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Instagram addict?

I am. I take so many instagram pics!  But really, what good are they when they just sit on my phone, for no one to see ( unless your on instagram of course!)  So i thought i'd do some research as to what i could do with all my pics. This is what i found....

1. I could make an iPhone coverfor my phone! Definitely gonna do this one!

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2. Or i cound make a giant poster using a collection of all my prints....i mean, SERIOUSLY! How cool is this!

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3. There are so many cool ideas on this site, the only problem is deciding which one to do. I love the little mini albums.....so cute.

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4. Magnets! Of course! 

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5. Now this is a seriously cool idea for a party :)ey

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Anyone eles got some cool ideas/links ?

Blacklist LOVE

I love me some pretty prints, and these are some pretty awesome prints.

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I want them all. Especially the Dreamers one.

They have heaps more...and pillows too! Pillows i tell you! The awesomeness just never ends.

Check them out here.

Xmas idea #1

I came upon these adorable books by Penguin. Theses a whole series of them, all about different techniches/cooking tips/ recipes in the kitchen all by top chefs and foods writers. And even if you never use them to cook, they'll simply look good just sitting in your kitchen, right?

And how's this for a cute wrapping idea? Perfect for those on a budget! I mean, who needs cute paper and pretty bows when you have a garden?

{found at this awesome blog}

twice in one day. wow.

The Mr. and i finally went up to pick up our shower railing today....yeah! We will finally be able to shower in our main bathroom :) Little by little our house is slowly (and i do mean slowly) coming together.  On our way we stopped at the Woolongabba Antique Centre for a browse and some lunch. This is one of my very fave places to go. I could spend hours days in there just looking through all the vintage goodness. I was amazingly restrained though, as i spent all my money at the garage sales earlier that morning, and walked out of there with nothing. Wanting EVERYTHING, but bying nothing. Impressive, no?

(heres some pics of the centre)

They have a 50's style cafe there which is where we had lunch. I love the old style chairs and tables and booths. Even the waitresses were adorable! (that red-headed kid just wouldn't get out of my photo! >:P )

They even had a jazz trio called The Butter Brothers playing live in the store. It was so nice to hear them play while we relaxed and ate our lunch (well, that is as relaxed as one can be with a one year old in tow....and no pram)

Afterwards we stopped in for a quick visit to a friends house and then off to dinner with my dad, step mom and sister. Not a bad Saturday really :)

But now i'm off to bed to fall asleep watch a dvd with the Mr.

Sweet dreams!

garage sale shopping and a diy

So this morning Tati and i woke up early to do some garage sale shopping before dance class. First stop Mc D's (yuck) for a really bad coffee (next time we go somewhere better) hot choc with pancakes and to read the paper and scout out the sales.

We drank our drinks and wrote a list and off we went. We had about 6 sales to hit. 3 of them were duds... i mean really! One had about 6 items to sell and it was pretty average stuff. Why bother getting out of bed to sell that? Just chuck it in a bag and donate it, really. One garage sale was either cancelled or the guys slept in :( One was a young mother selling all her pre-baby clothes/bags/shoes. But her stuff was pricey. One dress was $50 and it was nothing spec. Cmon....its a garage sale... $50??? I dont think so. I did however buy a cute fringed bag for $10. Too much i though, but i wanted it and she wouldnt budge on price. The last one we hit was awesome. Unfortunatley, we were too late. There was a pile of great stuff that had already been sold. The lady said they had heaps of retro stuff that went early this morning :( Bummer! This is what we did score though....

And an old projector screen. I have a great idea of what i want to use that for! But you'll just have to wait and see ;)

Anyway... i did a bit of a home DIY last weekend (when i say 'i' i mean the Mr. ;)

My step mother found these old crates for me (she knows my love of old stuff, junk as my father calls it, and is always finding me these absolite gems!) and i had this idea to turn them into side tables. I didnt like the red writing on the sides though, so we painted over that. The Mr. added some castors wheels to the sides (which became the bottom of our side tables) and easy-peasy-one-two-threesy! We have side tables :)

Well, there not really all done. I still need to get glass cut for the tops, but being the impatient person i am, we are using them anyway...incomplete and all.

I've actually been busy busy doing lots of projects this week, so hopefully i'll have some more diy's to post soon(ish). It's a gorgeous day today... looks like it'll be a gorgeous weekend. off to get our fitting for our shower curtain today....finally! Looks like we'll soon be able to use our shower :) (we've been all using the small old shower upsatirs in our ensuite ), then on Sunday were off to Swell. Hope you have a good weekend :)

(pics from swell 2010)

bits and peices...

