tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14293342902398978142024-03-14T01:23:26.051-07:00Petticote Notesmy dream space. where i come to share. inspire. drift. and love.Elaine Groenewaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357540096124191625noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429334290239897814.post-64899787767978049762011-03-15T01:29:00.000-07:002011-03-15T01:29:52.232-07:00Ring a Ring o' Rosies<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I’m always happy to share my strange and wonderful love and appreciation for the small things in life. Some people like rain. Some individuals might love bright colours. Some people may get excited at the thought of their favourite flavour of ice-cream. Some live for a familiar song. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Me. What floats my boat? Nothing makes me more content than a decent pair of pockets. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yes. Pockets. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pockets are like extra mini handbags attached to your outfit. You can never lose it or leave it behind and it will always match what you’re wearing! Bonus. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It’s just that extra little bit of space that you need for lipbalm, a chewy, and most of the times, a ball of useless lint to fiddle with in a mind numbing meeting. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I truly feel sorry for all the beautiful skirts, jackets and pants out there that have no pockets. I never seem to quite get over the disappointment of picking up a beautiful piece of clothing, only to realize that it has no pockets. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The only thing greater than that disappointment is the sheer exhilarating joy I feel when I find an already lovely piece of clothing only to discover that it has pockets! I’m not proud of it, but I have even found myself buying clothes ONLY for the pockets. My beloved floral apron for instance, not the prettiest apron I ever came across, but it has the most perfectly sized and shaped pocket ever. I can comfortably fit a whisk, my phone, a small recipe book and maybe even an iPod in there. What more can a girl ask for? </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If pockets float my boat, then surely this must be the iceberg to my Titanic: Fake pockets. Hmm. You heard me. Fake Pockets. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have been a victim to his monstrosity one too many times. To buy a pair of pants, already imagining the lovely, yet equally useless things that I am going to fill my pockets with only to realize when I get home that the “pockets”, are nothing more than deceitful surface stitching. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Why even go through the trouble of making it look like pockets? Shameful. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Some people argue that pockets are not flattering on women’s attire. Apparently it makes us look fat. What do I have to say to this? Practicality people! Purpose always trumps curves. Fact. I would rather look fat and have somewhere to put my parking ticket, than look fabulous with my fake pockets. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sometimes pockets can even be like little mini-time capsules. You might pick a jacket out the baaaaack of your closet only to discover a long forgotten range of interesting yet quizzically alarming items stashed in the pockets. Sometimes you’re dead unlucky and you might find an old tissue, other times the best you can hope for is a twenty. Either way, you never know what you might rediscover in your little mini-handbag. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The best things in life might be free, but I also truly believe that the best things in life are the things we fail to appreciate every single day. Like pockets.</span></em> <br />
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</div>Elaine Groenewaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357540096124191625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429334290239897814.post-27682820769831339162011-02-28T00:04:00.000-08:002011-02-28T00:04:54.522-08:00Rejected Submission: For your reading pleasure<em>This is a submission a wrote quite some time back, I never managed to get it published, but thank goodness I have a blog where I can publish anything I like. Enjoy!</em><br />
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<em>Buying groceries is not exactly rocket science now is it? At least, that’s what I used to think, before I emigrated to Australia. Upon my arrival, I had an endless list of things to sort out, a bank account, medical aid, transportation and accommodation. With all of that settled, I had to eat eventually. I had been putting off the dreadful visit to the supermarket subconsciously. I tend to avoid the unfamiliar, and the supermarket to me was as unfamiliar as it could possibly get at that point in the resettlement race. </em><br />
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<em>On any usual shopping trip back home, I used to enter into an almost semi-automatic hypnotic state. The shopper inside of me knew the layout of a typical supermarket all too well; milk and bread in the back, magazines in the front, and the most important thing on your shopping list, is somehow nowhere to be found. My hands would almost automatically reach for my everyday, regularly consumed items. No need to think about the size, the brand, the price or the flavour, it was all too easy. </em><br />
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<em>But even the most simplest of grocery lists can prove to be a monumental test of patience and skill when conducted in a foreign country. Sure the layout is still the same, but that’s just about where the similarities end.</em><br />
