Being a Mum, crafting and living life with a splash of Kiwi

* I am loving shopping for NZ goodies today at IGA… YUMMY apple and fejoa Fresh Up = lots of ooohs and aahss from the kids as we devoured it after school ( I miss real Fejoas!)

* Joining in on Paisley Jade’s Craft Nerds Going Public (here).. so here I am crafting at kindy this morning waiting for the door to open

I then took it to the doctors and it didn’t bother me to crochet in the waiting room but I was WAY TOO CHICKEN to take a picture of me doing it!

So on to the beach… you will notice it isn’t getting much bigger… thats because it takes me FOREVER to do one row!!! LOL

* This cute face.. complete with sand.. messy beach hair …

*  Using this free photo editing tool Picnik

* This absolutely beautiful beach that is adorning my desktop background.. while I dream of one day living near it….

Not loving….

* asthma that is making me feel yuck… and a horrible crackling sound in my lung when I lie down.. which according to the doctor doesn’t exist….

* whatever is living in our bedroom wall… please let it be a mouse, please let it be a mouse…. the alternative of the snake variety is not welcome!!!

Yay! I already have some links on my new blog, Creative Kiwis.  Be sure to get over there and link up your creations.

Remember, anything creative that you have made can be linked and at the beginning of each week I will be showcasing one or two Creative Kiwis with links to their online shops (if they have one).

Also, any tutorials you would like me to include, please let me know and I will add them too.

Remember this beautiful belly….

Well… last Friday the little belly dweller arrived!!  Congratulations to my friend and her family. It is very exciting news. Can’t wait to meet this little boy.

I love Kiwi Mummy Blogs and I have discovered from constantly checking out the blogs on there, that us Kiwis have an amazing amount of creative talent. So, Ive created a new blog, Creative Kiwis.  Its a place for Kiwis (and others, we are inclusive here!) to meet and share their creations.

Each week I’ll have a Linky Party where you can link up a post of your creation and check out the others for inspiration.

I will showcase one or two Creative Kiwis each week and this will be your chance to get your name in lights and I can also link it back to your online shop too for some extra exposure.

There will also be the opportunity to submit tutorials and I will sort out a page for them shortly.

Im also going to put on a button but Im still figuring it out…

So, what are you waiting for, get on over there and link up you Creative Kiwis!!

My crazy kids in the water

Today we went to the beach and it was so cold… but my children went swimming! Not me, I put on a jumper, wrapped up in a towel and read my book!  I took advantage of the drive to do some more crochet too.

Little Miss Sunshine and I have whipped up some yummy Dahl for dinner!! I love Indian food and its so cheap and easy to prepare.  Yum.

This is your chance to play a little game, with surPRIZES too!

All you have to do is become a follower on my blog and leave a comment guessing where I am taking the picture from.

I will have a few clues …  The first person to correctly guess wins a little surPRIZE! Otherwise at the end of the week the person who is closest is the winner.  Go on, have a go!!!

So dont tell me where the photo is of.. tell me where I am taking it from? 

If this is fun I will try to do it every weekend but due to my limited travels it might be something a bit more obscure

Here’s this weeks one:

Where am I?

Clue one : Home is where the heart is….

And if you want to see gorgeous crochet that has inspired me to learn.. take a look here and here (and be sure to check out the rest of their blogs while you are there  – they are two of my favourites)

Be sure to check back tomorrow for a new game on my blog.. with surPRIZES!!

Borrowed from Piou Piou

Piou Piou is having a giveaway.  She is giving away two fabulous fabric storage bins.  Head on over here to enter.

My creative space this week has been a hive of activity.. or maybe a birdcage of activity.

I found these little bird cages for $2 each! they are very cute, only 10cm tall. Of course they needed a little bird… and red polka dot of course

 And Ive been making more noticeboards/photo boards

please excuse this terrible photo…the denim is actually supposed to be the same as the one above…

Be sure to head over to Kootoyoo to check out the other creative spaces today…

Check out this gorgeous giveaway at The Wardrobe, isnt that bag just stunning.

Image borrowed from The Wardrobe

Get on over there to enter the giveaway!

Once a spender, always a spender I think. I tried very hard but I couldn’t last the distance.

I guess a whole month without spending was a little bit unrealistic to launch straight into and I have to be honest and say that somewhere along the way its come a bit undone.

I started off really well and mostly just stayed at home, because then there is no temptation. Im a tactile person so shopping online is not something I do very often so Im safe there.  But as soon as I have to go to the mall, well things fall to pieces.

It started with Little Miss Sunshine needing a one piece swimsuit for school for swimming lessons. She’s very tall and long in the body so we usually only buy two pieces, but of course they aren’t allowed those for school. So I had no choice but to go and buy her one.  And then had bought a few other things…. telling myself, no I can control it (hahahaha… yeah, not quite!).

The next thing was our mixer is broken.  I like to bake and its hard without a mixer. So I went looking for a new one.  Stu had taken back the broken one and got a refund so Im really not spending as we got the money back, but the problem is I came home with other things .. and still no mixer!!!

Then Little Miss Sunshine joined the all schools choir and they had to wear black pants, no tights and no jeans. She was in the front row too. So I spent a whole day at a local, very large mall that has just about every large chain store you can think of and hunted high and low for black dress pants… of course I came away with no pants.. but a birthday pressie for a friend, and a few other things.

So yep, Im a big fraud who cant go a whole month without spending!!!

But… the next thing we are trying is that dirty B word…. Budget.  Ewwww!!! We’ve decided on an amount for groceries, petrol and spending and I thats all I will have.

Wish me luck!