Our 4 yo Kinder Boy

Awesome : Jude loving his first day back at kinder

Year 1 Girl

Awesome : Lana loving her first day as a Year 1 Girl

Fun New Scrap Products - CHA Winter 2010

Awesome : Seeing brand new scrapbooking product releases at the american CHA - yay for the internet!

Here are some of my favourites so far...

Cosmo Cricket - "Material Girl"


My Mind's Eye - "Little Boy Blue" - Love this colour story, and the owl is so cute!

And I've always got a soft spot for a robots range - "Lil Robots"


Sassafras - Nerdy Bird - it's just so colourful and cutesy


Hambly Screen Prints - always awesome..




And lastly..this new range by Basic Grey looks pretty sweet...


There are so many more very cool products being released (Prima has some gorgeous 'Say it in Pearls', KI Memories 'Confetti Collection' and the Donna Downey calico range) but this has been a good taste of what's to come :-)

A Splash of Pink

Awesome : Having nosey & chatty children, who revealed (before it was too late) that the carpet layer was about to install the wrong carpet...

Fortunately, I overheard the carpet layer say to the kids, that they would have to be careful to keep the cream carpet clean...hmm...interesting really, as the carpet Lana and I had picked together was a smoky grey...lol...so unfortunately Lana didn't get her new room carpeted today, but it has been promised that it will be done over the weekend, and she will be in her new room by the time school starts on Monday.....fingers crossed anyway :-P

Here's two pictures of her new room, pre-carpet and her raspberry cream wall..



As you can see, the window isn't quite finished but it will be over the next 24 hours..it's on my to-do list, along with a few other things...

Have a fab weekend xx

Fabrics to Inspire

Awesome : Ordering two funky fabrics by Saffron Craig, from the fabulous Kelani Fabrics online store, for my couch cushions

I just love these two fabrics - perfect colours on a white base by an australia fabric designer. Saffron Craig has some very cool fairy fabrics too.



And last year, I purchased over a metre of this Amy Butler 'August Fields' fabric...I also bought the Amy Butler 'Zinnia' cushion pattern, which I was going to attempt (yeah...it looks a little complicated :-P) with this fabric...LOVE Amy Butlers products!


And here are some fabrics on my 'wish list'....

Anna Maria Horner - Sketchbook Ivory


Authentic for Moda - Word Play Black


Heather Bailey - Nicey Jane Lindy Leaf Blue (also comes in a very funky green)


And another aussie designer - Sprout Design - Bird Tree


There are actually a LOT of things I love over at Sprout Design....on the 'one day' list :-)

And lastly, this fun fabric by Alexander Henry - Sew Now Sew Wow


I can't wait until next week, to receive these fabrics and start creating.

So much going on over the next week - carpet going into Lana's room today and moving Lana into her new room, school starting for Lana, kinder starting for Jude, three of my oldest and dearest friends coming from interstate to stay, my little sister and nephew coming to visit from S.A, my baby 'sprinkle' that Dan has planned at the beach and just general life stuff on top of that...what a week!

Be back later with a photo of Lana's room, pre-carpet, and post-carpet.

xx

(just a note - have just posted about Kelani Fabrics as a very happy customer and love that they ship for free within Australia - am in no way affiliated with their business)

Awww

Awesome : My boy still loves snuggling with his mum

Pretty Girl, Pretty Dress

Awesome : Alannah finally getting to wear her new dress from Aunty Dan (a present from her Germany trip)



It's such a beautiful dress. Nearly everyday since Dan gave it to Lana, she's been asking me if she could wear it. Being such a pretty soft pink, it's not the kind of dress I want her riding her bike in...lol...but on the weekend she finally got the chance to, and I think she looked fabulous :-)