Well it's been a while! but I've been busy.. our gorgeous girl Lily Maya Thornton was born on May 31st at 8:15pm at RPA Hospital in Sydney. She was 11 days overdue and wasn't quite ready to say hello to the world on her due date! After a 13 hour labour, drug free with the help of my husband Luke, Mum & Sister she arrived peacefully and complication free.. A healthy 3.8kg's and 52cm long.

It's been 7 weeks now, and we're all still adjusting to our new life, but I am loving being a mama! Have had no time whatsoever to even touch this blog, but trying to find some 'me time' now in between lots of Lily time..

Here is my little angel.. I am sure there will be loads of photos gracing this blog soon! hehe..

I am still here.. just!

Oh dear me, where did March & April go?! Can I just say it's been non stop crazyness for us. The recent Melbourne Markets were huge.. huge turnout, huge amount of work, and just well huge..

We were blown away with the result but also absolutely exhausted.. ironically I didn't even attend! Was way too pregnant to travel so I had to watch on the side line.

Well I am feeling pretty bad for abandoning this little blog, but at the same time, there has been good reasons so! I am very close to due date, and I have a massive to do list to get through this week, but then I plan to spend some time relaxing and preparing for baby T to arrive.

Here are some recent updates from my Instagram of life recently! I will try and schedule a few more interesting posts this week :)

 Beautiful Autumn Sky

 Breakfast colours at Bread & Circus

 Miffy (my cat) hanging out with my pregnant belly

 Mod Collective love at Follow

Hanging pretties at Orto Trading Co

New goals.

I hate rushing to make new year goals, so I never make it a priority to do it before or directly on New Years day. I like to ease a bit into the year, unwind and then really think about what I want for the year.
So here are some of my goals. I think it's a pretty do-able list..

1. Bake more.
How yum does this Chocolate Lavender Pie look? I honestly don't put aside much time to nest. I want to get better at baking home cooked recipes.

2. Sew more for the home.
I have a patchwork quilt half made from last year (sigh). I need to finish it this year and want to make a special baby quilt too, among other things included in this cute 'Baby on the Way' E-course. Just need to do it..

3. Blog often.
Well I am off to a good start! I just know that I get excited and ambitious about new projects, and then when time passes the busy life takes over. I plan to blog weekly here at the very least though more than that would be dandy. I also want to post more resources on Finders Keepers (something I strangely enjoy doing), which has been on the list for the last year or so, and keep Follow updated with lots goodies. Productivity.. Heck yes.

4. Get a good camera.
We had a digital camera a few years ago, and then it broke, iPhone camera photo taking became the norm and well we never replaced it. I really enjoyed Photography in high school, and spend alot of time developing film in the darkroom and taking my Mum's original old school SLR for a spin. What happened?
So evidently, now I do want a digital SLR. It's an investment which I never quite have the money for, so this year with baby on the way it's even more important to capture our memories.
Image above taken from A Beautiful Mess, Elsie also has lots of inspiring camera info.

New year, new blog

Well here I am, post one! I have been thinking about starting my own personal blog for a while, but have always been a bit hesitant about talking about myself and my life.
I have been blogging for Finders Keepers for years, but it's always been easy when it's not about you!
One of my goals for 2012 was to have more 'me time', with baby T on the way, I know it's going to be hard to juggle. I have always spent so much time working for hard for everyone else, on Finders Keepers and now on Follow, that I rarely get time to be creative myself or reflect on the things I love. I am hoping I will find more time to do that this year.
2011 was a very crazy year (amazing though!), especially the second half so I feel like I am still catching up on so much I didn't even get to. I don't regret a thing! but hoping for a new pace in 2012.
With baby T (our nickname for baby Thornton) due in May, my life is about to dramatically change as we become a family for the first time. I know now more than ever is time to start to cherish the special moments in life.

// photo above taken by me using instagram //