Ideas and Dressing Tables..

I love these final days of the year, with Christmas behind us, the new year around the corner, the sun high in the sky and the world almost in slow motion, still in holiday mode... and I'm right there with them, deep in the beauty and delight of the holiday season.

My holidays have been filled with ideas, plans, measurements and making friends with the people at the local hardware store. Magazines and clippings fill the dining table whilst my journal brims with beautiful images of homes, paint colours, homewares and my little cottage moment by moment becomes our home..

The current state of my dining table.. full of inspiration.

My moleskine journal has become the ultimate place for all my grand ideas, the biggest of which is a plan for a delightful little conservatory, inspired by Susan Southam's Bramasole, nestled in the backyard under the Maple Tree..

Pages of thoughts and notes, an inspiring bedroom, lovely bedside table and quilt.

I find myself spending the mornings sipping tea and pouring though images, making notes over toast and tea before taking to streets, journal and tape measure in hand, ready to find that perfect colour and piece of furniture.. and yesterday I did just that.

As my hubby and I braved the heat to search the local refuse shop for some old tea chests and crates, I stumbled across this gorgeous little old dressing table. Tomorrow the transformation begins, with a few coats of white paint, I hope to give this lovely dressing table a 'French Provincial' feel.

Wishing you a delightful final day of 2009, a time to reflect and look to the future, to make wonderful plans for the coming year.

Much Love
xxx

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Wonderful Wednesday Inspiration...

Now I have a lovely little home ready to be filled with delightful things, I feel like I've got a blank canvas just waiting for some paint and love. Pouring through magazines and blogs last night I was just overwhelmed with delightful possibilities and thought I would share with you some lovely and inspiring rooms. I love looking at all my favourite images in one place, I begin to take note of all the subtle similarities and quirky things I just adore.

Bedrooms

Bathrooms



Nooks



Gardens

Just beautiful! All images from weheartit, decor8 and designsponge. Check out these great sites for absolutely beautiful and inspiring decorating ideas.

Happy Wednesday!
Much Love
xxx

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Makeovers and Easter Love...

There is light at the end of the tunnel, I can see it drawing closer, although as I battled with the shopping trolley through the supermarket this afternoon I wondered if someone had told everyone to stock up for the apocalypse. My little house makeover is nearly complete, just a few touches to go and by the morning I will be tip toeing around not ever wanting to make a mess again (this is very unlike me).

So here are a few of the results of our little project...

Lounge room- Inspired by Paris and the beautiful ruby red of the Moulin Rouge.

I love a clustered wall of art - (l to r) Wallflower print by MarmeeCraft from my beautiful sister, Parisian hook from the delightful Courtney, Print of Notre Dame, old keys from London, prints from Paris

Fireplace (with our faux fire) the perfect spot for all my favourite bits and pieces.

The ultimate sewing accessory - stacking drawers on wheels

We added a new outdoor setting and some lovely native plants outside but my favourite addition to the garden was this yummy rocket!

So we are almost ready for our visitors and are very excited as we don't often have guests come all the way to Mildura. I will be away from my little blog and shop for the next few days to play hostess and tour guide around our little town. I will miss my little blog dearly and can't wait to show you our adventures on the paddle steamer and the wineries. My little Etsy shop will be open but I will not be sending orders until Tuesday the 14th. I will also be having a lovely little shop update next week inspired by all things girly and sweet.

Wishing you and your loved ones a wonderful Easter long weekend.
Enjoy the little moments and the chance to freely love chocolate!

Much Love and chocolate!
xxx

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Brownies and Twittering...

How did Monday go by so fast? I'm not used to having a whole Monday to myself at home and now I know why its so hard to get things done when there are so many lovely distractions, like blogs and twitter... Yes I finally gave in to temptation, so now you can follow my adventures and ramblings on Twitter.

So while I was twittering, I was meant to be cleaning my house as my lovely in-laws are coming to visit on Wednesday. My hubby and I had a fabulous time yesterday choosing some new colours for the lounge room, buying plants and building a crazy 'DIY with no instructions' TV unit. A fun weekend indeed. But it is still not over yet, all the little bits and pieces still to go. Was desperately trying to take photos to show you today but have run out of sunshine, so stay tuned for a makeover special tomorrow. Hopefully by then I will have a few more rooms complete and my studio will not look like I've been through a tornado with Dorothy.

So what do I have for you today... Brownies. You see I don't really like Easter egg chocolate all that much so I decided to make brownies instead, because well it's Easter and if everyone else gets to have chocolate than why can't I. So the recipe can be found in the gorgeous book How to be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson and I highly recommend it!

Best Chocolate Brownies ever!

Well I'm off to cook dinner and attempt to sort and fold all my fabric into my new stacking drawers that are actually on wheels. Could be the most exciting part of my day yet, the nerdy crafter in my can't wait to colour code all my fabric. What fun!

Hope you are having a wonderful Monday
Much love and yummy brownies
xxx

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Smile on Mondays..

What a fabulous weekend it has been and now Monday has also come and gone and I am still beaming with joy! Sorry about my lack of a post last night, I was fabulously busy making a little custom order for the amazing BugandPop and a little commissioned tea cup artwork for a friend at work.

After a beautiful session of Yoga at Eleventh Street Yoga I'm all chilled out and very happy to be sharing the lovely moments of my weekend with you. My biggest accomplishment for the weekend was shifting my little cottage around to create an office space for my growing little business. The moments of sprawling all over the lounge room are now transformed into a beautiful space that my darling hubby helped me create. I'm so delighted that I now have a space to create as well as a lovely little office to pack up my goodies, write and design. It even has a chandelier!

My lovely office..

Desk complete with inspiration board and a cup holder that doubles perfectly to hold all my ribbon.

Close up of all my bit and pieces including my beautiful Hens Teeth journal, postcards from Marmee Craft and November Moon and one of my favourite creations, my tree house pin cushion.

In tray table with op shop fabric, vintage tin, garage sale tea cup and beautiful owl print, a gift from my sister.

I am loving so many things this week I just have to share them all with you!

My hubby's yummy Saturday morning pancakes.

My beautiful vintage find of the week - Italian leather gloves in their original box. How could I resist! Now I just have to wait for winter..

Finally..... My brooch back supplier called me with wonderful news, they arrived! Now I have over 200 brooch backs and many many new brooches to create.

Some very girly fabric I found in the depths of the Spotlight pile. Lovely fabric makes me smile.

My very favourite new friend Ruby.
We finally got our lovely parrot Mallee a big cage to spread his wings in, which also meant we could get him a girlfriend. Ruby is a very special Opaline Red Rump Parrot, although she is a little shy, I think she is already fond of her new boy.

I hope everyone has had a delightful start to the week. I'm off to curl up on the couch with my hubby and check out some of the lovely frocks and awards from the Oscars.

Much love and joyful moments of inspiration..
xxx

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