My new little Etsy store!

I'm so excited to announce the launch of my little Etsy store!

 I have been planning photos, postcards, packaging and so on for quite a while now.

I have been wanting to do this for a long while. If you are a fan of Etsy I'd love it if you stopped by and maybe even gave me a 'heart" if you like my photos :)

xx

Friday flower

A lovely pink ranunculus for Friday and my birthday.

Hip hip hooray - it's starting to get scary...one more year and I hit the big 40!!!

Oh well. Here's to a happy weekend to us all xx

Magnolia magic

Stunning magnolias at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens on a perfect spring day yesterday. Photos taken with the help of my old Kodak Duaflex. I had a few odd looks and one enquiry about my 'set-up'. Oh well, I say vintage is making a come-back , even in photography.

Back to work today after 9 not-so-relaxing days off work *sigh*.

I need a holiday to get over my so-called holiday!

Looks like another stunning spring day, perfect for being in the garden. Have a good one bloggies xx

Friday Flowers .... Winter Roses

Beautiful, dark winter roses, or hellebores, for the end of our winter (feeling very wintry today).

The colour is amazing!

Photos taken through my old Kodak Duaflex camera.

Have a great Friday bloggies! I might try to relax this evening but another busy reno weekend for us. *sigh*

xx

Our little girl

Look at those eyes. She is so adorable!

Yesterday I made her a delectable Canine Stew and whilst it completely stunk out the house and had me trying very hard not to gag every time I stirred it, she was begging for more! I can't for the life of me remember where I found it but it was on someones lovely blog. Please let me know if it was you.
Yay, a Melbourne Girl left a message and here is the link for the stew :)
(maybe use normal non-pet mince if you don't want to stink out the kitchen)

A couple of things....

I have been so incredibly blown away by the wonderfully positive comments about my dresses. Thank you all so much, you are toooo kind! It has been very inspiring :)

A big thanks to the lovely Amanda from Small Acorns who passed on the Sunshine Award to me today. As soon as I can think of some interesting things about myself I will post them. Hey, maybe instead of interesting things about me, maybe I could dig out a few more things made by me? We'll see. Thanks so much Amanda - I just love her blog, not to mention her shop in Wellington :)

Friday flowers - pretty gerberas

Stunning gerberas of the palest pink on cream. Just gorgeous!

Happy Friday :)

Around the house 2

Lyn's grandfather's clock

my old optometrist kits

my Ikea couch cover!

a corner of the lounge room

A few shots around the house using the ttv photography technique.

Below is the little camera that I take the photos through to get the vintage effect.

I use a very high tech masking contraption (biscuit box!!) to mask out the light. No expense spared here!!

Hip Hip Hooray, I'm one hundred today!

Well, not me but I am very excited to have 100 followers. Hi to no.100 Leonie! Thank you everyone, I really appreciate your comments - this blogging caper is so much fun!

Horsing around

A few vintagey pics of Harry Horse. I can't believe I was undecided whether to adopt Harry or not when I first discovered him. I love this little old horse. He has such character!
I know a few of you out there also like Harry so here's a few mid-week pics. Bring on the weekend!

ps after getting my hopes up that Wayne the plasterer would come through with the goods it looks like he's gone AWOL. He actually rang us and came around to do measurements and said he'd call during the week with a quote. I was excited, my room was actually going to have some work done on it! But no, that was last week and no calls from Wayne :(
Hmmph.
pps. thanks for the lovely comments about Lyn's boat and the 'master of the tools' mega-creation (the new trailer).

A Fruity Friday.....Pomegranates

Dad gave me some pomegranates and instead of looking up recipes, I took photos of them. The colours and textures are amazing! I ttv photographed them on my lovely Spode Blue Italian plate. I liked the contrast of textures and colour.
Have a great Friday bloggies - looks like being cold here in Tassie but clear and sunny. I like winter days like these.
Here's to a lovely weekend to you all!