Our Garden

A before and after of our back garden. Quite an improvement I'd say. I'll post some new images soon as it's looking nicely established now.

cute new things

From top to bottom and left to right:
beautiful country road frame with something I made in it
cute ceramic bunny from this year's Kamers Vol Geskenke
diy necklace holder I made
fragrance burner from The Body Shop (another b-day prezzy from my man)
ceramic bowls from this year's Kamers Vol Geskenke
gorgeous bamboo art

garden route holiday

Well, despite my hectic schedule, I did get to go on holiday with my hubby for my birthday. It was superb and a well deserved break (though I can't say I loved the mound of emails and work that was waiting for me when I got back). We went for a bit of a trip down the Garden Route and back and I must admit this area must be one of my favourites to visit in SA

First stop was Swellendam



Then of to Wilderness, with a lot of stops inbetween, including Mosselbay, Groot Brak and Glentana.


I've only ever driven through Wilderness and it was so nice to spend 2 days there. We stayed in the most stunning little self-catering place called The Wallow, and I can definitely recommend it for anyone looking for accommodation in that area. We spent our time driving around the area and exploring.

On our way to Tsitsikamma we found this cute little shop in Buffelsbaai.


Then it was off to the Tsitsikamma National Park. I have always loved it there, ever since I first went there with my parents when I was a child. We spent time walking some of the trails, lying around reading, staring at the see and just doing as little as possible.



And look at the beautiful earrings I got from my hubby for my birthday.


All in all it was a great trip and I think we should definitely make this a yearly affair :)

kitty kat

I want a kitty. Aren't these 4 just to cute?!? Wonder what my doggies would say though....

bad bad blogger

So, I've been a super bad blogger of late. And it doesn't look like  it will be improving any time soon :P. Let's just say, due to a crazy workload, I'm just can't spend another minute in front of a pc, even for my lovely blog. Most days, nights and weekends spent working will do that to you. But hopefully I'll get out of this work frenzy (hopefully sooner than later) and then the blogging fun can commence.

So, I just wanted to say hi and hope that this bought of bad blogging won't scare you away.

There are a few posts coming up, just to tied you over :)

how you make me feel

I love you because you can make me laugh when I don't even want to smile

cutie pies

Just some cute critters that made me go "aaah!".

"the art of clean up”

Love this! By Ursus Werhli

camera cookies

Can we change the saying to "cute as a cookie" because these are just adorable.

finally, some frames

So, all those hours of hunting for beautiful ways to hang frames has finally paid off. The biggest hindrance to date has actually been finding frames that I like. Nothing has grabbed my attention and the few that I've found that I really like were crazy expensive. Then I spotted the most gorgeous frames on a twitter post and just had to have them. They come from Country Road in the Waterfront and they are spectacular. I might have spent a little too much on them, but they were so worth it and I'll keep them forever.

Then I saw a great way of deciding how to hang frames on pinterest (see here) and off we went. It's super easy and save you the anxiety of having to drill holes before you're 100% sure about the arrangement. I first arranged the frames on our lounge carpet to get the basic layout and then all you do is cut brown paper into the sizes of each frame, mark where the hook is so you know where the nail need to go and then stick it to the wall with masking tape. This was great because I spent a whole afternoon moving them around to find just the right layout. And, TADA, here they are. We've got wedding pics in them, but the wonderful thing about this is you can change the photos when you want.

We also finally put up some of our other art and our house is not really starting to feel like a home. I also made a note board with an old frame, which I pained yellow, and some chalk board paint, and we finally put up our house number, so people can finally find us easily :)