Update

Hellooo - some updates pour vous. My wedding dress is on lay-by. That's pretty much the only thing I can tick off the list. And lots and lots of shop updates. Gorgeous new garlands with dots, diamonds and triangles - brand new art -  nursery garlands - adorable smaller, pretty pastel dot garlands.

Stuff Around

3 Days On : Four Days Off

A lovely week. Three days on, four days off. A lovely Australia Day and a wedding dress day with mum followed by a weekend of breakfasts at beach and a swim in the ocean.

Reflections

I have things on my list, like everyone, that I want to do in my lifetime. Travel to India, Morocco, France - they were my top three and I did that. I've always wanted to write a book, sell a piece of my own art and live in France.  Sometimes we lose sight of these things amid the everyday hecticity (a term coined by an Aussie mate I met when I was living in London). Later is always when we think we will try and achieve things we always wanted to do.  Later...when we have time.  So when I packaged up my dot art works which sold surprisingly quickly, I thought, well, I can tick one thing off the list.

Making Do

My forte. Impractical DIY. Take lots of mag pics and cover the non-existent splash back (aka builders blue board). Use mag covers on the bottom row so you can wipe of cooking splatters, open the window and wait til you know what to do with the kitchen and which range hood to buy. If we can't make it done, we'll just have to make do!

Salle de Bain

How I love stylish bathrooms. Timber, concrete, pedestal vanity, I don't mind. I know I want Venetian mirrors. A rectangular one or 2 tall ones above Mr and I's basins. I just have to convince Mr to knock through the wall into our beloved walk in pantry because I want it to be spacious. We were gifted an old cast iron bath with bronze feet, which is waiting patiently and waterless in storage. Eventually I will have it resprayed in whitest white (feet and all?!) and have it perched centre stage like the one we bathed in at the White House in Daylesford. That bathroom looks bare and basic but it was a delight to be in and bathe in.

My pink tub is full of dust and critters and the whale spout isn't quite cutting it. A mix of designer bathroom furniture and a vintage French armoire for towels and beautiful bathroom products and such would do nicely I'd think. But I have a wedding to plan (I'm trying to keep that very simple and - fingers crossed - easy too) so back on the back burner this goes.

Mr Popped The Question

New Year

New Year's Eve at home this year. Prawns, peach salad & salmon with parsley sauce. Fresh berries, mango and vanilla bean ice cream to finish. A light saying 'love' (en francais), new art and surveyors tape as decoration. Oh, and I have some magical news.

 

Yum - images from Cameo's blog