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<em>Let’s start from the beginning, the entrance in this case. I realized soon enough that some supermarkets in Australia have a motion sensor operated sliding gate at the entrance. At first, this blew me away, I thought I was part of some sort of “hidden camera show” and started looking around me very suspiciously in anticipation for the host to jump out behind a trolley somewhere. Now I have become so accustomed to just standing in front of the little metal bar for a few seconds for the gates of consumer heaven to open up for me, that I have often found myself becoming just a little too comfortable. Nowadays I have found myself standing in front of the gate just long enough to irritate the shoppers behind me to realize, that this is one of the stores that actually has a manual gate. Oops. </em><br />
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<em>The difficulty and unfamiliarity of the task at hand does not ease up upon entrance. In fact, this is where it really gets hard. I often find myself strolling through the fruit and veg section thinking that variety might not be the spice of life, but in actual fact, a foreign shopper’s biggest nightmare. I am slightly intrigued by all the exotic fruits, veggies, meats and cheeses on the shelves, but at the same time, their presence confuses me, I long for the simple days when my trolley almost filled itself. And how great it would be if it even paid for itself! </em><br />
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<em>Shopping in this fashion does of course have some obvious advantages. I can try out any new chocolate or ice-cream and simply convince myself that the only reason that I am buying it is to experience all that Australia has to offer. My selection of yet to be tried lollies is running out at an alarming pace. </em><br />
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<em>I guess I thought that the one part of the shopping experience that I did not have to fret about was actually paying and getting out of there, how naïve of me. I remember the first time I went shopping at a store with an automated payment system. My, oh my, of all the weird and wonderful things that I have experienced since my arrival here in Aus, this was probably one of the most awe inspiring. I just could not wrap my head around the idea that people could simply pay for their own groceries and leave. For someone like me, coming from a country with an extremely high crime rate, this concept was simply absurd. How could the store possibly trust patrons to pay for their own groceries and simply let them walk out the door? I decided to give it a go anyways. I immediately felt like I had time travelled by an unthinkable amount of years into the future. Here I was, paying for my own groceries, without the assistance of a check-out person, just me and the machine. Or at least for every second item in my basket, I seem to trigger some sort of reaction out of the poor thing; I end up having to call for assistance way too often when I opt for this method of payment. Maybe I should just stick the old fashioned way. Then again, that didn’t work out too well for me either initially. The very first time a check-out lady asked me if I wanted “cash out” I thought she was crazy. </em><br />
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<em>I said: “yes, I want to pay with cash”.</em><br />
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<em>This carried on for quite some time, until she managed to eventually explain to me, that the pay point doubles as an ATM. How convenient, and confusing at that time. </em><br />
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<em>For now though, I am thinking of my grocery shopping as an adventure, an exploration of sorts. Who knows what I might find in the diary section next, what unfamiliar sweet delight will catch my eye at the counter? </em><br />
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<em>So next time you go shopping and you effortlessly just reach for your favourite brand of lavender printed 2</em> <em>ply toilet paper, take a brief moment and appreciate the fact that years and years of shopping and brand exposure enabled you in that moment to simply pick and pay. Think of us less fortunate confused shoppers. And if you happen to see me wandering around the isles of your local super market, with my empty basket and a bewildered look on my face, do me a favour, and simply say “Try the chicken flavour, it’s quite nice”.</em>Elaine Groenewaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357540096124191625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429334290239897814.post-34338497682690195092011-02-22T20:37:00.000-08:002011-02-22T20:37:15.747-08:0010 reasons why I hate Cruise Ships<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>In no particular order </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Number One: Sea Sickness. It’s real. It sucks. It can be avoided. Why would I willingly go on a floating piece of metal that is guaranteed to induce vomiting if I can safely stick to the mainland, vomit free. </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Number Two: Cruise ships are slow. Too slow. Life is short and flying is quicker. </em></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Number Three: Cruise Ships dump massive amounts of poop in the ocean. Not cool. </em></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Number Four: Cruise Ships are more likely to fall victim to piracy than say for instance my beat up Mitsubish Magna. And FYI I don’t mean the rum induced jovial type Johnny Depp pirates, I mean the modern day terrorist type.