more giveaway love.....

I am a big fan of Stephanie Fizer's work, you can check out her Etsy Store here.

Stephanie is currently holding a giveaway on her blog for one of her Mini Letter Writing Sets, details can be found here.

Happy Saturday x

giveaway love.....

Today is the last day to enter this gorgeous Giveaway over at Purple Pumpkin, details can be found here.

Goodluck!

if it is a girl......

So I thought it only right that I also do a 'if it is a girl' post to make things even....

Here are a few girly finds from Etsy...

Gorgeous Baby Bonnet by urbanbabybonnets


Pink Aviary Chennile Bib from mountainavenbaby


Baby Bloomers in Blue and White by RubyRoadAustralia, one of my personal favourites...


Gorgeous Vintage Chenille Rag Patchwork Quilt from Vintage Chenille


And finally, although I have never been a huge fan of headbands on babies this Sweet Claire Feather Headband from JolieBerry is just divine, I love it!



We get another sneak peek of Baby Ryder #2 tomorrow, we are very excited. Baby Ryder #2 has become extremely active this week, so lovely to feel the squirming again!

Happy Thursday x

one craftee mumma! loves.....

Image from MuthaCrafter

Was just going through and cleaning out my Etsy Favourites List and came across this Maternity T-Shirt that I had saved a while ago, had to share!

a bit of blog love.....

After a pretty gloomy day both weather wise and other wise, Amanda from Calico and Co has managed to put a smile on my dial!! She is such a gorgeous girl! She has featured my new Vintage Alice in Wonderland Scalloped Heart Tags in her Handmade Heaven post today!! You can see it here amongst some other pretty special items.


Whilst you are there checking out the Handmade Heaven post why not sign up for the Stationery Swap details here, only a couple of days til it closes and who knows you might be lucky enough to get me as your partner and receive the fab items I have purchased sent to you!!

watermark wednesday......

Today will be affectionately called Watermark Wednesday. Why I hear you ask? Well today I will spend the day in front of my loyal laptop adding a watermark to ALL the photos in ALL of my listings in both the Etsy and Made It Stores.


Not an extremely creative or fun task but needs to be done after, let's just call it an incident and never mention it again....

Off to get a cuppa and get started.....

I will be back later with a more exciting post!

Happy Wednesday!

it's not all about Amy.....

There is Alice too!

Although my Little Golden Book Punchies are very popular, some of the little images are way too cute to chop up!

Check out my new experiment - Vintage Alice in Wonderland Scalloped Heart Tags....




Available in the Etsy and Made It Stores now....

What do you think??

amy butler is back.....

Funny how it takes only one little thing to get you motivated......

Lots of new Amy Butler cards and tags in the store now....









More to come......

point & shoot - an afternoon with the ducks.....

Nate loves going to feed the Ducks! Ducks! Ducks!, so cute when he screams it out! Things didn't start off too well with me finding a nice fresh duck pooh to sit in and husband making me feel better about myself by laughing hysterically at me....

Here is a rare shot of Nate and I.....



Normally it is me behind the camera taking the photos...

Happy Monday and don't forget to check out more Point & Shoot posts here!

treasury time.....

Image from HeathensHearth

Mellow Yellow.......

Another Treasury List collated by me! You can see it here

one decision made.....

Well one thing has been decided and ticked off the list today, we have decided on the Bassinet that Baby Ryder #2 will sleep in....


Nice clean lines and not flouncy and frilly like a lot of bassinets I have seen. This will solve our cot dilemma until we know where we will be living. Then I guess it starts again when looking for a cot!

The pram for two is still a work in progress and I get more and more confused everytime I start looking at them, so many options. Pity they don't make one pram with all the good points of the many choices that are available, it would solve a lot of procrastination....

stationery swap....

I have been busy trawling through Etsy and Made It tonight for gorgeous stationery items for the Calico & Co Stationery Swap, more details can be found here.

There is still time for you to join in and let's face it, who doesn't like receiving little packages in the post!

Happy Weekend!

giveaway love.....

