and I finally walked in to get (no not porky!) but T-Bone Steak!They have chunks of meat sitting on their

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When we first arrived to the UK Hampton Court was on our list of places we must visit before returning home. Some 3 years later and with tickets booked back home to Sydney we realised we still hadn't made our way out to Hampton Court!Why is it that we always leave everything to the very last minute?!?! Having unusually awesome weather here in London we finally woke up one morning and jumped on

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Congrats to Bec & Andy for managing to strike a deal with the weather gods to keep the rain away on their wedding day! Oh and Congrats ofcourse for finally tying the knot!!It was a beautiful English wedding complete with old english house, formal gardens, fountain and ofcourse the hobbling groom!We hope you have a wonderful life together here, there and everywhere (& hopefully finally settling

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Here is my latest entry into Hey Harriets Shadow Shot Sunday collages. This was taken at Badlands National Park which is also known as 'The Wall' in South Dakota . It's a photo of my husband standing in the 'window' overlooking the canyon.The Badlands was one of the first national parks we visited on our USA trip and it certainly didn't disappoint! I was blown away by how specatcular it was!

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It's been a hard task trying to convince Dessy to enter the 21st century. You'd think him being all geeky and that he'd jump at the chance but you'd be wrong, way wrongBut we have finally (i mean finally!) made it into the 21st Century and got ourselves some wireless action!!And that means i'm back up at my normal time again to get about my usual stuffing around surfing (as opposed to serious

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Cocozas: Granny BagSee that gorgeous red and white granny bag just up there? Well I got this bag from fabulous seller Cocoza. I was on the search for a gift for my friend and I luckily found Cocozas shop and this pretty red granny bag in there! It was perfect!!! I received it in the mail recently and was very tempted to keep it for myself cause it was so pretty and nicely made ... but I

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There seems to be a common theme going on with the type of photos dessy likes to pose for.....Kevvy and Dessy in PortugalDessy in IrelandDessy in ScotlandChezzy & Dessy in Santorini

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