introducing...

Luka Joseph, my little sister's gorgeous baby boy. He arrived on the 8th of Jan weighing in at a whopping 9 pounds & 6 ounces! Here he is modelling two of the swaddle sheets Aunty Kitty made for him.

40 days...

Yep, that's right. I have not written a post in forty long days. Many things have contributed to this... my computer deciding not to work, then my internet deciding not to work, then I moved house & had no internet. After all these things I decided on just ignoring the internet all together & taking some time out. This week though I've been inspired to slowly start replying to emails & catching up on all my favourite blogs.
This summer has been fabulous for me & I hope it's been lovely for you too.
So far I have...

• moved into a great little house, with lots of natural light
• celebrated christmas with a delicious lunch of lobster
• brought in the new year with friends & a barbie on their rooftop
  
• designed, printed, cut, packaged & posted wedding invites
  
• sewed up a storm... swaddle sheets, zippered pouches
  
• cooked & baked to my little hearts delight
• started building a vegie garden in pots
• walked the dogs (all 3) along the yarra nearly every night
• went on a huge country drive, involving Corup, Beechworth, Stanley & the King Valley
• bought & drank much beautiful wine
• helped build a kennel
• became an auntie to the cutest little boy
• organised more wedding stuff... 10 weeks to go...
• designed new ad's & business cards for Samuels' workshop
  

So many things I have done, it surely didn't seem like that much until now. I still have lists as long as my legs to get through. Here's how we celebrated christmas day...

could this be...

The most beautiful wallpaper I have ever bought? I found it on ebay & there is 8.5 metres. Shown below is about 50cm. I don't know what it will become... but I'm quite excited.

magnolia square finds...

What a great little market. If I had children of my own, I'd just buy everything.
What I did buy though, was 3 knitted rattles from Lark... some beautiful ribbon, 50 yards of it for $25... that's 50c a yard! Very cheap & oh so soft.
& a reel of rosso e bianco cotton twine, perfect for tying up brown paper packages.

organising...

Hmmm, I think I'll need a few more of these spools.