I have been following the blog of Paper Tree Design for a while now, I like to keep up with what is happening on the Brisbane handmade scene.

Michelle is celebrating joining the clever girls at BrisStyle with a Giveaway, details can be found here.

If I was lucky enough to be the winner these would be my picks.....

Images from Paper Tree Designs

Happy Friday!

uber claire's faves......

So it has been a little while since I have shared some Etsy Favourites with you, but to be honest I haven't really been spending much time looking lately. Lucky I have Uber Claire (who too has been quiet lately) but she has managed to send me some of her favourites to include in my post today....

Enjoy....

Birds and Pearls Linen Pillow Cover by Olive



Polka Dotted Rose Baby Maryjanes by GraciousMay



Original Paper Cut illustration - Bird in Ornate Frame by MrYen



Owl felt hair clip bow holder by SweetieTweetie



Primitive Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Shelf Sitter Sign by irishcorkie



A nice little mixed bag of goodies there!

Happy Friday!

for the love of flowers....

I am not ashamed to say it out loud but I am suffering withdrawals from the lack of time I am spending playing with flowers since I finished my course.....

Thank goodness for the gorgeous flower blogs that keep my appetite fed....




Images from Crosspollination

Gorgeous colours, flowers and use of texture. I love it!

paper garland love.....

Now there are Paper Garlands and then there are Paper Garlands by MaraMay *sigh*......







Images from MaraMay

Head on over to Hundy & Undy for your chance to win a Vintage Love Paper Garland by MaraMay!

thank you.......

A little shout out to a fellow blogger and follower lulufroufrou for featuring my Vintage Sheet Music Scalloped Heart Tags in her Wednesday Wonderfuls post last week, you can see it here.

Check out lulufroufrou's Made It Store here.

gorgeous giveaway.....

I am an avid follwer of the Moose & Bird Blog.

If Baby Ryder #2 is a girl I would love to get me one of these gorgeous Pear Cushions for the nursery. You can find these in the Moose & Bird Etsy Store here....


Anyway, the point of this post is to let you know that there is a gorgeous giveaway happening on the Moose and Bird Blog right now. Check it out here. Pop on over and leave a comment and you could bag yourself this gorgeous bundle of goodies...


Happy Tuesday!

cold is an understatement.....

There is nothing like a bit of love from your Mum when you are feeling ordinary! We spent the weekend with my parents which was lovely, even though we are still defrosting.....

This is what we woke to on Saturday morning...




Yep, ice everywhere.... It was soooo cold!

I have no idea how my Mum and Dad get up every morning at the crack of dawn to go and tend to the apple trees in the orchard..... I know that I am much more comfortable snuggled up under the covers whilst they are working in the cold!

point & shoot.....

I fall in love with my little boy more and more everyday!

The simple things in life are just so sweet!

Here he is trying to blow the dandelion seeds off the stem!

Happy Monday!

x

sneak peek....

Sneak peek of a custom order I am working on.....





Happy Thursday....

for the love of lanterns.....

Image from honeytree

Just a quick post. I was feeling a little bit of love for lanterns whilst scanning through Etsy so decided to do up a treasury list, my first one ever!

You can see it here

Keep your eyes peeled and let me know if it makes the front page, could just be beginners luck!

xx

a little time out......

So I have decided to take a little bit of me time and normal blogging will resume next week. Feeling a bit blah. Think my body, that has been taken over by Baby Ryder #2 is trying to tell me something.....

Til next week xx

embellishment kits......

Available now in the Etsy Store.....

answers........

So recently I asked you, my loyal followers, for opinions on themes for Nate's 2nd Birthday (you can read the post here) and whether or not one should find out the sex of Baby Ryder #2 (you can read the post here).

Now for the answers......

Firstly, we will NOT be finding out the sex of Baby Ryder #2. Decision made!

Secondly, we have finally decided on a theme for Master Nate's 2nd Birthday.


Decision made! Yes, much to my husband's excitement we are having a Toy Store theme! Off to get in contact with Jeniene from Ciaobambino to lock this in!

Hope you are enjoying your Saturday!