Okay its official...

We put our Newtown house on the market this weekend. OMG! I can not wait. And just because it may never look this good again (ahhemm... i have two kids & dog, and a hubby enough said.) here is a sneek peek at mi casa. enjoy! and if you likey and want to makey an offer... :) he he he

3 bedrooms,2 full bathrooms,garage and lots of love. we'll miss it for sure. But we are too big for it now. I twill be listed through Leaders Remax and you can ask for Fiona Mathews

have a great week kids!

This week thus far has been a realy good week. A possible new house on the horizon, new jewelery instore, stunning flowers from market, Some sun!, and a weekly change up of the displays which I actually love more than anything in my day! so here is a montage of this week so far. Oh and I saw Cemetary Junction with my lovely little friend Paula :) the wall paper alone was enough to keep me happy. The movie was really funny and just a little breath of fresh air. Very much a blokes movie so if you have to drag your man to a movie that is not shooting robots from hell this he will like as an alternate.

Really funny. go see.

Sweet William Prints in store now!!!

New things...

We got the building repainted! Charcoal grey. It was looking really sad. and the top was 100 different patched wood colours. thankfully the landlord let me do it.

I picked up some lovely little treats from the framer for the house. These soda pop lables from the 40's 50's unused $5 for all of them on trade me and had them framed. LOve them in my kitchen. I might have new house to put them in soon. fingers crossed our offer is accepted on a lovely property. "Oh please please please let me get what I want this time"...(the smiths rock)

So hope you have a lovely weekend. Spare a thought for me as I wait anxiously for word on my dream do-up house. eeeek!

Buckle and Bow Winter Beanie!!!

June's Lucky Dip craft project

was embelishing a standard winter beanie with scrap fabric and vintagle buckles. Every one of these finished projects I would buy and wear myself. I love winter accesories! Sorry for the quality of the photos but my phone camera is to blame not me :) I did take more pic but alas they did not come out. I so wish I could show you all of the beanies they were lovely. Thanks to everyone who came out for the evening. You all were a blast to have and always lots of laughs.

I live in the best city in the world!!!

But I make no excuses for our unpredictable weather and lack of winter sunshine and WIND glorius wind! So to celebrate the fickle weather of our lovely city here is the newest addition to our posters exclusive to juniper.

$8 each

Spread the word my lovelies! Yup juniper is going all out for the queens birthday with a four day SALE! and this will not be topped this year. We have starfish %50 off remaining stock. 50-70% all items in our big red sale basket on brands like thunder pants, chronicle books, eleven brand and much more. Also heaps of fabric and selected stock that is 20% off. yeeeeeeah. So like grab a friend and make a day of it. Sale starts FRIDAY ends MONDAY. These items must go because we are anticipating a huge lot of new stock arriving in the next few weeks. soooo exciting. See you this weekend.

This month we guilded plain white plates and transformed them into kitchen Plaques.

"Keep Calm and Eat Cake" was the theme but there were other renditions like Keep Calm and Drink Gin. This was super fun and a bit tricky to do but everyone really went for it. If you attended and would like to email me your project in your abode I'd love to post the pic! Can't wait for next month.

These are MY GIRLS! Newtown school has started an electives program and every Thursday year 5 and 6 kids get to learn an external subject of thier choice. I am teaching handcrafts and these lovely young ladies are my crew. I must tell you that I have never met such a lovely well behaved group of girls and I am proud and privelaged to be taking part in such an amazing and fun workshop. Will post more as we complete. last week we made photo holders from
white or black pipe cleaners that made little branches to place your family pictures in and this week we embroidered flax Kete's with starflower shapes. the girls did front and back and all sizes flowers. They were also very excited to thier work home and keep working on them. Thank you Anna Zaramali Gretta Kaylyn Zung and Fadima. Can't wait till next week. xox

A few months ago now I did a lovely wee wedding for a lovely local couple. Here are the pics. Annie looked stunning in her trelise cooper wedding dress with rich vibrant rose and lisianthus bunch. look how the colours are picked up in the vintage getaway car. LOVE IT!

I wish them all the best in thier long lovely future together.

Just arrived. Fresh off the press! more of our limited edition posters have just arrived from the printer. but be quick because they are flying out the door.

we have mini A4 size of "thirst aid kit" (that one is great for the frigde) & "make your bed" (has been huge with the kids). $5 ea.

We have A3 sizes in "actually i am the boss of you" (Mum's are loving this one) "thank you driver" (very wellington) $8 ea.

Its no surprise I am a major foodie. My first job was as a short order cook...I was 15. I cook for anyone all the time because I love to.

No lie. I would love to one day own my own small bistro. But I think I will have to stick retail for a while, it happens that I love that just as much:) ANYWAY (way long intro) For my mothers day I was treated to a brand new copy of "Miss Sophies voluptuous Delights" former model turned writer Sophie Dahl has put together some of her wonderfully wholesome feasty recipes. To my delight she stands by her use of butter and full creams and various other indulgences and notes that really good quality ingredients in moderation are so much better for you than diet, slimmer modified foods. The book is lovely and I am loving the biography of her life in between the recipes. I was given this book as I had just sat down to my happy mothers day/Stuarts birthday breakfast of bacon and maple syrup pancakes. Ethan told me as I woke up" Mum you need to make pancakes for mother's day" Then he made sure I only ate three and he had 7. yes where this skinny 6 year old puts it is anyones guess. So then is was a lazy day of walks on the beach and family fun. Then the kids and I did some secret shopping for Dad's birthday dinner.

We skipped lunch just so that we could stuff ourselves on calamari strips with whipped basil aoli. Then Prawn, crab and salmon pasta in a cream and white wine sauce with crusty bread. Lovely Lindauer Sav bubbles, some birthday cake and ice cream to finish. It was a great feast
but nearly 17 hours since we ate that meal and I'm still not hungry. *note to self "don't do that again till Christmas"

In honour of every parent out there the limited edition poster "Actually I am the boss of you" will available in store next week so check them out. $8 each. have a great week!

lovely pin cushions ($12-18) and cake stands($48) by Sam Treister

beautiful ceramic butterflies for the wall $38

Mothers Day is Sunday 9th May !