Pink Whimsy

Christy

My darling friend Christy got married on the weekend and I was lucky enough to be a bridesmaid for her.  What an exciting day it was!!!!  Getting ready, reminiscing, laughing and just a few tears.  We had a great time and Christy looked beautiful.  Congratulations Larn and Christy.

Cupcakes

Exactly five years ago, I was in tremendous pain, the likes of which I didn't know were possible.  I was in labour with my eldest son William and wondering when and if that awful, gut wrenching pain was going to end.  It did end and he was born the morning of the 18th April 2002 at 4:27am, Shakira was on the radio "Whenever, Whatever" she crooned as we looked down at our little darling.  Because my waters broke 24 hours previously to having Will he was put into a humid-i-crib and taken to the special care nursery, being a 10 pound baby he actually looked pretty large in that crib, one of the nurses remarked that he looked like he could eat the other babies in that nursery!!!  We got the all clear by 1pm that afternoon and he  has been healthy and wonderful ever since and boy, have we come along way since then!!  And here I am in the middle of the night finishing the 50 cupcakes he wants to take to school in the morning for all the kids in his combined grade!!

I even used my favourite sprinkle..... I have a favourite sprinkle??? I really have come a long way.

  Happy Birthday William darling!!  I am looking forward to pinata and cake tomorrow.

Party

I am off to my best mates hens night ... should be awesome .  I will show you all photos tomorrow!

nu shoes = a nu you

 

I got some spanky new sneakers the other day.  I am entirely happy with them.  It has been many a years since I have worn sneakers but I feel like it is time to return to an ol' faithful, with a more grown up, mother of three kind of twist. And they are mighty cumfy. 

In my crafting news I am in the process of making a new cushion that was inspired by the always fabulous Anna Maria Horner.  This is a cushion I made last week that I am just so gushingly happy with I show anyone who will look and your looking so here it is.

      

This cushion was an unplanned, completely organic creative process!  Maybe that is why I like it soooo much.  It isn't just a cushion but an expression of my artistic ideals.  Or maybe I just like the way it looks on my couch!!

                

                   

And this is the back of it ....

       

I love this cushion, if you hadn't already guessed.  Talking of love I must finish this post with an unbelievably gorgeous photo of my darling Claire asleep in her daddy's lap.

 

 

Happy Easter

 

Happy easter!!!  Easter Monday and the first Monday in ages where I have had no where to be, no rushing around trying to find things and get school uniforms off the line or out of the dryer, making lunches and drinking/sculling cold coffee trying to keep the energy levels up.  The coffee I had this morning was deliciously steaming hot!!! And my toast was warm when I ate it!!  I like easter a lot and I love all of the chocolate (but unfortunately baby weight stays put when you eat handfuls of chocolate hourly).  Excitingly this easter we started the annual "Casey-Cowan Easter BBQ" tradition.  Amongst our friends we have the boxing day BBQ and the Australia day BBQ and we have found our niche in the easter Saturday BBQ!!!!  These BBQ are great because we are guaranteed to see our friends on a regular basis which can be difficult when life gets in the way!  This week Will is on holidays from school and he will be home every day!!  Luckily for me he is a stay at home kind of kid so I have decieded that this easter holiday week is being dedicated to being a domestic goddess.  I will scrub, wipe and clean this house until it shines, fueled with coffee, cleaning product fumes and a firm sense of self satisfaction. 

