i heart faces photo challenge: white

the photo challenge this week on i heart faces is white. not black and white, but the colour white. it has to be a main feature of the photo, and of course a face has to be there to! for my photo, i decided to photograph one of my boys holding a bowl full of icing sugar (i thought it would be more fun for him than flour...) and blowing on it so that little particules of white would be flying everywhere, therefore creating the white effect all around him. we had a lot of fun doing the shoot, and aston was delighted because as a reward he was allowed to eat some of the icing sugar! here is my entry:




make sure you go and check out the other entries (here), there's going to be amazing photos i'd say!

flea market finds

bonjour mes amies!
this week i only allowed myself to go to one opshop, where i found some little white plates and a couple of slightly bigger ones for the boys. i also found a piece of material to be used to cover food. that's in preparation for the many picnics i am planning for my family this summer. i bought some duraware falcon plates and cups from trademe some time ago, i have the basket, and other bits and pieces, so the piece of fabric together with the one i found last week and the one i already have will complete the set nicely.
a couple of weeks ago i finally found our dining table from the second hand shop - i am told it is an old art table from a school, it is 80cm wide and 240cm long, just what i was looking for. i sanded it, polyurithaned it, et voila, it's now in our house, we had our first breakfast on it this morning and all loved using it. we need more chairs now... there's always a good excuse to go opshopping, isn't there?!!

this retro sheet is a treasure from last week's hunt

the piece of fabric with embroidered flowers
from last week

the piece of fabric i found this week

medium size plates for the boys

i liked these little white plates, they are all similar and yet
they are all slightly different from each other

and...the table

if you like vintage, old, used, or simply cheap objects, check out sophies' flea market finds to see many many more opshop finds.

have a wonderful week and see you all here next sunday.

xxx

wordless wednesday: flower girl

playing along with faith hope and a whole lotta love's wordless wednesday.

op shop treasures

hello, such a beautiful day, after a big frost this morning, the day has been glorious. a little walk to town and a play on the swing and slide for lulu and some scooter(ing?) for the boys, we had a lovely lunch on our deck, i polyurithaned our newly acquired dining table, some rugby playing for the boys and their father in our backyard with a keen spectator in lulu. just wonderful. plus this week i was able to go opshopping a couple of times, serious opshopping in terms of the shops visited but i was careful not to spend too much (i'm still saving for my camera and for our trip to france in 3 weeks). here are the few things i bought, they will be linked to sophie's flea market finds (here), along with many others, check them out.

i'm very fond of this purse (i really like the clasp)

i am drawn to yellow glass glasses at the moment

this crochet blanket will have a new home in my car

i think yellow is my colour at the moment...

little plates, i love cute little plates

i definitely bought more things, but i can't remember what they are...oops!

see you next week!

bread sticks

yesterday, as lulu was going through my 'collection' of recipe books (meaning the few i own!), and as i was busily running around trying to prevent the heavy volumes from falling on her and hurt her, we found a recipe for bread sticks which i thought would be great for her (meaning instead of the sweet cereal bars she loves...). they were actually much fun to make, and i made a mental note to make them with the boys for i thought they'd really enjoy the bit where you roll the little balls of dough on the table with your palms to turn them into long, think sticks. they were yummy and so easy. basically, it's just a normal bread recipe (or maybe pizza dough, so very easy) and after the rising of the dough, you make some little plum size balls and roll them between your hands. in the oven at 180 degrees celcium for 15 minutes or so, and your done. yummy! all the children liked them, from 9 years old to 1 year old, and so did the adults! they are quite addictive, like at the restaurant when you are waiting for your meal.

the recipe

the end result

my little helper

wordless wednesday: j'adore le fog

these days, i wouldn't miss sarah's wordless wednesday on her blog faith hope and a whole lotta love (here), it's fun, easy, and there are some wonderful photographs to enjoy looking at. have a look, you won't be disappointed. thanks sarah for such a great idea!

i heart faces photo challenge: beautiful eyes

there's so much exciting stuff happening all the time on i heart faces website (here), so this week i thought i'd enter the photo challenge, the theme being 'beautiful eyes", with a photo of my aston in the snow (the only clue of him being in the snow is the snowflakes in his hair). have a look at all the entries, there are some very exciting photographs being entered every week.