OOOH Baby {Blogtoberfest 8}

It was my Sister- in - Laws baby shower today.....

This is her first bub and so a baby shower was the order of the day.....

Together with my sister and Mum-in-Law we gathered a few of her friends.....

and had a very enjoyable morning......

We each had cooked up a storm...and my talented sister did a fabulous job of the decorations.....

My Mum-in-law sourced the most Divine treats in her usual fashion......

I added my "mis-matched" Vintage tea cups to the party.....

and the mum-to-be even packaged up the cutest gifts  for all the guests.....

Did I mention that we had so much food?

Oh and we played some pretty funny games , which included a whole bunch of these........

It feels so long ago that I had my last baby..{well 6 1/2  years is a long time} so

it is very exciting to think that in about 4 weeks we will have a new baby in the family .....

a baby that will be in high demands for cuddles!

 

Getting Ready { Blogtoberfest 7}

We needed to prepare our garden for the hot summer ahead of us.....

so today we donned hats and tools ....

{some did a little pretend fishing!}

and we waited for the arrival of soil and mulch......

The workers were ready and willing.....well mostly....

We did wonder whether we had taken on too much at once....

but you know boys and dirt.....

The little guy pitched in and had some extra fun along the way....

After a truly back breaking day for the hardest worker in the family we have a garden that is now almost ready for all that the summer will throw at  it.

We have so much pink in our "Fairy Garden" ....we both agreed that our "big girl" what be very pleased.....

My Creative Space {Blogtoberfest 6}

I signed up for this bunting swap.......

I have completed my end of the deal and they are off into the post......

Their destinations included...

Victoria and South Australia {Australia}

United Kingdom and Switzerland....

and lastly to New South Wales {Australia}

I have good word that this one has reached it's new owner already.

Just wish I had been daring enough to sign up for more because I had such fun making these.....

although I will be sad when these vintage sheets of mine come to an end.

More creative spaces here.

Why? {Blogtoberfest 5}

I began blogging almost 2.5 years ago......not being very technically minded and also not at all into "social media" the suggestion to start a blog was laughable.

But becasue the suggestion came from my little sister who was living on the other side of the country and then some I gave it a fleeting thought.

How , where do I start, what would I write about, did I have time?????

I was convinced to give it ago as my sister encouraged me to share recipes and general day to day living so that she could still feel apart of our lives  and she could share in some of the gems that she remembers our  mum doing, that I now apparently was doing.......hehehehe  !!!

Well now as of this past weekend my little sister is now living  just 10kms away with her beautiful family and I can see her so much more in real that I don't have the same reason to blog......

but something happened and that is that I love to blog....I think my children love the reading the  blog, I think my hubbie even enjoys this little space (secretly)

It has become a place to record some snippets of our family life, snippets of my creative life and we all enjoy peeking back and seeing all the "stuff " that fills our days....

So even though my sister may not need to check in here all that often now I will keep tapping away and keep recording the ordinary and some times mundane goings on in this little family of ours.

Hey I have also met some neat people that have some cool things going on so that has been fun too.

Hanging out {Blogtoberfest 4}

We've been doing plenty of hanging out with each other.......

Spending time together doing some fun stuff

Enjoying the Spring weather which brings new season activities...

Disregarding bedtimes and proper food that is good for us...

Some of these things we don't get to do all that often.....

Just a short getaway but a fun one.....normal programming will resume tomorrow.

Quick getaway (blogtoberfest 3)

We have had the chance for a quick getaway.....school holidays and not a sole around.......wish you were here!

A Peek {Blogtoberfest Day 2}

A sneak peek at something I was working on for the "bunting swap"...

I will show you some more soon.

It was also a great chance to try out my new labels.

The Start Of.... {Blogtoberfest Day 1}

Wow October already....and right on time this arrived in the mail......

so took the chance with the girl to have a cuppa and flick through the pages.....

Today was also a pretty big day on the Aussie sporting calender ...even if your team wasn't playing I am sure it was on in the background at a lot of homes......

Although AFL is the favoured ball we also had a round ball date this morning.......

the little guys gave their dads a run for their money.......

we also managed to squeeze in a school friends birthday party........

some wander time and rock skimming.......

some hanging out time......

getting up close and personal with the locals........

and some sunset caching to finish off a beautiful 1st of October Spring day....

Blogtoberfest

I'm joining in for "Blogtoberfest" this year.....

Hoping not to bore you with my DAILY blogging. 

Home of Blogtoberfest is here.

Sports Day

We are almost on school holidays....phew!

This week was Sports Day.

Meg was a lot disappointed after the highs three weeks ago, she was sidelined to help hand out the ribbons due to an ongoing injury....

But Fraser was very excited .....

After all the bad weather we were blessed with a great day for having a run.....

How funny to see him excel in the "washing line" game.....

I was so proud of him  throughout the day.......

There is always a lot of waiting around in between big moments ......

He listened and waited very patiently and then tried hard when it was his moment.....

( these are all big deal things for little guys!!)

I can't believe I am now watching my baby compete and there are not the distractions of extra little ones to keep my eyes on......

Although I am sad my little guy is growing up so fast I was really pleased to see him in action with his friends and team.

My Creative Space

Not too much on the crafting front this last week...
But I do have a yummy recipe to share ...hope that counts?


DATE AND APPLE CAKE


Ingredients
2 green apples, peeled and cubed
1 cup dates, chopped
1 tspn bi-carb soda
1 cup boiling water
125g butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tspn vanilla essence
1 1/2 cups flour, sifted


Place apples, dates and soda in a  bowl, pour over boiling water, stand until cool.
Beat butter and sugar, blend in egg and vanilla, fold in flour and apple/date mix.
Spread into greased and lined 23cm spring form tin. Bake in 180C oven for 45 min


Topping


60 g butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup shredded coconut
2 tblspn milk


Combine topping mixture in saucepan, heat, stirring, until butter is melted and sugar dissolved.
Spread cake evenly with topping, bake for further 15 minutes.

Cool in tin. 


Really moist and very yummy.


Other slightly more crafty creative spaces here.

Labels

I made my first bag to give as a present 3 1/2 years ago.

Since then I have made so many different projects either given them away for gifts or I have been fortunate enough that people have actually wanted to buy 

A Bron Creation.

I started with a basic custom printed iron on label that has served me well....

I have wanted to try some sew on labels but have been "bamboozled "as to where to begin looking.

After completely running out of labels I decided to just go for it and take my chances on Etsy....

These arrived yesterday ....

I am really pleased with them...simple and clear....and a great price which  is important especially when you are running a bit blind on what the product will look like.

So I got my labels from here.

Now to get and attach them to all my label -less " Bron Creations".