Easter Eggs

Almost easter again. Last easter we painted our hard-boiled eggs and rubbed them with oil for a nice shine. This year Oma is feeling tired so we are all going to learn how to make the pierags on Sunday, to be frozon until easter.

My Awsome Bike

No pictures to show, but check out my bike at Busyman Bicycles....that's my brother Mick! Will look for my own picture and update asap!

Japan: 2

In Tokyo, Khiem made some new friends. Check out the full Maiike outfit in the 2nd image!

Japan: 1

We went off to Japan in November. It was just starting to feel like winter. Ugg Boots were everywhere. We walked the back streets a lot. The top photo is from Cow Books in Naka Meguro. They sell a lot of art/photography books including 'out off print', 'hard to find' books but what I liked the most was the hidden coffee machine behind the counter. I think the other two photos are from Kyoto, near Kyoto Station. We didn't catch any public transport at all in Kyoto. We hired some old bikes and got a baby seat attached and just cycled around for a couple of days.

Where Has The Time Gone

The most beautiful sunny Saturday and I'm here at the studio trying to get on top of the over-due orders from Kids In Style! Sorry to all those left waiting. Thanks to the website that I stole this image from (hhhmmm, was it Babyology? or LMNOP?....or maybe Brooke from Magnolia Square took this one).

KIS (Kids In Style) ME

I joined the exhibitors at Kids In Style (Life In Style) a couple of weeks ago. It was a whole new kind of experience. I was there for 5 days plus set-up day and it ran over the weekend. By the time I finished I felt like I had been in a time warp and lost a week.....but gained a whole lot of orders!

A Few Days In Sydney

I'm just back from 6 days in Sydney and the first Magnolia Square event at Randwick. As I've said many a time, I'm a slow blogger....hence the post-event information!
I was nicely positioned in front of the entrance (lucky me) and right next to Belinda from Baobab. Belinda was a great neighbour, who brought in hoards of loyal repeat customers. I picked up a really cool summer weight hoody for Khiem! Then I had to find something for Thuy...luckily the Real Chai lady was nearby!
The media breakfast on Friday morning was fun; not least because I was awarded the LMNOP 'favourite' or was it 'loves' award? It was VERY exciting to finally win an award. Jenny and Ian from LMNOP were lovely. A trip to Sydney means you get to put faces to names, since that's where EVERYONE seems to be! I was thinking about that as our plane decended down into the clouds to Melbourne airport on Sunday afternoon and I started to shiver!

ANOTHER BAD EGG

Zac and a bad-ass monkey.
Monkey and friends!

ALBUM OF CUTE STUFF

Thuy and Feride have been sending me really cute and interesting images for my blog for about 2 years and I never put them on! So I'm going to put as many of them as I can find all in a row. I won't be able to credit any of the images as I'm not sure where they all come from. I might revisit some of them later with more info.

HEADING NORTH

The family and i are heading to Sydney next week to show case Maiike at Magnolia Square being held at The Tea House, Royal Randwick Racecourse. I really hope the weather holds out to make it a bit of a holiday too!

Bad Egg

This is the 5th Bad Egg. They've all got happy homes.....mostly slightly 'bad-blokes' seem to be drawn to them! Maybe I'll put the word out and see if we can get some images of the other Bad Eggs at play. I've even heard that some of them have been given names! I'll try to keep you posted on this one.

Muku of Ripponlea

My old friend Aya, from Japan (now a Melburnian) has just celebrated Muku's first year. Muku stock's organic products, mostly children's wear form Japan and New Zealand. You'll find Aya and Anju working hard at Muku Monday to Saturday down on Glen Eira Rd, Ripponlea.

Coffee Distress

Bleary eyed, reaching blindly for the caffetier......

Little Toys

A toy joining the flock. No face yet in these pictures. I didn't realise how great the colours were together until I started lining them up as I finished stitching up their stuffing holes!

Sleepy-Mo

Finally a way to use teeny-weeny pieces of wool. It's SO hard to throw them away but they pile up and up. You might not believe it but I have about 5 x 140lt tubs full of scraps! That's 700 litres of wool scraps....then there's the 30 x 55lt tubs of big bits. 1650 litres of jumpers! I have to stop calculating, it's far too worrying.
Anyway, little grey and aqua Sleepy-Mo, made from the above piece, is second from the left. He has nice little eyes made from wool felt by Winterwood. It's the first time I've used real wool felt and I love it. It just can't be compared to the poly-nylon-blah-blah-blah from Spotlight!