Come Fly with Me!

 

I’m on maternity leave!

It’s all pretty exciting at our house at the moment, Ava’s very excited about her ‘baby Brudder’ arriving soon (although we haven’t yet found out the gender…) and Heath and I are anxiously awaiting this pending little bundle of joy that’s most likely going to turn our life upside down and inside out!

In the meantime, I’ve decided it’s best to get busy doing all of the sewing I’ve been putting off till I had some time…which I’m sure you can tell by the amount of posts on here recently is NEVER!

Today’s little project was some dress-up wings for Ava. There have been some absolutely gorgeous posts and tutorials online which made my job really easy! You can find those posts at Llevo el Invierno,  Pretty Prudent and Probably Actually, if you’re interested, and I’ve also included my instructions below!

I’ve moved!

Hey there, so glad to have you over here at the new address!

I was finding things a bit limiting over at the old Blog so I thought I’d give wordpress a go and so far I’m loving it!

Happy Easter and happy long weekend, more to come…I promise!

DIY Little Girl Dolly Tutorial!!

I was recently told by a 4 year old friend of mine that the dolly I made her was falling apart. It was the first doll I had ever made and she’s become a bit tattered and torn over the years. But to be honest, I was pretty surprised (and proud!) that she had lasted this long!

How to make a Reward Board for your Music Classroom!

As some of you may know, I made a massive change this year and decided to take a years unpaid leave from the school I’ve been working at for the past 5 years and decided to give Primary Music teaching a shot! This change for me was rather extreme, I mean, I had no idea what primary kids were learning, what standard  or level primary children are at, what curriculum to follow….let alone the important things like how to make my room pretty!

A Teepee for Ava

One of the best things about being a teacher is school holidays.

Before Ava came along, I used to look forward to the sleep-ins, days on the couch in front of the telly in my jammies and endless hours of shopping and coffee catch ups. I may not get sleep-ins, but I certainly get to hang about in my jammies, not bother putting on any make-up or do my hair, and the endless hours of TV have been replaced with Giggle and Hoot and Peppa Pig. Holidays certainly aren’t what they used to be anymore, but I am so grateful for the extra time that I get to spend with my little Miss, allowing me to feel like a stay-at-home Mummy again.

Lined Bookshelf Tutorial

How easy is this! I think the pictures tell a lot of the story here.

This is Ava’s new Hemnes bookshelf from Ikea and I thought I’d give it a bit of a facelift. So effective and SO easy!

…Kaleidoscope Quilt Tutorial!

I seem to be on a run of finishing all of those projects that I began a few months ago and failed to complete due to my craft crash that occurred a few months ago.

This quilt was the only thing that kept me going for awhile, I kinda gave up everything else but I was fascinated to see what would come of this pile of colours…

…Hall Table Redo

 

I found an old hall table at a local Opp Shop a few months ago and ummed and aahed about buying it as it was $45. A few weeks later, it was up the front of the shop in the ‘clearance’ section for $20!

It was meant to be!

…inspiration

Just a bit of inspiration I whipped up for the day- a quote from Ellie Barrett. 

Whatever you’re currently aspiring to achieve in your life, always remember this

xox

…Diy Stencilled Wall

During our renovation, I was lucky enough to have my own custom made dressing table nook built into our bedroom. Very fancy!

I received a beautiful dressing table from my husband for my 30th birthday. I’ve been holding off setting it up though because I wanted to pretty-up the wall first! I have been on the lookout for wallpaper for awhile now but I just couldn’t find the right one…then I considered stencilling.