Street style stalking

 

If its one show of the Telstra Perth fashion show I had to squirrel away pennies to save for a ticket its the closing show which was Zhivago this year. You are guaranteed the fashion savvy crowd bring their A game when choosing their outfits. That & the fact you catch glimpses of the local celebrities, hello Bree Maddox (glowing with baby bump), Ae'lkemi designer Alvin Fernandez, Sam Barnett & entrepreneur Frank Cintamani (ok he is Singapore based but gets my credit as he launched a fashion week in Asia). Sadly I was too shy to ask to snap photos of them but I did manage to sneakily take photos of some of the crowd.

 

 

My personal favourite of the night, so modern & sheek. We should be friends lol.

 

 

The talent behind Hello Parry (Sandra Lai) & local blogger (Whats the goh) Andrea Goh. Few people can get away with that blunt fringe.

 

 

 

This royal blue ensemble screams Zhivago with the low cut front & big shoulders.

 

 

 

Happy Saturday friends!

 

Grace

 

 

Tulip festival

 

Instead of our usual playdate/friends social outing I opted for some one on one special time with Kobe & decided the tulip festival would be a perfect outing on a spectacular sunny day. We originally planned to go to the Yates springtime tulip festival last Sunday with a friend but arrived shortly before lunch & was stuck in the peak hour traffic for over half hour that we decided to turn around & come back another day. This weekend marks the last days of the festival so I recommend you come early (opening time) to be guaranteed a car park & entry. The park is breathtakingly gorgeous & located in the Roleystone hills surrounded by trees.

 

 

 

The tulip displays are set up in the middle of the park, accompanied by a waterfall feature & some stalls behind it. As your not allowed to stampede thru the tulips (obviously, thou some people still did to get a winning photo) there was one spot where there was logs situated between 2 tulip beds perfect for photo ops. The only downer was it was so busy, you need to be quick & trying to rush a super shy child to smile at the camera when he was overwhelmed by strangers standing nearby was tricky. I had to made do with my promise if he sat still so I could take a photo I would let him check the feral bins nearby (its his embarassing thing he loves to do & Im pretty sure he aint giving it up anytime soon).

 

 

We stopped by the apple stall & dutch food stall to top up on picnic food. The sweet apple juice was freshly squeezed from granny smith apples & I was shocked but happy to learn that they had no added sugar in them. After a lingering lazy picnic by the front pond area, we left our picnic stuff unattended & boarded the mini train. For the cost of a couple of gold coins it takes you on a brief trip around the park which is so handy when you have sore legs & just don't have the strength to carry a tired toddler uphill to explore the rest of the park. While I marvelled at the range of flowers in bloom that I spied from my seat on the mini train, the lil one squealed with delight on seeing any park bins. Win win.

If flowers & relaxing surrounded by nature is your thing then don't miss this. Go see explore.

 

 

Happy Friday friends!

Grace

 

In the now

In the now;
Sewing kids felt flower headbands & felt cameras.
Reading Insurgent. Im finally on the Divergent bandwagon.
Failing patience, finding it hard with negotiating with a headstrong 3 year old.
Discovering bagels are absolutely delicious!!!
Craving the lamb ribs at Bread in Common.
Crying whilst watching If I stay. Did someone cut onion in the movie theatre?!?
Laughing over some photos my friend Clare showed me, made my day/week.
Trying to reduce (& maintain) our weekly garbage wastage. For the second week we are down to 3 small garbage bags a week.
Wanting to organize a catch up between a group of friends to bring stuff they no longer need which can be shared within the group. I cant stop thinking about unwanted things going into landfill & how I can help reduce this.
Interested in knowing if anyone has used soap nuts instead of laundry detergent?
Looking forward to a Super Mario themed dress up night & the PFF Zhivago fashion show.
Excited that Kobe wants to learn how to write his name. Its the teaching bit that is the hard bit for me.
Cooking eggy fried rice, tuna salmon fish cakes & soy pork.
Grateful for friends like Louie & Kaysey. 2 kind sweet gals who are so supportive!!!


Happy Friday friends!
Grace

Spring Inspiration

 

 

 

Images 1. Backpack/ Sportsgirl 2. Vintage floral dress/ MOKASvintagemelange on Etsy

3. My little French kitchen cookbook by Rachel Khoo/ Book depository 4. Vintage floral pussybow blouse/ Asecondhandlife on Ebay 5. Plant party favours/ A party boutique on Instagram.

 

 

When I think of Spring I think of florals. Here is my round up of my favourite things that inspire me at the moment. If you are fond of the sunflower backpack its on sale. Doesn't the sweet vintage dress make you want to run thru a field of flowers? I recently borrowed out My little French kitchen cookbook from the library, I am making the goats cheese, strawberry (they are so cheap at the moment!) & cucumber millefeuilles tomorrow. Who doesn't like a sweet bow on a floaty blouse? Im adoring the new take on the party bags with plants inside each bag, genius!

What are you lusting after at the moment?

 

 

Happy Tuesday friends!

 

Grace



 



 

 

 

 

Subiaco primary farmers market

We find ourselves at the Saturday farmers markets at Subiaco primary when we have nothing planned & need to take the climbing up the walls child out the house. Being a massive bread fan I make a beeline for the bread stalls. Nothing beats the taste of freshly baked bread. Sour dough is my favourite type at the moment, I could eat a loaf in one sitting (but then I remember I should share with the other two:)).

 

 

I try to get Kobe more into fruit & vegetables by giving him a basket to help me load the produce we want to buy in & carry it around. He was obsessed with these baby carrots & kept trying to feed me them. They taste so good fry panned in butter that I decided to grow some in our raised garden beds at home, I cant wait til they are ready for him to pull out the veggie patch (in a few months...). He is really into helping me in the kitchen at the moment by chopping up any mushrooms & bannanas with his plastic knife. Whatever keeps him busy from asking for sugary treats is a win win for me...

 

 

 

 

 

These markets have a sort of hippy relaxed vibe with the emphasis on no plastics keeping plastic to a minimum. So bring your own cloth shopping bags. I remember one time forgetting to pack a water bottle & being stumped you couldn't get water anywhere. There is coffee & freshly squeezed juice on offer thou.

 

If you so happen to need a bribe for the lil one, the following stalls & activities are recommended.

 

 

 

 

A visit to the cookie stall to get one of these gingerbread cookies. This one even has a hundred & thousands sprinkle bikini!

 

 

 

An old favourite, "fishing".

 

 

The front of the school has a bunch of these adorable hand painted tiles with safety messages about buckling up with seatbelts & anti bullying messages amongst others.

I recommend you check out the Earthwise church op shop down the road; to find a thrifted bargain, admire the artwork sculptures out the front or you can drop off fluro globes to be recycled.

Happy Friday friends!
Grace

Sidenote; These photos were taken over a few visits & please keep inmind to check what stalls are on each week by visiting the markets website.