in my world.......

how has your world been the past few weeks?????

have you learnt anything new about yourself????

i'm always on a discovery about myself and love self reflection, it can totally be hard at times

but i'm often amazed at what i find out about myself some not so great and some great.

but isn't that what life is about learning to be a better you??? in whichever way that means {FOR YOU}

to be honest its been a struggle the past few months and i find it hard when i'm not even sure why

i'm feeling like i am, but after a wee moment last week, things came to a head for me and i saw

clearly......like a glimpse of sunshine peeking through the clouds, i've lost myself {somewhere}

for me that means i've lost some direction, i need to stop feeling guilty if i don't have the time to 

help someone else, its not selfish having me time, and to be still and in the moment.....

i've been so busy {BUT BUSY DOING WHAT}......im not too sure just busy

i've had a wonderful restful weekend with a very dear friend and had some fab friends through 

the week drop little gems into my world which i'm so grateful for...

and my mr. is amazing and so patient {thank goodness} i do my own head in hehehhehe

soooooooo some much needed time in my studio last week was wonderful i love making and

creating and i feel so happy doing what i do......

thanks for stopping by, i do love blogging and sharing anything and everything....

above is a photo of my LOVE print from madebygirl in new york, i've wanted it for sometime 

its delish in gold.....i got from my boys for mothers day

and here are a few other pics

hope all who read this have a wonderful week and if i haven't seen you for a while lets lock in 

a time to catch up......

smooch to all and i'm going to have a fab week too 

lisa xx

april is almost over eeekkkkkkk

honestly where has this month gone?????
this year is zoooming by at top speed, and leaving me a bit behind i have to admit, it has been
an eventful month though,
# my last red hill market till the end of the year
# my little zeke turned 5 {yesterday actually} he brings soooooo much joy to my world i just love him oodles      
# my cousin came to melbourne for a visit to see if she like's it and she's moving over in a few weeks
# one thing I've loved doing this month is culling things at home, feels so good getting rid
   of things you don't need, don't use etc, and I've started in on my studio.......
# catching up with friends which always ticks my boxes

i havent even been taking many photos this month, but here are a few snaps

enjoy your week, will post a few photos of zeke party
smooch lisa xx

who loves birthdays???? and why

well i am the big 36 years old on the 25th feb, and wow time sure goes by sooooo fast
i love birthdays and all that their about, and yes often im known to have a long
2-3 weeks of celebrations {how bout you????}

its funny we make a big deal about our children, nieces and nephews about how its a celebration and
we do the big count wow your  4 now etc........

to be honest that still hasn't changed for me, yes its not the same as when i was a child, i get excited but that giddy cant sleep isnt there like it used to, but i still see it as an amazing celebration and am
constantly thankful and reflect on the year past and i love being around loads of people and {ok i'll admit it} it is kinda nice when people make a fuss about little old ME!!!!!!!!

a big thankyou to everyone who made it wonderful with all the messages, txt, phone calls and the
lovely cards and gifts, you all made me feel so so valued

i had some lovely girls in my world org a day out i got my nails done, pedicure, lovely lunch at the portsea hotel, wonderful chats and got driven around the peninsula, followed by dinner at the epicurean, it was delish and if you haven't been you need to go thanks guys xx

then my brother and sis in law kate with the kids arrived from nz to live, so we org a welcome to australia lunch + birthday for tompo {friend} and myself so of course it was packed with loads of kiwis and some lovely friends, low key and ended up at the beach {perfect}
also below is a photo of the wowzer cake tompos wife kirstie made amazeballs

and on my actual birthday my lovely boys took me shopping and mumma now owns something from tiffanys fun fun, the service was amazing.........

