Featured as a fave!

The wonderful Karmann over at KMCrafts blog put together a list of her favourite handcrafted jewellery.

The pieces were chosen from jewellery makers on the Madeit website.

Amongst all the gorgeous pieces she'd chosen, I spotted my Purple flower resin pendant. Yay!

Karmann also makes jewellery too, which you can find here or if you wish to check out the rest of her Friday Madeit Finds list, you can do so here.

Thanks Karmann, I appreciate the blog love!

x Narelle

I won!

I could not believe my eyes when I saw this.

I seriously went back through the list about 8 times to check that I was the only Narelle!

I am so spoilt.

Look at all the goodies I won!

The gorgeous Julie & Donna over at Sissy Sparrows had an amazingly generous giveaway & yours truly took the prize.

They are talented ladies & their illustrations are just delightful.

There's stickers, cards, necklaces, a zine, a print (which is going up on my wall asap) there was even a cute little coin purse included that says "Monday is my cleaning day" - which it is!

Click here to get a closer look at all the goodies I received, I couldn't fit everything in one shot there was just so much loot.

And of course if you're wanting some of these fab items for yourself head on over to their store on madeit - Sissy Sparrows or here on Etsy - Sissy Sparrows.

Thank you ladies, it really came at the right time & brightened my week.

Now to decide which necklace to wear to the ballet on Saturday night!

x Narelle

J'adore Paris!

Okay, so I'm a little bit behind on my blog posts!
I have found it a little hard to get back into the swing of things as I'm feeling so rested & relaxed!
But, I do start back at my other job this week, so I'm sure that will take care of that!

When first arriving in Paris, we were completely lost & found it hard to communicate with people.
With the help of a kind gentleman we finally found our hotel. (2 suburbs from where we were) Our room was so teeny-tiny, I was starting to feel a little dubious.

After a good night sleep & a few hours translating common phrases on Google translate, our week in Paris was amazing.

The patisseries, the fresh salad baguettes, the people, the fashion, the patisseries, the sites, the love in the air, the patisseries........
I would definitely go back for sure.

The highlight: I studied art history in tafe & college for 6 years & to finally be standing in front of the Lourve was a rather emotional experience for me.
Plus I got to meet Mona Lisa!

x Narelle

Too much temptation!

On this holiday, I was hoping maybe to shed a few kilo's & tone up a little with all the walking & site seeing we'd had planned.

Don't get me wrong, we're not being lazy in fact we are walking approx 15 to 20 kms per day!

But when every corner has a sweet smelling patisserie like the above, there's only so much will power a sweet-toothed girl like me can have!

Each individual pastry is an art piece in itself. The detail they put into each sweet is amazing.

They are true artists that need to be supported, right?

So it would be rude of me to just walk on by..............right?!!!

x Narelle