</em></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Number Five: Emergency Evacuation Drills. You are NOT on vacation if you are in any way forced to do drills of any kind. </em></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Number Six: One for all and all for one. If one person on the ship catches some tropical stomach virus, everyone on the ship cops it. Delightful. </em></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Number Seven: Eating THAT much buffet food can not be justified. Ever. </em></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Number Eight: Older cruise ships have a massive carbon footprint. How massive? Google it. </em></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Number Nine: World wide there are a total of approx 49 000 airports versus a total of approx 8297 harbours. Why limit yourself? </em></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
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</div>Elaine Groenewaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357540096124191625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429334290239897814.post-87927312208355006732011-02-07T06:32:00.000-08:002011-02-07T06:32:49.107-08:00My school teachers would not approve..<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I love opshopping. And I love boos. And the only thing that I love more than opshopping and books, is opshopping for books! </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I love opening up a bended, beat up book to see if anyone wrote a special note inside. Sometimes the notes are more special than others. One time I found a tiny little note inside one of my second hand books. It was really bad handwriting and it baffled me for days. I finally took my book into work one day and asked the girls who worked with me to help solve the mystery. Turns out it said: Sorry I could not come to the concert, I had diarrhea. </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>It was really bad handwriting and really bad spelilng. Needless to say, I didn't hold on to that one. </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>However the other day, whilst shopping for new goodies for my new house, I picked up a dictionary for some reason. It has the sweetest inscription, and I thought I would share it:</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>People write funny, inspiring, romantic and impressive inscriptions to loved ones, and yet somehow, they end up on someone else's bookshelf. </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>The <a href="http://bookinscriptions.com/books/">Book Inscritpion Project</a> is a dedicates space where people can submit their strange and wonderful inscritptions. </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Here is just one of my favourite ones:</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>This one is a note found inside a book, it says: Note to self, eat more fiber, drink lots of water. </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Back to basics. I like it.</em></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>This is the inscription that started the Book Inscription Project. It reads:</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Elaine Groenewaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357540096124191625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429334290239897814.post-15204350228626379052011-02-02T06:12:00.000-08:002011-02-02T06:12:18.469-08:00Just to say Thank You<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Moving into my beautiful new little home has been such a blessing. It has been a long time coming and it still doesn't feel real. I was so overwhelmed by the amount of support and generosity from all my friends and family during this whole proces.s </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I really wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to my girlfriends who helped me with the big move, so I made them some home-made choc-chip muffin mix. I saw this once at a Christmas Fleamarket and I have wanted to make it for someone ever since, so this was the perfect opportunity. It was heaps of fun to make, and I got to use my heart-shaped measuring spoons for the first time! I know they will make each muffin taste extra yummy! </span></em></div><em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Isn't it lovely?</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's super easy to make. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You will need:</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- Some glass jars - got mine from an opshop</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- An extra delicious muffin recipe of your choice</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- Some ribbons and a card of your choice. I got my </span></em><a href="http://nightowlpapergoods.com/"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Night Owl Paper Goods</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> cards from </span></em><a href="http://www.pigeonhole.com.au/"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">PigeonHole. </span></em></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Measure all the dry ingredients out into seperate bowls, then layer them however you like according to colour. A bran muffin recipe with heaps of sultanas and bran will make the prettiest layers! </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now write the missing wet ingredients on the card and attach it to the jar with a pretty ribbon. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last year I made myself a little list. I always fail dismally at keeping new year's resolutions, so this list is not to be confused with resolutions. