Ely's Bunting

How cool is this "Save the Date"

Back in March,

Ely sent me a message through my Madeit Store,

asking if I could make some Buntings for her wedding in Mexico.

The buntings were to say

"Sweet Love" and "Dulce Amor"

Ely requested yellow, white and mint,

to match the invitation above.

And this is what I came up with for Ely

"Dulce Amor"

And "Sweet Love"

Ely's and Dave's big day is later in the month,

this sounds like such a fun wedding - my type of wedding,

I hope they have a fantastic day - I'm sure they will.

I even made Ely a bag to keep her buntings in :)

And, while we are on weddings,

big one on today apparently,

(no request for buntings from Kate though! )

I've decided to play along with the other Facebook pages

and include a shot of me as a bride,

it's over on my

Facebook Page.

We eloped - very recommended by the way :)

Hope you all have a lovely weekend,

Be Good,

Jacqueline.

In The Oven & Up The Ladder

It's my turn to say "Smell This!"

With 3 boys in the house - "smell this"

is a phrase I hear too often : /

These have just come out of my oven!

Cinnomon Rolls

The house smells delicious.

If you wish to make your own, the recipe is here

The Pioneer Woman

Outside, on this lovely day, the house is getting a wash,

9 years of dirt and grime are being removed

Lots of entertainment for the boy's, catching all the drips

I'm off to make a coffee and try a Cinnamon Roll.

Hope all is well at your nest

Take Care and Be Good

Jacqueline.

Easter Activities For The Littles

One week of school holidays down, one to go.

Hope you are all surviving OK :)

Our week has been going well -

helped along by 4 O'Clock - Wine O'Clock!

Today has been a tad cranky though,

they are all in bed now having a nap.

With the big fluffy bunny arriving next weekend,

I thought I would share a few easy Easter activities

to help keep your littles busy.

Last year we made these great little baskets - I love them,

all you need is a balloon, pva glue and scraps of fabric,

very easy and we can use them year after year.

You can find the instructions

HERE

 I have also stumbled upon this great printable,

by Draw! Pilgrim

colour it in, then fold it into a box to stash the goodies in.

Should keep them busy for a while...

Here is the link to print your own.

I'm off to a friends farm tomorrow with the

3 boys, going to put the tent up,

hope I get some sleep!

How are your school holidays going?

Jacqueline.

Cooking Wraps With The First Born

Hi, first born here. Im going to teach you about

making your own wraps,

and share Catherine's recipe with you

(thanks Catherine)

Here I am putting the wraps in the frying pan. 

here the wraps are on a plate, all done.

Here I am with the Third Born

eating the wraps

Yummmmmmm!

We fill our wraps with chicken, carrot, cheese

pineapple, lettuce and avocado.

This is easy you should try it.

THE RECIPE

this recipe makes 16

400g of flour

2 teaspoon of salt

8 tablespoons of olive oil

8tablespoons of warm water

Place flour and salt in a bowl,

Mix in the oil with a spoon,

gradually stir in 8 tablespoons of warm water

until the mixture starts to form a dough.

Knead the dough on a board until it's smooth.

Divide the mixture into 16 pieces.

Shape a piece into a ball and flatten out

Roll out the dough as thin as you can make it.

Heat the fry pan till it sizzles,

place wrap in fry pan,

Cook for about 1 minute, then turn,

cook for about 30 seconds 

repeat with the other pieces.

We make this meal about once a week,

mum does the dough and rolling and I cook them.

                              Happy Cooking!                            

                                                                                                                                      

 

Canberra Trip

Back in during the summer holidays,

when the crowds are heading to the beach, 

we headed off on a road trip to Canberra,

it was a good 12 hours in the car, the boy's travelled really well.

I used to live in Canberra about 20 years ago and loved it.

We visited Parliment House

The Mint

Questacon, a great place, we could have spent all day there,

They made their own space ship to feature in a

3D movie, then watched the movie,

they even appear in the movie too

So much for the boys to do, all hands on

and a great learning experience.

We rode the beautiful old carosel in the city

Climbed on huge sculptures

Looked out over the city from Black Mountain,

(we were on the tower from the pic before)

Canberra is a great city, which does not feel like a city at all,

imagine how great these tree's look now that it's Autumn.

People give Canberra a bad wrap, but it's a great spot

for a holiday, lot's of free stuff to do, easy to get around

and great shopping.

(I did visit Handmade Canberra, more on that later :) 

We caught up witha few friends, my cousin and

stayed with the lovely Barker family,

it was great to catch up with all their crew.

They have 5 daughters, only the youngest, Annie is at home now,

The boys favourite part about their Canberra Trip was Annie,

(and the water fight at Sharons - later too)

They said she was so pretty and nice :)

With another lot of holidays creeping up very quickly,

I would highly recommend a trip to the nations capital.

Have a nice Thursday

and be good.

Jacqueline.

The Winner Of The Giveaway....

Thanks to everyone that played along.

The winner of my

Odd Sock Keeper

has been drawn, out of an odd sock keeper of course,

And Kim from

The Inadvertent Farmer

is the lucky person :)

Kim is all the way over in the US, in Washington State.

Kim also was the co-ordinator of

"Kinder Gardens - Let Them Get Dirty"

which our family participated in last year.

It's going to start again soon, it's easy to join in,

it would be great if some more aussie's got on board,

we will definately be playing along again.

Thats all for now

Be Good

Jacqueline.

Just What I Was Looking For

Firstly, a reminder that my

Odd Sock Keeper Giveaway

will be drawn Sunday night :)

Quit a while ago, I inherited this standard lamp

from my lovely Nanna, Venice,

but I am not so much a fan of the current shade on it.

It's a sort of oyster colour and a semi-shiny

(think of the 80's) tafeta fabric.

So, I have been thinking I would recover it,

but finding a nice big drum lampshade frame

was proving a bit tricky.

  Last weeknd at a garage sale I found one - perfect

as well as another matching set a bit smaller.

The set of 3 were $4!!!!

Even more perfect.

Now I will have to hunt for 2 bases for the others.

Anyway, I bought some of this lovely handprinted fabric from

Yardage Design 

for myself for Christmas - I think it will be ideal.

Now I just have to figure out how to cover the shade

like the pro's do.

Has anyone attempted this? Any Hint's?

Another Christmas gift for myself from Yardage Design too :)

The boy's thought it was very funny

to have pesents wrapped up by myself,

bought by myself and

given to myself,

I think it's very sensible.

Hope you are having a nice weekend

Jacqueline.