my creative space

...again a little late, it has been a hectic week...and weekend for that matter but of course there has definately been time for a little creating!I'm not taking a granny square challenge but I am challenging myself to make a knitted blanket! and here are some squares for it! I did start knitting squares for this same blanket 2 years ago, so yes it is slow but I will eventally get there! For more creative spaces check out here!

I heart the fringe!

Every year when the fringe comes to town. My heart skips a beat with happiness! it seems to be that every second year we have a big year and then a quiet year, this year is the quiet year, we are on a strict budget but we have been able to buy tickets to see Adam Hills for a special birthday treat. Tonight we were able to go into the Garden of Unearthly delights and check out the action!

My Favourite corn vendor!

The Ferris wheel, this year has a new possie in the garden. 3 years ago before Mr T and I were going out, we went to the garden with a group of people and we rode the Ferris wheel. :)

Mr T with his squid!

One of the pretty tents hosting different shows each night for punters to come and enjoy!
More photos to come, I took more tonight but I so tired! Time for bed! Happy Fringe everyone! xxx

flea market finds

I have had a couple of great weeks with getting back into op shopping after a bit of a hiatus! So I thought I would play along again with flea market finds over at Sophies.After seeing these jars one day I had to go back and get them...the op shop was closed on the saturday but i just couldn't get them out of my mind and had to go back first thing on monday and hurrah they were still there, I went a little further afield from my place and found this pretty tin, which was housing the shops buttons. Unfortunately none of the buttons were to my liking so I snaffled the tin! :) It's a nice size...not sure what it will house yet but the jars are going in the pantry for baking goods! For more flea market finds or to play along head here!

my creative space

This week I thought I would play along with my creative space, I have seen some pretty ones in the past and thought this would be my week, having said that when thursday came round i was so busy going to the Gossip, then working ridiculous hours on Friday that it has taken me til today to actually play along!
I found myself being inspired to hold a birthday craft-a-noon this year to mark the auspicious occasion of turning 26, it only happens once after all! so some little invites for the party goers!To check out some more creative spaces check here and play along if you want!

Wednesday Wish list

I am totally coveting my friend Penny's bike! She rode over last night for small group, and when everyone was leaving we all had a go at riding it!
You sit super straight on the seat, the handle bars are a good height, it's the sort of bike I rode as a kid, where you meander along. I really want one! BUT unfortunately the price tag does not permit! So it's on my wish list for now and maybe one day we'll be able to get some sort of bikes to ride!She's even put some fairy lights on the basket, powered by a battery pack! it's fun!
Also on my wish list is a packet of these! :) But that will have to wait for a few weeks!

I spy with my little eye, something starting with M

On Saturday night we went to a birthday party and it was a M themed dress up party! I like that sort of thing. Mr T hates it! BUT he did end up dressing up as a Mexican (along with about 8 other people! ) There were also....

March Hares and Mental Notes

A Martini and Mr Mistoffelees...(one of the cats from cats!?)

Mexicans, martians and Micheal Jordan's!

Medusa...the greek goddess with snakes in her hair (Anna looked very pretty and had lollie snakes in her hair! it looked great!)

An M &M expert

More mexicans!

There was miss muffet..with her spider!

There was Tim being silly with the Martini olive!

And the Birthday Boy was the real deal the RED M&M!
There was also people from the Maroon appreciation society, mobsters, maps, Marvin the martian, musketeers, Marie Antoinette made an appearance too! Marathon runners, millionaires, Murray the Red wiggle...and MACGYVER! that one made me laugh extra hard!

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Happy Valentines day!

flea market find

This week I got to go to 5 op shops on 2 different days which is a bit of a treat for me. It has been a bit of drought for op shopping for me but after checking out this ladies blog i have been inspired to get back out there. And Sophie just happens to host a flea market find every sunday! so this week I can actually join in! yeyeyeyeyeyWe went to a fancy dress party last night and I needed a shirt for my costume, I found this one out the front of Goodwill! For $1! I was very happy! Because I will probably only wear it the once! (more photos to come tomorrow of the party!)
knitting needles for $1 a pair, a pretty tea cup to add to the collection, pretty sheets to cut up and try so new things with and ties for my costume and to try some different patterns with...perhaps when I work it out I will post a photo!

I dropped off some stuff at lutheran community care and saw some nice jars that i really wanted to get, BUT didn't have ANY money on me! when I went to see if they were still at th shop yesterday, the shop wasn't but they were still there, so first thing monday i am going to go and get them!

To check out more flea market finds or play along check out Sophie's pretty blog and her giveaway this week.

my place or yours? Kitchen LOVE

I have to be honest...I don't really like our kitchen! so when I saw that the theme for my place or yours was Kitchen love...what do you like about your kitchen I felt like I wanted to dress my kitchen up so it looked nice for some photos...I do like our fridge cause there is a pretty baby on there and cute magnets!

