Family Archives - Page 9 of 10

BOWS AND BIRDIES

August 4, 2011 2 Comments

When I got a little bonus at work I knew where it wanted to go (it told me so, I promise).

I had been resisting for months, checking Nadinoo‘s website with longing waiting for the day that the sweet little cape and pinafore would disappear…but instead they went on sale.

As they were being hand stitched just for me, I colour coded my wardrobe so that when they arrived they’d have a nice place to live. Then little paper packages and a lovely note. Each garment peeping through the paper was more darling than the last, beautiful fabrics, adorable detailing. Wearing the cape to work I was smiling like a goose, and twirled like a child when no one was looking. Hehe dress-ups!

Family

LITTLE TREASURES

June 25, 2011 No Comments

On the way home from a morning ramble through the Queen Victoria Market we came upon a little antique store and all the pretty things without price labels begged us to enter. The owner looked one part surly to two part enigmatic, the perfect countenance for bargaining I suppose, I am neither surly nor enigmatic and avoid bargaining where possible. But my dearest spotted a collection of sweet little tins, that are my one true weakness, and and I selected one to go home with me with its funny little grain travellers label and the darling timber Kraft Cheese box. One for my tiny treasures and the other for my larger ones.

Family

SHOES IN A LUNCHBOX

April 30, 2011 No Comments

The magical thing about pre-loved treasures is that they have already had a little life of their own before they come to live with you. I found these darlings at Coral Vintage on etsy. I made the gamble that the oxfords would fit because they were firstly adorable and just what I was looking for and secondly because they had once lived with a former 1950’s Miss America which is a highly entertaining thought. Luckily for me they fit perfectly, but they’re just too lovely to wear! Waiting for a special occasion. The lunch tin with the brass pin is the perfect place for my watercolour things to live. The hat…it’s the red feather that killed me dead.

Family, Travel

PRUNING AND BIRDSONG

January 18, 2011 No Comments

Lighting a fire in the BBQ in the Otways National Park, Australia

A lovely picnic in the Otways National Park with my parents. The air is so damp and sweet there and the cracking of the fire and birdsong is the only distraction. Dylan always relishes the opportunity to be a proper woodsman and pruned branches off the path much to my parents’ amusement.