tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43196351038871956692024-03-21T19:30:05.127-07:00LeegirlPretties™Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-57486954186541023912013-11-24T19:03:00.000-08:002013-11-24T19:03:00.977-08:00Christmas Goodies<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Not alot to read in this post, but plenty of pretties to look at!! Here are some of our Christmas goodies for Twenty13!! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Have yourself a merry little Christmas Print<br />Designed by LeegirlPretties</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ho Ho Ho Print<br />Designed by LeegirlPretties</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reindeer Food tags and Bags<br />Designed by LeegirlPretties</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From our Print&Stitch range, 'believe in the magic of the season'<br />Designed by LeegirlPretties</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reindeer noses tags and bags<br />Designed by LeegirlPretties</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Twas the night before Christmas' Print<br />Designed by LeegirlPretties</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From our Print&Stitch range, 'ngiht before Christmas' Print<br />Designed by LeegirlPretties</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From our Print&Stitch range, 'OH deer!' print<br />Designed by LeegirlPretties</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Personalised Wine wrappers<br />Designed by LeegirlPretties</td></tr>
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Feel free to place an order by email or inbox us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/LeegirlPretties" target="_blank">Facebook</a>!<br /><br /><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jodie-lee</span></span><br />xx</span>Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-64184971377278610752013-11-23T20:13:00.001-08:002013-11-23T20:19:06.549-08:00LeegirlPretties HQ<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This morning I shared a photo on my Instagram feed of my 'Creative Space and Happy Wall.' A friend suggested that I share it with all of you, and I thought well what better way to say 'Hello again Blog, I'm sorry you've been neglected for so long, but here's some prettiness to make up for it!' ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So this my friends, is my 'Creative Space and Happy Wall.'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is where all the pretties are designed, created and made...I actually take over the kitchen table a lot of the time too...because truth be told I am a messy crafter (really MESSY!), and it is quite rare that it is this clean! I already know it will probably have papers, drawings, material and other crafty bits dumped on it again by the end of the week! Haha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">'My Space' is filled with things that make me happy, it's really that simple.<br /><br />There are inspiring words about motherhood, love and life, art made by my babies (their handprints front and centre and also a painting that I framed), things that I have made (tassels from a baby shower and my latest crafty creation 'the flowery teapot'), my AMAZING new yellow lamp and a few little decorative bits that I just LOVE...like my new little foxy from TYPO and my bubbly glass paper weigh! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love that I can add to it and change it any time I like...Christmas is actually slowly making an appearance with one of my HO HO HO prints and a cute little mouse that I picked up half price in Lincraft the other day!<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So tell me, do you have a creative space or a little happiness wall? Does it stay clean, or are you a messy crafter too?lol! <br /><span style="color: magenta;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Jodie-lee</span> </span><br />xxx</span><br />
<br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-56564234581628701072013-08-19T19:36:00.002-07:002013-08-19T19:42:02.137-07:00A Mermaid Splash<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My Miss Kirby LOVES celebrating! She has been talking about her 4th
birthday party since the day after her 3rd. The theme changed a couple
times but in the end we settled on a Memaid party!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I had been
planning it all in my head for quite some time; pinning this, googling
that and while Facebook-ing one day a pretty little illustation popped
up in my newsfeed. It was then that I asked my beautiful friend Gab from
<a href="http://www.craftymumma.com/" target="_blank">Crafty Mumma</a> to be part of the design process ...and I think this custom
illustration is just stunning!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mermaid illustration by Gab from <a href="http://www.craftymumma.com/" target="_blank">Crafty Mumma</a><br />
Invitation by LeegirlPretties</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love doing the fun crafty things that come along with organising a party and my favourite craft project from the party would have to have been the sweets buffet back drop! Not only was it cheap to put together, but I thought it was so effective in creating an underwater feel...and the added sparkle and starfish just topped it off. (and to be completely honest, I love it that much it's still currently hanging in the same spot!lol!)</span><br />
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Kirby added her own touch by placing the mermaid I made her on the table, I think she looks just perect there! ;)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This year I decided that I wanted to take one less stress away, so I had
the birthday cake made by the lovely Crystal from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/QueenVCakes?fref=ts" target="_blank">Queen V Cakes</a>. Crystal
was amazing to work with and so helpful, and best of all the cake
tasted amazing! Kirby and I got to have some glitter crafting fun by
making the gold '4' for the top of the cake and also the purple 'reeds'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The other sweet sweet delicious pieces of heaven that I has specially made were from one of my favourite local business, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AndresMacaron" target="_blank">Andre's Macaron</a>. Last year Andre and Gail did an amazing job of creating some little pig macarons for me (see them <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=488692344476594&set=a.488691994476629.117054.223007407711757&type=3&theater" target="_blank">here</a>), so I knew they wouldn't let me down when I requested another custom order...pretty little oyster shells complete with little pearls!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As well as homemade marshmallow (easy and YUM!), purple jelly slice (as requested by the birthday girl), mini meringues, cupcakes, chocolate bars and lollies, we had some other special sweets that the guests enjoyed.</span></div>
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After seeing some of these at Confetti Fair I was inspired to give them a go and I couldn't have been more happier with how they turned out!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The kids were kept entertainted with some of Kirbys favourite activities; a variety of bubble wands and bubble mixture, a whole heap of home made play doh and cutters, and they also decorated their own starfish cookies!</span><br />
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and sweets and also took home a little glass jar keepsake. The girls
jars were filled with sand and a shell with a pearl on it, as well as a
pretty pearl necklace from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CHARMing.pieces?fref=ts" target="_blank">**CHARMing**</a>.
