Welcome Thomas!

I'm an aunty!!! We have a new addition to our family and it is so exciting. Thomas i s beautiful and so well behaved. My sister is doing well and her partner has been dotting on both of them since they came home from hospital. They left for the station where they are working this week. Sadly, 10 days after Thomas was born I had to return to reality and work in a separate town. I miss my morning Thomas cuddles!!! I have a few ideas for crafting project for him, I am thinking about making him a lion or a kid (goat).

Green Island Day Dreams

Sorry blogging buddies. Been a long while since a post. Work was crazy (but in a good way) the last few weeks and then honeymoon, Christmas, New Year and becoming an Aunty!!!!! Phew, I am exhausted just looking back. It has been a wonderful past 2 months. I will dedicate this post to the honeymoon :)

We travelled to Green Island. It was truly an amazing experience. You must stay a few nights on the island, before 10:00am and after 4:30pm you basically have the place to yourself. On our second day we saw 24 Green Sea Turtles over 3 snorkelling sessions around the island. Plus I made a shark buddy too.

We also headed out on the Outer Reef Trip. It was so beautiful. Scott and I are both confident swimmers so we went out a fair way from the pontoon and boat. I was amazing swimming over the varieties of coral and seeing what was around the bend. Words cannot describe how great this holiday was and pictures don't do it justice.

I swear we did spend sometime on dry land...but, we mostly snorkelled or rested in the shallows :)

Escape for a day...

I went to the island for the day with my parents when they visited this week. My day in pics (taken from my view).

 It was a wonderful getaway. It was exciting to find the sea grass so close to shore again. I have posted a few of the wallabies because they were the highlight of the day. No matter how many times you feed rock wallabies it is still amazing. I love watching them bound and stretch.

Etsy Addictions

I have a problem...I LOVE ETSY! It is a serious addiction, I have now banned myself from buying fabric. I have some amazing fabric and so many ideas that I need to ACTUALLY DO before I add to my stash. I will have to show you a few of my favourites in a post. But, here are the current stores I am in LOVE with. I am tending to notice a woodland animal theme lately.

Paizly Polka Dot- Owl coaster sets. I can just imagine these 4 little guys sitting on my coffee table while I sip Honeyblush Tea from Absolute Tea.

Jen Skelly amazing screen prints with inspirational quotes. I want to buy them all and hang them in my office. They are so bright, positive and up beat. I particularly love her "Laugh is a smile that bursts' print. 

Lulu Froot has the most beautiful prints and decals. I know they are supposed to be for nurseries but I would decorate my space with the monkey, foxes, birds and sloth families. The shapes and colours are truly peaceful and calming. Just sweet images. 

Dolls and Daydreams patterns are so simple and effective. I absolutely love my skelebones pattern that I used for a friends birthday gift.  I have so many of her patterns lined up to use with my ever growing fabric stash. She makes it so easy to create something with basic instructions and great how to guides.

Laura Frisk and her beautiful woodblock printed pillows and purses. I adore this woodland set. I particularly love the detailing on the Owl's face and rabbits fur. I could snuggle up to a fox on a cold winters night. 

Well...that is all of my day dreaming for now. Time to get back to reality but, a small slice of chocolate cake may help with that. 

Wedding Snippets

Well we are in the final stretch of organising the wedding. I have had a few people asking where I got inspiration from and how I did it all. So I thought I would share a few photos that I used to inspire me for my big day. Think rainforest meets the sea.