staying cool

Its been really hot here in Ballarat. A trip to the local water park is just what Miranda and Ronan needed. 

Stay cool this summer :)

A blissful weekend

Did you have a great weekend? I sure did.

The weather has been glorious here. Spring is so near....yay!

A drive to Daylesford was a definite must do.

Had a look at the Mill Markets. Lots of interesting things. Didn't buy anything....sigh :( Saving up my $ for something exciting (he he)

Ronan loved this vintage rocking horse....so did mummy.

 Miranda looked so pretty today, I had to take her picture.

She is so camera shy (ha ha)

She is wearing a very sweet dress by Seed and a cute floral Cath Kidston bag.

After church, family came over for lunch. Chocolate brownies....yum :)

 Didn't have a lot of luck thrift shopping this week.

What I did find was a cute nanna rug, a couple of retro cups, a 1960's big pencil with a tin world globe, and this ace sewing book. It has a pattern sheet for the clothes pictured. Some of the clothing is just wild... I love it :)
Check out all these other great flea market finds at Her Library Adventures.

 I really like this dress

 hmmm :)

 sweet

 I also managed to do a bit of sewing. Something pretty for the house. I ran out of light to take photos so you'll just have to wait till tomorrow.

Time out

It's been some time since i last blogged....oops

I could give you a heap of reasons for this but the truth is i just haven't wanted to (gasp!)I haven't even been keeping up with what's happening on the blogs i follow. So much to catch up on :)

I've really been enjoying my 'time out' though. I've been doing Mummy/housewife stuff , sewing, reading, but mostly enjoying life. Here is just a few things I've been up to lately.

Earlier in the month, Diddle & Ro had a stall at the Sisters' Market in Brunswick, Melbourne.

Wow! What an experience.

After a stressful unloading of the car and setting up the stall , John and I settled in and had a great time. City markets certainly have a different feel to country markets. There were heaps of fantastic stalls there. I will definitely be coming back here as a shopper.. I just loved it.

Miranda celebrated her 9th birthday this month (Where has the time gone?)

We decided to do something a bit different this year, so we had her party at a scrap booking shop called the Imagination Factory in Ballarat.

Miranda and her friends had the best time. They each got to create a diary to take home. I got so wrapped up making my own diary, I completely forgot to take photos......so much fun. At the end we had some cake and some treats. I certainly noticed a change in their energy levels after cake and lollies. So glad I left the sweets to last :)

Of course we had to make good use of the beautiful Autumn weather we have been having lately.

We did a few family drives in the country. Victoria is just so beautiful this time of year.

On Saturday, we attended the Daylesford Easter Makers Market. There is John in background trying to look glad he gave up his Saturday sleep-in to come to a craft market with me. The 'Gnome Town' Pinafore has been a real hit. I've been kept busy this month with orders for this cute dress (yippee).Hope you all have had a lovely Easter long weekend.

Take care :)

Miss Miranda

Introducing the "Miss Miranda" Pinafore.

It will available in my etsy and madeit shops any time now, in sizes 1 - 6.

We finally had some lovely weather here in Ballarat this weekend, so we decided to get dressed up and head outside for a quick photo shoot.
The cute model in the pics is my 8yr old daughter Miranda, and the very talented photographer is my 18yr old daughter Winona.

Bring on more of this beautiful weather!!!

New smock top for Miranda

Here's some pics of a smock top I made for Miranda recently. She is also wearing her brand new pink converse boots.

She is such a tiny little thing. I shortened the sleeves on a size 5 pattern and still the top is huge on her. She has been a size 11 in shoes for ages, so she was very excited that her new shoes were a size 12. Hard to believe she turned eight recently.

Miranda made this teddy ( with a bit of help) at a church activity. I love how wonky the ears and legs are. A future crafty gal in the making?

Two days of blissful quiet :)

I don't want to sound like a terrible mother, but my 8yr old daughter Miranda (aka Diddle) went off to camp today and I couldn't be happier ( oh dear that does sound mean). Don't get me wrong, Miranda is a great kid and I love her to bits, but boy can she talk. I shouldn't feel guilty because she is going to have a wonderful time and I know she is in safe hands as the teachers at her school are just wonderful. As I see it, we are all winners (well maybe not the teachers...he he)

This is Mirandas first time away from home...you can see the sheer excitement on her face. She has been talking about camp non stop for the last couple of weeks and driving everyone crazy. I'm just glad the day has finally arrived...and so is she.

I feeling sorry for the poor teachers (what troopers!)that are staying 2 nights on camp with this noisy mob. I'm sure they will all be exhausted by the time they get home no doubt. Have fun baby girl! :)