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Thank you so much for all of your lovely comments and emails about Noah’s birthday party, and a big thanks to Cyd for featuring our party over at The Sweetest Occasion. It seems to be party season at the moment, I know quite a few of you have been celebrating birthdays and anniversary’s. If you are planning a celebration, take the time to pay a visit to Amanda at Homely One – she has put together some great tips for planning your next party, from choosing a colour scheme to the food, getting organised and encouraging guests to mingle.
I thought I would share some of the details of our little party. As you can see it was a very small celebration, just our little family at home, which was nice and a bit more relaxing for Mum (me), who didn’t have to run around after lots of kids!
Suppliers:
Brown paper for wrapping gifts – local office supply store
Paper Straws -Imprintables
Ribbon – Ribbons Galore
Washi Tape for the flags – Upon a Fold
How-to:
Washi tape food picks tutorial at bento zen
Train cake topper at Cake Journal
Coconut Ice recipe
Best wishes for your next special occasion!
Posted in Kids, Parties
Tags: birthday, children, craft, DIY, kids, make, parties, party, shopping, tutorial
 2010 seems to be the Year of the Baby for our circle of friends. I guess we’re all around 30, most of us are married or engaged, and as is often the way, people want to start sprogging up. Three of our close friends are about to give birth, two for the first time, so I’ve been wanting to do something a little bit special. There are so many great gifts that can be given and I was hunting around for ideas when I came across this clever tutorial at Aesthetic Nest.
I’d never made a quilt before, so I was a little bit nervous, but Anneliese had written up such a great set of step-by-step instructions, I figured if I could manage to follow her tutorial, I should be okay.
The outcome actually exceeded my expectations, for a newbie, the steps are very easy to follow; I had no problems at all working my way through it. Some of my lines are a little wonky, but you can’t really tell unless you look closely, and the chenille just looks fantastic after a burst in the drier.
So thank you, Anneliese, I so enjoyed making this blanket. Now I’m going to make two more!
 
NB. The fabric I chose is Amy Butler’s Optic Blossom in Linen from the Midwest Modern collection.
A few weeks ago I knuckled down and finished painting the dining room. It was a fiddly job with all those windows, but the pay-off is that we now have beautiful crisp white trim, don’t we - Grubby-Little-Boy-Fingers and hairy dog who insists on lying against it?
 Before Now, I know the ‘Before’ isn’t at all offensive – but I was just not feeling the love for that two-tones-that-doesn’t-quiet-mesh-right look, and you all know I’m all about the grey walls at the moment.
 After 
 
Now, the details.
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Curtains – Ikea Aina, a bargain at $89.95 a pair, I’ve decked out the lounge and dining rooms with these, and they are great! I couldn’t buy them online at Ikea Direct and I tried to get them from Sydney, they don’t do shipping. Finally, after weeks of shopping around, and with winter setting in, I revisited their online store in the hope of finding something else… and low and behold, there they were. They are lovely. They’re thin, but I love the way the light filters through them. I’ve seen a few people use the unbleached – linen look, and they’re gorgeous, but I wanted more white so I took a (small) risk and went with the unseen bleached. I couldn’t be happier.
One more project down.
Wooden fruit, my latest find at the local second-hand store, a bargain at just $1. They’re receiving the white paint treatment as I type.
Image Details:
Nikon D60
Nikon AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 85mm F3.5G VR
Manual
ISO 400
f 5
1/25
One chair before and after – as promised. There is another one too, but my other half has acquired it for his shed aka “The Man Cave” and wasn’t keen on giving it back. Seeing as it cost me all of $5, I think I’ll let him have it. I am nothing if not a generous wife.
Disclaimer: Please note that said chair may be subject to DWLS (Dodgy Wobbly Leg Syndrome). That would be his chair, not mine.
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