Halls Gap Adventures...

What a wonderful, exhilarating and exhausting adventure I have been on during the week. Five days in the beautiful Halls Gap, the heart of the Grampians, with over one hundred students and ten other teachers for a week we will remember for many years to come. I tried my hand at a high ropes course, bush walked to 'The Pinnacle', met some lovely wildlife, rock climbed and the most adrenalin pumping of all, I took the plunge and went abseiling. What an amazing experience, the closest I have ever come to flying.

A few photos from my adventures, including the cliff I abseiled off (bottom right), the amazing Pinnacle lookout (middle) and a very cheeky kookabarra (bottom middle).

After a long week it is lovely to be back home and I'm very much enjoying hanging out by the fire, reading magazines, filling my inspiration journals and working on story ideas. We spent the morning at the botanical gardens which is fast becoming one of my favourite spots here in Mildura. It has been a misty overcast day and was the perfect weather for wondering through the beautiful winter landscape full of bare maple trees and pines. It was almost like being in Narnia.

My favourite photo from our outing this morning was of these two gorgeous Rosellas in the top of the beautiful bare trees.

I hope your weekend has been as delightful and relaxing as mine, I'm off to help my lovely hubby with dinner and to settle in for the evening with a spot of sewing by the fire.

Much love and winter gardens
xxx

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Shopping List Saturday..

A week of adventure amongst the birds and trees has made me realise just how much I would love to live deep in the forest in a tree house. Watching the world go by from high up in the leaves in a little tree cottage sounds perfect to me.

1. Signature Dish- Tree House by thebrickkiln
2. Papercut Print. Tree House. by elsita
3. Daytime Tree Houses by Nottoopink
4. the tree houses - print by corid
5. Peculiar Neighbors - Print by atwhim
6. Growing a House print by IrenaSophia

I would love to fall into one of these beautiful illustrations and find myself living among circus tents, birds and branches. I am a nature girl at heart and a little homebody and love to dream of the extraordinary homes I could create.

For more beautiful tree houses check out this amazing book 'New Treehouses of the World'.

Take a moment to brew a fresh pot of tea and pop over to the fabulous Fancy Picnic to check out the other amazing Shopping Lists. The perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

I'm off to spend a quiet afternoon watching a film or two and getting back into my granny squares. It is so lovely to be home after a week away with on year 8 camp, I'm so looking forward to catching up on some blog reading and pottering around the house. Photos of my adventures to come.

Much love and treeshouses
xxx

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An adventurous week!

It's not quite the usual Sunday night at my place. I'm running around trying to find a torch, batteries, sunscreen, mittens and thermals. You see I'm going on year eight camp for the week!

Image from weheartit

We are off to Hall's Gap in the Grampians tomorrow morning for five days of ropes courses, absailing, rock climbing, bike riding and canoeing. Many fun and exhausting days ahead. Luckily this time we get to stay at a nice lodge instead of tents and I don't have to carry a 20kg pack on my back, so I'm really looking forward to this week's adventure.

My little Etsy shop will be open and orders will be shipped on Monday the 1st of June. I will be back on Friday night and will have plenty of photos and stories to share.

Wishing you a lovely week full of delightful moments. I'm off to continue packing and searching for all the strange bit and pieces I might need for the week. Hopefully it will not be too cold at night. Think I better pack an extra blanket.

Much love and adventures
xxx

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Shop Update - The Owl Collection..

Sunday is a day for adventures, for tea parties and for owls.

'The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat..'

There is something very special these wise old birds and I'm delighted share my new little 'Owl Collection'. Each little brooch is unique with its own charming owl from Alexander Henry's beautiful fabric. Do you heart pirate owls, tea cup owls or magic owls? Pop into my Etsy shop now to find the perfect owl for you....

Much love and Owls
xxx

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Saturday Afternooon...

What I love to do on a Saturday afternoon...

With my favourite illustrated copy of Alice in Wonderland, I found the perfect spot under the Autumn leaves this afternoon, to dream a few hours away in Wonderland..

I wish it was Autumn all year around. It seems we just agree with one another.

Now the sun has gone down, the antique bedroom chair by the fire calls to spend a little time on a few granny squares and lose myself in the beautiful collector's edition of Vogue Living.

Much love and happy reading
xxx

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Shopping List Saturday..

This little shopping list dedicated to a beautiful woman, who also just happened to once be the Queen of France. Ever known for her amazing dresses and that 'infamous phrase', there is one eccentricity that I love about her more than any other... Marie Antoinette's gravity defying hair.

Bows, birds and even boats.. this is an ode to a Queen and her hair..

1. Marie Antoinette - Original Papercut Art by tinatarnoff
2. Marie Antoinette Paper Doll by LeLapinTriste
3. Le Chapeau de Poisson d'Or dans une Cuvette -print by ElizabethOcean
4. The Lady Who Had Her Cake and Ate It Too- Print by kirby
5. Trifle Tower - Hand Glittered Print by andreakett
6. Spring Queen- fine art print by darklingwoods
7. the hair print- by gerrijo

Why carry a purse when everything can be conveniently stored in your hair? quote from gerrijo

Take a moment to brew a fresh pot of tea and pop over to the fabulous Fancy Picnic to check out the other amazing Shopping Lists. The perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

The kettle is calling and so is my little studio, many customer orders and a very special surprise to work on. Also a little shop update tomorrow so be sure to stay tuned. Wishing you a wonderful Saturday indeed.

Much love and Bows and Boats
xxx

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My Creative Space..

My creative space this week is the neatest it has been in nearly a month. With so much going on at my 'day job' my little space has not seen a great lot of action this week. I was very excited to come home this afternoon to some lovely mail, so at last my little space is back to it's usual chaotic state.

My desk filled with some fabulous mail, some brooches in the making and of course a cup of tea. Here is a closer peak at the bits and pieces filling my creative space..

A lovely little card from my grandmother who was my inspiration for starting this blog and a special custom order of brooches in the making.

A lovely cup of Lady Grey tea in one of my favourite 'Mad Hatter' tea cups and the fabric some very sweet fabric for a custom order to match a lovely handmade bag.

A very fun, half completed page from my 'wreck this journal' and some very cute air mail postcards I bought from Three Dog Party. They were very sweet and threw in a few extras which I would love fill with my poetry and send around the world! If you would like me to send you a poem on a very sweet postcard just comment and let me know. I just love filling the world with words!

Make sure you head over to the wonderful Kristy at Kootoyoo to join in the fun and show off your Creative Space.

Much love, poetry and tea cups
xxx

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