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My little list is simply 12 things that I would love to achieve in the next twelve months. Ergo, I have to achieve atleast one goal every single month. Some are tiny, other are gigantic, but more about them later. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am pleased to say that I have officially achieved my first goal. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have been sharing with other people since I can remember, and this is the first time that I will actually have my own akwardly long name on the lease! Snaps for me! </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ever since I signed the lease, I've gone into a mad, frantic, uncontrollable shopping mode. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am buying egglifters, pots, brooms, bookshelfs and wineglasses left, right and centre! </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This blogpost however is not about my house, my efflifter, my landlord or my gorgeous new bed. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This post is a tribute to these gorgeous measuring cups..that sadly, I will never own... </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center"></div>Elaine Groenewaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357540096124191625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429334290239897814.post-72998482022585037132010-12-04T22:43:00.000-08:002010-12-04T22:43:17.922-08:00Sole-mates<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I have<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> a confession to make. I like taking pictures of my feet. Alot. Not in a weird fettish kind of way, just in a sweet, look-where-my-feet-have-been kinda way. It's kind of hard to explain. I think everyone has a strange habit, and this his mine. A friend of mine, whom I shall not name here, used to like eating cement... </span></em></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I think we should all embrace our freakiness and flaunt our funky habits to the world. So here, for your viewing pleasure, is a collection of my favourite footy snaps. Enjoy</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Today I started off with a bit of early morning early bird Christmas shopping at the Freo markets and then headed off to a day spa for some much needed mid morning relaxation. Next stop was the Beaufort Street Festival. Needless to say I headed straight for the Huge Vintage Sale. </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Oh. My. Gosh. </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I picked up three lovely dresses, two for m sister and one for me ofcourse. Can't wait to wear it! </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am househunting. And by househunting I mean searching on all my favourite blogs and sites for all the lovely things that I am going to buy for my new adorable litlle house instead of searching for the actual house. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So I might end up with all sorts of lovely bits and pieces and nowhere to put it, but who cares, I am loving it! </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Today, I found these cute dolly pegs via </span></em><a href="http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/goodygumdrop/product/painted-dolly-pegs-with-embroidered-cloth-dolly-bag"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Not on the High Street.</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The strawberry ones are my favourite, how about you?</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of my absolute favourite blogs ever ever is </span></em><a href="http://www.abeautifulmess.typepad.com/"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A Beautiful Mess.</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> The author of this gorgeous space is Elsie, and she is getting married soon ! Yippeee and Congrats! Today she launched her very own wedding blog, </span></em><a href="http://www.leweddingparty.com/"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Le Wedding Party</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">, and that deserves a crush for sure.</span></em> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Elaine Groenewaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357540096124191625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429334290239897814.post-27188653279804958392010-11-13T21:57:00.000-08:002010-11-13T21:57:07.950-08:00Delightfully Tacky<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I am always super excited when I come up with enough posts to start a new section on my blog. So drumroll please..... Introducing my latest section.... Crushes. </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I am so inspired by all the creativity, prettiness, loveliness and originality of what's out there, I am sure will have no trouble filling my crush diary with plenty of sweet bits. </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The lead up to Christmas is sooo special and I am savouring every moment of it. Everyday I stare out the bus window on my way to work trying to spot new Christmas trees, lights and displays. Before we know it, Christmas will be over and all the shiny decorations will be packed away only to be quicly replaced by a multitude of easter eggs. So take a moment to just appreciate the wonderful and exciting couple of weeks ahead. