Motivation

I think I'm going to stick this photo in my kitchen to stop me attacking the pantry for biscuits and chocolate every night.....

Jennifer Hawkins is soooo gorgeous and I know I will never ever look like that in a bikini but I can dream!!

Well I've been inundated with orders so I'll be signing off from blogging for now but will be back in the new year when I slow things down around here and only release one dress of the month so orders don't get on top of me.

Vintage Sweet Pea Collection

I'm going to really enjoy creating this collection and using all my beautiful vintage fabrics.  I can't wait to get started on them!!

The first dress is the Sweet Violet dress...

This dress is a lot of work but the end result is just amazing and worth all the effort.

I have lots of other styles in my head for this collection and I'm hoping to have a couple more samples ready in the next couple of weeks.

I've also got the most divine one shouldered frill dress that I've had in the works for a while now.  It's a bit of a spin on the Blossom dress that was super popular last year and I think this new dress will be just as popular.

Well it's so wet and dreary here that I am going to curl up on the lounge and relax for a few minutes before the evening shenanigans begin!

Day Twenty Six...Close Up

Back to Frankie's room for today's photo challenge.  I have a little white table and chairs in her new room and it's perfect for little tea parties.

I have been hitting my local op shops to find gorgeous mismatched tea cups and saucers, teapots and anything that might be perfect for a tea party.

I am on an op shopping roll at the moment.  I found SO many cool things on the weekend including the best vintage sheet find ever!!  I dragged Xav along for the expedition on Saturday and he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw just how big the shop was and when I told him he could choose anything he wanted, he thought he had died and gone to heaven (he came away with a pocket sized motorbike book for 50 cents!).

Day Twenty Five...Something Pink

My children all have 'blankies'.  They drive me mad.  We can't leave the house or put them to bed without them and most nights we have to race around the house trying to find a missing blankie (or 'Gona' as the two eldest call theirs and 'Barden' is Luca's.  Yep very strange names, I know!).

Frankie's is Pink Gona and she thinks she's beautiful.  When Pink Gona goes missing Frankie cries her eyes out and whines 'but I love her so much Mummy, Pink Gona is just sooooooooo beautiful'.  It's sickening.

If Pink Gona isn't in the car when I pick her up from preschool then queue MAJOR meltdown that lasts until Pink Gona is back in her arms.

Both boys are waaaaaaaaaay worse than her though.  Xavier still has his at nearly six and Luca, well Luca is the most obsessed with it.  He sucks his to sleep which makes me want to vomit!

It is really cute though seeing them all curled up on the lounge at night with their respective blankies!  We are going to frame them when they grow out of them!!

Sneak Peek!

We're nearly there!  Here are a few sneak peeks of Frankie's room....

I'll hopefully be finished next week.  I've just got to find some time to paint the room so I can hang all the art and make the quilt!

Day Twenty Four...Animal

~ Rosie ~

My very first baby. We got Rosie when she was just 5 weeks old. We were living in Cottesloe in Perth and I was homesick so I bought myself a kitten! She has slept with me nearly every night since we got her. She's 12 years old and I absolutely adore her.

Day Twenty Three...Sunflare

What a glorious day!! The sun is shining and the sky is an amazing blue colour. I've had a friend over for a yummy antipasto lunch and a couple of sneaky wines...you couldn't ask for a more perfect day!

The kids are still snotty and lethargic but not too bad and so it's a lovely easy day for us. Luca has been pottering about with his puppy dog....

and Frankie has been very quiet and trying to beat this cold that she's had for over two weeks now. Poor little thing.