wedded.

...a few more photos from the best friends wedding. these are the photos from the professional photographers and the photos booth (best idea ever)!! Mali is blogging about the wedding over here and you definitely want to go and visit to check out many more gorgeous photos of a truly amazing day.

have a great weekend :)

p.s - that's the husband and i in the last photo. and you guys thought i pulled faces?? haha!

melbourne.

i have returned from the land of milk and honey that some like to call melbourne. i grew up in melbourne until i was 16 and part of my heart will always live there. there is always something realy special the familiarity of melbourne and all the memories attached to each place. this trip was to visit new babies (if you follow me on instagram i'm sorry for the overload of baby photos) and catch up with family but i had hoped to fit in a little op shopping and city wanderings after some great reccommendations by some of you. unfortunately, the teachers curse caught up with me and i have spent everyday of the holidays fighting some form of cold or flu. i managed to drag myself out of the house a few times (one was to eat my body weight at my favourite place ever) but spent most of the week feeling like an 80 year old lady. needless to say, the last two photos are the most accurate in depicting my week in melbourne which is okay because that is one gorgeous baby!

hope you all had a fabulously relaxing germ free easter break :)

outside.

i am an outside person.
i was blessed to have a childhood full of camping, beaching, throwing, walking, skipping and jumping.
and now i am an adult who wants to go, do, see, explore, hike, climb and jump off waterfalls.

outside is full of magic.

my best friends wedding...

...was amazing and beautiful and fabulous and lovely! i don't want to share too much cos i'm sure she will do that when she returns from honeymooning! but it was a really special day. pop on over here to let the bride know you want to see more photos :)

finding joy.

. : year 8's who think that craft is cool

. : four school days until holidays

. : year 11 camp

. : almost here babies

. : almost here weddings

. : organic kale

. : weekend walks

. : fresh eggs (i'm convinced that the novelty will never wear off)

. : a new love for dark chocolate

. : vintage sheet crafting

. : paris planning

where are you finding joy lately?

seriously.

seriously. he was amazing.

we headed off to matt corby this weekend and i have to admit it was the most excited i have been about a live gig in AGES (i may or may not have made the comment that i wanted to be close enough to the stage to smell him)! and he was fabulous. usually by the time 11pm rolls by at a concert i have had enough standing and being shoved around and am absolutely ready to go home. but last night i could have stayed and listened til at least 11.30 - hahaha (im pretty much a nanna trapped in the body of a 26 year old).

he was brilliant. seriously.

do yourself a favour and watch the clip of matty singing his latest single 'brother'. you won't regret it. seriously.

*video is obviously not from last night but sounds just as wonderful.

around here...

around here there are a lot of pretty vintage fabrics.

around here there is a lot of organising and sorting to do.

around here there are a few woollen blankets ready for the colder nights.

around here there is time to be quiet.

around here there are a lot of early mornings.

around here we wish that there was a 'new girl' episode this week.

around here we are looking forward to school holidays, weddings and babies (only the school holidays belong to me).

around here we are inspired by all the gorgeous fabric.

have a blessed weekend.

at last.

...we finally have chickens. hooray!! those of you who have been reading this blog for a while will know how long i have been waiting for chickens... and my persistence has paid off (who said nagging didn't work??)!

two happy little isa browns came to live with us over the weekend and so far they have layed 11 eggs between them. they are about four months old and a little skittish but have enjoyed pecking around the vegie garden and are very good at eating kitchen scraps :) their names are Peggy and Harriet and they are fabulous.

garden produce...

we have had an abundance of tomatoes this summer. after the many months it took for my winter crop to ripen i have come to understand the important role of sun in speeding up this process. i have also come to learn that many days of continuous rain will result in split and rotting tomatoes. however, we have managed to collect weekly basketfuls to turn into tomato passata. just another little baby step towards simple and sustainable living.

p.a - am currently looking for a good reference book for future canning and preserving - any reccommendations?

*** vintage sheet swap sign ups over here

this weekend...

. : pancakes were eaten for lunch
. : two loads of washing got done and is currently hanging on furniture around our house
. : a girly craft night was had that turned into a channing tatum movie marathon night
. : another bed was added to our vegie garden
. : a few hours were spent in the vegie garden trying to control the damage done from the crazy rain we have had this past week
. : thai was eaten for dinner
. : organisation started to happen
. : the last of the tomatoes were picked and made in to last batch of pasta sauce
. : treasures were found (more tomorrow)
. : new girl was watched
. : capsicum seeds were saved
. : fat quarters for the swap were cut
. : cinnamon scrolls were made with love and eaten with gusto
. : dinner was eaten that was almost entirely made of things we had grown

...was wonderful - a lovely productive home weekend! hope your weekend has left you relaxed and prepared for the week ahead...

xx

thanks australia...

a public holiday in the first week of students was such a blessing. parents disagree with me but let me tell you... the teachers needed it. well this teacher did anyway!

i had a list a mile long of things to get through like mopping the floors, planning classes and cleaning the shower - you know... fun stuff! after a mini breakdown in the morning husband stepped in and told me that we were leaving the to do list at home and we were going out. it was just what i needed. a day of family, friends and fun. and before we left... he helped me mop the floors! pretty great huh?

p.s - vintage sheet swap sign ups over here

hi.

it was recently brought to my attention that my blog has surprisingly few photos of me. this is not intentional... i guess i figure that op shops, a good book and vintage florals are more interesting than the everyday crazy that my life is made up of (and the fact that i always look horrible in photos)!

my favourite blogs are the ones where you can really get to know the person behind the blog and one of the best things that has come out of blogging has been the awesome people i have met and the sneak peeks into their lives...

so... in the spirit of new beginnings here are a few random facts about me and my world :)

*i have only had one panadol in the last 6 years! it's one of my completely stubborn and often irrational quirks where i refuse to take any painkillers but i will happily drink two cups of coffee a day (although i am trying to stop this coffee habit)

*i like words more than numbers (unless they are of the fill a bag for ONE dollar kind! haha!).

*i will almost always pull a face in photos (as evidenced by the top photo.. haha)! i justify this by arguing that i would rather look bad on purpose than try to look nice and still end up looking like some sort of stoned weirdo (ahem... like the gorgeous lady on the left of the top photo - love you mum)!

*i love feet. love them.

*i often wish that i was one of those strong, silent, graceful ladylike types. instead i am loud and obnoxious and burp really loudly!

*i have watched every episode of 'friends' at least 6 times each! season 5 is the best :)

*i feel really sad and personally insulted when i hear people say that they hate reading

*i swing wildly between wanting to cut my hair really short into a funky little pixie crop and dogged persistence to keep growing it (i have been growing it for the past 6 years... not that you would really be able to tell... haha)!

*i have an excessive amount of vintage baby clothes for someone who does not have any babies on the horizion! it often crosses my mind that i might be jinxing myself and the assumptions i make about the future status of my womb will result with an empty one!

*if i was going to be a character in a book i would want to be alice or lucy pevensie 

p.s - have a happy day off my australian friends :)

p.p.s - vintage sheet swap info and sign ups over here!

beginnings

. : finally getting around to making our living room a place that we want to spend time in

. : new job. new school. new students. new challenges. new rewards.

. : planning for an adventure in france. and hopefully another one in new york.

. : feeling like i'm growing up (note that i am not a grown-up. there is a difference.)

. : being kind to myself

. : a return to my morning green tea ritual

. : unlikely friendships

am feeling a season of change in my life. scary. yet incredibly exciting.