Made It Monday

 Monday is upon us already.  Here are my latest finds on Made It.  I thought I would find some jewellery.  Everyone loves a new piece of bling!




Plum Fish



Erin Dove Accessories



Vintajia



Oopsidaisi

Enjoy the rest of your Monday.

Donna Hay Challenge

Picture from Donna Hay

 I was very lucky for my birthday and Kristy bought me a subscription to the Donna Hay magazine.  It arrived in the mail this week and it is beautiful.  Her magazine really catches your eye (like I explained here once before).  I would love to sit in on a shoot one day and watch them create the beautiful layouts for each photo.  I think this would be my dream job, styling for Donna Hay or Country Style magazine.
This magazine really feeds my addiction to these types of things, smooth, glossy, inspiring and beautiful.
I did have thoughts of taking some photos of the magazine and making them look all beautiful for this post but I have run out of time.  I am trying to get school finished for the week, pack my family and horses for a gymkhana this weekend, AnK stuff and all the other boring housey things that need to be done before you go away.
So I am challenging myself to cook something out of each magazine and share it with you.  I will make more things out of the magazine but it will depend if they look like 'the picture' or not if I share them with you.  We all have that problem don't we?  I am sure it's not just me.

On Tuesday we have a school cluster day and we have to take a shared smoko.  So my challenge recipe for this magazine is the 'White Chocolate Macaroons' and I will take them as my shared smoko.
I have never made macaroons before so this is definitely a challenge.  The challenge is also to make them look like Donna's.

See you all next week with my results.

Blue & White Interiors

I found these beautiful interior images on Shannon Fricke's blog today.  These are my favourite colours and I would love to replicate this in my home over the next little while.  I love these colours because when you live out here in the bush and in dry times these colours are fresh and crisp.  A lot of people shy away from white but I find it very easy to clean.

I hope you like them.  Images are from here. 

Made It Monday - Clever Storage

Today's Madeit Monday is about getting organised.  Finding spots to store all those things you have lying around.

Bow Holder AnK Bowtique $10

Cowboy Pencil Storage Tin Happy in Yellow $12

Fabric Storage Box Anna Marie $12.50

Car Back Seat Organiser GoziandPop $35

Retro A5 Organiser Address Book, Notebook or Shopping List Covergirl Design $18

Big Girls Buy #5

Here is another exciting addition to our Big Gils Buy series.  It is Eternal Creation.  They will do up to a size 10. 
Eternal Creation is situated in the Himalayas and all items are ethically made.  There is a fantastic story behind this great label which you can read here.  It was started by an Australian designer called Frances Carrington.  Designs are free flowing and cool for our hot climate in Australia.  The colours are fresh and modern.  You can order online at Eternal Creation. 

Made It Monday one day late!!

Well Monday got away from me yesterday.  It was the first day back after our school holidays so we were very slow off the mark and then after school I had a meeting.  So I walked into the school room at 8.00am and then apart from meal breaks I walked out at 5.00pm.
So that is why Made It Monday is a bit late this week.  After such a busy day I thought about relaxing and on Made It I have found some nice things to help with this.



Rose, Geranium and Lavendar soap by Bayside Rose



Rose Body Cream by Rhasdala



Caramel Lip Balm by Figg & Honey



Wheat Pack by Coochie Bubble

Fig Melon Candle by My French Bazaar

Do you feel all relaxed now!

Sharing one of my 'Must read' blogs.

Today I thought I would share one of my favourite blogs.  On most days I will sit down and read a few blogs.  I don't read a lot of books but I will sit and read a blog.  A blog for me has to catch my eye straight away or talk about something that I am interested in.  It's very exciting when you find a new blog and spend some time going through all the pages.

Divas and Dreams is written by Christine who lives in Denmark.  Christine's photographs is what captured my interest at first.  She specialises in Women's Portraiture and also photographing girly things.  Being a girly girl at heart I always love to see what she comes up with.  I love her angles she uses when she is taking pictures, they really draw you in.

I am going to share with you a mood board that she created and took pictures of.  I love this particular mood board.  It has the colours in it that I like and I love the vintage pictures of the women.  I want to create a mood board also to hang in my office area.  It has to be something that inspires me so I am just waiting for my creative energy to hit me with it.  I know what I want to use on it I just have to wait for that feeling so I can lay it all down.

All pictures are from Diva and Dreams.

Enjoy