Thermomix cooking for your baby & toddler

sausagerollsthermom

It’s about time we got a baby and toddler cookbook for the old Thermomix. I wish there were more cookbooks for the Thermomix lovers out there. Especially when it comes to dinner time for the family. That is when my Thermomix really comes into it’s own and helps me get a super fast dinner on […]

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making a quilt on mother’s day

mothedayquilt

I hope that you all had a lovely Mother’s Day. I was woken up by the lovely Keira at my bedside, loaded up with presents for me. I hadn’t even opened my eyes yet but she wasn’t going anywhere. And there was no cold toast for me. Retro daddy admitted that he had looked up […]

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nicely iced mocha brownies

iced mocha brownie

This post is brought to you by Moccona Chocolate and coffee are two of my favourite things. Put them together and you have a winner. And you know I love baking brownies. So I’ve combined a few of my favourite things into a delicious brownie using Moccona Flavour Infused coffee.  I’m still loving the caramel flavour […]

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When do I blog?

emersonblog

Would you look at that face! This little guy was climbing all over me in my craft room and into everything as I was trying to open a few parcels and take some photographs for a blog post coming up. He is still such an easy going little guy and is currently in his ‘exploring’ […]

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knitting for babies in winter

knittingmay

It is freezing here today as I write this blog post. We’ve stripped back the carpets to floorboards, pulled off all of the blinds when the painting was done and now the temperatures have dropped. It makes for a cold house. And as soon as the weather gets cooler I start thinking about knitting.  And almost every […]

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the creatives workshop

creativeworkship

A camera, a notepad and a pen. That’s all I was asked to bring to the Creatives workshop yesterday. I had a goal of taking my camera off auto and writing more from the heart. In all of these years of blogging I have never attended a course on photography or writing.  When a vacancy […]

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Pottery Barn is open in Australia

willson

And I got a sneak peek and shop before the rest of Sydney. Talk about a special moment for a dedicated shopper like yours truly. And we were made to feel so special today with access to the store and meeting some of the amazing staff the day before the big official opening. In fact […]

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Retro Mummy in Sunday Life

sundaylife

All the photos in this post were taken by the super talented James Horan – check out his websites James Horan Shoots People and Solas (his wedding photography business). Thank you James for allowing me to share them here. Well yesterday I was in Sunday Life magazine (you can read it here) and I think […]

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highlights of the whitsundays

whistundays

So I’m home, back to reality with lots of things I need to do, school going back tomorrow and I’m still not sure if it’s summer or winter uniform plus I have soooooo many things I want to share about the fabulous trip. The first (and only) family holiday we’ve done to QLD was last year and […]

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