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I finally got my hands on the new issue of </span></em><a href="http://www.frankie.com.au/"><em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Frankie</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">,</span> can't wait to see what they have in store for me this time! I will blog some of my favourites from the mag as soon as I have devoured it completely. For now though, feast on these charming vintage hankies and top by </span></em><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/ethanollie"><em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Trampoline</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">,</span> my latest Etsy crush.</span></em> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Just when I think that I have found ever possible pretty thing there is to find, something catches my eye. Today it is these vintage brooch bouquets by </span></em><a href="http://www.fantasyfloraldesigns.com/"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fantasy Floral Design</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. They are soooo pretty! </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Definitely going on my wishlist. Sigh. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My favourite is the second one from the top, which one is yours? </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">P.S How adorable are these coffee cup cozies by </span></em><a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/waysideviolet?ref=ls_profile"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wayside Violet</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">? </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Hope you all had a sweet weekend</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">xox</span></em></div>Elaine Groenewaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357540096124191625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429334290239897814.post-37430419439948951532010-10-18T22:07:00.000-07:002010-10-18T22:07:11.800-07:00mind print<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwnBnI69g9e1A1Er9z6ozznyzTC_t5q1zYTbk5-7t5qhdxaycchcTSyWUByEQFCrMYIxxxfqhzv_IM2sl3YOs5WlTr4waMTXT2FCkJbiETCq9S67Ozw76OSSFGawWOoVwnec27jhY_Bu3/s1600/dance,girl,run,vintage,woman-34ad295561de36f86c32a5505e4b9e99_h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwnBnI69g9e1A1Er9z6ozznyzTC_t5q1zYTbk5-7t5qhdxaycchcTSyWUByEQFCrMYIxxxfqhzv_IM2sl3YOs5WlTr4waMTXT2FCkJbiETCq9S67Ozw76OSSFGawWOoVwnec27jhY_Bu3/s400/dance,girl,run,vintage,woman-34ad295561de36f86c32a5505e4b9e99_h.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://ometusco30.blogspot.com/2009/11/five-ways-to-read-wolrd-end-tale.html"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">image</span></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Today my thoughts are:</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- eating pineapple makes my mouth feel funny</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- i love the pink floral skirt that i am wearing</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- i wish that i could walk bare feet more often</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- picnics make me happy</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- can't wait to go dancing with my friend tonight</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- i love to giggle till my tummy hurts</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- waking up to a jack johnson song makes my day extra special</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-frooooooty ice-cream is always a good idea</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- no one is ever too old to watch a disney movie - ever</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- real men do not wear pink - full stop</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">have a magical tuesday everyone! </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">xox</span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This weekend I</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- went to the art gallery and marvelled at original Picasso and Jackson Pollock paintings till my eyes went squint</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- drank champagne with strawberries</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- got a much needed massage</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- bought the most darling pink dress</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hope you all had a marvellous weekend. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">xox</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">P.S how pretty is this picture? </span></em></div>Elaine Groenewaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357540096124191625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429334290239897814.post-8307120872515887082010-10-15T05:48:00.000-07:002010-10-15T05:48:14.654-07:00bend it like lila<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcKLsa7xOau7dHC-eGwRURgbNGvcg7EIQoUdvJLaAJn8qCPidb_3izOPlNioQaA-5AfJoYRA3pq6vwXASKYpGuKudUDRmwhswVfnQo-itdo10cEWuEAIgZz2CS3H23sJtGHW9C_cgvlR4/s1600/dress-hanger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcKLsa7xOau7dHC-eGwRURgbNGvcg7EIQoUdvJLaAJn8qCPidb_3izOPlNioQaA-5AfJoYRA3pq6vwXASKYpGuKudUDRmwhswVfnQo-itdo10cEWuEAIgZz2CS3H23sJtGHW9C_cgvlR4/s400/dress-hanger.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMa4KaJf8nsmKW1hOpoRcIDof0p20a14NztJSS9-X2Qv3XEPlhflqYKx_K1Syyl5hbNIuO9a0PYxXgec1SUYzrVIQsfP0MjWJK6y2py2NyAia_GV5y5gIPf8HHt6QAREt72a89lLp-PBN/s1600/lilafrances-hanger1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMa4KaJf8nsmKW1hOpoRcIDof0p20a14NztJSS9-X2Qv3XEPlhflqYKx_K1Syyl5hbNIuO9a0PYxXgec1SUYzrVIQsfP0MjWJK6y2py2NyAia_GV5y5gIPf8HHt6QAREt72a89lLp-PBN/s400/lilafrances-hanger1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddNxgMFgyTsLOJV8pzqkkZDTteScYQEQ9JqjMocEzYiFY4zQikLiXoYkheqm96UKr6_d_MHtiiwMEJh4ZlV69cvSNEROGgMcQt-WRHg0xqLz6qaIyU846oH7QOYa-lHL8TGJxigw3hOLW/s1600/forever.