Pepper's pink Party

My baby girl turned one in June this year and I planned a big PINK party for her. My first ever pink party, and let me tell you after 3 boys, I was looking forward to it!
I made her party dress using this tutorial and of course, the Sherbet Pips fabric. It's so girly and lovely!

The cake was a vanilla cake with vanilla icing. I really wanted to do a ruffle cake but it was too time consuming so this was the next best choice. :)

I also made mini cupcakes with 100s and 1000s in the mix and my first ever sugar cookies. And they were a hit so hopefully I will get better at them and they will look better at the next few parties!


I kept the decorations pretty simple and pink. lol Tissue paper flowers, lanterns, bunting made by the ever talented Leoni and balloons. For what is a party without balloons?

Blogtoberfest

Well, I am hoping this will help get my mojo back. I will post everyday of October.
I am having a giveaway..... of something..... I don't know what yet! lol
But it may be something handmade, it will almost certainly involve chocolate. To win, simply comment on a post sometime during the month. I will draw the winner on the 31st October.
Looking forward to get back into the blogging community!
xx

February?

Gee that flew by. I am hoping to have more time to check in now that hubby is working, Hunter is at school and Levi is at kinder. Imagine how much time I will have when I find daycare for Raife and Pepper. For now, I will slip in when I can. I hope to be able to comment a bit more, I feel like I sneak in and out of blogs more than I'd like. Anyway, any interest in some Christmas crafting?

Wrapping paper painting

I've been making some fabric bags the past few years and decided to sew the kid's name tags as well. It was fun!


And some gorgeous yarn dyed by my lovely friend. Her shop is shut at the moment but hopefully will be open again soon. Ladybug loops
I already used the bottom right one for a friend's baby girl.

and so this is Christmas

Merry Christmas to you and yours from me and mine!

Retromummy Giveaway!

Check it out!
Ooh so pretty!

Help Cliff and his family to be

This gorgeous little boy needs some help this Christmas.

Can you help him?

Around the corner

So, Christmas is just around the corner. I am getting ready, revelling in the warmer weather and preparing for what is for us, the very busy season. I've just started school, Hunter is going to school next year and Levi is off to kinder so we've been doing lots of transition sessions. Then we have Christmas and then it's birthday week. Then the juggling starts for reals!

Anything I can do to make this busy time easier is a plus in my opinion. So, when I read about an awesome promotion just for bloggers to get 50 Christmas Cards for free I stuck my hand up!
I normally buy plain white cards and print my photos and glue them on and decorate them somehow (LOL) So this is right up my alley this year, pick the card, choose print, then they are delivered to my door! Love it!
Here is the Shutterfly website

And there are some beauties to choose from, these are some of my faves in the card section:

They also have other products, like personalised ornaments (so sweet!)

And invitations

They are all classy designs with some very classic and some modern designs. Lovely!

Check them out and bloggers, sign up here.