Ohh Long neglected blogger..... Laying the honesty card down right now, I have been a very bad scrapbooker and have become a collector of paper craft supplies rather than an avid user of said products. Part of the problem that I have is with the house that we are currently living in and the space that my scrapbooking area is housed, I will make a post on that a bit later but at the moment I am in between behaving as a sane normal person who has serious reservations about the storage of her precious hobby goods and the flactuating weather and insect colonies and of being a princess about the whole situation and downing tools. Anyways just a little post of some of the goodies that I have picked up in the last few months to get me back in the hang of this blogger thing.

Pretty little card for a special little ones first birthday, used ctmh and maya road stamps #ctmh #closetomyheart #mayaroad #tsukineko #papercraft #cardmaking #birthdaycard #watercolourpencil #stamps #clearstamps #acrylicstamps #stamping

A photo posted by @erinjoffe1 on Mar 21, 2015 at 12:45am PDT

$8 craft haul for the win, thank you Big W. #fiskars #fiskarsaustralia #washi #washitape #brads #cardkit #ladedah #ladedahcraft #merci #bigw #grantstudios #grantaustralia #gracetaylor #scrapbooking #papercrafts #haul #scrapbookhaul #craft

A photo posted by @erinjoffe1 on May 6, 2015 at 8:04pm PDT

Thank you spotlight with your 40% off deals and I finally got the gold Heidi Swapp color shine. #scrapbooking #spotlight #spotlightstores #spotlightaustralia #americancrafts #amytangerine #heidiswapp #colorshine #kaisercraft #bella #patternpaper #scrapsupplies #scrapbookhaul #crafthaul #papercraft

A photo posted by @erinjoffe1 on Jun 5, 2015 at 2:48am PDT

Finally took the plunge and got some Gelatos, looking forward to some messy experiments #gelatos #fabercastell #fabercastellgelatos #fabercastellaustralia

A photo posted by @erinjoffe1 on Jun 10, 2015 at 9:30pm PDT

Bargain basement scrapbooking goodies. I have been finding amazing bargains at riot art and craft lately...all these goodies, only $9 😄 #scrapbooking #scrapbook #scrapbookbargain #scrapbookhaul #makingmemories #mambi #americancrafts #glitzdesign #glittertape #riotartandcraft #riotartandcraftaustralia

A photo posted by @erinjoffe1 on Jun 27, 2015 at 2:33pm PDT

Instagram love

Hot smoked salmon, sourdough rye, avocado and tomato...simply amazing

 Even on a Saturday Brisbane traffic....sigh

 

Beautiful surprise from my garden this morning 

 

I like lunch too mum 

 

Spent the day with this lovely little lady 

One for the road 

Batman and batgirl  in the house

Instagram Love....

Pyjama print for the win 

Goodbye faithful fat lady shirt, death by over washing you shall be missed...

Cupcake day

The lorikeets lounge

Peanut butter has never been so good....

Death by clumsiness and butter it would seem

Op shop.....why you charge so much for old second hand plastics?

Sunday afternoon life...football, kids, dog, couch, noise

Instagram Love....

 Morning Coffee, Purple Lips

 Under 6's, glorious sunshine and bone chilling wind

 No fancy glass of wine for these ladies who lunch....

 Four days of this beautiful view and friends, easter break success.

 A little sunday afternoon cake crafting...

 Workshop....day just got better

Dads garden always has something happening 

Instagram love....

 

Zach's choice in china town

Coffee.......

Light up world industries and batman hi tops, my son has wicked taste in shoes.

How I love this city

My newest fur baby 

The craft fairy left an awful mess

Prime sleeping time brain....sleeping time

Haven't made a batch of these in a while

Wahhhh

Pugs on merry go rounds and in tea cups...shut up and take my money!

What I have been Instagraming....

 

 

Just a peeek into my little life over the last couple of months.

 

A week via Instagram...

My car broke down on my first child free day in over two years, it was time for a serious coffee while I waited for it to be fixed. 

Waiting Patiently.....It has been a whole year since I last smelled the glorious flowers on this tree.

In full bloom....They never fail to impress me, so beautiful and so so delicate but only here for such a short time.

My Husband cooked me dinosaurs for dinner....

He is scared not of monsters or the boogeyman, but of the humble toothbrush.... 

Foodgasm, pork belly taco and fish taco from Workshop Co, amazeballs....

Gazing up....The ceiling at Fort

Park Life.... A spontaneous trip to the bookshop and then the park for the afternoon, keeps both mummy and Zach happy.