Lovely Loot from Lou Lou

Eliza and I braved the pram jam at Mathilda's market this morning and made a bee line for Buttons by Lou Lou.
I follow Lou's blog and just love her gorgeous buttons.
I was determined to buy James some cuff links and I knew Lou would have a few sets at the market. They were all delightful so it was a hard decision.
But Eliza chose these.














They'll look great with a white shirt or anything a bit colourful (and James has a wardrobe of colourful shirts.) I know; I've bought most of them.

We made a couple of other purchases, which I'll post on line later and Lou threw in this little surprise.














Are you old enough to remember these Love Heart lollies?
Like everything these days they have a website, but technology aside, they took me straight back to my childhood. I can clearly remember buying these at the Robinson's mixed business in Maryborough in Queensland. I would have been about 10 years old - the same age as Eliza is now.

I immediately opened the packet.

The lollies are smaller this time around, but the messages are still there, just as I remembered .... and the taste. Exactly the same : )

Thanks Lou Lou.

Lovely to meet you.

We love our loot.

Swap-a-rama

A huge thank you to Beck at Dandeloin for my pin cushion which arrived this week.
While I didn't get the initial thrill of opening the parcel (see the previous post) I was thrilled to add this gorgeous heart to my sewing box.

















Turn it over and lookie see!
Isn't her label great?


















As well as the pin cushion there were matching pins and a little red thimble.
Thanks Beck. I love it.

















And a huge thank you to Kate at Fox's Lane for organising the Pin Cushion Swap. It's created lots of excitement in blog land with pin cushions criss-crossing the country in the name of crafty goodness.
It's been lovely to be part of it and Beck, your pincushion will be put to good use.

I'm already gearing up for the next projecct.
Watch this space as I take on my next crafty swap.

You've got mail

" Mummy .... some special mail has arrived for you!"
I got the phone call at work this afternoon. Little Miss Pink was so excited she just had to call.
"It's your pincushion. It's arrived."

How do you know it's my pin cushion?

"I opened it!"

I love getting mail and I love parcels even more. So does my daughter. Obviously.

My pin cushion has indeed arrived - part of the pin cushion swap, organised by Kate at Fox's Lane. It was too dark and too late to photograph, it but it's a gorgeous heart shape, which I love. I'll post some pics as soon as I can.

In the meantime, my pin cushion has found a new home at 2 Pink Possum Lane where I'm sure it will be well loved.

heart to heart

This paperclip fell out of my sister's handbag the night before her wedding.

Just like this.

Perfect.

At the heart of it

It was a special day at the house today.
We put the little handmade heart in place.
The whole family gave it a kiss for good luck ...
(even Ben got in on the act ... his heart and soul has gone into the house, so it was only fitting.)

Then Eliza placed the heart into in the column in the kitchen .

And Ben sealed it up.

We'll never see that little heart again but we'll know it's there ...

at the heart of our home.

At the heart of things

I made this sweet little heart from scraps in my stash.
It's the heart for our new home.
We'll place it in a column in the kitchen and it will be clad with timber.
No one will be able to see it, but we'll know it's there.
Home is where the heart is ... at the centre of all the action, the meals, the family, the fun and the laughter for many lifetimes to come. xxx