tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85281490759660822312024-03-14T08:13:33.848+11:00little bubalishkalittle bubalishkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061088817681519590noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528149075966082231.post-41524906341964840702014-05-06T17:26:00.000+10:002014-05-06T17:26:10.717+10:00rearranging routine<br />
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This week has moved at a different pace so far. Thinking it would be the usual week of school runs, rushing around, writing, studying and all those other bits in between - it's been anything but. <br />
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Instead one child has a cold and the other a tummy bug. So far, it's been cuddles, comforting, late nights, early mornings and the uneasy feeling that comes with sick children. It's times like these that I am so grateful that I am a stay at home mother. My routine has been thrown but I get to be here. To be present with my little ones. There's work to be done but I have been able to do that while they have napped and boy have they napped these past few days. <br />
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I've been housebound, which hasn't been so bad given the cold rainy weather we've had. The fire has been going for days and we've been pottering around at a super slow pace. Stories, tea, soup, fritters and a sneaky movie (or few) has eased us into this slow pace.<br />
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The hardest part being a restless three year old who can't understand why her big sister is sleeping all day at the moment. Longing to play and interact, such joy when Lola said she would try to paint for a bit with her. For that short while the house felt lively again before it was time to rest once more. <br />
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Rest time has been a quiet time for myself to take photos of stock, edit and fill the Little Bubalishka <a href="http://littlebubalishka.bigcartel.com/">shop</a>. I've studied and written a few <a href="http://bayfm.com.au/lifestyle">posts</a>. It's been a peaceful and productive time. It's been nice to work with both smalls sleeping soundly near me, just like they did when they were babies. It will be nicer though when they both have their strength back and they're back to their cheeky selves!<br />
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How is your week faring so far? xx <br />
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<br />little bubalishkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061088817681519590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528149075966082231.post-62385408191526131582014-04-29T12:32:00.002+10:002014-04-29T12:32:42.905+10:00mothers day pretties <br />
Mothers day is right around the corner. Here's a few Etsy pretties that have caught my eye...<br />
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<b>one:</b> <a href="http://prf.hn/click/camref:10lwMz/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fau%2Flisting%2F95781069%2Feco-friendly-natural-grey-colour">toastie felt slippers</a> <b>two:</b> <a href="http://prf.hn/click/camref:10lwMz/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fau%2Flisting%2F170338820%2Fscientific-oil-burner-large-by">scientific oil burner</a> <b>three:</b> <a href="http://prf.hn/click/camref:10lwMz/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fau%2Flisting%2F120381534%2Fset-of-two-love-houses-ceramic-candle">ceramic house candle holder</a> <b>four:</b> <a href="http://prf.hn/click/camref:10lwMz/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fau%2Flisting%2F182680710%2Fembossing-rolling-pin-geometric-pattern">personalised embossed rolling pin</a> <b>five:</b> <a href="http://prf.hn/click/camref:10lwMz/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fau%2Flisting%2F185161059%2Fswedish-vintage-embroidered-pillow-cross">vintage embroidered pillow</a> <b>six:</b> <a href="http://prf.hn/click/camref:10lwMz/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fau%2Flisting%2F186671713%2Fnatural-light-linen-scarf-spring-summer">linen scarf</a> <b>seven:</b> <a href="http://prf.hn/click/camref:10lwMz/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fau%2Flisting%2F161725494%2Fmid-century-planter-jungalow-hanging">mid-century planter</a> <b>eight:</b> <a href="http://prf.hn/click/camref:10lwMz/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fau%2Flisting%2F66753009%2Fnesting-heart-bowls-in-rustic-speckled">heart shaped nesting bowls</a>little bubalishkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061088817681519590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528149075966082231.post-25561626026253636152014-04-22T22:27:00.003+10:002014-04-22T22:27:57.676+10:00exploring autumn<br />
It's Autumn. It's one of the most beautiful times of the year. The days are getting shorter, the temperature is dropping and the trees are losing their leaves. There's something magical about the change of seasons. After living further up north - which is beautiful too, I realised how much I love the obvious seasonal change down here. <br />
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The seasonal change can be a great thing to explore with your
children. We can teach them about nature, the changes it goes through
and how that might influence us. There are lots of Autumny things that
we can explore like plants, colours, foods and weather.<br />
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Here's a few ways that you can explore Autumn with your children... <br />
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Go on a walk with your children. Take a basket and collect fallen
leaves, flowers or nuts. Look at what flowers are growing. Maybe some
trees have lost their leaves or maybe the leaves have changed colour?<br />
