weekending...holiday break

Earlier this week we took a road trip to the Sunshine Coast to visit friends and spend a few days at the beach.  While we were away we visited the Ginger Factory at Yandina.  Admission is free but if you want to do a tour or ride the Ginger Train you have to purchase your tickets at the information booth. 

 

When we arrived we enjoyed lunch at the Ginger Café. They had a range of meals and specials on offer to suit the whole family. 

Even though the adults may have enjoyed the tours we decided that this trip we would just take the kids the Ginger Train. The highlight was definitely a ride on the Ginger Train. 



 

 

We also enjoyed walking and exploring the gardens. 

 

 

After a walk through the gardens we all enjoyed an ice-cream before heading back to the unit.  As our friends live close by are in no rush to do 'everything' so we are looking forward to returning to the Ginger Factory another time to do a tour and no doubt ride the train again. I'll be back tomorrow to share with you some more of our holiday break.

xo  

garden...

What's blooming in your garden these days? In our garden we are noticing new blooms everyday.  This plant has germinated from seed that its 'parent' kindly left behind last spring.  Soon we will hopefully have a bed full of flowers plants that we randomly planted from seed.  

 

Wishing you a happy day.

xo



sentimental days



We are definitely grateful for quiet days at home.  We all enjoy unwinding on the holidays and this time allows up to...just be.



 

 

Riding her mama's car when I was just her size. 

 

 

How lucky we are - the family we passed my car onto looked after it so well and after all those years they returned it for my little ones to enjoy.

 





 

xo

52 weeks of grateful: 12 year anniversary!

Here's a peek into some of my favourite photos from our wedding album I snapped with my phone.  Some of our family and friends haven't even seen these photos. 

xo

repurpose

Do repurpose your 'old' clothes? I had a batwing top that was sitting in my cupboard.  I loved the fabric, pattern and the shape of the top but somehow the batwing thing just didn't work - too much material in the wing things and probably a 'young' design/look for a not so young mama so this morning it got a renewed lease of life. 

  

Step 1. Take the good old batwing top and check stitching.

Step 2: Take fabric scissors and cut carefully along the outside of the seam.

Step 3: Repeat on other side.

Step 4: Save left over fabric for another project.

Step 5: Put on and enjoy!

Happy Weekending.
xo

weekending...

As you know I take lots of photos but like many other busy mamas out there, my photos just sit on my computer - some never get published or printed.  A few weeks ago I bought a Project Life kit from Spotlight and since it's also the start of the school holidays here this mama needed some creative time for herself. 
This is not a sponsored post. 

I purchased the Blush Edition and a set of plastic sleeves but I didn't buy the binder.  I thought I might be able to source a cheaper binder elsewhere, however, I think the holes in the plastic sleeves might be custom designed, like the binder.  You have to forgive me I am a newbie at this. 

I've decided I am in no rush to get the binder, I just want to enjoy the process of organising some of our photos and doing some simple journaling.

At this stage I have only printed our photos on office paper (not photo paper), hence the quality of the photos.  If I am happy with the photos and layout I might consider saving our printer ink and go to a photo booth to print on better quality paper. 

If 616 cards in the kit aren't enough, you can always source other paper/card from magazines at home.

The kit contains large journaling cards, bi-fold journaling cards (when you have more to write), suggested cards for the first and last plastic sleeves and 4x6 title cards which are just so sweet.  I also discovered if you search the internet there are many 'project lifer's' that publish their own card designs for you to download and print for free. 

This style of scrapbooking is just perfect for busy mamas who enjoy capturing everyday moments and journaling about them without the fuss of embellishments, cutting and pasting.  The plastic pockets are great to keep little fingers from smudging your photos.  The cards are interchangeable so you can change your mind without the whole glue and commitment thing (I find that difficult).  You could still include embellishments if you want and use your scrapbooking/stamping supplies and insert little mementos of your life together...Oh the possibilities. 

You can find out more about Project Life here. 

What do you do with all your precious photos?

happy weekending
xo

this moment

xo