Pretty Prints

Last Friday I received a parcel in the mail! I was so excited because I LOVE getting mail and inside the parcel was my gorgeous tote bag that I ordered online from http://www.mozi.com.au/ !

This site is super cute with great products including my large tote bag with this really pretty pink print (also available in different prints and great colours!). The site sells all sorts of things for the house like pretty tea towels, aprons, oven mitts as well as other stuff like lotions and laptop slip cases!

One of the great things about the site is that the designers and creators try to design and use environmentally friendly products and means of producing their stock so as well as scoring awesome and pretty buys you are helping the environment too! :)

Also this week I've been working on a few crochet projects, I thought I'd better post some updates! I started working on a face washer (or could be used as a dish cloth) using a really easy and cute pattern from www.designspongeonline.com . I'm really liking how its looking, I want to make a few for around our home. I think they look so cute all folded or rolled up and tied with some nice ribbon or yarn and given as homemade presents!

I'm still working on the Baby Bear Beanie #2, but I'll post some pictures soon as I need to purchase another skein of wool tomorrow to continue working on it. Pictures coming soon though! :)

Ellie x

Baby Bear Beanie # 1

Yep, here it is - I've finally finished the first Baby Bear Beanie!! I'm so excited to have finished it, it looks sooo darn cute and I LOVE it!! The colour and Shiloh wool turned out so beautiful and makes the perfect little baby beanie!! I can't wait to send it off to Roger's baby cousin Mateo! I hope it fits his head!!

I've got to make one more for baby Emmanuel also in another gorgeous colour and because I've already made one hopfeully it wont take me too long to get the next one done!!

The gorgeous pattern is by Mia Zamora Johnson, and she calls it the "Osito Baby Hat". I'm so proud how it turned out!

Here's hoping the next one is also a success! :)

Ellie x

Homegrown!

It's veggie patch harvest time (for my rocket seedlings any how!!) How exciting! I cant believe I grew my own veggies from tiny seeds and now I can eat them! lol

The rocket looks sooo good in the veggie patch and looks even better on top of our homemade pizza's that I made Rog and I for dinner tonight. Mmmm yumo!

Here's my recipe for a yummy homemade pizza:

- Tortilla wraps (I used 2 "Mission Wraps" in zesty garlic and herb flavor)
- Tomato paste
- Sundried tomatoes
- Pitted kalmata olives
- Fresh rocket (or baby spinach)

- Crumbed fetta
- Shredded cheese

I combine all on a tortilla wrap and bake in the oven on about 160 degrees. I dont usually time the process and just "gestimate" as to whe to take the pizza out. Usually once the cheese has meted and the tomatoes are starting to crisp or lightly blacken you know its ready!

Yummmm! Roger was very pleased with how these pizza's turned out, and I was too, they were soooo yummy! You can also add whatever you like on the pizza's, and instead of using store bought tortilla wraps you can make your own usins flour and water and frying in the pan.

I hope your dinner tonight was as yummy and filling as ours!

Ellie x

Friends and a weekend away...

This past weekend I had such a nice time spending it with my two closest girl friends in Bathurst! Because my two best friends live in other towns we rarely get to catch up and just chill out!

It was a girly weekend with lots of yummy wine, food (thanks to Teegs and her bf Leigh slaving over us in the kitchen! hehe), cosmo cocktails, shopping and LOTS of chatting which I love! I miss being able to have some "girly" time with friends every now and then! Roger has moulded himself into the couch since the World Cup Soccer is on so he spent his weekend watching the TV! lol

Not too much to report on the crochet front due to my weekend away, except I have ALMOST finished one of the Baby Bear beanies!! How exciting! It looks sooo cute and the colour is just gorgeous! I was following the pattern and getting a bit lost at first but ended up figuring out my way there and have finally made the beanie part. All I have to do is make the two ears and sew them on!! I can't wait to post finished pictures of it!!

More updates on the finished project soon! :)

Ellie x

Hey Sadie the Cleaning Lady!

I love a clean house however I'm not one to enjoy the housework (I don't think many people are!?) but I'll never say no to some awesome tips and tricks when it comes to cleaning funny things in an around my house!

After moving out of my parents home and in with my boyfriend I think I have learnt to appreciate why my mum use to get mad when we left stuff lying around the house! lol Housework is no easy feat!

I just stumbled across some great cleaning tips on the http://www.homelife.com/ and they've called it "The Top 40 Best Ever Cleaning Tips", and I have to agree! Some of their tips are so quirky and clever, it's stuff that I would have never thought of!

I thought I'd share them with you and you might find them of use as well!

The link is http://www.homelife.com.au/cleaning/2075/top+40+best+ever+cleaning+tips

Happy Cleaning! :)

Ellie x