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Go to your local community garden, farmers market or through your veggie
patch and look at what foods are in season at the moment. Maybe you
could make some yummy apple muffins or pumpkin scones!<br />
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Journal the season by sticking leaves and flowers into a scrapbook or
you could pop them into a flower press. You might like to draw some
pictures of the things you've seen on your Autumn adventures or make a
collage with your Autumn treasures.<br />
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Do you love the change in seasons? Are you ready for the cooler months, or warmer ones depending on where you might live? xx<br />
<br />little bubalishkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061088817681519590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528149075966082231.post-51994570558888712292014-04-20T12:33:00.000+10:002014-04-20T12:33:17.261+10:00clunes<br />
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We went on a little country adventure to see Tom's aunt during the week.<br />
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We ventured inland to Clunes where the air is a little cooler, the trees are bigger and the buildings are grander. We wandered the streets of the sweetest town that hasn't really been updated since it's gold mining hay days.<br />
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We collected apples from the streets, picked acorns, autumn leaves and wild flowers.<br />
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With most towns along the coast here growing and changing at such a rapid rate its so nice to spend some time in a town that has kept it's charming buildings and restored it's beauty rather than just modernising. The grand buildings in this little town are full of soul and invoke nostalgia from a time that we've only read about in history books. A time and a way of life that I feel we a growing so far away from at times. The simple life.<br />
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We came home happy, a little tired and more inspired to continue living our own simple life. <br />
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Lola: we found the most biggest and beautiful apple trees growing in the street along our adventures this week. Lola was filled with so much excitement over seeing these apple trees growing in the streets of Clunes. Why don't we grow more fruit trees in our towns?<br />
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Sadie: giggles and flower picking in the sunshine while munching on apples that we picked in the street. Pure joy! <br />
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We're currently on our Autumn break. We're moving at our own pace. Spending time together as a family and enjoying our little break together before school goes back again next week.<br />
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It had been so wet and the carousel saved us from a bit of a meltdown after a few home days. After the carousel we went to a local play and then for afternoon coffee with some friends. It rained and rained all day - which added to the fun. Little giggles in the rain and puddle jumps on the way to the car are one of my favourite things to witness as a mother. Such joy!<br />
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Thankfully the rain eased and the sun shone for the most glorious market day down at Little Creatures brewery. <br />
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Since the sun has returned we've enjoyed days at the lake trying to find Jemima Puddle Duck and collecting the falling Autumn leaves. Afternoons have been spent laying in the warm sunshine munching on pumpkin scones, date balls and hot cross buns. Savoring the warm sunshine while it still lingers and savoring the last few days of wandering at our own pace.<br />
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I love our time together. Yes, the house in messier, the children have had little arguments and bed times are a bit out of order at the moment, but that's ok. Our time together is so important. <br />
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I've got to say, I'm a sucker for a pretty wall hanging. If it's a woolen wall hanging then I'm sold!<br />
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I recently found some beautiful Autumny coloured wool at our local sewing shop which I thought I might do some weaving with. The woolen gods had other plans though. A really simple shaggy wall hanging started taking shape instead. I thought I might share how I went about it in case you might like to make one too! <br />
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Select your wool, I used about two balls worth in total. This will vary depending on the size you decide to make your wall hanging. Find yourself a nice long stick or maybe you could buy some dowel at your local hardware store. I used a stick that is roughly 112cm long. <br />
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Cut your wool into lengths. I cut mine into 130 cm lengths, you can decide what lengths will look best for your wall hanging. <br />
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Make yourself a cuppa tea, pop on some music and get comfy. You'll need to cut enough to fit along the length of your wood. <br />
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Once you've cut enough woolen lengths you can start tying your wool onto your wood.<br />
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Fold your woolen length in half and hang it over your wood. <br />
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Next, take the tail end of your woolen length and thread it through the top loop of your woolen length. <br />
