Day 27:: Frocktober - We Hit the Capital

STOP THE PRESS:: 

I just found this in my drafts. PEOPLE. It was in my drafts. What was I thinking?! I must have been completely exhaustipated after a big and busy and brilliant day in Canberra. So here it is. It's late. And I'm sorry. I'll personally pen you an apology note if you'd like. 

We were in the capital and we stepped out for Frocktober - day 27.

Today's outfit:
- vintage frock donated by Georgie Love.
- Country Road cardigan
- Country Road shoes
- vintage scarf
- not sure about tights
- another of my Mum's belts
- Gorman bag

We can now resume regular programming. PHEW! 

Day 22:: Frocktober - Frock 'n' Froll

Today's awesome vintage frock is brought to you by the wonderful Australian pioneer of online retail, Georgie Love. 

I think Tiny is a bit over Frocktober - look at her here, ruthlessly dragging me away from the camera. 

Today's outfit:
- vintage hand-made frock from Georgie Love
- belt - hi Mum
- shoes - Country Road

There's still time to sponsor me! Come hither! We're aiming to raise awareness and funds for ovarian cancer research.With 265 mother-frockers fundraising - we've raised almost $132,000 - but we want to raise more! Please help!

Consider This Fair Warning

Tonight Colin's destiny will be decided. You have until 9pm to bid on this beautiful bear, handmade by the very talented Jess of Teddy Bear's Wednesday. Colin is impeccably made, with amazing attention to detail. Heirloom quality peeps. AMAZING!

And if you weren't already across it, Georgie Love is generously donating 15% of profits for January to Queensland Flood Relief.

All you internetters, go forth and feel good about purchasing. And give everyone a high five while you're there.

EDIT:: CRIKEY! Jess has just alerted me to the fact the auction closes tomorrow night at 9pm (that's Monday for anyone stuck in a time warp a la PMM!).

Tiny Bursts:: The Urge to Purge

We've been enjoying meandering around the neighbourhood lately. The weather is so blissful, and to be completely one hundred per cent honest, it seems to be throw out time around our 'hood. Everyone seems to be decluttering madly.

Tiny goes gangbusters on her motorbike.

Sal from Georgie Love recommended 'Raising Your Spirited Child' so I hot footed it to the library to borrow it. Along with a mountain of other parenting books. Now I just have to find some spare moments to glean the brilliance from within!

If you promise to be good I'll show you some of my recent roadside finds later this week.

Reading?

Pip has been writing a bit about what she's been reading. And then I popped over to see Rach at Grandy and Baa, and she and Minnie have been reading Charlotte's Web. Everybody's doing it.

The Doctor and I have been reading Roald Dahl's 'The Minpins'. We're loving it (it's half read in one sitting), and I think it's one of the few stories by RD that I didn't read as a child. I was always a huge Roald Dahl fan and think I even cried when he died in 1991. I even remember we were on the school bus when the news broke.

Alexis at Knot Sew Crafty posted recently about Roald Dahl too. Made me think about how nice it would be to have my very own writing space, instead of sitting propped up on the couch, or stealing a slice of the kitchen table to shove my computer on, haphazard so I can punch out some words. Now wouldn't that be ace of base?

And see those dinos down the bottom? A gift from my friend Sal at Georgie Love. She sure knows how to make a small boy smile.

It's Me: Day 5

I didn't 'it's me' myself over the weekend or yesterday because Matt was home, and where would the fun be in that, he can already see me, so it was redundant peeps.

Today I am probably going to make Victoria Mason's tummy churn because I am wearing her delicious sharpening necklace (that my sister gave me for my birthday) with track pants. Illegal. Highly illegal. A grade A felony. Illegal in seven countries. My only redemption? I am wearing a grandpa style cardi.

It's a sad world we live in, when five days in, I'm already wearing fleecy track pants. Forgive me.

Juicy, Delicious, Watery - Ergh, That's Me...?

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Kindly Mama Mogantosh has awarded me with a Watermelon Award. To be frank, it should be the bananas award. Or the coconuts award. But I'll go with watermelon - apparently my blog is sweet and refreshing. Thanks Rach!