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddNxgMFgyTsLOJV8pzqkkZDTteScYQEQ9JqjMocEzYiFY4zQikLiXoYkheqm96UKr6_d_MHtiiwMEJh4ZlV69cvSNEROGgMcQt-WRHg0xqLz6qaIyU846oH7QOYa-lHL8TGJxigw3hOLW/s400/forever.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have been searching all my favorite sites for some inspiration for Christmas prezzies for my friends and family. I found these lovely customized hangers on </span></i><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/lilafrances"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">LilaFrances' Etsy shop</span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. </span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Imagine your favourite dress or skirt hanging on one of these with a special message from a friend or loved one. Knowing myself, my hanger would probably say "iron me..". </span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Have a darling weekend everyone</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">xox</span></i></div></div></div>Elaine Groenewaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357540096124191625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429334290239897814.post-1796412112479606532010-10-12T06:24:00.000-07:002010-10-12T06:24:46.470-07:00Dear Diary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvM3h62Ii3fkdanDc_pVyXZvvOxROWDjPNUpPsyd4kO2Ct69LXzMBy6JCmK-MSVehB8hs9ATvrIOU6eNSIz2pMjjnuptnOcVjp-09OmzssxuUkLr6c4QdkgcW-52AiPd5TTMRwRBbP8wLQ/s1600/67620_436212663234_674723234_5191904_4409392_n-pola.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvM3h62Ii3fkdanDc_pVyXZvvOxROWDjPNUpPsyd4kO2Ct69LXzMBy6JCmK-MSVehB8hs9ATvrIOU6eNSIz2pMjjnuptnOcVjp-09OmzssxuUkLr6c4QdkgcW-52AiPd5TTMRwRBbP8wLQ/s400/67620_436212663234_674723234_5191904_4409392_n-pola.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There is nothing more profound to me than the thought that someone, somewhere misses me, is thinking of me or cares for me. </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My crazy friend Riana sent me this picture of her journal entry today. It simply made my day. These gestures of frienship mean the world to me, especially being so far away. Distance does not always make the heart grow fonder, but it sure has made mine more thankful. Dankie vriendin.</span></em> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Elaine Groenewaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357540096124191625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429334290239897814.post-91402042680792089092010-10-10T22:31:00.000-07:002010-10-10T22:31:28.594-07:00All dressed up<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last night I finally got a few quiet moments to read my </span></em><a href="http://www.peppermintmag.com/"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Peppermint Mag</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. They featured this amazing blog </span></em><a href="http://www.newdressaday.com/"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">New Dress A Day.</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This girl set out to wear a new dress each day for 365 days on a $1 a day budget. Amazing.</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I am in Love. Addicted. Mesmerized. </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I heart </em></span><a href="http://www.angusandjuliastone.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Angus and Julia Stone</em></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> so much. </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I would love to see them live, but their album will have to be my fix for now. My favourite song is Mango Tree. So beautiful. </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Every serious bookworm has a "to read" list, and I am no different. One book that has been on my list forever, has finally made the long awaited leap to my bookshelf. At last I found a copy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's - One Hundred Years of Solitude. Sigh. </em></span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Can't wait to get reading, nothing beats a good classic.</em></span> </span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>Oh and the bookshelf above, going right to the top of my Christmas list. </em></span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Elaine Groenewaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357540096124191625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429334290239897814.post-11307978380962488792010-09-29T03:58:00.000-07:002010-09-29T03:58:18.716-07:00Wild Flowers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIPyP2fq0BqJzliAM-A6-Nb8vpkNeqa9e-VyKJeLOM_TvAGpxqTZeo1Q43USBPj5qSqKeNwePf6Dvi6vAgIhSB3Nt6GLCDtny2RpZtoHWBvCdpfnhH2MtOgymvHN_qeF-Tl1wy84y7aUb/s1600/DSC02124-pola.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIPyP2fq0BqJzliAM-A6-Nb8vpkNeqa9e-VyKJeLOM_TvAGpxqTZeo1Q43USBPj5qSqKeNwePf6Dvi6vAgIhSB3Nt6GLCDtny2RpZtoHWBvCdpfnhH2MtOgymvHN_qeF-Tl1wy84y7aUb/s400/DSC02124-pola.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Image: taken by the yours truly at Kuranda Markets, QLD.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I am loving this Macy Gray song:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Listen to the sound and lose it</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Its sweet music and dance with me</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There is beauty in the world</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So much beauty in the world</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Always beauty in the world</div><br />
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