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Ok it's Monday morning and I am full of beans and raring to go...... could be the extra large coffee I just had or is it the sense of urgency of having to get a whole heap of jobs completed before school holidays start on Thursday. Yep...both!!! This old tin sign always gives me a chuckle. I adore ...
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In some ways it seems quite appropriate to be painting snow filled winter Christmas scenes whilst in the midst of our winter here in Australia. Of course, we are more at home with a scorching hot Christmas where you are more likely to get a dose of sunburn instead of frost bite. I think just once it ...
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My swap gift for Shann's Parasol & Paper Swap is making its way across the big blue pond to my swap partner Kelli at Vintage Vavoom in the USA. If she hasn't already received it then it will be any day now. Here is a little teaser collage of some of the goodies in her parcel...... While we are ...
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My baby girl is having a birthday and I can't believe she is turning 11. It seems like just yesterday that I was cradling her in my arms. Aimee had a rocky start to life and we came very close to losing her at 4 weeks of age. There were a few more hiccups along the way which truly makes us ...
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While looking for some vintage papers last week I came across this beautiful old postcard I purchased on one of my treasure hunting exhibitions. It was from a shop that had an extensive range of old postcards, music manuscripts and old letters. I remember spending ages reading through the piles of ...
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What started out as a 'Ho Hum' kind of day has panned out to be a beautiful afternoon. How could it not be with an abundance of warm winter sun dancing through my garden. I'm not usually one to feel 'Ho Hum' about life. I'm definitely one of those perennially optimistic, glass half full kind of ...
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