Fathers day was good. It was just me, the Mr. and Tj (the kids were at thier dad's of course), and remebering, we had celebrated fathers day with the Mr and the kids on friday and saturday already. We started off by heading down to the Village Markets in Burliegh. Afterwards we had brunch at a little cafe in Burliegh, before doing some window shopping alomg James Street.

See his leg? Thats from decorating daddy's present... (he got a video camera, in case you were wondering).

Heres Tj walking with his daddy. He still is yet to start walking on his own, b ut so far has no interest in doing it by himself!

 

I dont know why but James street is one of my favourite places to widow shop. It's only a small little street in Burliegh, but it has so many cute little shops in it. I'll have to take some pics one day and share with you. It also reminds me of the early days with the Mr. You know, when your jut starting to fall in love....

We spent alot of time together in Burliegh during that time. It was our favourite place to meet. So it brings back good memories for me. Then we spent the rest of the day lazing about (i'm pretty sure that was his favourite part!)

Today we rode to school again. We've been riding most days now :) The kids LOVE riding, and so do I. I love watching them all ride in front of me. And i love watching TJ get all excited about all the things he finds along the way. He's figured out how to ring the bell on the bike now too!

 Plus the obvious bonus for me is the excersise. I'm not a gym-junkie kinda gal, so at least i know that riding to scool and back give me 2 hours of excersise a day (one hour there and back, twicw a day). But it does get hot! I hope we can keep this up during the summer!

Also, been using this religously now. It's my new dinner planner. It's so i can pre-plan all my dinners and hopefully be a little more organised... and so far it's worked a treat! Hope you all had a great weekend too!

Gift round-up for Fathers Day

 

Struggling for gift ideas for daddy? Heres some cute finds thast might help :)

Design Aglow

 

HGTV

craftzine

evababe designs

charlettes fancy via tip junkie

the bohemian

Weekend finds...

I love garage sales. Seriously love them. It's almost an addiction. If were driving somewhere and i see a Garage Sale sign, i cant help myself....i'll make everyone late to where-ever we are going just so i can stop and have a peak. Just as i did this weekend. But look at what i scored! Totally worth the late-ness ;)

An old lacy vintage top and a sweet little stove top kettle. That frame with the flowers behind it open up as a box. Dont know what i'm going to do with that yet...but i have some ideas :)

My fave find was this mirror. I cant decide wether to peel those stickers off or not.

Love this Schweppes soda spray bottle and vintage 1/2 pint cream bottle.

The Mr. just laughs at me. Thankgoodnes he's so patient with all my rubbish  treasures. At one garage sale there was this vintage hawaiian umbrella, you know the shaggy ones? It was so cute and i really wanted it, but not for the $100 they were asking. Really? It's a garage sale! Thats ok, only 4 more days till the weekend!

 

DIY, Ikea shopping and Music

I've just created a new Xmas playlist for the kids using the tunes i got from HERE.

Theres around 12 songs in total!

Heres some cute projects you can make whilst listening to your new songs...

 

  

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And heres some cute finds for Xmas from Ikea....

 

 

 

More gift ideas (local stuff though!)

 
I LOVE Xmas shopping! It's so much fun bying gifts, and the stores are always filled with so many cute gift ideas. Heres some great gift ideas for everyone, from some stores you may know ...

Paint your own Babuska Dolls

Puffed paint for your shoes....remember theses ??? So much fun!

CUTE magnetic photo frames for your fridge :)

i LOVE these take away tumblers!

Speaker noodle box for your iPod

 

this is really sweet

Who wouldn't love this bag?

Wooden @ stand...this would be cool for the Mr.

Set of Xmas decorations...so cute you could hang them up all year round!

Love these diaries!

so many possibilities!

I have this and i love it!

I've been eyeing off this bag for awhile :)

Can one really have too many diaries?

And to wrap it all in, heres a Xmas wrapping kit!

 

I was actually surprised at how much Big W had in the way of photo gifts. They had everything from dog bowls to footballs to drink bottles....even a woven rug! Heres some more...

Story books with your kids as the starring roles! There are several stories to choose from.

snow globes...would look great with a picture of your kids artwork in it!

magic wow mugs

personalised gel skins for mobile phones!

A woven wall hanging.

However, i haven't ever done anything from there, so i'd love to know what the quality's like. Anyone know?