I've been trying to go opshopping once every few weeks - it's one of my favourite past times. I go to five in one trip up Invermay Road. I'm usually mostly looking for practical baby items but I just can't pass on some cute homewares. I'm really trying to cut down on how much 'stuff' I have. We live in a big three bedroom house and I feel like the bigger the house, the more things you accumulate to fill it with. I've given away about 10 bags of things to charity in the last few weeks but if I had the time to go through things in storage, I could easily give away another 20! Here are some things I found this week:


I found this balsa wood dear head and I think I might try collaging or painting it for Theo's room.


A cute cushion cover made from a vintage sheet (a good idea for using old patterned sheets).


A sweet wooden train set with alphabet blocks. When the train moves the blocks all turn around. My eyes basically turned into love hearts when I realised that the blocks spun around. I would have loved this when I was a kid.


Some sweet aeroplane bookends. I'm a sucker for bold, colourful children's graphics.


These curtains are probably my favourite find of the week. Theo's room doesn't actually have any windows to the outside to put curtains on (it has a skylight) so I'll have to put them away until we move house. It is kind of tempting though to turn them into a skirt or something!


There's no harm in collecting girly baby clothes for a future baby is there?


Another one for the collection. No cute vintage baby boy clothes this time sadly!

Have you had any second hand wins lately?

Here are some blogs I've been enjoying lately.

...in August (oops, I never do these things on time).


I added some pages to Theo's baby book.


I noticed that Milton Hall had been yarn bombed (ready for the Junction Festival).



I spent a lot of time with this grumpy guy.




Lots of the time he wasn't grumpy though (those smiles make my life).


He really seems to like being on his feet and is pretty steady!



And he really enjoys being carried about.


We spent a lot of time wandering around Launceston, enjoying the warmer weather and admiring the old buildings.


We ate out a lot (and I drank lots of Garden of Vegan chai).

Watching | The Killing (obsessed!).
Eating | Homemade tacos (with spicy veggie mince).
Listening | Peter, Bjorn & John (so fun and upbeat) and Paul Kelly (he was so great in concert).
Visiting | Hobart & Melbourne.
Purchasing | A new phone, tablet and camera (just waiting for them to arrive, rather excited, I've been saving for ages!).
Looking forward to | visitors and travel (can't wait to see my sister again).
In September I'd like to | get out and enjoy the sunshine and blog more often.

This week will mark the start of Spring and that Theo is three months old. It is amazing to me that he was been with us for one whole season. It was the most difficult season and I wish I could go back to the start and tell myself that I could do it (self doubt was a huge problem for me), that I'd learn a whole lot and that there would be some really special, beautiful moments amongst all of the sleep deprivation. Winter was so cold and there was so little sunshine or warmth and that made things harder. I've always loved Winter but I'd never choose to have a tiny baby in Winter again (memories of birth are vague and distant enough away that I am actually starting to consider when we might have another baby - not in the near future though of course). I am so happy that Spring is here and I can't wait to let my little baby wriggle around on a picnic rug in the sunshine.