Pinning like no tomorrow

As you all know Pinterest is all the rage at the moment. A site that lets you collect gorgeous images & organises them in boards?! Seriously, how can you not get hooked? It's almost like being able to finally organise that messy pantry but instead that pantry is your head and the mess? well that's everything else.

Like others following the Pinterest craze, I can easily send 3-4 hours on the site... a day!! my husband has voiced his concerns & although his worries a dully noted, there's no waaayyyyy i'll give it up! Happy wife, happy life!

As a designer I think it's important to have that visual board in front of you to act as your go-to for inspiration. I'm a very visual person & I believe i've been blessed with great memory & attention to detail. So seeing everything in one place is almost therapeutic. Yeahhhhh therapeutic =) 

If you wish to see what all this rambling is about check out MY PINTEREST page. I hope you enjoy it as much as i do. Here's some images of my boards -

From my Embellish board

From my Fleur board

From my Merchandise board

Hello

Oh people of blog world, it's been far too long! 

Where have i been? i hear you ask. In a word - busy. I never thought motherhood would take as much time as it has & will probably continue to do so. It's been way over a year since my last post but only a few months since my last unpublished post. Secretly for a while now I've been writing unpublished posts, trying to find the words to come back into blog land however they never seemed good enough to published til now (well that's the plan).

I guess I realised and accepted there's really no right way to reenter so i figured why not just dive back in and see if anyone noticed you were missing in the first place haha 

Over the next few posts I'll be updating you on what's been happening but for now i want to leave you with some images of my latest 2012 collection. I hope the pieces inspire you to come back & visit me soon. I wanted to end the post by promising not to disappear again but with 1 year old twins now in my life I'm afraid no such promise can be made. 

As if you didn't already know, motherhood is hard yo!

{Airlia} Ethereal

{Adalia} Noble

 

 

{Adora} Beloved one

 

 

{Adela} noble and serene

 

 

 

 

{Ahelia} Breathe

{Audrey} Noble strength

Just a few of my favs from the new collection. View entire range ---- HERE!

Nappies, shoots & getaways.

With babies due date fast approaching I've been working overtime to get orders out and organising the house in anticipation of their arrival. Despite being kid people, Hubs and i are often still at a complete lost on what to get and how much of. I mean 5 boxes of newborn diapers is enough right? Considering each box contains 108 diapers... argh! We don't know! 

We've packed and repacked the hospital bags over and over again as it seems first-time-parent nerves have definitely been lurking bout the house. Strangely enough the one thing i'm not nervous about is delivering the babies. Sure like most women i've heard the horror stories that come with the experience such as the mind blowing pain, the accidental pooping & heaven forbid, tearing (yikes!) but i figured the female body was designed for this and as painful as i'm sure it will be, at the end of the day - I'll be okay.

On top of all this I still have bridal orders to fulfill & just last weekend i did my last Olive Farm shoot with my sis before she leaves for overseas. It was a fantastic day & I had an awesome team of people helping. Here are some sneak peaks of the shoot - 

 

Once Rin has finished editing the pics I'll list them in my store, til then it's back to bridal orders & preparing for a much needed 'sisters only' getaway this weekend to Margaret River. We figured with so much happening, Rin moving, me having babies it was well overdue & i'm super excited to be going. 

Hope you have a super fun filled weekend too =) I promise to take lots of pics!

{Maternity Shoot Sneak Peak}

As mentioned in my previous post Hubs and I had a maternity shoot with my talented photographer sister Rin, from Rin Nelson Photography. We decided on a beach shoot since it's summer in Perth & as gorgeous as the sky was we didn't count it would be sooooo windy. Still we battled through and managed to get some really great shots with minimum distractions due to the beach being pretty secluded. 

Here's a sneak peak of the shoot =) I'll be doing another one in a few weeks when i go on a road trip to Margaret River with all 3 of my sisters. Did i mention how awesome it is to have a photographer as a sister? hehe

Me with the twins =)

 

134 days

Yes can you believe it's been 134 days since my last post? It actually feels longer for me because so much has happened in that time. Just to give you a brief recap, some of the many things that took place are -

1. Hubs and I attended 4 weddings in a span of 6 weeks
2. I played tour guide to many rellies from overseas 
3. I created some lovely pieces for a fashion show which was so. much. FUN! 
4. Unfortunately our family lost a loved one =(
5. My older sis Rin (the photographer) announced that she & her family will be moving to Abu Dhabi in March next year
And the biggest reason for my disappearance.....
6. Hub & I are expecting twin girls early next year! Yes you read correctly =) I'm currently 25 weeks pregnant with twin girls! 


I never thought being pregnant would consume so much of my time but it has, especially because I had AWFUL morning sickness for the first 5 months which left me exhausted and completely wiped out most days. Many times i wanted to blog about the pregnancy but some days it was a struggle just to get out of bed and have a shower, let alone turn on the computer. Thankfully the worst has passed and my energy levels are almost back to what they were before (in fact this arvo i'm doing my maternity shoot with my sis, yay!). 


I'll endeavor to write more in detail about some of the things that happened in the last 134 days & include pics, but for now this is just me letting you know i'm still alive & i haven't forgotten about you =) 


chat soon xoxo

{Baby Love}

I'm supposed to be finishing off pieces for this weekends Made On The Left market but i couldn't resist posting up these pics my sister just sent me of a shoot she did a few weeks ago. It was for a blue eyed, ginger haired 7 month baby girl who was sooo scrumptious and friendly which made her the perfect subject to shoot. I created a piece for her and she wore it proudly, just lovely! I can't wait for future shoots with my sis, a few big projects in the mix which we're still working out the kinks before we reveal them. I know i've said this before but it is soooo awesome having a photographer in the family hehe Check out more of my sis's work at her facebook fanpage.

 

Fallen off the edge of the world

Oh blog, how i've missed thee. 

The last few weeks have been a complete whirlwind for me. Soooo many projects in the works and of course hardly enough time for anything else, especially blogging. Aside from Upmarket (which i promise to write about soon & post pics), I have orders to fulfill, the Made On The Left market which is happening this weekend and not only am I helping out with the production of a fashion show but I'm also creating some pieces for part of the collection. Pheeewww! I've promised to give myself a nice healthy break at the end of all this but til then it's all go, go, go! I hardly see my hubby nowadays =(

I will be back with pics and will go into more details about the exciting things happening at Olive Farm but for now i have to get back to sewing hehe

See you soon *muoah*