(Michelle also made Kirby and I matching pearl necklaces with our
initials on them! They were soo special!!) The boys jars had some
burried pirate treasure and a pirate eye patch!</span></div>
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had such a wonderful day celebrating our growing girl. I am still trying
to get my head around that fact that we now have a 4yr old! Why must
they grow so fast?!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our little birthday girl.<br />
I made Kirby's party outfit; a full length tulle tutu embellished with a satin purple ruffle flower, pearls and some gold sequins, as well as a matching headband!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'd love to share some other parts of the party prepping with you, so if you'd like to know how to do something, or would the recipe for one of the sweets feel free to comment or email me and I'll get a tutorial up :) <br /><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Jodie-Lee <br />xoxo</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">** I should mention, it wasn't all sweets and lollies (as much as I think the kids would have loved that!). All the usual party food favourites made an appreance for lunch, and we even
made some starfish shaped fairy bread that was a hit with the kids (I
didn't managed to get a pic of that :( )</span></span><br />
<br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-65414368892250426452013-03-23T17:15:00.004-07:002013-03-23T17:24:03.631-07:00Easter Craft ~ Bunny Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is an easy Easter Craft that is great to hang up around the home or to give as a gift.<br /><br />You will need:<br /><br />Part 1.<br />* Large piece of paper<br />* Fabric Scraps<br />* Glue and Paint brush (We used a mixure of PVA with a little water)<br /><br />Part 2.<br />* Finished paper with fabric scraps<br />* Scissors<br />* Glue Stick<br />* Pencil<br />* Bunny Template<br />* Backing Card<br />* Photo Frame<br /><br />This
is the part where you can get the kids involved and then transform one
art work into another! You don't have to use fabric scraps either;
paintings and drawings would work great too and if you've aready started eating some choccies you might have some foil wrappers! (If you've been looking for an excuse to start eating some of those eggs early here it is, hehehe)</span><br />
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and make sure that the scraps are glued close together. They don't have
to match up, you can even overlap them a little if don't want any gaps
at all.<br /><br />Once the page is all covered let it dry completely. We left it for a few days before starting the second part.</span></div>
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need to find a bunny template that you like. I just googled 'bunny
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turn the fabric paper over and trace around your bunny shape on to
the back. Depending on how big your paper was you may be able to get a
few bunny cut outs. We also cut out a few egg shapes too :) Take care when cutting the shapes out and if you are letting your child cut them out please use your judgement and supervise where nessasary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now that you have your shapes, cut a piece of coloured card to the
size of your photo frame. Using the glue stick, attach the shape the
card. Because of how the fabric and glue may have dried it might be a
bit bumpy nad hot glue down flat. I found that placing a really heavy
book on top of the art work for a little while helped flatten it out :)<br /><br />Pop
it in the frame and ta-da! Bunny art, that can be hung or placed around
the house some where for an instant Easter feel! This isn't just for
Easter time though, I'm sure it would look great on the wall all year
round and the shapes you can make are only limited to your or your
childs imagination!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Don't just limit yourself to a bunny in a frame either. We also
laminated one and the egg shapes too and made this for sticking on the
fridge! A laminated one would also make a great little placemat for
breakfast on Easter morning too!! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I hope you enjoy this little Easter craft, I'd love to see some pics of your creations! <br /> </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jodie-lee</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-5326176114510713802013-03-19T20:24:00.002-07:002013-03-19T23:42:22.890-07:00Random Acts of Kindness<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Random Act of Kindess....I posted the other day on facebook asking what your thoughts were about them and if you do them. Sometimes they are planned, like giving blood or baking for a friend in need, sometimes they just present themselves in front of you and in the moment that you acted you may have unknowly made someones day just that little bit easier.<br /><br />I love doing acts of kindness when I can, whether it's by letting someone in front of me at the supermarket, helping someone pick something up off a high shelf in the shops, or watching a friends children so that she can have a bit of time out.<br /><br />I've also been lucky enough to have people do random acts of kindness for me, like the gentleman who offered to take the baby trolley back to Aldi for me the other day when he saw I was struggling with a screaming newborn and a nagging 3yr old on a hot day. I thanked him over and over as he walked away, little did he know how much that one gesture meant to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have been wanting to return some love to the universe and do my own act of kindness with some Leegirl Pretties. I love the feeling I get when I create something, but what I love even more is sharing that with someone and seeing how much they love it too! Something else I also love is that little buzz you get when an unexpected parcel arrives in the mail, there is nothing like wondering who sent you something and what is it. Seeing a parcel in the mail always makes me smile!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So whats does all this mean and how will it work, I hear you say...?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are two parts to my act of kindness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Firstly, see the pretty jar with the papers in it? On those papers are the names of my lovely customers who have placed orders with me since the start of December last year up until now. I will be drawing out one name and one of the bunnies will be hopping into their letter box! Easy! :)<br /><br />If the person who recieves the bunny doesn't have a little (or big) someone in their home to love it I would encourage them to perform their own act of kindness and pay it forward. The choice is theirs :)<br /><br />The second part involves YOU! I want you to tell me who you think deserves a little bunny to hop into their letter box! You can comment here on the blog, under the post that I will pin to the top of the LeegirlPretties facebook page, or you can email me (please rememeber to provide me with your email address so I can contact you).<br /><br /> I will then choose one of the nominees and ask that provide me with their postal address so we can give them the buzz of recieving some unexpected mail that will hopefully brighten their day a little. (This means that you will have to keep the person you nominate a secret! I won't be telling who nominated them either!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />You will need to be quick though! You have until 8pm Thursday (21st March) to nominate someone so that I can get it in the post and hopefully to them before Easter :)<br /><br />I will not be annoucing who the bunnies are going to because it would ruin
the surprise. If that person contacts me and is happy for me to share I
will, if not, it will just be my little secret. :)<br /><br />So 'HOP' to it! ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jodie-Lee </span></span></span><br />
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<br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-53927181022657376892013-01-24T20:39:00.002-08:002013-01-24T20:39:44.435-08:00Bee My Valentine<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As soon as one celebration is over the next one is sure not to be too
far away....and I have definitely seen that with the whole 'hot cross
buns and Easter eggs' out right after Christmas!! (Its just crazy!)<br /><br />But
the celebration I'm taking about here is to celebrate LOVE! Yes,
