picture love

Love these great canvases by Australian artist Emma Corcoran. The portraits are printed onto stretched canvas and make a striking and colorful statement what a fantastic keepsake of your child - loving it . you can find emma on the below link http://www.etsy.com/shop/bluedaydesigns.

cannot get over the mircale of life

Not sure if it is all the hormones flowing around but still 1 week later are besotted by our new arrival as he grows and becomes more alert each day . Hoping to get some time to Finnish the nursery next week and will keep you posted with pics.

Olivers nursery inspiration

O.k so the theme board is finally done now it is a matter of sourcing / making and getting all the ideas to go together to become a reality . The ideas are as the enclosed mood board :
shelving : some kind of shelving love the decorative shelving with the grey paneling background and the neutral wood shelves perfect to display all the bits and pieces .

tee pee - essential for the nursery as they begin to crawl and discover love the idea of a neutral tee-pee that can then be changed with adding accessories etc .

ply or cardboard deer head - great piece for nursery and also something that can be carried through the ages as it changes from a nursery to a little persons room .

crotchet toy - beautiful hand-knitted crotchet toy - a great quality piece .

cane baskets - great for storage and will again grow with the baby great neutral storage option .

hanging stick mobile - Loved the image of the hanging branch with birds would like to recreate something like this to make a peaceful sleeping space .

this as you can see is very different from the last very retro / vintage inspired nursery i created fingers crossed it will evolve - Ollie needs his own space ... I will keep you updated with photos as we go .

happy new year

Happy New Year . Although the New Year got off to a shaky start with me being admitted to hospital - It all ended well on the 6th of January when a healthy 10.5 pound boy was delivered in to our world. Oliver Robert as you can see from the photos is perfect . I was extremely unorganised finishing the week before Christmas and then going into hospital straight after so now the crazy nesting ideas begin for the nursery and a welcome place for Oliver to call his room . Will post back later with some ideas. ..Let the fun and post nesting begin ...

Merry christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone . Cannot believe yet another year has flown by and my posts in the blogging world have been extremely limited . I am hoping now that I have begun maternity leave for baby number 2 I will have more time ... yep .. 2 kids under 2 and more time dont really go in one sentence but always up for a challenge . Hope you enjoy some of our Christmas pics - we put up a tree / rode the Myer Christmas train which Sebastian loved and Seb even got to feed a reindeer well an Ikea version . Was great to see Christmas through a 2 .5 year old this year as the concept finally became more reality . We still didn't get the sitting on Santa's knee photo but we did get one of him sitting in front progress from a screaming photo last year ... Hope to keep you more up todate on 2011 discoveries , challenges and even some crafting . Hope everyone had a great Christmas and stay posted .

Time goes on .

I cannot believe that my last post was in May so much has happened and there is so much happening . On the count down to Christmas Have already put the Christmas Tree up and beginning to make the house look festive some photos to follow very soon .
This is only a very quick update and promise to return over the weekend with a much needed update .

4 day weekend

How I wish every week is a 4 day weekend with friends , family and good times . I know I haven't written in some time , however two special occasions occurred this weekend and I could not let either go by without a mention . A very close friend's wedding in the Yarra Valley a beautiful setting for a beautiful day . I think the photos speak for themselves . The other was Mr T 's Birthday . Whilst with the wedding festives and many km travelled the cake was a day late - better late then never . Our Little boy helped bake it for his dad and could not wait for the cake to cool before he had a piece .....