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Once you're finished tie some cotton at either end and hang it pretty on your wall! little bubalishkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061088817681519590noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528149075966082231.post-55754796187761053542014-04-05T11:23:00.001+11:002014-04-05T11:23:59.561+11:0013/52<br />
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Sadie: Her new favourite thing to do is to massage my feet. Both girls have their feet massaged before bedtime, now Sadie would like to be the one who massages mama's feet. This mama is not complaining!<br />
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We're getting into the Autumn pace. Warm sunshiny days and cool nights. We had a bit of an Autumn heatwave earlier this week but already the temperature has cooled right down again. It was nice to savor those few hot nights with gin and outside picnic dinners. <br />
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We're baking with apples, pears and figs, while cinnamon is creeping into all of our baked treats again. Lola loves to munch on the apples from the apple tree at the school gate, a sweet little routine after each school day. <br />
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The weeks have been busy. So busy. There have been lots of lovely bits in between the busy bits though. Birthday gatherings in the tea tree, bike adventures, horse riding and crafting. All the lovely bits keeping us sane, calming the nerves and bringing joy. <br />
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Our Autumn festival at school marked the end of term one. The Autumn break - one we're all looking forward to. Slower days and some well needed rest and family time. <br />
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Are you welcoming the seasonal change with open arms? xx<br />
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Lola: The most beautiful golden hair in the late afternoon Autumn sunshine. It's getting so long and wild. Lola is decorating the fence with flowers, herbs and feathers and singing happy birthday to one of the girl's imaginary friends. It's so sweet to stand back and watch.<br />
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Sadie: "A rock is a very good birthday present, isn't it mama? Look at it, it's beautiful". Oh bless her cotton socks. Children never cease to see the beauty in everything around them!<br />
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Sadie: Always barefoot, singing away quietly to herself. Exploring the tea tree at a friends birthday party - until there was cake, then she promptly sat down ready for a feast! </div>
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The past few weeks have been a bit of a juggling act. When is life not a juggling act though, eh? When juggling so many projects that bring joy and happiness it's really not so bad. So long as I have a full teapot within arms reach and a pretty cup to drink out of then the chaos is ok.<br />
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Lola has started riding lessons and they're going along swimmingly. She is working on her rising trot and I'm one proud mama bear. Each night Lola used to wish on the first star, she would wish the same wish each time. Her wish was to ride by herself. This year has seen her wish come true and it has been so beautiful to watch. <br />
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Things I've been loving in between the chaos is the delightful smell of essential oils, my lovely new wooden vessel handmade by <a href="http://thirdfox.bigcartel.com/">Third Fox</a>, walks on the beach with our pooch Bhala and pondering what I might make with some recent linen and woolen fabric purchases. <br />
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It's a time of remembering to keep balanced and to work on my time management so as to not get overwhelmed by everything. It's certainly an art and I'm slowly finding my rhythm again after the summer break. So long as I restrain from saying yes to anymore projects then I think I'll keep it together! <br />
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Do you have a good rhythm happing in your life? xx little bubalishkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061088817681519590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528149075966082231.post-67051349683012177772014-03-16T15:48:00.000+11:002014-03-16T15:48:21.133+11:0010/52<div style="text-align: center;">
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Lola: Playing with her doll house. Chattering away. Role play games are the sweetest thing to secretly watch. Sometimes all my parenting truths come out in these games as I hear the very words that I have used to my girls. Comforting and confronting all at once. <br />
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Sadie: This cheeky girl looks to have been into the face paint. Maybe with the help of her big sister, going by that perfect heart on her cheek. Those curious hands seem to be one step ahead of me these days. <br />
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Today my husband and I made this triangle shelf. It was super quick and easy and a nice thing to make together. It went a little like this...<br />
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First, decide on what wood you would like to use. You could use some new wood, like pine or re-use some timber. We used some old hard wood fence palings.<br />
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Measure and mark out your wood. Our pieces were 570mm each - roughly half the length of a standard fence paling.<br />
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Cut your wood. You could use a hand saw for this part if you like.