Valentines Day is soon approching and cupids arrow will be going crazy.<br /><br />It
has never been something that we've gone all out on (we have a wedding
anniversary for that ;) ), but rather celebrated by having a special
home cooked dinner and sharing the time together. Every day should be a
day where you tell the people you love that you LOVE them!<br /><br />I have
designed two Valentines Day ranges this year that will be available for
purchase via PDF files. As much as I love to design and make ready made
products for you all, I have decided to do it this way because of our
little bundle of joy that we are STILL waiting for to arrive; and I
figure I may be a bit pre-occupied for a little while ;)<br /><br />Here are the sneak peeks of the two designs....</span><br /><br /> </div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But before I reveal what has been created I thought I would share how much I LOVE all of YOU for supporting me! Yes YOU!! ;) <br /><br />
I have designed a little Valentines Day printable so you can all create some mini
chocolate bars for the ones you love! These would also be great for the
kids to share with there kindy or school friends...and as you'll see I'm a
little in love with the chevron print (as seen above it is part of the
V'day range!)</span><br /><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But the best thing about these.... they are a FREEBIE!! :D All you have to do is send me an email (leegirlpretties@hotmail.com) and I will send you the file so you can print, cut and create! :) <br /><br />(I recommend using the Aldi mini chocolate bars, but if you prefer Cadbury Furry Friends they should fit the same wrapper)<br /><br />So will you Bee My Valentine??<br /><br /><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jodie-Lee xx</span></span></span><br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-58949010644863652402013-01-06T15:29:00.002-08:002013-01-06T15:29:43.397-08:00Alfies Adventures Have Come to an End...for now ;)<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I know I am a tad late in this update, but with Christmas and New Year done and dusted I thought I'd share with you all the rest of Alfie Snowflakes adventures.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a ride on the caterpillar; <br />riding a reindeer while wearing Kirby dancing medal she got the night before;<br /> raming down the reindeer lego house;<br />hanging around with the balloons I was given on my last night of work.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to make Reindeer food!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Counting down the sleeps with the babushka twins;<br />Getting into some mischief with the wrapping supplies;<br />christmas baking time...yummm!; hanging in the stockings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfie came to Kmart with us to drop off some presents for the Wishing Tree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sneaking some milk and cookies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sitting in Kirbys new bike! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfie was given leave and allowed to stay with us for a special Christmas morning breakfast before going home to the North Pole!<br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">After Chris</span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">tmas </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">D</span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">ay Kirby had a bit of trouble</span> under</span></span></span></span>standing that Alfie wasn't coming back for a while, so after posting about it on Facebook, I decided to get Alfie to write Kirby a little letter explaining where she had gone and that she would be popping in now and again to keep an eye on her.</span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But Alfie still had one surprise up her sleeve...my wonderful friend Gab from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/GabrielleSkyeDesign?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">Gabrielle Skye ~ Design & Photography </a>put together this image so that Kirby had a visual aide to help her understand where Alfie had gone. (thank you so much again Gab!! Your too wonderful!!)<br /><br />She got a wonderful surprise when she turned the ipod on and found Alfie and Santa looking back at her :)</span><br /></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We enjoyed having Alfie stay with us so much that even I have had to adjust to not seeing her pop up here and there. She will definitely be coming back to stay with us next Christmas and she will be popping up around the place through out the year, just to keep Kirby on her toes ;)<br /></span><br />
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Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-72713439828789020952012-12-20T19:39:00.000-08:002012-12-20T19:39:27.254-08:00Christmas Cookie Jars<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are looking for a quick last minute gift this one is great! I found this idea a while ago and wanted to give it a go for Christmas gifts this year for some of our family and friends . I know there are lots of Chirstmas Cookie recipes out there, but after testing this one numerous times I have found it works best for me :) (I had hoped to have this post up earlier but as we all know some times things just don't go to plan.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So the idea with Christmas Cookies in a jar is that you put all the dry ingredients in a jar, prettie it up and all your recipient has to do is add the wet ingredients, mix and bake! Easy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is my recipe for the Christmas Cookies:<br />(They are listed in the order they should be put in the jar)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">* 3/4 cup Plain Flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">* 1/2 cup Self Raising Flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">* 1 cup Oats</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">* 3/4 cup Christmas M&M's</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">* 3/4 cup choc chips</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">* 1/3 cup brown sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">* 1/3 cup caster sugar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I got my jars from Kmart and at $2 a jar they are a good buy, especially if you plan on making a few. The other up side of using a glass jar is that is can be re-used for storing some of the cookies if your recpient wants to have a few out on show...if they last that long! ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Make sure you really pack each layer in as you go, or else not all the ingredients will fit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I attached a lable to the back as well with the instuctions on how to put it all together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As pictured, all that needs to be done from here is to mix the dry ingredients with:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />* 1 egg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">* 1/2 cup butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">* 1 tsb milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">* 1 tsb vanilla</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Roll them into balls, place on a baking tray and pop into a pre-heated oven at 180<span class="st">°C. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="st">You can prettie up the jars how ever you like. I used some material I picked up from Spotlight, ribbon and twine (from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/WhimsyTwine?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">Whimsy Farm Twine</a>) and the lables I made.<br /><br />If you'd like a copy of the lables so you can make your own jars, feel free to send me an email (leegirlpretties@hotmail.com) or leave a comment with your email address under this post and I'll email it to you completely FREE!! :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="st">I hope you all enjoy this idea and recipe, and even if you don't do the jar idea, making up some cookies and wrapping them in some cellophane with ribbon would be a great little gift idea too!! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="st">I hope you all have a wonderful and magical Christmas and stay safe during the festive season!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="st">Stay Prettie</span></span><br />
