Anything Can Happen Friday! Fillies and Foal

I think my favourite saying might be it never rains but it pours. Because that is my life at the moment and I am loving it!!! like really!! When I had nothing on my plate those around me would comment that I wouldn't be able to handle it when I started working again and to those I say ha hahh (as in 'I did it! yay for me') I am so far handling it extremely well. I waste very little time now and probably get more done now then before. Well excepting one little aspect which unfortunately is my blogging. Those who don't blog probably don't realise how much effort it actually involves especially blogging your own creative content 5 days a week. So this week I am grateful for the community I have developed around me those awesome people who helped me find this weeks lovely maker Fillies and Foal.

I think before I go any further I will need to clarify that I AM NOT PREGNANT and those who are childless can still look at kid's stuff, after all it is my adorable niece Lily's birthday in November.....and Elissa doesn't just do kids stuff!!  : P

But let's get the skinny from Elissa;

How did I come about the business of making?

 Making is me, it is part of my make up, inherited from my mother that is a creativity freak and genius. I started making, experimenting, creating with fabric when Mum & Dad gave me a sewing machine as a Christmas gift 2years ago. I started "making" with fabric then and I haven't stopped! If there was a Sewers Anonymous I would be a perfect candidate...I am an addict now.  

My biggest supporter? 

 My husband, Simon. His patience is tireless. He takes an interest (or pretends really well) in my newly purchased prints, my new creations and my crooked sewers neck! He is wonderful.

Where do I see my 'making' taking me (in an optimistic world)?

 My vision for my making is to remain unique in style. But in a business sense, big enough to see growth but small enough to still care about the finer details and building relationships with people that I encounter through what I do.  
Some days it is as simple as taking me to a happy place after a big day.

Where can we get your stuff?

 fillies&foal is available to purchase through facebook or by emailing me at filliesandfoal@hotmail.com

If you could be any animal in the world what would it be?

 Most would probably guess without even knowing me....a Horse.

Looking through these pictures just one thing strikes me, all Elissa's products are just simply pretty, I guess that is something that just comes from the joy and happiness Elissa gets out of making her products :) I love her comment that 'it takes her to a happy place after a big day' something that any maker can probably relate to.

Thanks to Elissa for being a part of my feature :)  

Thursday. Hipster Dad

I am not sure if the hipster thing is a worldwide craze at the moment but since Jess and I have started working together I have been trying to explain the finer points of the hipster to her. We are still both incredibly confused.

But to clear things up I am not and neither is she a hipster, wait does that mean we are?

When I was up north visiting my Grandparents I discovered some photos that made me think that perhaps maybe at some point my father was (or would be today).

Let's start with this picture here, Dad is the blonde one, with the glasses and tie. Unlike a regular hipster Dad actually does need to wear glasses and given the ones he wears now are totally different I believe he was not intentionally trying to be a 'hipster' in fact he was probably just what you would call a 'dag'. Sorry Dad I love you.

In this picture he stands with his mother and 4 brothers (the 5th one is yet to be born). Again with the glasses but now he has added the ultimate hipster accessory 'the musical instrument' I can actually vouch that my father is ACTUALLY an incredibly talented guitarist albeit just a little shy. The hipster radar now goes totally berserk when you add brown pants to the occasion. By the way these two pics were taken in the late 70's.

Upon finding this picture of your father looking like a total nerd in a scouts uniform you can breathe a sigh of relief, no he would never have been a hipster, he is still the loser-ish funny, joke telling, expensive toaster buying father that you know and love.

Could one of your parents have been a hipster? I would love to know :)

Wedding Wednesdays?

So a little while ago I went through a stage of changing the way I blogged this included specific items on specific days, like Tuesdays were always about food, Wednesdays about weddings and Thursdays about fashion. Then I decided to use only my own pictures and things changed a little.

I still do a regular Tuesday food feature but now I also do 'Anything Can Happen Friday' where I try and feature a maker but as I get busier working with The Wedding Designer, my blogging is falling by the wayside and I need to stop this happening!! so shall I try and incorporate this amazing passion into my blog again? YES!! so Wednesdays will again be all about weddings (and events) !!! :)

So below are a few pictures from our awesome set-up at The Big Day bridal expo at Avoca Beach which took place last Sunday.

We were lucky enough to be again collaborating with Jade McIntosh Flowers whom provided us with all the wonderful flower arrangements which are now hanging out in the studio making everything smell super beautiful :)

On the Table. High Tea at Noon

Last week I celebrated my 24th birthday and had some friends over for tea, so I made each of us a few different treats. It was fun getting dressed up and acting like ladies, we wore dresses had real napkins and went over the proper etiquette of how big of a bite you should really take and whether the spoon was allowed to go in your mouth. It was pretty awesome we even discussed the big issues of today, like grown ups! :)

But here's the good part PICTURES!!

Don't worry I didn't cook on my birthday I made everything on the Tuesday, Chocolate Cheesecake Truffles, Toasted Banana Bread, Chocolate Layer Cake with White Chocolate Ganache and Coconut Logs drizzled with Dark Chocolate.

As you probably know by now icing and me don't always get along so well, I didn't have enough ganache to neatly cover the sides of the cakes so I stuck flaked almonds onto the side - all in all they were pretty amazing. My friend Soph bought me some chocolates from Coco Monde and Victoria of all those cupcakes fame baked me a super duper cake. We are still eating the left overs :/

Monday. Paper.

Today is Joel and I's very first wedding anniversary!! This year/12 months has flown by so very fast!! So today we are spending the day just enjoying each others company. We took a picnic breakfast to the Blackbutt reserve this morning and treated ourselves to some super yummy treats from Cupcake Espresso while this evening we will get back to the real world of uni, emails and general busyness.

This is the first time we have ever been to Cupcake Espresso and I must say they were pretty good, pretty damn good :) we both agreed that the hands down winners in this box were the peanut butter chocolate cupcake and the hazelnut cupcake. Seriously mind blowing!

this one is my all time favourite of our wedding pictures and on a random side note I tried my dress on last night and it seems I've put on a chunk of weight as it now fits like a glove whereas before I could spin the whole thing around on myself to undo the zipper.

Who's up for a beach walk in the morning?