So I must name 6 things that make me happy. And I did do this earlier today, but it's easy to think of things that make me happy, so I'll go hell for leather and hit you with another six, and then I'll pick six blogs that make me feel sweet and refreshed too. Dig?

Six Happy Things

1. Playing 'Wanna Be Starting Something' up loud and getting the Doctor and Tiny to dancey-dance.

2. When Tiny says cat and then does the obligatory 'meeeoow' - over and over again.

3. Selling all my stuff on eBay. Not everything, but just stuff I don't need.

4. Finding new delicious recipes to whip up in the kitchen. Gets me in a frenzy every time.

5. Late afternoon sunshine when the day's been dull and grey. Loving that heat - no matter how weak.

6. For the first time in a long time, lying on the couch and relaxing without the gnawing guilt of thinking I need to be doing something else rather than just 'being'.

Six blogs that are ripe for a-pickin'

1. Tracey from Peppermint Patcher - Tracey's like a warm breeze on a chilly day

2. Kerri from Life and Other Crises - Kerri has a real knack for making me belly laugh

3. Sally at Georgie Love - Sally also makes me laugh, and laugh, and then laugh a little more

4. Michelle from Hugo & Elsa - because I am going to move in next door one day, but Michelle doesn't know it yet

5. Victoria at Earl & Cookie - so creative, so girl genius 'nuff said

6. Megan from The Scent of Water - she's inspiring, she's conspiring, she's wickedly wordsmithy

By no means is this list conclusive. I could go on and on 'til the break of dawn. So play along if you'd like. Six happy things? Hit me up!

Knit-Wit

I'm about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. I'm going to learn to knit. While I do know how to knit, I don't know how to cast on (my Mum and sister have always got me started). I am a very talented knitter - I can go from starting with 30 stitches, and wind up with 61. Takes a talent, kind of like making something out of nothing, right?

So this weekend, I'm going to learn to knit. Well start to learn how to knit. Good and proper. So I can make more than a scarf (that gets thicker as the knitting continues).

And how good is this? I won a super good giveaway on Knot Sew Crafty (that Alexis sure knows how to put together a kicking fun-pack - will you marry me?) - and what should arrive as part of the goodies? Two balls of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran. Delicious!

And speaking of winners, three winners have been drawn for the Georgie Love Bouncin' Birthday giveaway by the random number generator. I can't do screen grabs, but here are the lucky punters:

- JessicaNeale

- Hoppo Bumpo

- Pepper

Please email me with your addresses and I will post your prizes out ASAP! I will have the Doctor randomly draw the prizes out lucky dip stylie.

Hot Damn - Georgie Love Birthday Giveaway

Did you know Georgie Love is celebrating its third birthday?

Pop the champagne! Blow up the balloons! Bring on the cake!

That Sally (Georgie Love's brainchild) sure knows when she's onto a good thing, and is like the craft zeitgeist - with a plethora of crafty goodness available at the mere click of a button. Here's a veritable hot spot of unique and quirky gifts (for you or for friends - well that's if you can bear to give 'em up).

To celebrate Georgie Love's birthday, I'm lucky enough to be running a giveaway. And my wordy, it's a good one friends, three lucky punters will be drawn to receive a piece of Georgie Love love!

For your chance to win something super beautiful from Georgie Love, then answer this simple question:

JUST WHO IS GEORGIE? AND WHERE DID GEORGIE COME FROM?

And if you want more chances to win beautiful prizes, then pop over to the Georgie Love blog - Sally has lots of birthday-lovin' going on - so much beautiful goodness.

Hip Hip HooooraY!

(I'll announce the winners next Wednesday 15th April.)

Keep On Stitchin'

I signed on for the Georgie Love Swapapalooza. Call me crazy, since you've probably NEVER seen any finished projects here, but I'm hoping (fingers crossed) I can get my sister to help me stitch something up in time for my swap partner. I can't get this song out of my head, but never mind, I'm sure my swap partner might like something half finished. Some random bits of embroidery. Are you biting your nails in anticipation? Jeepers, I sure am.

While I've been creating in my head for my swap partner (these things must be kept a secret, surely?), I've been stitching away on the couch at night. Still aimlessly stitching. I don't know what I am going to do with these, but I've had fun stitching them up.

As usual, they're from Sublime Stitching.