Today I have...

...Dreamt of overseas trips...and tried to decide when to ask for extended leave from work...some with pay some without

 

I have snuggled on the couch and watched this movie with Mr T...I really enjoyed it! There were a few giggle moments, actually more than a few!

 

I snuggled again underneath the doona and knitted...and watched a few more Gilmore Girl episodes...I can thank Janelle for getting me hooked again! :)

I also took my camera to get some photos developed for our daily click photo project...AND took a film in! I haven't got a film printed in ages, I found the film one the shelf the other day when I was cleaning up. The lady at the store was so nice, they have a policy you pay first, but she offered to wait until it was processed to see if there were photos still on it! I thought that was really sweet!

I also had a good chat with my sister in law, decided to stop reading a book because it was making me act crazy (I have realised I am very easily influenced by the things I read and watch!), saw a friend in the street with her new baby and her cute daughter, ate lots of treats and then ate lots of dinner too...AND above all had a very good talk with my handsome Mr T! I hope you have had a wonderful Saturday too...what did you get up to?

my place or yours...treasures!

arrgh me hearties I have some treasures to show ye!ok enough with the pirate... it's late! Danielle over at helloowl is playing my place or yours again this week and wants to know what our treasures are! I've been slack waiting til Thursday and now it looks like I totally copied my sister in law, but seriously it's what I treasure most! My family! Even though they can drive me nuts at times, and I'm sure I drive them nuts too...they always have my back, they lend me their cars when I need to get to work and T needs the car,  they give me a shoulder to snot on, they make me laugh so hard I make the laugh cry face, they ask to borrow stuff and then don't give it back for so long I forget I owned the item...(OK so that is a bit specific to the mcnick girls!!!)

my handsome 

my McNik sisters

my Spilsbury sisters

the Spilsbury clan!

the ones that gave me life!

This cutie pa toutie....but I let you know that already here...

I also treasure sleep ins, days off, massages, my friends (that i don't always get to see much because we don't all live in the same state...or country...I treasure you ALOT more than you know!)

It's nice to think about the things you treasure...go and have a look at who else is at Helloowl this week playing along!

the envelope project...again

I'm sending of my envelope tomorrow!

I have some scratch and sniff stickers, a little Christmas card, postcards, gift tag, circles and a recipe of home made hot chocolate! 

You can still send a pretty envelope if you like...up until August 1st...have a look at Pip's window so far!

Go on you know you want to join in! :)

Flea Market finds...

There is a cute little Rotary Op shop I go past at least 3 times a week...BUT it closes at 3.30pm and I am always walking past after that time! So I was really happy when I had most of Thursday off, I found myself walking past the Rotary Op shop after going to the gym...at around 10.30am...and looky here it was open! Oh Joy oh Rapture I was thrilled...I was even more thrilled when I found this beautiful tea cup!..yes I know what you are thinking...NOT another tea cup Lauren!

Isn't the edge just lovely! AND what was even better was the ladies who were working there decided to give me a discount because they thought the edge should have had gold one it..like the handle (she used a special word but I can't remember it now!) so that was a bit of a win! There were about 5 or 6 other pretty tea cups siting pretty but I didn't have that much money! I also found a skirt BUT when I got it home realised the zip is cactus...I may have to try and fix it myself...it's a shame because there was a jar full of zips at the op shop too!

Mr T and I went opping yesterday in search for a coffee table, but had no luck, there were a couple at a few of the salvos we went to. I was however a bit sad to find out the golden triangle is no longer a triangle...there are only 2 golden op shops in that area now...not 3! :) BUT gosh the Salvos there did make up for the missing vinnies...there were SO many Enid Blyton books, someone must have had a clean out, and there is always lots of bric a brac there!

What thrifty goodness have you found this week? Head over to Sophies place and check out all the lovely flea market finds!

the envelope project

Pip is a very inspiring lady. She is crafty and I get the feeling she likes others to get into the craft too! One day I would like to meet this wonderful woman, but for now I'm just going to join in with her fun ideas! She has started an envelope project...here are some details...

Send us : A decorated envelope with a few cute little papery or crafty things inside it.  The envelope can be a regular business sized one, or bigger if you like. The things inside should not be expensive.  Recycled or handmade or just extra things you have, which you think someone else might like, would be good.  Make sure you keep your postage cheap, so don't be all extravagant.  Just be cute.  

You might send : photos, pages from magazines, ribbon, swap cards, vintage patterns, notes, shopping lists,  little (lightweight!) zines, sweet wrappers, stickers, really... anything small, light and interesting would be ace. You can show us what you are sending on your own blog : or you can keep it a secret!  It is up to you!

