cute & colourful...

These cute felt & fabric creations are the work of my Mum & sister Kathryn, to sell on their 'Hollipotamus' stall at the markets we attend (the name is inspired by our favourite cutie-pie). Their range of toys, brooches, clips & assorted other creations is ever expanding & I think all the things they are making are utterly adorable (possibly slightly biased, but I mean, just look at them!).

So anyway, just felt like having a some light-heartedness & colour on the blog (these little creatures make me smile). Also rather pleased with how the photos turned out, so kind of showing off a little, lol.

*working on having a proper web presence for Hollipotamus, but for now you can contact them via the shop facebook page.

five things | Miss Holly

1. She is more or less convinced that the only possible place to sleep during the day is on someone's lap - which is super sweet, but kinda makes it hard to get much done.

2. When she's playing the build up to her pouncing is super cute - she waits, gets ready, waits, gets readier & then bam! whatever toy she's after is in trouble.

3. She had a lovely time exploring when we took her with us to Bundaleer Forest, a little unsure at first, but she soon got over that. (also, she is, I swear, wearing her harness & lead, it just doesn't look like it in the photo).

4. Ants fascinate her - she'll spend ages sniffing, following & trying to catch them.

5. In the evening, after a good play, she will curl up on someone's lap until bed time. Usually it's whoever grabs her, but sometimes she'll decide on someone & refuse to settle until she gets the lap she wants - it's uber cute :)

You can find plenty more cute Holly-ness over on her tumblr.

good golly, miss Holly

Just wanted to introduce you to our newest family member - the gorgeous bundle of cute that is Holly.

She's a seven month old moodle (maltese x poodle), who we collected on Sunday & she's very sweet, cuddly & affectionate - I think she'd spend pretty much her whole day curled up on a lap if we let her :)

full credit for the title goes to Kathryn :)

goodbye, sunshine...

We lost our Archie-dog on Thursday & as you can imagine, we're all heartbroken.

He was only three - it was sudden & unexpected & almost unbelievable.

Neither of us felt up to posting about this until today, but Kathryn has written a post on his blog, and in the next month or so, we're going to post some of our memories over there too.

'cos cute puppy-dogs are always a good thing...

a bit random today....just wanted to pop in & say hi, but my brain is too full of comparing hotels to think of a proper post. So I thought I'd update the pooch's blog & share a bit of cuteness here too.

Hope you've been getting & enjoying the spring like weather we've been having lately - I'm just hoping this doesn't mean that september will be freezing.

ahhh, hotel? you ask (I know you haven't, but lets pretend) - I'm off to Melbourne in October for a lecture, two day workshop & a few days holiday & trying to find a nice, not too expensive place to stay has been giving me a headache - any recommendations?

wishlist wednesday...

Today's wishlist is inspired by Archie-dog - it's his birthday :)

Dog is love necklace by lulubugjewelry

 Pampered Pooch - Handmade Soap by innerearthsoaps

 Dachshund Brooch by SharaLambethDesigns

 Puppy Personalized Stamp Set by cupcaketree

Pretapawte Dog Collar by PretaPawte

cuteness & sunlight

I found this photo of Archie whilst looking for something else & thought I would share it, 'cos he's just so cute :)

Archie is our quite-smart-yet-incredibly-silly moodle (maltese/poodle). He's a sweet, cuddly ratbag & he even has his own blog.