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<br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-18665344524860334762012-12-12T21:17:00.002-08:002012-12-12T21:17:31.207-08:00Alfie Snowflake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For the month of December we have a little house guest visiting from the North Pole. Her name is Alfie Snowflake. <br /><br />I chose to steer away from the traditional Elf On A Shelf, instead making my own from a Gingermelon pattern (you can purchase the pattern <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/117594364/evie-the-elf-pdf-pattern?" target="_blank">here</a>). I wanted a bit of freedom with what our Elf would look like, so she has blonde hair like my daughter and next year I intend to add another Elf to our tradition that will represent our unborn baby (so if its a boy we'll have a little boy elf and if its another girl we'll have another girl friend for Alfie)<br /><br />The response to Alfie's arrival has been just great! Kirby was amazed when she saw her for the first time and every morning is the same 'Where is Alfie Snowflake this morning?...Lets look for her!'<br /><br />Some
of what Alfie is found doing relates back to our Advent Activitiy
Calendar, this makes it easier for me, especially on the days when I
have to work or have worked the night before. (read about our Advent
Activity Calendar <a href="http://leegirlpretties.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/our-christmas-advent-calendar.html" target="_blank">here</a>)<br /><br />So here is what our little Elf has been up to so far.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfie Snowflake's arrival...with Elf hat and all ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hangin out in the navitiy set.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfie was found in the Christmas tree, with a little<br />note saying that she had a gift for Kirby.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chilling out in a bowl of Christmas M&M's; Having a rest in <br />Santa's secret Letter Box (we wrote our santa letter that day); Playing in<br />the craft box (christmas craft day); and hanging out with Barbie watching <br />Christmas video's on YouTube.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfie relaxing in daddy's baseball glove with a little present so Kirby can talk<br />to Santa; Alfie came along to our Santa photos and jumped in too; Hanging out in the Advent Calendar with a little chocolate; and reading some new Christmas stories with Big Bunny.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making snow angels in cotton balls by her special door tothe North Pole; Doing<br />some colouring in a new Christmas colouring book; and hanging around off some tinsel with candy canes...as you do ;)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Alfie has been a great new little addition to our family and will definately be coming back next year. I'm planning on making a little photo book up once Christmas is over, so that we can look back on the adventures that Alfie has had at our home.<br /><br />Keep your eyes open for more Elf goodness as Alfie Snowflake's adventures continues!<br /><br />Stay Prettie</span><br />
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<br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-22133636910719654312012-12-02T19:40:00.001-08:002012-12-02T19:43:24.865-08:00Our Christmas Advent Calendar<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Every December as a child I loved the count down to the big day...especially the chocolate advent calendars we used. Last year was the first Christmas that Kirby kind of understood what was going on, and instead of doing chocolates every day I made our first Activity Advent calendar so that we could have a little Christmas cheer every day! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was such a success, and Kirby loved opening a new bag each day to see what activity or little gift she would be getting. So it has become a definate on the Christmas Traditions list for us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As we moved house earlier in the year, I knew that the space I had would be limited, so I went against using the same set up as last year and did a little something different....it definatly took longer to make, but I'm so happy with the out come that it was worth while :D <br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">*please excuse the quality of the photos, I took them on my phone* ;)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The calendar is made up of 25 mini stockings that I machine and hand sewed and each one contains either an activity or little gift. Last year I used the activity cards and planner from the A Little Delightful blog (they are available as a free printable, just follow this<a href="http://www.alittledelightful.com/2012/11/printable-advent-calendar-activity-cards.html" target="_blank"> link</a> and you'll find them). <br /><br />This year I decided to make my own activity cards as I could personalise them for Kirby. They include activities such as reading Christmas stories, having a movie night, doing some Christmas craft and baking and also popping a gift under the wishing tree. As you can see some of the gifts correspond with the activities and Kirby will have to find these hidden around the house! <br /><br />I still used the free planner as it saved me some time from making my own, but it also doubles as our Elf planner too...Elf planner...yep, keep reading to find out more ;</span>)<br />
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coming to town ' print I designed for this years Christmas range. It is
also the home of our 'Santa's (secret) Letter Box' which will be used
for sending letters to Santa and also recieving them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But I can not forget the most important feature... a special little doorway which our cheeky little house guest for the month will use to get to and from the North Pole! <br /><br />Please meet Alfie Snowflake. She is our little Christmas Elf that will be popping up here and there and taking part in some of our Christmas activities and keeping an eye on Kirby and letting Santa know if she's being 'naughty or nice' ;) <span style="font-size: x-small;">(if you have Instagram you can see what she's been up to by looking for #alfiesnowflake)</span><br /><br />I decided to make our own elf rather than buy one of the traditional 'Elf on the Shelf', as it gave me the opportunity to create something special for our family, allowed for me to personalise her a little bit, and it also means that I can make a matching one for our new little baby next year, and they can get up to mischief together!<br /><br />I will be doing a post about Alfie's arrival and first week in our home very soon so keep an eye out, but she is already very popular!! <br /><br />What are some Christmas traditions you and your family have?<br /><br />Stay Prettie</span><br />
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<br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-28745397951088527702012-11-19T14:05:00.003-08:002012-11-22T01:24:43.697-08:00My Last Week Was 'SEW'full!!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have had an itch for quiet a while now that I haven't been able to scratch....a sewing itch!! But I wasn't going to scratch it until I had tidied and sorted through my craft area of the house...and with that done the week before last, I unleashed the machine and actually went 'SEW' crazy!loL!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The First dress in 8yrs!! (I shared a post on this one last week!)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"SEW" they were my sewing adventures last week, with more on the cards this week...but I did find some time yesterday to put together two new Christmas Prints!! :) I have a soft spot for this one and would love to share it with you!!! So read on ;)</span><br />
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just to share the Christmas cheer!! All you have to do is leave a
comment on this blog post telling me what your favourite thing about Christmas is and I'll draw a random winner on Thrusday
