Style and Talent

This weeks new post is dedicated to 2 of the most stylish and talented people i know.

My dear friend Lizzy and her amazing fiance Steve have entered a very exciting new business enterprise. It is called Tale. They have very courageously imported beautiful unique piece of furniture from all over the world for us to buy!

The Pop-Up-Shop opened this weekend and it looks amazing! Lizzy has done the most incredible job of pulling all these individual piece's together to create a stunning space to visit. Definitely worth a visit.

The next is my mother!

She made Banjo the most amazing jacket and matching cap last week, which has been a big hit with the little style guru himself.

It is easy to take for granted that when your Mum makes an item of clothing it is always made from the most incredible fabrics, finished like Valentino's head seamstress, Antonietta de Angelis, and styled like Grace Coddington!

I have been incredibly spoilt, and now it;' my kids turn.

Thanks Mum. xoxox

From Beach to Beach

We have just come back from Byron Bay.
We try to go most years but with Iggy being due in early Feb last year and the move to Barwon Heads this year we haven't been for a while.

We stay at the same place each time called the Happy Shack, which is a bit more then a shack but not a luxury villa either! We have fun there and it works well for our family. It has an amazing veranda with french doors off the kitchen, living and bedroom. The veranda has not 1 but 2 large couches for chilling out and reading (when possible!) It is in a great spot out of the main drag but close enough to it to ride your bike collect some fish & chips for dinner.

Visiting Byron this time felt quite different, and that was because we are now living by the beach. It was different when we were based in Brunswick. We found Byron a bit manic compared to our sleepy Barwon Heads, and beaches are quite comparable too. But what you can't compare is the water! It was divine! The most perfect temperature, the most perfect colour  and clarity. I could have stayed in the sea all day if it was possible, and Hero and Banjo almost did!

 

Interior Love

My amazing husband brought this print for my birthday a few years ago from my extremely talented friend Georgia.

It has been sitting in storage for to long, but now it's out!

At the end of last year, when i knew i would have space for this beautiful piece, i asked Georg if she would help get it framed for me. And i am so glad i did!

She brought sex into framing (who ever thought it was possible!). Thank-you so much Georg, you all have to come and see it in person to get the full seductiveness of it.

Or you could just go and buy one for yourself!

Girl waiting with headphones @ 42nd & 8th
from the series In Transit by Georgia Metaxas, 2008.

Silly Mummy

The other day i went into Iggy's room after his sleep to find him like this!

He has always had an infatuation with the Sudo nappy cream, so you can imagine his delight when he awoke and found it  in his cot where Mummy left it by accident!

I don't think he ate much of it!

Whoops.

Love

Some dear friends came and stayed a short while ago, our kids have known each other since birth and as you can see are very comfortable together. It was late in the evening and they were settling in to watch some movie. I don't think either of them were aware of how close they were, they just new they like to snuggle.

It is this image that captures innocent love and affection, and the beautiful feeling of being oneself around the people we love. I like to think this is what Jem and I will be doing when we are 90!

Happy Birthday Iggy!

My beautiful boy turned 1 today.

I often think the 1st birthday is more a milestone for the Mum then bubs! 

It's a very nostalgic and emotional journey back to this day 1 year ago, remembering the drama, the excitement, the raw emotions that can only be produced when a baby is born.

I remember thinking that day after his arrival...so this is you....i finally get to meet you...

But really it is now that i am really finding our who he is. And i am loving it!

1 week old

                                                                        1 year old
                            

Everyday i see more into his personality. He is such a lovely little thing.

He is much more reserved then Banjo was, and he has a very different humorous side to him that i have not see in the other kids.

He is extremely observant, and instinctive of people.

I was very impressed tonight when he knocked over a plastic bottle as he walked past, he stopped looked  at it, he thought for a minute and then turned back to pick up the bottle and place it back on the table!

What a cherub.

He got a balance bike for his birthday, which he will grow into very quickly, but at this time, he was most taken by the wheels.

Happy 1st Birthday Iggles.

xoxo

When it rains....SLIDE!

What a week. The kids finally started their new school and kindy, which went as well as can be expected when you walk into an environment which is all very unfamiliar. But i am confident all will work out for the best.

So on Friday we thought we would do something special as a family and go out for dinner, and then it started to rain....and rain....and rain....!

We quite casually watched the water rise....and rise... and rise..., and thought OH MY GOD we better move the car before it gets flooded! We all made a run for it and got quite wet in  the process. When we got home the kids stripped off their soaking clothes and this is what they did! 

  It was a great way to finish off the week, and bring a smile to all our faces!
This coming week is sure to be a killer! But that is another story.......