Important : put your return address on the back of the envelope

What we will do : we will display all the cute envelopes in our window.  And we will take all the things out of them and take a photo of what we receive each day.  We will upload that daily image to Flickr. We will keep the project going for six weeks.  At the end of that period we will draw one random envelope : and send that person ALL THE THINGS we received in the mail!  Every single thing.  Sent to that person! Holy aceness!   Hurrah!  No matter where you are in the world!  If you join in, you could win!  This is open to kids and grown ups too.  We like to be inclusive!

So heck I'm going to join in! And you should too! go and have a look at her blog to sign up!

delicious!

Dark Chocolate covered strawberry's from the central markets...

delicious!

Happy Saturday

I love this kid

She is so cute and smart...and taking STEPS!!! 

hanging out with Uncle Tim (Uncle Chop, Chop)

I wish she didn't live so far away so we could see her (and her mummy and daddy!!!!) more often!

all in a day's work

Today I went to work and jumped off a ledge to a trapeze...all in a day's work as a youth worker!

this isn't me...but another teacher on the camp...one of the students got photographic evidence of my jump...but they are still on camp!

flee market finds

Oh I have been rather sad to have missed out on sharing my finds for the past few weeks...that's because I haven't had any...NO TIME FOR OP SHOPPING!!! it's a terrible case of affairs! Well this week the Op shop came to me! Yes the school I work at the year 10's have to do a personal project for the IB (International Baccalaureate Middle years program) One of the year 10 girls chose to collect clothes and have a sale and the money raised donate it to the Haiti relief! What an awesome idea! Yes so she set up shop in one of rooms at school! And I scored two lovely skirts!

both A line...everything was sold by donation! Both need a little altering but all the same it was lots of fun to browse the isles during lunch!

For more Flee market finds head over to Sophie's!

five favourites...

Ikea frames...they are versatile...

 

I'm drinking my weight in hot drinks at the moment...mostly of the chocolate variety! 

winter =the need for moisteriser! This is my pick, body shop seaweed flavour...or type I mean!

Swaps! I have recently just completed an apron swap which was fun...and before that was a pincushion swap which was fantastic too...I have just come across this one tonight closing today...so we'll see if I made it before the closing date!

This Ladys blog was pointed out to me by a friend a couple of weeks ago...she takes lovely photos...and has all her posts in sweedish and english!

Check out other favourites over here!

something that is not my favourite at the moment is my stinking laptop it won't do anything I want it to do..this post took like half an hour because it's such a disobediant twat!

the great apron swap of 2010~

photos by Mr T

Well I posted my apron off last week and today when I checked the mail! Looky here an apron for me! Clever Lorraine has made a reversable apron for me! One side with a cute pocket the other side without! It's wonderful! Thank you so much Lorraine! And thank you to Sarah who organised the swap to begin with! A fun idea and great to be involved! Thank you!

Here is the little apron I sent Lorraine!

It was fun to make...I started over a couple of times and it did stretch my sewing ability but I had fun all the same! Have you ever made an apron? If you did how did it go!?

Wedding dress tour

My friend Rachel alerted my attention to this just now on her blog, so I thought I would play too...In the wedding dress blog tour...hosted by Shashers Life. It sounded like fun and once I found my wedding dress I adored it! A friend who got engaged just before me had made an appointment to go and try some dresses on and so I went and watched for some inspiration...It was AWFUL!!! I was so sad and overwhelmed after that I thought I would never find a dress that suited me! Or that I liked...But then I saw this dress in a magazine...

This lady is an actress from an Australian Show and she was featured in Cosmopolitan Bride in Spring/Summer 2008. My sister in law had bought me this magazine and I had flipped through it but on better inspection found this and thought...that's it...the photo above doesn't show that it is a short gown but that was something that really drew me too it, and the old vintage feel with the lace. So after more dress shopping and trying on stupid dresses that I felt like a twit in...I kept coming back to this dress so made an appointment with a dressmaker who my mum knew and went from there!

This was the final product! We found beautiful lace...which I didn't really like the first time I saw it BUT in the end it was perfect! It was wonderful that it had sleeves because we got married in winter (last year...almost a year! yey!)

Faye (the dressmaker) was amazing and she did a wonderful job right down to all those buttons down the back...a little slow to get out of but we managed in the end! ;)

I still have it...not that it's been 20 years yet! I had it dry cleaned a few months ago and put in a box to keep it safe and make it easier to move. I don't think I would sell it. In the end it was very reasonably priced and I LOVE it! It was the perfect dress for me. A little bit different, a bit vintage and FUN! So many people have said to me when they saw our photos or saw the dress was. Lauren that dress its so you! Which makes me smile!