night at 8pm (VIC time)!!<br /><br />*please note only open to Australian residents. Giveaway ends 8pm (VIC time) Thrusday evening, no entries after that will be taken. Winner will be drawn at random using Random.org <br /><br />I look forward to reading your comments!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jodie-Lee xx<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">**C<span style="font-size: small;">OMPETITION NOW <span style="font-size: small;">CLOSED**</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-35631327667591413592012-11-14T19:28:00.001-08:002012-11-14T19:28:20.219-08:00Pushing My Creative Boundries<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A few months ago I decided that rather than buying a special dress for my little girl to wear on Christmas day, I would make one instead. I had a few styles in mind, but after her nanna made her a dress I decided that I liked the same pattern and would give it a go. <br /><br />The only thing was, that although I have sewn buntings and blankets and a few other different things over the years, I haven't actually read a pattern or made a piece of clothing since I finished Yr 12...a good 8yrs ago!! My MIL assured me that it was a fairly easy dress to make and I shouldn't have too many problems.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The book the pattern is from is called Happy Handmade Vol 2 by Ruriko Yamada and was purchased at Spotlight. Its a beautiful book and the clothing in it looks just as beautiful!</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /><br />The only thing I didn't like about the book, was how confused it made me! lol! I found the instuctions were hard to follow as it had me going from one page over to the next then back to the first page again, and the actual instructions were all over little pictures that at times I found hard to follow too. But luckily I knew someone who had made the dress before and was able to help me understand the pattern ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I wasn't the only one who was happy with it though...as soon Kirby saw the dress she put her hands to her cheeks and exclaimed 'I so love it mum, its just beautiful!' She couldn't wait to get into it and was very happy to be my little model ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now the next step is cutting up and putting together the dress for the main event that is taking place in only 40 days...yep there are only 40days until the big man in the red suit visits!</span><br />
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Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-53324339609746252112012-10-10T17:13:00.000-07:002012-10-10T17:24:45.274-07:00Diva for a day<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Do you remember seeing this sneak peek a little while back? Well last weekend was the big Diva Party, and I helped Ava's mum organise and put it all together. <br /><br />In true Diva tradition, the little birthday girl was in on the organising and had some specific requests when it came to the activities and food she wanted, which gave a great personal touch to the day.<br /><br />The party activities included painting plaster moulds, decorating pink princess wands and the must have at this Diva's party was decorating Sand Art Cards! A massive THANK YOU to the wonderful owners at 'The Party Girl' for helping us at the last minute with some sand art cards, after we were let down by another company. We will definately be keeping you in mind for up coming parties!! You can find 'The Party Girl' <a href="http://www.thepartygirl.biz/" target="_blank">here</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Party-Girl-face-painting-Childrens-Parties-Geelong/221161337920238" target="_blank">here</a>. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Another request from the birthday girl was a giant cupcake cake. Her Aunty made the cake (under the watchful eye of the birthday girl) , and it was placed in the centre of the table. The little guests loved the pink and purple cake on the inside!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> The sweet treats choosen by the birthday girl included: Fruit Sticks, Chocolate Truffles, Cupcakes, White Chocolate Crackles, Jelly Pots, Fairy Bread, Caramel Tarts and Chocolate Dipped Marshmallow Pops! The little guests washed this all down with Strawberry Milk Shakes in mini glass milk bottles and pink stripey straws.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Over all it was a great day, and all the girls had a lovely time, including a very lucky birthday girl. One little guest was even heard saying, 'This is the best party I've ever been to!!' which just makes all the hard work worth it! Thank you Ava for letting Leegirl Pretties be apart of your special day!!</span><br />
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As you may have seen during the week, I am taking part in a challenge being run by <a href="http://theorganisedhousewife.com.au/organising/20-days-to-organise-and-clean-your-home-challenge-pre-challenge-task-1/" target="_blank">The Organised Housewife</a>. It's aim is clear from the title, '20 Days to organise & clean your home.'</div>
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When the challenge pop up in my newsfeed I was excited, as my house has fallen victim to neglect due to my overwhleming need for sleep... it seems pregnancy, part time work, running round after a three year old and housework don't mix very well and can make you very, very tired!! (well for me anyway!)</div>
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I decided to take part not only in the hope of getting the house organised and clean, but in the hope that I could kick start and find my motivation again, and enJOY the time I have with my little family of three before it turns into a little family of four!</div>
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So, the pre-challenge tasks aimed at organising yourself with a binder for your upcoming tasks/challenges, making a 'cleaning kit', establishing morning and evening routines to suit your home, setting some goals of what you want achieve by taking part and also organising some tubs for the de-cluttering that I plan on doing. </div>
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I most enjoyed establishing morning and evening routines, especially for Kirby. I made her two charts of her own that we popped up on the fridge and as she completes each task she gets a sticker....stickers are great for getting things done it seems! ;) </div>
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Here is our week in Instagram pics (you can link up your own photos to the challenge by using the hashtag #toh20challenge)</div>
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Just by establishing these two routines in the morning and evening I can already feel AND see the difference they are making. I can't wait to see what following month brings!!</div>
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During the time when I was a little M.I.A due to early pregnancy, I helped my sister with my
niece's first birthday party...do you remember the sneak peek of the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These little favor boxes were filled with a few sweet goodie, but they also contained <br />a 'Heidi' bow clip from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TwoLittleBubbles" target="_blank">Two Little Bubbles </a>for the girls and sticker packs for the boys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This wonderful (and very heavy) cake was made by one of my wonderful<br />friends! I was a pink ombre layer cake on the inside!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The birthday girl blowing out her candle.<br />Wearing a custom designed hair piece from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TwoLittleBubbles" target="_blank">Two Little Bubbles</a>.</td></tr>
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<br /><br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-22676488714343848382012-08-09T05:35:00.000-07:002012-08-09T05:35:40.918-07:00Easy Dinners ~ Tandoori Chicken with Mint Yogurt Sauce.<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
I love nothing more than a simple, but oh so tasty dinner dish... and sharing them with loved ones of course!</div>
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This recipe comes from The Biggest Loser 'Best Recipes' cook book...and its my favourite recipe in the whole book!</div>
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<u style="color: magenta;"><b>Tandoori Chicken with Mint Yogurt Sauce</b></u><br />Serves 4<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">Ingredients:</span><br /><br />500g chicken tenderloins <br />1/4 cup tandoori paste<br />1/4 cup Light & Creamy Coconut Flavoured Evaporated Milk<br />200g low-fat natural yogurt<br />2tbs chopped mint leaves<br />1tbs lemon juice<br />1/2 teaspoons sumac, plus extra to serve<br />2 cups steamed rice, to serve<br /><br /><b style="color: red;">Method</b></div>
