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Dear friends,
Before I sign off for a couple of weeks, I wanted to thank you all so much for your support this past year. Thanks to all of the comments, the tweets, the retweets, the facebooking, instagraming, the pinning and most of all, for being here to read my little take on both the beautiful and the delicious. A special thank you to the lovely friends who took time out to be a guest in one of my regular features, My Space, On The Wall, 5 Decorating Questions and 5 Food Questions. You all rock and each of you are such a source of inspiration!
Printic Photo App & Giveaway
Have you heard about Printic? It’s a free downloadable App that allows you to print high quality glossy polaroid-style prints directly from your Android or iOS smartphone. The great news is that you could win one of two packs of ten prints just in time for you to capture and share your festive season moments! Details of how to enter are below.
Insta Moments #2
Hi friends, it’s been ages since I last did an Instagram round up for you, so here’s a little snippet from my feed.
Back at the end of September, Guillaume and I went to the Moët Ice Impérial launch. We were swept off to a secret location to experience the new summer drink. We arrived at the most jaw dropping ocean cliff top “weekender” in Mahurangi, North of Auckland. Oh how the other half, or should I say 1% live…. the views… I’m still swooning!
Life’s Soundtrack
There’s often that same soundtrack playing in our home for a certain length of time and just like a perfume, forever the memories of these moments will be tied to the music.
A Long Weekend
We just had a one perfect long weekend full of glorious sunshine in Auckland. I didn’t go away, I just hung out and spent some quality time with the kids. Each morning we moved slowly, staying in our pajamas and enjoying late breakfasts on the deck, one of the mornings it was pancakes, always a favourite. We usually have it simply with maple syrup but with none in the house we topped them with boysenberry jam and banana fritters. I could spend hours on that deck with those little people (and sunshine)!
Guest Post over at the Madame Love blog
Last week I did a guest post for Elodie, of the Madame Love blog. Elodie, who is a French girl living in Hamburg, writes about decoration and the wonderful world of flowers. She has just recently had her first child and is enjoying getting to know her newborn baby so while she does just that, some of us bloggers have stepped in to do a LOVEly guest post and write something on the childhood theme for her. I have to admit, it was fun to write something a little off topic. If you haven’t done so already, I’d love for you to pop over and have a read as I’m sure that this is something a lot of you may be struggling with at the moment. I’m still working on my plan mind you, it’s not as easy as I thought, but I do intend to master it;-)
The Art Of The Leisurely Breakfast
1. At the first sound of children stirring, lovingly nudge partner and remind him that it’s your turn to lie in
2. Quickly reach for the earplugs and pull covers over head
Insta Moments #1
I hope that you all had a great weekend? The weather is really starting to warm up for us here, so more time outside on our sunny back deck.
Here’s a little roundup of some of my favourite Instagram pics lately. You can follow me via @mel_chesneau or click here.