We're being a little cheeky by cutting all three at once here - one at a
time is probably better! <br />
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Next you'll need to take one side of your triangle and cut a 30 degree
angle at each end. Take another side of the triangle and cut a 30 degree
angle at one end. Your third side won't need to be cut at an angle.
We're using a bevel or you could use a protractor to make sure all the
angles are the same but these tools are not needed if you have a
circular saw with an angle guide.<br />
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Place your shelf together to make sure all the pieces will fit together
nicely. The pieces with the angled edges will be the sides.<br />
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If everything fits snug then using a drill, screw together your triangle
shelf. We put two screws at each corner - six screws in total.<br />
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To hang your shelf you could screw a hook onto the back of the shelf or
you could drill a hole into each side and thread some rope through to
hang. We wanted a simple look so we hung our shelf on a screw in the
wall - remember to use a 'Wall Mate', plaster screw so your wall can
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Summer was here and then it was gone. I feel like it was the quickest summer ever. Maybe that's because it was a busy summer or maybe it was because it wasn't an overly warm summer?<br />
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It was a lovely summer overall. The late summer warmth is lingering, as it does most years and it's my favourite time of year right now.<br />
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Summer brought us fresh produce from the garden and the yummiest grapes from my pop's garden. We've been busy making grape cordial - it's so good!<br />
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We have spent many quiet afternoons reading stories and savoring the carefree holiday days. Rooms have been re-arranged and tidied. Evenings have been spent drinking gin cocktails and stitching purses for the Little Bubalishka shop. <br />
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We had six little chicks hatch over summer. They are so fluffy and SO fast. Fingers crossed there isn't too many roosters in the mix - passing them on will be a little sad.<br />
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Our summer ended with the most wonderful celebration with family and friends. We celebrated my husbands 30th birthday. Friends and family flew in from all over the east coast making it such a special evening.<br />
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It's Autumn now. The days are still warm but there's change in the air. We're looking forward to our Autumn adventures... x little bubalishkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061088817681519590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528149075966082231.post-34942801053209187822014-03-10T13:49:00.001+11:002014-03-10T13:49:29.477+11:007/52<br />
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Lola: In one of her favourite costumes, Snow White. Sudden inspiration to clean the cubby house and it's contents in the warm weekend sun. A productive day indeed.<br />
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Sadie: Following her big sister's lead and very proud of her efforts.<br />
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Sadie: Adjusting to early mornings after our summer break. School runs and kindy have worn this little one out. It's so hard to wake this little sleeping beauty sometimes. Such peace. </div>
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This week six chicks hatched. There was much excitement. We skipped school today to stay at home and play with the most cutest little fluffy chicks we ever did see. </div>
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Lola: Mother hen. So happy and proud of our new little chicks. Absolute love at first sight. </div>
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Lola: She is the most happiest when she is with animals or drawing. After playing with Luke - my mum's horse, she cried the whole way home. I think we'll have to go riding tomorrow.</div>
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Sadie: A rainbow, sparkly butterfly. This kid was over the moon about having her face painted at a party earlier this week. We washed it off, finally, after two days... </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Joining Jodie with the <a href="http://www.practisingsimplicity.com/search/label/the%2052%20project">52 project</a></span></div>
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We celebrated a birthday this weekend. My biggest baby turned six. SIX! I can't quite fathom that I am the mother of a six year old. The party guests wore felt headdresses, we crafted dream-catchers in a teepee and munched on hummingbird cake... it was all a bit dreamy. </div>
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I have kids now not babies, although they'll always be my babies. We're at an age now where we have long meaningful conversations. I am regularly asked questions that are challenging, like what is gravity and what would happen if the bees didn't pollinate our flowers... Yikes!</div>
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We're in a different phase of parenting and it's quite enlightening and maybe a bit confronting when you have to run to google before you answer a tricky question! x </div>
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