Merry Christmas

"The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight"

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Nothing could be more true....Thank you Lord

Thank you - Qld Homes

Don't you just love the Dash & Albert totes.....

A Salute to "Sam" - Victory Salute

It was only just this last weekend that Nikki at the Highlands Equestrian Centre

showed Izzy dressage clips from You Tube of Victory Salute 

Such a huge loss

Thank you - InsideOut

Thank You InsideOut Magazine & David Harrison

for highlighting the gorgeous 

Dash & Albert Tote bags

these totes are available at stockist nationwide

just send me an email quoting your post code

and I'll head you in the direction of your nearest stockist

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

I love Christmas!

For so many reasons, 

My Saviour's Birth, Family, Food, Decorating, the Joy of Giving & the list goes on.....

This year I've purchased divine Christmas scented candles from 

Bella Bee Wax Candles

Filomena Berkman can be contacted on 0415 131 162 or email

I purchased my vintage sledge from the USA but they are available in Australia through

Crowley & Grouch Imports

Jane Crowley can be contacted on 02 4862 1511 or email

I made our Santa sacks while we lived in the US after reading an article in the 

Australia Woman's Weekly, they still need their pom poms!

My Santa with glasses was purchased by Geoff after I gave birth to Isabella, while all 

my girlfriends got Dallas Diamonds as push gifts, I got my Santa

Our tree is covered in memories of our travels over the last, must I say it, twenty years!

A Christmas decoration from a destination is always on my purchase list while on vacation.

Enjoying the Season but need to get Wrapping 

before the school term ends!

Thank You - SA Homes & Interiors

Thank you, SA Home & Interiors magazine for highlighting both the Stone Soup cotton woven 

and the Gypsy Rose woollen hooked rugs in volume 3 - out now!

The rugs look fabulous! 

If you don't live in SA but would like to purchase a 

Dash & Albert rug please email me 

and I'll head you in the direction of your nearest stockist.

Giving Thanks

 Happy Thanksgiving

I really believe this should be an international holiday.

We never had Pilgrims sharing their first harvest with the Native Americans 

here in Australia but we have plenty to be thankful for. 

So, take a little time and give thanks for all you have.

Missing you today, Natalie....

Gorgeous French Chandelier Cards by Belinda

My wonderful and talented Brisbane girlfriend Belinda 
has just released her first set of custom designed 
French Chandelier gift cards
they come as set 4 
with an introductory price of just $10.00 until 30th November 2011
What a fabulous teacher gift, Christmas gift, Hostess gift 
or a little gift to self.


Belinda can be contacted on 
0416 300 878
or 
jasbin@hotmail.com


Congratulation Girlfriend!

Travel Trunks, Blanket Boxes, Glory Boxes

Apartment Therapy

Antiques & Interiors

Auction Decorating 

Decor Pad

House to Home

Transformed blog

During the 1980's my family did the whole US country look, my parents built a house from the Southern Living architectural plans books  and surrounded it with cottage gardens.  Our home was filled with braided rugs, quilts, checked and plaid fabrics, travel trunks as side tables, coffee tables, as blanket boxes at the end of beds.   Mail boxes, decorative pieces and American pressed brass and tin lights were purchased and rewired. Even though most of that is gone now, a few things have stayed in our homes.  Us kids have travel trunks/blanket boxes and the old quilts are still used on cold winter's nights.

Looking at theses  images above just reminds me that practical, functional furniture will always find a home  in my house!

Vivid Colour

 Blog in a Bottle

Ritas Outback Guide

 Lily's Quilts

 Lonely Planet 

 Rylo Design

Pure Travel

 Dash & Albert

Igo Ugo

 Dash & Albert

 Travel Images

Living in vivid colour!

It's been a tough week for Geoff with his eye surgery and his visions still isn't 100% 

It will take putting a contact lense back in for vision to be restored.

It's had me thinking about how fortunate and blessed I am with my vision.

Feeling thankful for the gift of sight!