wishlist wednesday...

how does your garden grow...

Springtime Longings - Variscite Ring by contrariwise

Symmetry Pebble Pendant by blockpartypress

Lavender Harvest Fine Art Print by GeorgiannaLane

 Thimbelina's Miniature Garden by doodlebirdie

 paper flower wedding bouquet by TheCrimsonPoppy

Quorn...

a few photos from my recent trip north to Quorn

wishlist wednesday...

something to make you smile...

Oh Happy Day necklace by TheRustedChain

Whimsical Windmill Print by JessicaDoyle

 Birds 16x16 White Linen Pillow cover by sukanart

 bicycle copper and sterling necklace by jewelstreet

 Party Animals Print by trafalgarssquare

ducking & weaving...

We've spent the last few days in Adelaide - catching up with family, visiting the museum, shopping & (the main reason for the trip) running the 3km in the City-to-Bay.

After all the training it was nice to complete the run & I'm pretty sure we'll be attempting the 6km, or maybe even the full 12km, next year. I knew that there would be a lot of people, but I wasn't prepared for quite so many - the crowd was huuuuuuge (almost 31,000 apparently).

Before heading home on monday, we visited the Wittunga Botanic Garden. Haven't finished going through all the photos yet, we took a fair few. The ducks there are quite used to people (I suspect they get fed fairly often) & came quite close, perhaps hoping that our cameras would magically turn into bread.

wishlist wednesday...

I'm in the mood for something sweet...

Tea and Honey 8x12 photo by honeyandjamphotos

One Heart Trinket Dish by Misspottery

 Petite Amber ring by bluehourdesigns

Trust by joojoo

Hearts Entwined by Epheriell

{ gifted }

It was my birthday yesterday, so I thought I'd share some photos of my presents...

my brothers designed & drew my card - isn't it awesome?

I've been eyeing off this range of jewellery (at the Jam Factory) for ages...

^^^cute containers from Oxfam....I didn't take a photo of it on it's own, but you can sort of see the chocolate heart in the very first photo.

I also had a delicious cake & a very yummy evening meal....& I got to spend the day doing nothing much :)

random photos part 2...

kind of like yesterday's post, only no food...

random photos of food & other stuff...

After the DUST conference, I spent most of monday (until I had to head to the airport) wandering around Surfers Paradise.

This is part one - I decided to split the photos into two posts as I couldn't narrow them down enough :)

breakfast (french toast with maple syrup, strawberries & cream)...

& gelati...

more tomorrow :)

wishlist wednesday...

a touch of nature, captured...

Demeter Ring by Nafsika

Fanciful Forest Necklace by TheIntuitiveGarden

Oak Leaf by TimothyAdamDesigns

fuzzy felted pale yellow wool bowl by thefuzzymonkey

Tiny Vine Leather Bracelet by aosLeather

Sunday markets...

On the Sunday of the conference those who could met in Brisbane to do some market browsing. Though it turned out to be a small group, we had lots of fun.

Andrea, Meggan & I caught the train from Surfers to Southbank & met Gaynor near the cafe's. From there, we went for a wander through the Southbank Market.

Gaynor very kindly acted as our tour guide, driving us around & making sure we didn't get lost - thanks Gaynor :)
Next we went to the Marky Markets, where we met Cloud & Ky from Voodoo Rabbit (I didn't get any photos unfortunately).

I also treated my self to two lovely brooches - the mushroom is from pannikin & the lady is from Amanda - Hungry Designs.

After that we headed to the Valley Laneway Markets - held in several different Brisbane laneways, of which we visited two. We also stopped for some lunch at the first - yummy greek spinach parcels, followed by a very nice nut-filled biscuit. We had some company too...

Last but not least, we visited in.cub8r & met the lovely Sandra - another DUST-er :)

We left Andrea at the airport & Gaynor took Meggan & I back to the train station, from where we headed back to Surfers (& I got my extra crochet lesson)