190-199/365 Long time no see

Sorry about the silence here on my space and on instagram.  The school holidays always seems to make me step away and be more present. So what has been happening around here?  I've been doing a little office yoga; treating myself to some flowers and admiring the flowers in the park when we stopped for lunch; making birthday cards and birthday cakes; frosting mornings and time with family celebrating; garden walks and beautiful new reading material and afternoons spent sitting in the sun to keep warm.  How have your holidays been?

184-189/365 Holiday Life

We haven't been up to much this school holidays but when you have a busy term I think  holidays with not much to do are just what you need.  We have had a visit to the river with friends for morning tea; a trip to the gardens for lunch; I have had lots of cups of tea on these cold days; the chooks checking me out to see what I was up to; another selection of books and bit of crafting a teen boy card. Have you been having a nice school holidays?

167-172/365 Life Lately

Sorry for not popping into this space much sooner.  I have been taking my daily photos but have seemed to have lost both my enthusiasm for blogging, posting on instagram and I feel like my photos aren't inspiring.  When I first started doing this 365 project I was keen and I still am but I feel like I don't have anything different to share and I worry a little that things are a bit mundane. Here is a little peek into the mundane bits and pieces of my life, I don't mind mundane hopefully you don't either.

112/365 Teen Boy Card

A simple little card for my nephew who turned 15 yesterday.

107/365 Boho Birthday

Another sweet and simple teen birthday gift card I made today.  I decided that I liked the simplicity of this card without any sentiments or numbers on the front so I left it plain.  Now to write and it and post it to the birthday girl.

74/365 Flowers for my Friend

I have another card to share with you today so hopefully you don't get sick of my cards that I share.  March is one of those busy birthday months around here so I have had a few cards to make.  And I still have another one left to do.  Do you like to make handmade gifts or cards?

72/365 A Sprinkle Birthday

It feels like a while since I have shared a card.  This card was so much fun to make.  I have had the sprinkle paper for a little while now and haven't had the need to use it until today.  I think it is such a fun pattern and perfect for a little girl birthday card.  I still have another card yet to make which I hope to get done tomorrow for a belated birthday.  One day I will be back to my usual organised self when it comes to making birthday cards.

26/365 A Pretty Special Card

It will be my youngest daughter's birthday next week.  As she is getting older I am trying to make my cards for her more mature too.  I do miss those cute little girl cards I used to make for her but really loved this card design I came up with.  And knowing that she love mandalas, I think she is going to like this one.

121-127/365

Well it's been a while, a while for me anyway. I do enjoy my little space here and doing this 365 project.  I am finding it a little challenging at times, motivation waining, lack of inspiration at times too but I really want to keep doing it.  My hope is that my photography grows and my photos get better but most of all I am hoping it will also be healing too. Tomorrow would have been my Dad's 63rd birthday.  I wish he could be here to celebrate with us but he can't so we are going to celebrate it in his memory at his favourite restaurant.  I think we might even make it a ritual, to keep it a happy, special day always.  So what have I been up this last week.....

 I got out in the garden and planted some new seedlings.

We were invited to lunch on Sunday so I got Miss 14 to work and she made this delicious chocolate tart and this pastry recipe. No really she loves to bake and she especially enjoys all the tasting as she goes too.
Our neighbour got married on Saturday.  What a surprise to find a cute wedding car in the street.

I got the knitting needles clicking and made a new dishcloth for the kitchen, just a simple moss stitch pattern.

I have been doing some more sewing and I have finished the top of Miss 10's quilt top.
More pretty mail in my letterbox.  I will be making one of these blankets with the yarn for a little baby girl.
Baking day yesterday.  I made these yummy biscuits if you are looking for inspiration for lunch boxes.
And there was also a bit of card making done today.  This one is for a boy who just turned 11 years old.

Have you had a good week?

It was a hot and quiet weekend for us. The temperature reached 38℃ on Saturday (where did Spring go!) so we spent most of our time indoors trying to keep cool.
I played around with my camera a little, still trying to work out a colour I'm happy with, not wanting my photos to look unnaturally golden.
Pictures from around the house.
A little card for my niece who turns 2 this week.
While we were sitting keeping cool I decided to pick up the crochet hook and picked out a simple pattern to keep my hands busy, a dishcloth that I think will end up being a Christmas present.
I hope your weekend was a wonderful one.
Did you do much?
♥

 (The head is a little blurry, it was quick to move and also was very ticklish too)