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<br />1) Mix together tandoori paste and evaporated milk and pour over chicken in a shallow dish. Turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours to marinate. (if you are struggling for time, 20min usually does the trick too)<br /><br />2) Meanwhile, place the yogurt, mint, lemon juice and sumac in a bowl and mix well.<br /><br />3) Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Cook the chicken for 3-5 min on each side (or until browned and cooked through), basting regularly with the marinade.<br /><br />4) Sprinkle the chicken with a little extra sumac and serve with steamed rice and yogurt sauce.<br /><br /><b>NB: </b> </div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">* I actually use chicken breast for this recipe and just cut the pieces down to the right size.</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">*When I first made this recipe I had trouble finding the 'sumac' at
Coles, but I ended up finding it in Woolworths with their own brand of
herbs and spices.</span><br />
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<br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'd love to hear how you go with it. </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stay Prettie</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jodie-lee</span></span><br /><br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-39717534205205429162012-08-04T17:51:00.000-07:002012-08-04T17:51:50.779-07:00Prettie Yummy ~ Baked Toblerone Cheesecake<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
After yesterdays facebook post about my day of making and baking I had a few people ask me for the recipe for the Baked Toblerone Cheesecake, so I thought I would share it all with you! (you'l have to forgive my lack of photos as I only saw these requests this morning after most of it had been eaten!)</div>
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The recipe comes from Janelle Bloom's Fab Food for Family & Friends cook book. I find Janelle's receipes are easy to follow and although I have only used a few from this book so far, each of them has worked really well. </div>
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So if you are entertaining or heading to a friends for a get together give this cheesecake a go, its definately a winner in my books, and its pretty easy too!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Serves 10.</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">750g cream cheese, softened</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1 cup of caster sugar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1 teaspoon vanilla extract</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">3 eggs room temp <br />
2 tablespoon of plain flour <br />
300ml sour cream <br />
2 x 100g toblerone chocolate, broken into pieces<br />
250g mascarpone cheese <br />
cocoa powder and double cream to serve (cream optional, I didn't think it needed it) <br /><br />
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150g Nice biscuits <br />
100 grams butter melted</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">1) Preheat Oven 180C no fan. Grease and line base and side of spring form pan (23cm) with baking paper.<br /><br />
2) For the base, break biscuits into large pieces and place in food processor. Process till finely chopped. Add
butter and process until well combined. Using a large metal spoon, press mixture into base
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3) Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until just combined (don't over beat or the mixture becomes too aerated). Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sitr in flour. Fold in sour cream until just combined.
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(they will burn if left exposed). Place pan into a baking tray and bake for 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 hours, or until just set in the centre. Turn the oven off and leave the door ajar, and allow the cheesecake to cool completely in the oven. Refridgerate until chilled.
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5) Spread top with mascarpone cheese and dust heavily with cocoa powder to serve.</span>
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PS. Don't worry if you get any cracks in it (as I did with my first go) because the mascarpone cheese and cocoa cover them all up ;) </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As I said earlier I don't have any photos of the whole finished cake, but here's a pic of what didn't get eaten...which means I get to eat more ;)</span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the left overs...which means more for this mumma!! </td></tr>
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I'd love to know how you go with the recipe if you give it a go!</div>
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Stay Prettie and ENJOY!</div>
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<br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-26047986675101078862012-08-01T22:34:00.000-07:002012-08-01T22:34:38.335-07:00The Reason for my Absence<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There is a very good reason I haven't been around much lately....</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kirbys Special Big Sister Tee<br />(I had the assistance of the LOVELY Gab from <br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/GabrielleSkyeDesign" target="_blank">Gabrielle Skye ~ Design & Photography</a> with the graphics as my PC wasn't playing nice at all!<br />So Thank heaps Sweets!!)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yes, you read it right! Our little family is soon to add another addition in late January</span>!!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />We are all very excited about having another baby and I am very excited about being pregnant again! Kirby has taken to the news very well, wanting to show off her baby (the ultra sound photo) to anyone who visits! Mind you, whether its a baby sister or baby brother changes on a daily occurrence ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've been very lucky this time around with not having to deal with any morning sickness at all except for some nausea...but I have been extremely tired!! Which is why I have been absent for so long and why I haven't been working on anything much. <br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I haven't even had a chance to do invites for the little Miss' 3rd bday next week!!Eeek! In fact I think from since we found out my PC has been turned on less times than I have fingers on my hands!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But I am starting to feel better, and I think I am starting to manage being pregnant, dealing with an almost 3yr old, working part time and just getting through life in general!! Just something else to add into the juggling mix ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">During my absence I helped organise my niece's 1st birthday party so a post on that will be coming along soon too, and I will of course be sharing Kirby's 3rd birthday party which is only 10 days away...talk about trying to pull it all together at the last minute!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />Thank you all for your understanding and support and I can not wait to share this next part of my journey with you all!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Lil Bean #2<br />Can not wait until our next big scan!!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stay Prettie!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-21227863600905425332012-05-23T23:07:00.000-07:002012-05-23T23:52:52.160-07:00That dirty 'CC' word!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A little while ago I posted this on picture on my page with the follow comment:</span><br />
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<span class="hasCaption">'To often of late I have seen and heard of
various businesses and facebook pages accusing or being accused of
'COPYING'...some even resulting in the use of nasty language against the
other party and it really is just not on! </span><br />
<span class="hasCaption"> The world of social
media has blown open a huge door for the exposure of 'handmade'
items and as such I believe each is uniquely created in it own way by
each creator...</span><br />
<span class="hasCaption"> <span class="text_exposed_show">You only need
to take a look at such sites as Madeit or Etsy to see that there are
ALOT of similar products, but each have just been interpreted/improved/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>changed
