Pre Christmas Wrap Up

Wow!!! What a day we had yesterday.

When you make a decision to do anything major in your life like get married, have children, live overseas etc you know it is going to be big and that life is going to change and often you are taking a leap of faith. My leap of faith, my vision and my hard work has paid off and I am just so happy and so proud of Piccadilly Market. I am particularly proud of all my amazingly talented and lovely stall holders whose passion,professionalism, support and incredible products blow me away. I walk around on Market day and feel privileged to run such an event. Friends, family and complete strangers come up to me all day singing the praises of all the talent gathered under one roof. I bought some lovely items that I will blog about later in the week.

Could not do it without my BFF's and Shane...thank you guys. You are one rockin team. Pamela took loads of photos and I have tried to pick the best and its still loads and loads, if you want to take a peek, check out this slideshow



The White Christmas tree was laden with beautiful prizes very generously donated from stall holders, we had hourly giveaways and then the major 3 winners were drawn out at 3.15pm. One was still there and the other two came straight down and they took turns selecting gifts from the tree. We were all so jealous. Proceeds from raffle go to Geelong Adopt a Family so thank you to all who participated.



Here are a handful of yesterdays exhibitors












Would love to hear your thoughts on the day and what goodies you may have bought as presents or for yourself.

Only 2 more sleeps

Its almost here...I am very excited and hope I get a moment to do some shopping myself. Every year I do a Xmas photo of my kids and this year I don't even seem to have time to get my camera out. The fabulous Adrienne from Pixel tree who is both a friend and the designer of my awesome logo has a Xmas special for a 5x7 photo for $20 so I have my kids outfits ready to get it all done on Sunday. One thing ticked from my list.

5 sleeps to go

Sorry for my low profile in blog world.

I moved house last week and it has thrown me for a complete sixer. My cat has gone missing :(, I organized my Ski Club 50th Anniversary Ball last Saturday AND of course I am madly getting ready for Piccadilly this Sunday.

Just wanted to check in and say Hi and tell you to check out the list of amazing stall holders for this weekend. Come on down and get your Christmas gifts totally sorted.

My DIY Filing Cabinet...from drab to fab

I have had this ugly filing cabinet following me from house to house sitting in the garage taking up space. It was on its way to the tip and a brand new model was about to be bought to replace it when I thought perhaps a paint job would be a good idea and then I thought about wallpapering it. I did a bit of research and began the project. I LOVE the results.

What you will need

Modge Podge (can be purchased from Art Stores, Spotlight, Scrapbooking Stores)
Spray Paint ( I used 2 cans)
Wallpaper or Scrapbooking paper
Ruler
Rotary Cutter
Sponge Brush



So this is the before shot after I had sprayed the handles.



I measured the drawer which is exactly A3 size which made it easy, then very carefully measured the drawers and made my template which you can see here.



On one drawer I did cut the paper a little larger hoping to fold back the edges and have a clean look but they would not stay glued down so I made them all the exact size as the drawer.

I tried spray adhesive but it did not work on the metal and found modge podge worked a treat. I then used the modge podge on top of the paper which also acts as a sealant.

This is one drawer down and me getting very excited, jumping up and down actually.



I then removed all the drawers and sprayed the whole cabinet, it took 3 coats for a good coverage.

This is my finished result.........I LOVE it sooooooo much and cant wait to get it to the new house next week and into my long awaited craft room.



Hope you enjoyed this DIY, feel free to ask me any questions.

Cool e-zines you just have to check out

So is everyone familiar with e-zines? They are online magazines and most definitely all the rage. Here are two of my new favorites. Go make a coffee, sit down and Enjoy!!!!

The first is from Ivy and Piper who have some lovely home decor in their store. The e-zine can be viewed here and its gorgeous. I really really really love and want these shoes that are advertised in it. They make me squeal with delight (what do you think shoe girl Amanda?)...and the color is delicious.



The 2nd one is Gifted Magazine which can be viewed here. It has been created by Ez at Creature Comforts and is jam packed with some amazing DIY projects for the holiday season ans some great gift ideas.


I am super keen to make this snowfall, it's so lovely and dreamy.

Are any of you have any DIY projects for the festive season. I have so many on my list but it all comes down to that beastly thing called time.

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Milk and Cookies Wedding Shower

Here I am again with another wedding post, there really is a romantic dwelling inside of me. If I had my chance again I would be getting so much inspiration from blog world. This one is just amazing, I totally and udderly love it. It has been styled by love and lavender. Here are some of my favorite images and I simply MUST have one of those drink dispensers NOW. If any of my American friends are reading, they are from Pottery Barn....hint hint!!






You can see loads more images here
Happy weekend Everyone. I am off for a girls weekend to Rye. Yeh!!!!

You are invited........

I stumbled across these totally amazing vintage invitations by bnute over on etsy.

Wow!!! I just love them. How can one possibly decide what theme of party to have with so many amazing ideas on offer. I am thinking a Wizard of Oz party and then my friend Amanda can bring her amazing red sparkly shoes to be the centerpiece.









You can also take a look at the blog which is some great party ideas and free printables and who doesn't love free?