just one good shot....

Today we received a beautiful package in the mail. A very very pretty new dress for Tully and some great nappies for Asher from the very talented Lesley of Cherub's Kiss Tully is such a little princess and absolutely loves the dress. It is just so pretty. Can you see the smocking detail on it? Just perfect! Anyway, since Tully was looking so daper I thought I'd try and take some shots of the kids together. Why, oh why can I never get a shot of the two of them that is really good! No, I always get really cute shots of them, but not the sort that you can give to nan and pa as a pic of the kids. Know what I mean? I can never get them to both smile at the camera at the same time. Not a nice smile...sure I can get manic smiles but not "cute" smiles.

Today's shot do make me laugh though. And they are cute....



A great one of Tully:) As sweet as the dress she's wearing.

seeking....

My stock of tees is getting low at the moment so I headed to the shops today to hunt some down. And this is ALL I came home with! Bugger hey! I think I left it a bit late:$ Only one boys one amongst them! Oh well, I do like the new winter colurs Bonds is using though.

Upon returning home i had 2 parcels waiting in my box. The very talented Donna from Bits for Bots had sent me this stunning nappy and some fab wool blend as a part of a trade. The nappy was an absolute surprise! How generous! Now this is why i love cloth nappies so much. How devine is that nappy compared to a piece of plastic? Not even worth comparing hey, especially if you could feel it! It's lush man!



My other parcel contained some much awaited wool felt from Winterwood toys Beautiful stuff. So I'm ready for the softies now :D Those tee's might just have to wait a bit.



And last is a piece of fabric I found in a little shop in Port Fairy. My little man loves fire engines so I couldn't leave it behind. Not sure exactly what it's going to become yet though.

my super dooper secret swap

Gee I love swaps! I was really lucky to be involved in a secret swap through Nappycino . I was even luckier to have scored the ever talented sherrin as my secret swapper. Needless to say I knew the moment i picked up the parcel it was Sherrin and i was so excited. Tully, Asher and I all received beautiful little packages. Utterly spoilt!

I had been watching Sherrin's progression with her linocuts on her blog and was pretty stoked to get an original copy for myself. My parcel is the first. I got a beautiful, beautiful recycled stationary set, which i had been searching for ages for. I really love recycled paper:) and this beautiful fabric that i had actually commented on. So thoughtful:)

Asher received this gorgeous little parcel. perfect for the pixie boy:)

Would you check out this set! I love this colour on asher. I would noramlly avoid orange on the rednut but it actually looks great on him. This is another of a fav print of sherrin's. I love how she has printed on the fabric and the colour combinations are so striking. AND a perfect fit too! These are going to be a much loved little number.

And lastly the tullster. Perfect card for the mermaid lover! She was stoked. She was also super stoked in this gorgeous little dress. I absolutley love this fabric and it looks so lovely on tully. Such a unique little dress that has lots of room in it for her to wear for many seasons to come. She wore it out with a little white top under it and it looked so perfect.

A huge thankyou sherrin for doing such a wonderful swap. :)

I'm still finishing my swap.....nearly done.

lovely lottielulu

I was so lucky to do a swap with the lovely Ingrid from Lottielulu. Ingrid is a wonderful seamstress and has a great eye for fabric combinations. Can you imagine my delight when these lovely little numbers arrived on my doorstep.

We had just been out bushwalking all day and i was soooo exhausted when i found the parcel waiting for me in the letterbox. Tully had opened it all up before i had a chance to get out the camera so i missed taking shots of the beautiful fabric it was wrapped in. But she was an angel and modelled everything for me the next day. We already have one anna smock which we get compliments on all the time. I had requested another one but was sooooo happy when it turned out to be Holly Hobbie. I have always loved Holly hobbie. We had curtains and dresses as little girls and i was truly excited when i first saw Ingird wa making things out of this devine vintage fabric. To make the smock even more special it has the prettiest floral on the reverse and gorgeous matching clips BUT the cutest things were the matching swap cards the clips came on. I think i even had this swap card as a little girl.

NOW that wasn't all!!! Ingrid also included this stunning little skirt! How perfect is that for an owl loving girl who likes to twirl all day. Just devine.

And the last little top is this gorgeous little Nina top i bought from Ingird's shop. It's the most gorgeous seersucker.

How lucky is tully! My goodness, totallly spoilt by exquisite little goodies. Thank you Ingird we love love love them.