by their designer in some way...and if you can type something into
Youtube and get over 300 videos/tutorials on how to make something then I
highly doubt that you were the first person to create it. </span></span><br />
<span class="hasCaption"><span class="text_exposed_show"> I read
somewhere recently something to the effect of 'There are no new ideas,
only new ways to see them' ...so before you accuse someone of copying,
or get yourself into a FB argument, stop and think about the other
person for a minute and how your words may hurt them...and please, Be
Nice ♥'</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I still stand by and believe what I wrote, and today this issue has arisen again...and it makes me really sad because someone I know has been accussed of being a 'Copy Cat' and I believe is being made victim of cyber bullying....it may not have been the intention of the orginial poster, but it is definiatley fueling it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I really dislike the way that people throw around the term 'Copy Cat' and not even think about how that term will hurt and upset the other party....Where has the decency gone to even contact a person and discuss it with them first before putting it our there that you're a 'victim'???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As I mentioned in the above comment 'There are no new ideas, only new ways to see them'...I know from my own business perpective that what I do is not new, lots of people create party printables, style parties...and I'm pretty sure people have been sewing, crafting and baking for donkeys years...does that mean I'm a copy cat?? I don't think so, because I believe that I bring my own style and ideas to my designs and thats what makes all us crafters unique in our ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I believe that posts by Facebook pages accusing others of being that dirty word... 'Copy Cats'... achieves nothing and are totally </span><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">unnecessary...you may think that same about this post, but I felt it needed to be said.</span><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stay Prettie and please remember to be kind to one another</span><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Jodie-lee xo</span></span>Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-87096190651171738572012-05-13T17:30:00.002-07:002012-05-13T21:33:02.092-07:00{sneak peeks}<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
When I create something that I fall in LOVE with I find it sooooo hard to keep it underwraps that I find my self taking sneaky photos so I can share a little of it with you without giving it all away.</div>
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Over the weekend you may have seen a little {sneak peek} I posted of the invites that I'm woking on for my beautiful niece's 1st bithday...</div>
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I love everything about these invites, the delicate flowing font of Olivia's name, the soft florals of the material I attached, the stitching detail and roughed up edges that add a little texture...and of course the handmade bow and pearl detail!</div>
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The floral material used will be the inspiration for the rest of the styling that I'll be doing for the party too...and I'm just a little excited about putting it all together...ok I lie...I'm ALOT excited to see how it all comes together!! So stayed tuned as I might drop a few more {sneak peeks} from time to time ;)</div>
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During the week I also revealed that I was working on some Alice in Wonderland inspired invitations and other matching party goods...well the invites are complete and will be heading out to the guests very soon, so I thought I would share with you this very little {sneak peek}... </div>
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Instead of the traditional method of putting the guests names on the actual invite, I suggested that we do something a little different and make cute little tags to be attached with ribbon around the envelope (guests name to be popped on the back)....a little something to draw the guest into the rabbit hole maybe....?<br />
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I can reveal the design of the actual invinte now...would love to hear your thoughts :)<br />
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When Leegirl Pretties started I offered a range of different handmade products because I am the kind of the of person that likes to do a little of this and a little of that...I was sewing buntings, blankets, making door hangings, coat hooks, ribbonwands, blackboards, and of course freestanding words and invitations.</div>
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Over time I have taken some of those things off my list of available products, because it wasn't worth my time promoting them when clearly others were selling better, others being the Freestanding words and custom invitations.</div>
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As you would remember last month we moved house and I stopped taking custom orders for the Easter break...who was I kidding, a break... a break from what!lol! I was still working my consecutive four shifts a week with hours that make me tired just thinking about them, running around after a 2.5yr old ball non stop of energy called my daughter and trying to manage the cleaning, unpacking and organising of our new home, running a household in general and all the while I was still working on a few orders!</div>
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It was then that I realised I was tired....and a little uninspired to keep moving forward. I use to make things because I enjoyed making them and creating something special that in turn you could enjoy too...but of late I haven't enjoyed it so much... I had even thought it would be easier just to pack it all in and walk away.</div>
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We didn't have the internet on for a good two and a half weeks after we moved in, so with the time that I would normally have spent wasting online here and there, I found myself thinking about the direction I was taking Leegirl Pretties in and was it what I wanted to continue to do. </div>
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When I designed a few little party accessories for a friends nieces' birthday...I enJOYed it... and when I put together a little dessert/sweets table for my family to enjoy
after our Easter dinner, I enJOYed that too....I think thats when I kind of made my
decision...This is what made me happy...designing and styling and making things prettie! </div>
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I knew what had to go...I knew I wasn't enjoying them anymore and to be honest with you, I was dreading finishing off the ones I had ready to go...but more than that I was dreading having to tell you all and how you may be disappointed in me...but then I realised I was putting the wrong people first...don't get me wrong, I love and appreciate each and every single person who has supported me, but the people I need to put first was my family...and me. By not doing this I would be disappointed in myself that I continued to do something that doesn't make me happy.</div>
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So it is here that I finally say, I will no longer be taking orders for any custom Freestanding words (including wedding words and other mdf products). Of course all orders that are currently being worked on or paid for will be completed, but I will not be taking on any new orders. There may be limited custom spots available from time to time, so keep an eye out, and of course should you be looking for other businesses that can prodive you with these products, I would be happy to point you in the right direction.</div>
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This is not only a decision that I have made for Leegirl Pretties, but one that I have made for my family and myself.</div>
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I want to move forward in the direction that I had always hoped I would go and that is designing pretties for parties and celebrations. I hope you stand by me with this decision and continue to follow me on this journey.</div>
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I am excited for what the future holds for Leegirl Pretties and where it will take me from here, so make sure you keep your eyes open for some new party pretties coming your way (some are already in the making!).</div>
