I love Christmas and I just love Christmas recipes. I was saying on facebook yesterday how I buy almost every magazine in the lead up to Christmas so I don’t miss out on any recipe or present ideas. And I’m such a sucker for my old faithful recipes that I make without fail every year […]
{Keep Reading...}working from home when you have little ones
As a newlywed I’m not quite sure how I thought I was going to be a stay at home mummy and keep up my usual spending and lifestyle. I don’t know where the money tree was supposed to be or why it hadn’t occurred to me that times were going to be tighter. But reality […]
{Keep Reading...}mummies, get in front of the camera
One of the things that I do as much as possible is get family photos taken…………..with me in them! If I look back through photos when keira or the twins were babies it’s really hard to find any photos with me in them. That makes me a little bit sad now. I just was so […]
{Keep Reading...}do you have a family budget?
A couple of days ago retro daddy came home and said words that would strike fear into any lady who loves to shop – ‘can we sit down and go over our expenses. I just want to see where all our money is going’………………………… I managed a little half hearted ‘ok’. It’s not the first time he’s […]
{Keep Reading...}it’s a baptism not a wedding!
This has been a crazy week with sponsored posts due, a photoshoot for the twins, a baptism to organise and just my busy day to day life going on. I fell asleep on the couch last night at 8.30pm with elodie and thankfully retro daddy got everyone else to sleep. Elodie slept till 8 this morning […]
{Keep Reading...}Let’s Get Maybelle to the Ellen Show Auction
I love my crafty blogging friends in Australia and I love how many of them are coming together with local businesses to help a beautiful girl’s wish come true. I’ve shared Bianca’s story on my blog before (you can read it here) and when her gorgeous Maybelle decided she wanted to go to the Ellen show […]
{Keep Reading...}I love vintage china
I don’t know why I love vintage plates so much. It all started after the twins were born and I was doing more baking. For my sanity and because I was always eating on the go. I think that a cake or plate of warm cookies just looks that little bit prettier when it’s on a sweet […]
{Keep Reading...}Pumpkin, orange and raisin loaf
I love to bake. It just makes me happy. And one of the memories I have of growing up is baking on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and taking it out to my dad who was usually in the garage or watching some sport on TV. My mum wasn’t as much of a fan of our baking […]
{Keep Reading...}So I knit another kina
OK, so I have this strange addiction thing and it goes like this. I buy a pattern, I knit it, I fall in love with it and make it again. And again. And before you know it I’ve just knitted the same pattern 6 or so times. Yes. That is the power of the Kina. It’s […]
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