The May List of Fantastic Finds

An occasional list of things I've come across that are cool / cute / interesting and some that are great gift ideas I have found for other people too :) Find the first list here. (click image to enlarge)


Rob Ryan Egg Cups

Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights

Joy and Merri-Mint Flats

Hand Painted Bird Bowls

Cute Heart Rain Pendant

Tape Measure Bangles

Wooden Paper Plane Brooch with turquoise stitching

A Storm in A Teacup Mug

She & Him Volume 3

Butterfly Mask

Walk to the Beat of Your Own Drum - Seedling Kit

She's A Bird Nerd Cardi

Orla Kiely Square Biscuit Tins (Set of 4)

Laughter & Autumn Leaves - Dandenong Ranges Family Photography

This fun extended family had organised a family session with me as a surprise for their mum, who was celebrating her 70th birthday that weekend. It was a lovely chance for them to all be together from different parts of New South Wales and Victoria, and we had a fun photo shoot in the Alfred Nicholas Gardens in Sherbrooke - one of my favourite Autumn spots!

I loved how ready to laugh this family was, how they teased each other and shared family jokes, as well as all the warmth and affection which was so obvious between them. Here are a few of my faves...

Punchy pages and cute cousins

After a drought of words, I just wanted to share two recent scrapbook layouts - this photo of Alannah and Sienna is one of my favourite images lately. I've also made a mini album of photos from that little photo shoot, which I'll share in a few weeks or so :) Plus, here is a slideshow video I made of the session!

Each of these layouts was created for Aussie Scrap Source using different kind of punches, for a series that was on the blog last term. I've been enjoying a kind of whimsically watercolour-ish feel to my pages lately.

3 kids & I see Holly Throsby

On the weekend I took the kids to see Holly Throsby in the Famous Spiegeltent at the Arts Centre - I'm getting quite familiar with the place this month! I saw Zoe Keating in the Famous Spiegeltent there (by myself) a few weeks back, and last week saw Red Bull Flying Bach in Hamer Hall there as a sort of unconventional baby shower girls night out for a friend. Both awesome :) And in another week-ish I'll be seeing the Counting Crows also in Hamer Hall with my big sis!

Anyhow, I've had Holly's kids album See since it came out, as I've been a fan of her music for a long time and loved the quirky, catchy and cute kids songs when I heard a couple on myspace. So the kids are quite familiar with the songs and that was great, they got excited to recognise songs and bop along. That is Cedar with his orange blankie around his shoulders in the picture up there.
 

Even though we own the digital album, Sienna wanted her own copy and got it signed by three of the band members (Holly, Bree and Jens) but was disappointed that the viola player didn't come out to sign it as well, she had really liked him. Cedar was not cooperative about being in a photo, lol, which is fine, as Sienna was really the one who wanted to connect with the band :)

Lana and Sienna

Beautiful cousins, cute girls :) I took them out last weekend for a shopping afternoon, followed by a little photo session in a corner of Westfield Fountain Gate, hehe. Was fun, and very cute. I think I might make a little slideshow video of it for them!