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Thank you for taking the time to read this and should you have any questions or quieries please feel free to contact me. </div>
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A little while ago Leegirl Pretties past the 1000 liker mark, and Mel from Two Little Bubbles also reached and past the 2000 liker milestone too, so we thought we'd get together for a little celebration giveaway... I mean who doesn't love to celebrate!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My cute little bunnies from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ministyle.com.au" target="_blank">Mini Style</a> with a stunning bow<br />made by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TwoLittleBubbles" target="_blank">Two Little Bubbles</a>...with Macaron's from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AndresMacaron" target="_blank">Andre's Macarons</a> in the back ground!</td></tr>
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<br />Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-36182065123777681572012-03-27T02:04:00.003-07:002012-03-27T02:04:49.001-07:00Easter Fun<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I swear since Boxing Day last year I have seen Easter through out the supermarkets... there is just never enough time to get over one major holiday before the other is being thrown in your face. Don't get me wrong, I love celebrating Easter and Christmas and other hoildays, but all at the right time and not 3 months in advance thank you ;)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So after seeing the increasing amounts of Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns (I had my first of the 'season' over the weekend...I'm so glad they don't make them year round they are just too easy and delious to eat!) Miss Kirby has started asking about the Easter Bunny and telling me that he is bringing her chocolate!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Last year she was still too little to understand who the Easter Bunny was, but she sure did enjoy the eating chocolate part....<br /> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Easter morning 2011...and egg for each hand, thats how you do it! lol</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Due to our packing and moving that is happening at the moment (blah!) I haven't been able to do any easter deocorating...but I have been planning it so that when we move in next week I can get it organised and ready (will definately blog about it :D)... including a little Easter table that I'm hoping to set up when we have family over for an Easter dinner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So to get into the celebrating and decorating, I thought I might share with you some of the Easter fun (and FREE printables) that I love and some new things I will be trying out too...<br /><br />Last year I found this super cute print which is from <a href="http://www.lepapierstudio.com/" target="_blank">Le Papier Studio</a>. It is a free printable which you can print and frame your self...a small touch, but a very cute one!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Find this printable <a href="http://lepapierstudio.com/blog/2011/03/free-printable-tea-time-silhouette.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I also discovered these last year too....very cute Easter colouring in pages by the very talented <a href="http://www.facebook.com/stylemegorgeousdesign?ref=ts&__adt=3" target="_blank">Style Me Gorgeous</a>. You will not only find Easter colouring pages <a href="http://www.stylemegorgeous.com.au/store/pc/colour-in-d7.htm" target="_blank">here</a>, but also for other occasions too. These are free for you to download, print and colour!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bianca from A Little Delightful has posted some fun craft and cooking activities recently including this very cute Easter Garland that can be painted and then hung for you to admire. You can find the download for these cuties <a href="http://alittledelightful.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/printable-easter-bunnies.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Also over on Bianca's blog you will find a little tutorial for these amazing looking carrot meringues...I am in love and am going to attempt them once we are in the new place :) You can find the tutorial <a href="http://alittledelightful.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/carrot-shaped-meringues-for-easter.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'd love to hear your thoughts on these Easter activities, or even what some of your favourite pages/blogs are for Easter fun! :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jodie-lee </span></span>Jodie-Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11499294946535602962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319635103887195669.post-81946493613615523642012-03-13T03:03:00.000-07:002012-03-13T03:03:12.025-07:00Busy behind the scenes<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Of late there have been quite a few changes in my life that have been keeping me busy, which means that although I have been on actively on the computer checking emails and facebook etc, my page and blog have been a little neglected</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is the main reason I have been kept so busy....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />Yep we're moving house...again!</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So my time has been spent looking at houses, attending inspections and after placing an application in we now have a new house to move into and make our home.<br /><br />If you have ever moved house you'll know that it drives you crazy, and as much as you try to plan to have it all done by moving day, moving day comes and your still shoving the last of your stuff into a box and it gets marked 'bench stuff' ...well thats what its been like the last few times for me any way lol! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This time though, I am trying my VERY hardest to get it done in time...I'm going room by room and plan on sorting the crap stuff and the keeping stuff and having a garage sale to make back a little cash...the carpet cleaning money has to come from somewhere right?! ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Given that I am still working my part time job, running around after a little girl, running a household and trying to pack,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I have decided that I will not be taking on any more orders until after the Easter break. Any orders that have already been discussed and paid for will of course be completed with in the time frames already outlined.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This does not mean you can't contact or email me about orders that you'd like to place. I will start a wait list and once the Easter break is over I will </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">open orders again. There may be a chance that I will open orders again before that, but I am just giving myself this time frame to settle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I will still be posting about the exciting orders that I'm working on and also </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">sharing parties and styling with you</span>...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">including the Easter decorating that I'm planning (but can't start setting up due to the move) and inspiration for a 1st birthday party that I'll be styling in a few months... AND if you keep an eye out you may find some details about a Giveaway that we have planned with the lovely Mel from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TwoLittleBubbles" target="_blank">Two Little Bubbles</a> and some other lovely handmade businesses!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So please stick around while we take this short break from taking orders and keep LeegirlPretties in your newsfeed (this can be done by hovering over the 'like' button on our page and ticking the 'Show in NewsFeed' option) so you are upto date with all that is going on.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mmmmm rainbow cupcakes!!<br />we made these one the weekend...they didn't last very long at all! ;)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stay Prettie,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Jodie-Lee</span> </span><br />
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