We have bright green cupboards, drawers etc....the lamenex or whatever on the bench top is coming off in spots and is looking a bit festy! It gets grimy quite easily, i think it's just the place we live, it's old and we're in the flight path of the air port lots of cars etc going by. BUT having said that we are very fortunate to live in such a great suburb, with reasonable rent because of Mr T's study.

I do however like the things in our kitchen! This knife set we got for our engagement is fantastic as well as the chopping board...and of course the drinks to keep us going! The chart is a cooking conversion chart, my mum went a bit crazy at her old job with the lamenator! BUT the amount of times i've had my fingers covered with butter, flour or milk it has come in handy when i haven't known how many cups 15oz is! So it stays on the wall all the time!

To play along or to check out more kitchen love check out here and for the theme queens themselves check out here and here! Happy Saturday Everyone!

glorious

It was a beautiful day here in adelaide. It was sunny, medium temperature, and friday! what more could you want!? Happy weekend everyone! for another photo of today pop over here to check out some fun!

crazed lunatic

That's what a resemble when I can't access internet from home for a WEEK, I have PMS and it's stinking hot! Well today is a little bit better. I have been unable to blog for the last few days because the internet is down at home, the buildings internet got disconnected by mistake. Now we have to wait til Telstra connects it back. I know I sound like a whinge woo but I never realised how addicted I am to going on the net it's almost a daily routine and for the first few days it was OK but now it's turned me into a crazed lunatic! well OK not that bad but I am feeling the effects!

I am a bit silly! anyway this post comes to you from the library!
happy thursday everyone, whatever you find yourself doing!

xx

my place or yours...what's in your bag!?

This weeks my place or yours check out Punky and me to see who else is playing along! In my bag I found: My wallet, my phone, keys, a book, my diary, drink bottle, epi pen, paw paw cream, muesli bar and sun glasses!

new project

So I was getting all into cleaning out my cupboard. A flash of urgency came across me "Lauren clean out your cupboard get rid of clothes you never wear". I did pretty well until I got to my band shirts. Some are still in high rotation in my wardrobe, some have been hanging on the same hanger for quite some time. Sometimes because they are pretty worn, sometimes cause they are a little...tight! BUT for the life of me I just could not bring myself to get rid of them, call me sentimental but these shirts have great memories attached to them. See Thursdays post for example! :) Particularly the top one in this picture! It was my first Livid and I have a distinct memory of sitting around the dinner table at home and my then...9 or 10 year old sister asked me what the bin on my shirt was for, she quickly answered her own question by saying...is it to put satan in! priceless!So I was lamenting this fact to another sister and she said why don't you make a band shirt blanket!! HUZAAHHHH what a wicked idea! That way I still get to keep the shirts but make them into something a little more functional for my needs now days! And it means I get a few hangers spare in my wardrobe! So here are 10 I took out that I don't wear very often...and let me tell you there are still at least 10 still in the wardrobe being warn! So with Jek's help hopefully over the next few weeks we'll be creating a great blanket! Very excited to see the results!

My place or yours? ...show me your shoes!

Show us your shows is what Punky asked us to do this week! Here are most of my shoes...it's funny I didn't realise I had so many! A lot of them get stuffed in the back of the cupboard after a while. I go through phases where I'll wear a particular pair non stop! Usually that's my Doc's in winter...which I have had since I was 14...nearly 12 years!
These however are my faves! Comfy Birkenstocks. They are a bit hot for summer but toasty in the winter with a pair of socks. People always comment on them. I think they are pretty ace! Check out Punky for other people who are playing along this week!
PS after 3 and something years of blogging i have FINALLY worked out how to do the clever link thing! :) haruhhh! happy Saturday everyone! xx

moving on?

From 2003 to 2008 I attended the Big Day Out. In 2007 I was greedy and went to two! I loved them! Mum and Dad would buy me my ticket for Christmas and it was sweet. I remember the first year I went we travelled from Bundaberg to the Gold Coast, which in a bus (which we did) took over 5 hours. It was the best day! I remember seeing Milliencolin, Deftones, WAIKIKI, and the highlight being Foo Fighters. It was a memorable day and we got into Bundaberg at 5am the following day. Needless to say I didn't go to work that day. I remember my feet and legs being so sore and achy but it was the best feeling! I've been able to see bands I'd hung out to see, Foo Fighters, Tool, Queens of the stone age, The Music, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Rage against the machine and many many more!

I've waited in line to enter the D barrier, waited in toilet lines and gotten really sun burnt all in the name of music. I always left with sore feet, a sore throat but being totally satisfied at seeing bands I really liked.

