We have gotten over our winter colds and have a bit more to organise before the new baby arrives.
My thrifted pinch teapot and African violets.
In the garden with the little man.
The japanese maple losing it's leaves.
My sister is getting married in August and the wedding planning is ramping up. Here are some inspiration photos we have collected of similar wedding ideas. The colours will be white and red with a bit of pink thrown in.
Decorations by
Cupcake from unknown source, sorry!
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I had the 19 week ultrasound a few weeks ago and I have finally got around to scanning the pictures! As far as they could tell everything is going well! Next week the new babies room should be all finished and we can move my son in there and start on decorating his bedroom. I have been feeling a bit crummy of late, hubby has been away for work this week and his work has been pretty crazy lately. And we've all been sick with the first round of winter colds going around.
In summer it is a bit hot to hang out in our backyard too much but lately it has been cooler and lovely out there. We have got Ethan some more outdoor toys so he is loving it out the back too. Now we are looking for a little cubby house to put out there.
We are very excited that we have another baby on the way! It is due in mid September. I haven't been too unwell morning sickness but I have a bad back already. It doesn't help that I have my little poppet to pick up and cuddle, put in the car, take out of the car and whisk out of mischief!
We have also been in a big rush to try and get our home the way we want it before the second baby arrives. That way we can focus on enjoying being a family... At the moment the room is submarine grey so we want to change that. We have been doing lots of weed removal in the garden and painting inside among other things. I purchased some vegetable seeds yesterday and we have a new compost bin. The plan is to make a start on a vegetable garden...
On the weekend we visited a friend who lives near the beach, we had a picnic in a little cove. I just love finding fun things in nature like these red and black
There were also lots of little schools of fish, if you were fast enough you could catch them with your cupped hands.
These native violets I planted in the front yard when we moved in, they are flowering like crazy now. I'm hoping that soon we will have carpets of these between the other plants. I think I will move the ones in the pot to the back garden and plant my strawberries in the pot. These plants love a bit of precipitation, they go a bit nuts after the rain, but they also do ok when it is dry. I love them.
With the change in weather now that Autumn has arrived, the little one and I have been sick this week. So this photo makes me remember this week with E, cosy indoors with the occasional venture outside.
I want to live here!
I so enjoyed the most
of
mag that I decided it was high time I decorated my Ikea "Knuff" magazine files!
This is how to cover a magazine file...
1.
First paint the front with off white acrylic paint. You could skip this step, but I like to see a little white around the edges when I sand back the paper.
2.
Cut a piece of your chosen paper to the size of the front part of the file, make it slightly bigger than the file so you can sand the edges back.
3.
When the paint is dry, put a coat of Mod Podge glue over the top. Quickly paint a coat of glue on the back of your paper and stick to the still wet front of your magazine file.
4.
Using a craft knife cut an x (cross) in the circle of the hole, pushing the paper in to the inside (be careful not to damage the file or paper surrounding).
5.
When the glue has dried, sand the edges around the rectangle of the file using a sanding block so that the excess paper is removed. Push backwards as you do this so it makes a clean line.
6.
Rip a piece of sandpaper and do the same inside the hole.
7.
Use sealer to varnish over the paper to protect it from getting grubby. When I varnished over some of the papers it changed the colours a little, so you may want to test the varnish on a scrap of the same paper first.
Next I might cover some storage drawers...