Happy Things

Things that make me happy...

Fresh flowers in the house...

Finding old fabric that you love...

This bird is precious to me, I have had it for many years...

I love this new glass canister I bought recently. It came filled with hard candy mints but I replaced them with special treats for my toilet training girl... (And maybe us adults when we are well behaved)

I LOVE my two-tier fruit bowl. It was given to me by a lovely friend, before we moved away. It always feels so much better when over flowing with fresh fruit...

Lego. You know I love Lego, right?

My awesome brother gave me these funky salt & pepper shakers years ago...

And you may know I have a thing for Russian dolls too? Maybe this obsession is kept a little more secret but this beautiful pin I just got for Christmas... I love her!

And on days like today, when the heat reaches that level of discomfort, I reach for a little glass spray bottle filled with a deliciously refreshing purple liquid...

It is a lovely lavender spritz my talented mother makes. It is great to have handy for a quick, relaxing cool down and feels even better if it has been kept in the fridge. Another spritz she makes is a mint one which, when cooled is the best thing to have during Summer! They never last long in our house.

Another thing I love is Op shopping, this you must know.

We desperately needed a new dining table and desk so off to Vinnies we went.

We found a lovely glass oval dining table and a perfect desk and Eve had great fun riding around outside on all the little tries, scooters and bikes they had for sale.

I had a quick scoot past the homewares section to see if I could find anything for the kid's upcoming birthday parties.

I am determined to make them extra special but without spending too much money.

You won't believe what I found....

A lovely shell-like platter, perect for Eve's Under The Sea/Little Mermaid party...

So these dishes are quite common, there were two of them there that day.

BUT wait, there is more!

A gorgeous pure white shell plate. I can envision cool mint "pearls" resting in this.

But of course I saved the best until last...

These lovely glass bowls are so beautiful. The shell pattern on them is in such detail. I fell in love and bought four. At a whole $2 each!

I was so happy with these finds, it was a real blessing that all we needed was right there waiting for us.

I couldn't leave without having a little look at the teapots and there I found the most gorgeous pot I have ever seen...

Isn't it cute?

It is tiny, with such gorgeous detailed painting, I absolutely love it.

Of course Eve does too!

She saw it and we both went "oooh" and "aaaah" together, then she ran off to find a cup to make some imaginary tea for me.

As we left with our goodies I had a sudden realization....

I hadn't even looked for anything for Eli's party!

I felt horrible.

As we got home and began to unpack, I looked up into our cupboard and spotted some bowls I had completely forgotten about...

I love these bowls. I bought them at an op shop years and years ago.

The instant I saw them I was relieved.

They will work perfectly for his The Very Hungry Caterpillar themed party!

I know I am getting in quite early with these things, but so much goes into a party I want to get as much done now as possible!

I even made a pretty cool looking triton the other day, heading off to paint it a lovely golden colour now!