and sorry I've been so busy i haven't been taking loads of photos, here are a few

so do you love birthdays????
and what has been your fav????
my 30th was amazing i loved it and have to admit im really looking forward to my 40th
thanks for reading smooch lisa

just breathe

2 weeks since we've been back and its flown right on by........
i truely had an amazing day and needed it, i needed to just STOP and breathe

so i've become an iphone user {finally you all say hahaha}
and am a little addicted to instagram and looking forward to maybe doing the dec photo a day
see how busy mumma goes.....
above is where i spent 5 hours in dromana at the beach today it recharged my batteries and the company {thanks bek} filled me with hope, some direction for 2013 and just all over good vibes

i always seem to get into a little funk when i return from nz, i love melbourne and dont want to
move back but spending time with my fams and seeing neices and nephews growing up without
you around makes me feel sad at times and i had a wonderful time while back there....
zeke everyday has asked to see his girls {my neices} he loved them cuteness

i have some exciting things happening at the moment and will follow on in another post....
leave you with a little cliff hanger hehehe

so thought id show you a few other instagram photos over the weekend

photos
1. dromana pier
2. me + bek on dromana forshore
3. greg and mwha at the albert food + wine festival
4. greggles and me off to crown for a fun night
5. coffee in south melbourne at Q11
6. with lela + liane at two bouys in dromana
7. my greg + zeke walking along rosebud forshore

who is ready for christmas????
and have you done your shopping etc???
smooch lisa xx

baby jets first sleepover............

yes it was a busy weekend, but to be honest such a fun weekend.......
friday night was the first time we had jet {my nephf} over for a sleep over, zeke was so excited
all day he kept saying, "can we go and get him now"
once we picked him up we the four of us went on an adventure to bunnings {oh what fun we had}
do you like bunnings??????? i love bunnings we strolled around aimlessly, we swung on the swing seats, something me and zeke have done for years, jet loved it.....
then it was home for dinner + bathtime + bed
jet was a pure delight, i miss my nieces and nephew so much and having a little nephew around the corner is lovely......
then it was off to the skate park sat morning.......
looking forward to cuddles tonight {family dinner night}

then sat arvo our lovely lissie came around for a birthday dinner for her, we just love spending time with lissie and it was so nice to just love on her

then sunday we were all packed up and off to the flemington markets, loved seeing familiar faces and love it when friends pop in, its like a meeting place hehehe

here are a few other snaps of the weekend

for lissies birthday dinner, we had corn fritters, topped with cheese, red onion, tomato, advo {in lemon juice + splash of tabasco sauce} coriander, salad, bacon + sour cream
seriously yummy my mouth is watering while i type........
and for dessert pav with cream cheese frosting + cream, raspberries + toasted almonds

and for all the photos taken at the markets check them out here............
i'll be loading you up with toooo many pics otherwise, hope your all having a great week so far
can't believe its thursday already, this week has flown by
smooch lisa xx

few randoms of my studio

how was your weekend?????
we had a good but busy one, i love it when its busy but flows well, sat morning we met zekes little
friend fletcher at aqua in dromana {fantastic cafe with a playground} so the adults got to sit
around chatting with yummy food together, it was so great i wasn't ready to
leave after 3 hours hehehehe
then dinner at andrew + ivanas......yummest butter chicken i've had in ages, then it was the
red hill vintage market on sunday, so good meeting new people and being involved bek
and i did it together and she killed it whoop whoop

+ sneek peak at my studio

thanks for stopping by for all of you who went to work today
hope it was a great start to the week
smooch lisa xx

2012 chaplaincy dinner @ the hyatt

very blurry but was the best of the lot and i really wanted to put it up..........

wow what a night a group of us were invited by the lovely brooks to come to this event at the hyatt

last night, it was about chaplaincy in schools access ministries.......

as i spent time listening to what it was about and the help they do give, it got me thinking about

when i was at school....

i don't remember having anyone at school to talk to {other than your friends and half the time i think we lead each other astray} and wondered if some of the decisions i had made would of been any different having a {go to person through school to talk to}....

what did you have at your schools??????

and did you find it useful?????

it makes me think about it more too having a little person who will be off to school in the

near future, and knowing that he's not always going to come to us for advice so who will be the person/people he talks to?????  

they will impact him massively 

+ few more photos of the night

was such a great night, apollo astronaut charlie duke spoke {made my eyes go shiny} just listening to his story too cool.........

the food was soooooooo yummy and the company was even better, 

thanks to muz for driving us all in from the peninsula

and loved the discussions on our little journey too......

hope your all having a wonderful tuesday

what happened on your monday night????

smooch lisa xx