Fantastic Mr Fox

Isn't he the cutest little thing ever? Vanjakragulj on ebay has these cute little designs framed in a white frame, which would look lovely displayed on a wall in a vertical row.
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Nappy Basket

The Red Pistachio

Such a cute little storage tub, not entirely sure I need a heap of pretty burping cloths though. Surely a plain cloth nappy would do the same thing?

Feel free to correct me on that one though.

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Weekend Recap

Following on from last week, I am doing Weekend Intentions again, this time with an extra day to do it - gotta love a long weekend!

This weekend I wanted to:

• paint the door of my office, as it was really starting to annoy me - granted I did start this one random Wednesday night on a whim, but it needed another coat

• paint the skirting boards in the dining room and lounge - I got lazy when we renovated and only painted the skirting boards that weren't covered by furniture.
• make a large batch of chow mien for the freezer

• take a trip to Ikea to get the chest of drawers for the spare room and a bookcase

I am happy to say I achieved 3.5 of the four tasks, but today is a public holiday in Victoria, so I plan to finish painting the skirting boards on the lounge side today.

All in all, another successful weekend. I only wish there were more of them around the place

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Baby Blankets

I have a slight obsession with buying baby blankets. It is one step below my addiction to buying jumpsuits.

I brought this Amy Butler and minkey number from Baby Mae Botique

and this soft little creature from Able Mabel

and now I am about to make my own. I brought several yards of Amy Butler Full Moon fabric in orange, and just as much minkey material. I have plans to applique a giraffe onto the minkey side with the Amy Butler fabric. I have a sneaking suspicion that I am going to call on my mums help with this one.
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Shower Caddies

There are several things I have been meaning to do in our house for many many years, and fix our shower caddy is one of those things. I see it daily, but never think of it when I am crusing the aisles of Bunnings.

So, our shower caddy looks like this

The usual suspects live in our shower, along with toothbrushes and toothpaste.

 The annoying part that need fixing was the toothbrush holder: it lost suction daily, and on a good day it hung on by the bigger suction thingie, on a bad day it spewed my toothbrush into the shower. The other shit part was the tooth soap scum that bred in the bottom of the jar.

One night I was flicking through a magazine, and saw an ad for Everloc, and was intrigued by their claim that it wouldn't fall off the wall. Something my current holder does not do.

So, a quick trip to Bunnings brought home this goodie

I have to say, it was a little more complicated to put on the wall that I expected. There was twisting and turning involved, but eventually I ended up with this:

So far it has stayed in the same spot on the wall for three weeks - clearly Everloc stand by their claim! Am now investing their other products.
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Aviary Inspiration

Do you ever have one of those days where you click on a blog, follow a link to another blog, and then 5 hours later have lost track of a) time b) how on earth you managed to get to there in the first place. 

No? Me neither.

But I did manage to come across Rural Socialite who commented on the Joel Dewberry Aviary bedding made by Javis Davis ad I was in love.

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Weekend Intentions

On Friday a friend A posted about Chocolate & Bubbles weekend intentions. I was more than a touch busy at work on Friday and forgot to post about it, but thought I would do a recap on Monday.

I set myself three tasks:

• clean the floors - being home alone for 10 days meant I had neglected to vacuum since the husband left for work. It was beginning to show.
• paint the lounge room window - who knows how long the current good weather will last in Victoria
• make a large batch of something freezable for when the baby arrives. Some might call it nesting.

I am proud to admit I made a large batch of spaghetti sauce. And when I say large, I mean L-A-R-G-E

 That would be my 6.5Ltr Scanpan pot. I figure I made close to 5 litres of spaghetti sauce, using 2kg of mince, 2 large onions, and 4 bottles of sauce. And packed it all into little single meal containers for the freezer.

I did also manage to get the cleaning done prior to my dad visiting, and got one coat of paint on the window. I could probably get away with just one coat on it, but might as well do two - there is just enough paint left in the tin. Pictures of that to come at a later date.

So there you go, that was my weekend. What did you get up to?

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