Today's the day!

But I have a feeling this boy will be late to the party. No signs yet. I just really hope not to have to be induced. Today we went into town to have lunch at Milkbar, pay our rent, buy some fabric and some groceries and we took these photos in the park. Women at the shops and at our real estate asked me how long I had to go and when I said "today!" they looked at me like I was insane for being out of the house.  But I feel good!



I made myself a moby wrap tonight using some cute fabric that C picked out (cats with umbrellas!). It was the last thing I was hoping to get before having the baby and I'd been looking at the (really boring) ones online and thought they'd be easy to make. If you're considering making one - it is literally just a long strip of fabric that doesn't have too much stretch - 5m by 60cm. The slightly stretchy cotton I bought doesn't fray so I didn't need to hem it. It cost a quarter of the price of branded ones (thanks to sales at Spotlight) and much cuter fabric! With 5m off a bolt the width is about double the amount you need so you can make two per 5m of fabric. Try this tutorial if you're keen. I tried it on and put Atticus in it to test it out and he loved it and is still in there two hours later! Nice and warm too!

Well, I think I'm going to play some GeoGuessr (latest obsession) and have some tea!

I thought I'd share some photos of a couple of items of mail I've posted recently. I don't send much mail any more, so I'm trying to concentrate on quality over quantity; writing to a couple of established penpals once every couple of months.



A little letter for lovely Adeline. For the envelope, I cut the letters of her name out of cardboard and put different coloured paper behind each letter. The card was a fun, quick collage.




I sent Ann-Marie a very overdue letter, some mix CDs, a paper pack that she kindly purchased from my shop and a painted canvas square sent as a makeshift postcard.



Two hand painted canvas postcards for two ridiculously generous bloggers that sent me little packages over the last few weeks - I am so grateful. I am still obsessed with these little canvases!

I've been wanting to scan some ephemera for my own use in Photoshop and thought I'd share some of my scans. I hope you can find a use for some of these bits!








For use in Photoshop, the files are in high quality (and pretty large) .tif format and each ephemera item is in an individual layer - download each image here. Alternatively, you can access the lower quality .jpgs by clicking on each image above.

N.B. The copyright information attached to some items can be a bit sketchy or hard to find - no breach of copyright is intended - exercise your own discretion when using - only for non commercial use.

I'm not quite finished decorating the baby's nursery yet, but I thought I'd share some pictures of some of my favourite little parts. I'd like to buy a big colourful rug and a nice rocking chair and some other not-entirely-practical items, but they'll have to wait until baby is born and I have some spare coins (thanks to my 18 weeks of paid parental leave). I'll do a proper reveal of the room after then. I hope he gets to spend a little bit of time in this space we've created for him before we have to move. Our real estate (who knows my due date) was kind enough to send us a letter today informing us of an upcoming inspection to take place while I'll likely still be in hospital... :| I'm hoping they'll be kind enough to let us postpone! I have had a lot of fun with this room and I love spending time in it. I think I might have mentioned before that both this bedroom and our bedroom don't have windows to the outside, they just have huge skylights in the centre of the room that have blinds you can pull over them - they're make the rooms really wonderful and bright. I am still a bit concerned that our house will be too cold for a little baby in this Winter - it has really ineffective and expensive heating. I do have a million blankets!


















The lockers are definitely one of my favourite parts, as is the $10 opshop sideboard I painted. I will miss the overabundance of shelves when we move - they are great to store and display things. A lovely lady from my work gave me most of the books. She said she always hoped her sons would love reading as much as she does, but they prefer computer games. There are some classics in there - I am especially fond of Dr Seuss. I'm also hoping to get my hands on some of the old hardcover Sesame Street books I had when I was a kid. The yellow coat in the top photo was a beautiful gift from Marguerite. Every time I hang it up in the lockers I just take it back out again to peek at it - adorable!

I had some Braxton Hicks contractions the night before last and then basically had a panic attack worrying about not being ready for childbirth. I had considered trying raspberry leaf tea, which people claim can help tone the uterus muscles and ease labour, but I decided not to interfere and that whenever he wants to come out is fine by me, no rush! Four days 'til due date!

PS. My camera is on the way out - it was such a struggle to take/edit these photos! Another thing I'm hoping to be able to save for after the baby arrives!

PPS. Yes, his name does begin with a T! We'll spill the beans soon.