oh how I have lost time

What a couple of weeks!!  I have been exhausted from, well, being me!  What have I been up to you ask? Well I will tell you it isn't a lot of rest and relaxation or sleep.  I have been feeling a little overwhelmed by life and something had to go and unfortunately it was uni, I took a leave of absence for the semester.  I was very sad about it and when I went into uni to hand in my form the lady behind the student services desk was all business.  She didn't look shocked or ask why or start screaming noooooo, she just took my form, stamped it with the date and said thank-you.  I sort of stood there for a while like an idiot waiting for, well something (perhaps a sad song sung by a trio that they keep out the back just for occasions like this one) and she was really nice and must of sensed that I needed some closure and she photocopied the form for me to take a copy with me... I should bake her some bickies.  But the main culprit of my absence from blog land is the nasty reality of breast feeding!! It turns out that I don't produce a heck of a lot of milk and poor little baby Claire was struggling to put on weight with just my milk, so we were doing top-ups of formula after each feed, which were also every 2 1/2 hours to try and increase my milk production.  A long and tiring story short is that after 2 weeks of trying this we were told by the lactation consultant that I should start weening her and move over to formula, apparently I have a lot on my plate at the moment and should stop stressing out over feeding and just move with the path of least resistance.  This has been a god send!! I feel vaguely human and with the aid of coffee I can now maintain a reasonable conversation.  I also feel a lot more relaxed about baby Claire's health because she is visibly putting on weight and she is happier and settled which is just fantastic.  I have been feeling myself regain my sanity and calm which is wonderful.  I haven't got a lot of craft done over the last couple of weeks either, big surprise there.  I have almost finished renovating my coffee table, I will show a photo tomorrow. I have refashioned a couple more shirts, started some cushion covers and attempted a clean up of my soon to be mine studio, and jobotI am thinking of a name, maybe something starting with a T or a P .  Tomorrow is Sunday and full of promise and I am looking forward to it.  Oh and sorry about the absolute lack of pictures.

those crazy futurists

Today at uni we had a lecture on the Italian futurists.  They loved writing manifestos!  I have been inspired to manifest myself.  I really like the idea of putting your most outrageous ideas down in a document and then posulating them as if they are irrefutable facts.  So I am going to write my 2007 manifesto over the coming days and I will share with you just how crazy I can get!

to list or not to list

• Well I am well on my way to getting number two on my list completed!!!
• I am an absolute believer in lists. 
• Without my lists I would fade away into permanent confusion. 
• I would never know what I was doing on any day without my pre-prepared list or my "on the spot" lists. 
• It doesn't matter if I finish the list on the day it was written for I just move the item onto the next days list and so on it goes until I get the job done. 
• The list is just so tangible, flexible and forgiving. 
• I have note pads full of lists.
• The immense sense of satisfaction from crossing off an item is intoxicating. 
• I inherited my list love from my mum and my sisters have the bug too. 
• One of my most prized possessions of mine is a list my mum made on the back of a piece of paper.... so fleeting but now a reminder of who my mother was and in turn, who I am.
• I believe that you are either a list person or you are some "other" kind of person.
• My list lust is part of my life force.
• I love lists more that shoes!!
• That's right I would rather be bare foot than list-less.
• I don't remember when I made my first list, but I wish I could (Infact it's on my list of things to try and remember)
• I have a terrible memory and if I didn't make a list I would wander aimlessly through my days instead of walking purposefully in a self assured list-maker kind of way.
• Am I alone in my list passion??
• Is this a freakish abnormality that I should desperately try to hide??
• Hi my name is Pink Whimsy and I am a LIST-O-HOLIC.

sunday

Here is a list of the craft projects that I want to acheive this week, they are small and simple and that means finishable in one afternoon... hopefully!!!

1)New quilted oven mits (2 or 3),  2)Finish the hens night badges, 3)Make a couple of cushion covers,  4)Design a danglely thing to hang over my bed, 5)Organize my fabric cupboard (not strictly craft but craft related none the less)

There you go... now lets see how I go with getting them all done!!!!

a thrifty lady

Oh don't you just love a trip to the thrift/second hand shop!!!  I bought a heap of things... 3 kids doona covers, 5 pillowcases, 2 tea towels, 1 dinner plate, an apron, a fruit bowl, a table cloth, some terrific hounds tooth fabric, some little dresses for Claire and some toys and books for the boys and it only came to $50.10!!!  It is just soooo satisfying to get such value for money.   I can always find something I like at the St Vinnies store that I went to today.  I really like this particular store, it feels, smells and looks really clean... which can be a rarity in second hand stores. I have never looked at their clothing for adults but I think I will next time.  Maybe I could find something to re-fashion there.  Thrift-tastic!!!