Happy Holidays...

Hope you have a relaxing break.

Thanks for all your kind comments, your wonderful ideas and creative minds in 2011. 

I look forward to catching up with you all in 2012!

Loads of love,

Pruxxx 

Luke's drawing on Gus's 8th Birthday card.  
I guess he will have more presents than any of us being a Christmas Day baby!

Around Our House...

I'm counting down the days now until we head north to our caravan (hope to leave on Thursday).  We broke up from school on Friday so we're almost there...


I thought I'd share a few photos from home before we head.


Hope all your Christmas plans are coming together and that you're as relaxed as I am (I don't believe I've just written that but it's true).  Pxxx

The shell wreath I made last year re-invented with fairy lights with pearls 2011

This totally divine cup I found at Vinnies.  Only the one but I'm totally in love.  It reminds me that I so have to do something with the horse tea towels I bought ages ago

Last but totally not least, our tabby cat 'Baz'.
These three photos were taken by Luke.  His owner & obsessive carer.
They're a perfect duo

Hanging out in the cubby house (in the sun which has been rare around here lately)

Luke with Baz

Baz on our lounge with Tim & I while the boys were at a sleepover

The Magical World of Children...

Even though I've had quite a flat year creatively, I'm happy to report my boys haven't let the family down.  It's so fulfilling for me to see their art on mass like this as it makes me realise that the struggling to do homework and all the conventional parts of schooling hasn't deadened their creative spirit.

I'm not a 'show off' Mum but there's no harm in sharing the love is there? 

I'm also sharing a few of my favourite photos I took of my boys in 2011.

I hope you've all had a creative and colourful year.  It sure makes life more interesting and easier to handle the flat spots in-between.

Love, Px

Luke's Artwork - 10 years

Ancient Egypt school project.  His favourite of the year

Gus's Artwork - 7 years

One of my all time favourites.  My Mother's Day present from Gus.  A monkey made out of paper plates and it reads:  "Mum is butful at all times and I love you"

Photos of my two devils.  Life certainly would not be the same without you.

 

Luke in Halloween mode.  Doing your own make-up is serious business

The End

I Did a Bad Thing.... And I Blame Anthropologie!

It all started with an innocent conversation with a couple of girlfriends about buying online...  Those who know me know I'm not a shopper but this snippet of a conversation started my creative juices flowing.  

First and last stop, the Anthropologie website where I kind of ordered up big.  This didn't seem too extravagant, I think the order came to just over USD300.00.  I couldn't understand why they weren't going to ship all these things straight to my door in Australia but I wasn't too worried about that, I was kind of obsessed at this point and just needed to have them no matter what.   A great girlfriend of mine, Jacqi lives in Venice so I just had it all shipped to her place.  The trouble started around here... I called UPS to have it shipped from her in LA to me in Sydney, easy peasy.  My face turned white when I was quoted USD1,688.00.  Let's just say I completely freaked out and went straight to Facebook (hoping for similar stories and to try and make myself feel less guilty I guess).

Luckily my greatest girlfriend has handled it for me.  Here are four of the boxes so far.  I don't think there's too much more to come?!!  Nothing has arrived broken and I'm at USD245.25 postage (so far).  I've had fun this morning unpacking it all (Tim is in NZ for work so I'm safe).

Worth it????  Totally.  Take a look.  Would I do it again???  Probably (Jacqi I hope you don't read this post).  Pxxx  

From The Deep Dinnerware

Opalescent Tumbler

Homegrown Monogram Mug.  Gift for the boys teachers