If we ever have daughters they may not be interested. or it will be out of fashion, but that's OK, it was perfect for me and if we were to go back in time and be organising things again I would choose this dress again! Go and have a look at Shasher's blog and join in! It's nice to think back on your wedding day!

my creative space

This week I have been working on my apron for this swap! I started over a couple of times but I think it worked out...and hopefully my swapping buddy likes it!We did find out who our partners were before we swapped...the person I made an apron for...she made one for me...so at this stage only a picture of it wrapped up and ready to be sent to the UK...which I did on Monday...so hopefully you have something nice in your post box really soon! For more creative spaces check out here!

The one about my dad...and bowling

It's my dad's boofday today! he's 55...he was born the 25-5-55 and he's 55 today! That's a lot of 5's!

We went bowling on Sunday night as an early birthday celebration...it was VERY fun! lot's of laughing and gutter balls! Apparently there is a policy at this bowling place that only children 10 years and under are allowed to use the bumpers...but that is beside the point!

Anyway I failed to get a photo of Dad bowling...but he won both of the games overall and then messaged us all the next day to say he had a finger injury from bowling...occupational hazard! Dad is good at bowling, listening, offering is help and asking my opinion about things that matter.(and Tim thinks I get my little competitive streak from him!)  He's a good man. We love you lots Dad! We hope you have a wonderful birthday!

the one about the little dog

Our little Dog Buster turns 11 today! I remember the day I met him...it was a few weeks after the 24th May, closer to Jek's birthday because he was her present in 1999. I came home from being in Brisbane all day on a drama excursion and I could hear this little whimpering and yapping...and so I went down to the laundry and there he was...little buster dorgie! You have been a faithful little fury friend...sometimes feisty but always ready to say hello at the door and roll over for a belly rub!

photo taken by my sister

these are a few of my favourite things...

I like sharing my 5 faves...but today there were more then 5...SOOOO here are a few of my favourite things right now...these are random and I came up with it in about 5 minutes! 

Wrapping presents...but then what's even better is wrapping them up with pretty sticky tape...I have been doing it a bit lately...what with mothers day, little Belle's birthday, Anna and Dad's birthday too! It's always a bit fun to use some pretty sticky tape!

 Seeing Tim's face light up when I bring out some chocolate...that I have hidden and he doesn't know about it...it lasts longer if he doesn't know where it is! :)

Spontaneous Etsy purchases...one for me and one for...someone else!

Having a bit of time yesterday to stab my new pincushion!

Watching House with Tim on Sunday afternoon....you know when you chain watch a television series...and the episode finishes and you look at each other and go...one more?

Finding perfect gifts for up coming birthdays...for special people

making lists = uncluttered head for me!

what are some of your favourite things at the moment??

Hello Saturday!

What a lovely day it has been so far! Breakfast at Cafe Komodo with my handsome, taking detours down the streets of Adelaide, Glenelg...to find the markets weren't on, a delicious hot chocolate from Bracegirdles, a quick look at tangerine treasures and some browsing in the bookstores. Now a quiet and relaxing time at home.
Whatever you find yourself doing today I hope you have a lovely time doing it! xx

How did that happen

How did this happen?

that my little sisters would be in year 12 and be wearing seniors jumpers!

they were VERY excited to be showing off and parading  their jumpers after having to wait awhile... apparently! :)

I was almost 9 when these little ladies were born and now they are growing into mature, well adjusted fun...and silly young woman. I am very proud of them! (and reminiscent of my senior year in 2001! :))

my place or yours?...YELLOW!!!

I'm getting into the swing of things with my place or yours again! I've missed the past couple of weeks but I'm back in the game! This weeks theme is YELLOW!!! oh I had fun randomly walking around the house looking for some yellow things...

my pencil bucket tucked away on my desk! AND the little Tupperware bowl housing badges galore!

this cute little duck...it's a puppet and when you move it's beak it quacks the tune of Old Macdonald had a farm!It is very fun!..and oh i have spotted the little yellow monkey in the background!

some nice yellow fabric!

and these washing up gloves purchased only yesterday...because they were on a really good special! I looked at them but it was Tim who suggested we should get them! I love that he knows I would love dish washing gloves with coloured spots on them...:)

to play along or to invite yourself over to someone else's place head on over to HelloOwl!