{ Going To The Chapel }

This afternoon Mr M and I will be traveling home to Gippsland - tomorrow is the wedding of two of our friends from school. I am doing a reading at the ceremony and Mr M is a groomsman. The ceremony is in a cute little Catholic church and the reception at a very nice winery - can't wait! The bridal couple have a two year old little girl who I can't wait to see toddle down the aisle as a flowergirl. Too cute. Everyone loves a wedding! One problem - new dress I bought to wear still has security tag attached. Don't you hate that? May have to reassess wardrobe very quickly...

Hope you have a lovely weekend spent with friends and wine like mine will be xxx

{ Image from Once Wed }

{ Truth Be Told }

Roaming around on Made It I found these whimsical illustrations by Jess Hyde, a Melbourne designer. Her Made It shop Truth.Be.Told is full of designs inspired by fashion illustration, sewing and muted tones {I am loving the pink and grey}. Here are a few of my favourites...

Isn't the last one just too cute? I would really like this as a print in our bedroom. It would be a great wedding, anniversary or Valentines present too.

{All images from truth.be.told }

{ Buyster Lighting }

I have been on the hunt for a new light fixture for our bedroom. The one hanging in there at the moment is far too small for the space - it is a cheapy I picked up from Bunnings when we first moved to Yea and hung above our dining table in our old house. As much as I would love a big drum pendant or chandelier above our dining table in the cottage, there are just downlights throughout our open plan living area.

So, the hunt began...at the usual suspects (i.e. Beacon, Freedom) I was looking for something modern yet traditional, classy yet casual. Ideally I wanted a chandelier but Mr. M has drawn a firm line in the sand on that issue. No chandeliers. Hmph.

I had seen on other blogs the website Buyster.com.au - for furniture, rugs, kitchenware.. and LIGHTING! Sooo much to choose from, lots of stuff I liked, and at reasonable prices. Exceptionally handy also for me who doesn't get to the big smoke that often, they ship within 3-5 days. Great. Now which one? I finally settled on this beauty:

Can't wait for it to arrive - it will {hopefully} look amazing in our bedroom with it's crisp white and rustic brown touches. Yay for Buyster! I will let you know if it lives up to all my expectations, and of course post some photos of it in it's new home.

{ Tuesday's Object of Desire }

Last week I was late posting, this week I'm doing it at 7am...

This week's Object of Desire is again Christmas related - ho ho ho! I am starting to think about decking the cottage out in all the festive finery, but have made a bit of a pledge that I won't spend any money on Christmas decorations this year so will be recycling last years baubles, stockings and wreath.

But...if I were to splurge, this would be top of my list! Since the cottage has been painted (and yes I am aware I am yet to post photos) our front door is now 'Woodland Grey' and I think a white wreath on it would look fab. This one from Polli is traditional, yet modern - perfect for me. And it comes in my '2009 Christmas colours' red and white.

{ Little Miss IPHONE! }

Yes, I may be the last person on earth to get an iphone - but I am still beyond excited about it! Living an hour away from the nearest mobile phone retailer has forced me into getting one via the post though - and it should arrive tomorrow morning in my mailbox!

I have heard mixed reports - some can't live without it, some want to throw it off a bridge. But I'm hoping it will enable me to check my emails, run my websites {and my blog!} away from home. I will also be swapping from Telstra to Optus which means I will actually have service at the cottage! Yes, it's true - I have been living without mobile reception which means not receiving texts or calls until I go the five kilometres down the driveway or into town (Yea's 10km away).

But...I am quite paranoid about scratching or cracking the screen. Mr M's brother cracked his and it cost an arm and a leg to fix. The solution? A cool protective cover of course! I wanted one that covered the screen, I looked at a lot of magnetic flip cover ones, but I wanted one that opened from right to left, not bottom to top {hope that makes sense...} Of course I turned to etsy and this is what I found...

From etsy seller Debris Design . This is the style I really wanted - just like a wallet. Not sure if I am a tweed/turquoise kind of girl though...on with the search...

From etsy seller Blythe King . I debated getting a white iphone, but ended up going with the black as if {and when} it gets scratched dirt will sit in their and it won't stay white for long! So I thought a white cover would match my white mac, white keyboard, white mouse. But again, won't stay clean for very long I'm sure...

From etsy seller Yummy Pocket . Yummy Pocket indeed! I just love cupcake motifs and thought this would be so cute to run Little Miss Emma from - but I will also be running my photography business from it and not sure how professional pulling this out of my bag in front of clients looks!

From etsy seller tovicorrie . This is cool! I love hides, I really want to get one for either under our dining table or in front of our fireplace. This is made from leather too so extremely durable and sturdy, but was not the wallet style I wanted and was also a bit out of my price range I had set.

And so I turned to trusty ebay . I found my iphone case. Isn't it pretty? I'm hoping it will arrive in my mailbox tomorrow also so my new iphone can slip right in. I can use it as my wallet as well with the card slots - super handy. Super pink, which is always a bonus, and faux leather so I can wipe clean.

{ All images from respective etsy sellers and ebay }

{ I've Made It }

After much procrastination I have opened a shop on MadeIt.com.au - I guess what you would call the Australian version of Etsy. Little Miss Emma can be found at her new Aussie home here .

I am hoping this will bring a lot more local Aussies mums to discover Little Miss Emma. There are so many minky blanket sellers on Etsy - but most are in the US so have excessive shipping costs to us downunder. I make all my minky blankets right here in Victoria - and use the same type of minky they are using (either Benartex or Minky Delight).

So pop on over and be one of my first visitors... :)

{ Image by me of black minky and Michael Miller Silly Circles blanket }

{ Good Hair Day }

Dear Hair-Gods - can my hair please look like this every day? It does today...and it's fabulous...but why not everyday Hair-Gods? Why not?!

{ Image found here }

Just for you Mindi, this is what my hair looks like... :)

{ Image taken by my mum of me with my two sisters and brother - the day Louise left for London }

{ Hot Pink & Dandy }

New hot pink pops on black and white dandy damask canvas...available here.

{ Images by me }

{ Have Door - Will Paint }

Does anybody else love brightly painted doors? Or a big black heavy oak door on a crisp white house? I would very much like to have a unique front door but a) we don't really have a front door, as I have described before, and b) who sees our front door? We have absolutley no street cred, our driveway is five kilometres long and is at the end of a dead end dirt road!

Anywho...I still love these doors. So there.

{1. Atelie Gaaya, 2. Found here, 3. Belle Maison }

{ Tuesday's Object of Desire }

Bit late today...but better late than never! These felt placemats from Hart and Heim I think would be great for a funky-fied Aussie Christmas table setting. This year I am all about a simple white Christmas with pops of bold red. Plus, these aren't 'too festive' - the love hearts can be used throughout the rest of the year, and aren't something like snowflakes which is ridiculous in a 40 degree Australian December!