In the past couple of years the line up just haven't sparked my attention. When I didn't go last year I regretted it a bit...and now that the Adelaide Big Day Out is tomorrow I feel a bit sad, like it is an end of an era for me. NO i refuse to say I am getting old! I claim my taste in music has changed...or maybe it hasn't... the Big Day Outs has!

Anyway to anyone going tomorrow have a rad day and enjoy the cooler weather! All I have to say bring on Soundwave! :)

My place or yours...what are you reading

My place or yours has a new home! Check out http://punkysmamma.blogspot.com/ if you want to play along! This week is the first week back for the year and it is perfect timing because I was half thinking about doing a blog about this book I started reading last night. I finished a collection of interviews and started this, my sister lent it to me.
It's a true story about a woman who fled the Fundamentalist Church of The Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. So far it is really interesting, challenging and opening my eyes to how ignorant I have been towards other relgions, cults etc, this one in particular. I'm not very far through but I think it is going to be one that will be hard to put down! If you want to join in with the theme this week check out Punky and me!

only one photo can often be hard!

So I have been doing the 365 project, one photo a day for one year. Take a photo of something you are thankful for, or inspired by, something you like...or something that has challenged you. Most days I find I am taking more than one! BUT I can only choose one for the daily click...and this blog can have the other fun ones from time to time! And maybe as time goes by I'll get better at narrowing it down...I think maybe it just shows there is lots to be thankful for and most days there will be more then one thig!

Can you see what I see! This made me smile!

Our delicious dinner tonight! It was huge, it was yummy and I really loved having the salad! (Tim had curry as a side instead! :))

getting a dose of Vitamin D

Today has been a wonderful day. Last night I said to Tim we are getting out of the house tomorrow. No more computer games for a bit and we'll go and enjoy each others company! The day started with a nice chat with my sister in law and then we decided we would drive up to Hahndorf in the hills and have a walk and visit a pretty shop! When we arrived there were lots of cars, people and bikes...the tour down under was in Hahndorf for the day so it was very busy on the streets!
I visited Storison and found out it is actually changing hands at the moment. I met the new owner and she was a nice lady, I hope we can visit there again soon...perhaps just after pay day and not just before! :)

I resisted from buying evrything and settled on this pretty stationary...Poppies for Grace

We then went to the fruit market just outside of Hahndorf and I saw this!

I have never seen yellow watermelon before! How fun I wonder what it tastes like. I guess I will have to wait til next time. We then travelled down the hill and enjoyed some lunch and visited this book store.
And since being home I have had a little afternoon nap and taken the Christmas tree down To make room for the Australia Day Bunting!

I hope you got to enjoy some Vitamin D today and have had a Wonderful Wednesday!

How many signs is too many?

On our recent road trip we stayed in some Lutheran church halls and enjoyed it very much. We were very blessed to stay in these halls because it meant the cost of the trip was kept down and we also got to meet some fellow brothers and sisters from these churches. At one of the churches we stayed in there were lots of signs in the hall...13 in total instructing visitors of different things to do and NOT to do! Here are some of my favourites!

What was especially funny about this one was that pretty much the exact same sign appeared on the bin right next to the toilet in the same cubicle that this sign featured

This one was funny too...because there were 3 of them...on the same wall

...except for collingwood caps?

catch up No. 3!

Almost to the end of catching up on 365 photos...and soon they wont appear here every day but over at http://ourdailyclick.blogspot.com/ the clever Rachel has set up a new blog for us (Anna, Rach and me) to put our photos up! so that is pretty fun!

Photo 11...THE BIG KOALA. This had to be the photo of the day because of Yannie's reaction when she saw it from the bus! It was classic!Here we are being tourists and taking a photo in front of it. It adds to the big things I have seen....the big Banana, big pineapple, the big Guitar, the big Rockinghorse...what big things have you seen around Australia!?

Photo 12 I am having some trouble with loading it...stay tuned!

Photo 13...so when photo 12 appears it will be a lot like photo 13...I can't help it there are so many great CHOCOLATE cafes in Melbourne! Here Tali and I shared a fondue for two...marshmallows, strawberries, banana, banana bread...which was the best in the dark hot chocolate!
Photo 14...I want to see these guys when they come to Australia in a couple of months...and I probably will because they are actually coming to Adelaide!

We travelled the great ocean road and there were ALOT of photos to chose from for day 15...when we arrived to Portland there was a carnival in town and we seriously had the BEST raspberry jam filled donuts ever! I think I will be dreaming about them for a while! so there's 3 photos for day 15!
Photo 16...there is no place like home and no bed like your own, when you have been away for a few weeks or even a few days it's always good to sleep in your own bad again!