Rocking the Last Minute

I have had a lot of practice at rocking the last minute.  I would sit in tutes at uni and listen to others talking about how relieved that they were about finishing the assignment that I hadn't even started, on numerous times I have spent my whole recess organising resources that I have needed to teach my next lesson and I didn't even have the pram and moses basket home until the day that Willow was born.  And Thursday was no exception.  When I told Mat that I needed him to have Thursday at home to help me get ready for my Lo & Lot Creations stall he quite reasonably asked "Wouldn't it be better to have everything organised before the day of the market?"   Well yes Mat, it would, but that's not how I roll.  If the last minute had a kingdom, I would be it's Queen.  I rock the last minute, and rock the last minute we did!  And these are the results of our rocking...

Friday morning after the excitement of the market was over, I wrote a list of things to do that doesn't involve Lo & Lot Creations (because that has a list of it's own....obviously).  Here it is...

• Baking x2.   (Check.  1 birthday cake for Mat and a lime & coconut cheesecake for dessert at Cousin Mat & Rach's family lunch at their house to announce that Sebby will have a baby brother or sister.  Congrats guys!!!)
• Housework  (yuk)
• Write Christmas present list (yes writing a list is on my list, and poor little Lottie's column is looking a lot shorter that Willow's)
• Book tropical holiday (I wish)
• Catch up on some of my favourite blogs
• Read a book in the hammock
• Make a long overdue doctors appointment (and for that matter an even longer overdue dentist appointment)
• Have a massage
• Restock Lottie's frozen food supplies (she won't eat food from a jar and I can't really blame her)
• Spend more time outside with the girls (have been working on this one already)
• Teach Lottie to sleep for longer than 1.5 hours at a time during the night (I am aiming for 3)
• Write more blog entries!

And to finish off this entry here are some photos of our out and about days....

My water babies!

Waiting for Mat's birthday lunch @ Seaport

Spring time!

Loving the spring time with my girls!

My Party Theme Obsession

It has been very busy in the Lo & Lot Creations Studio....
In my half awake half asleep feeding Lottie in the middle of the night dream world I work in a studio that has been styled to perfection!  It has desk space galore (maybe even two desks) beautifully coordinated ringbinders, magazine holders and boxes for storing all of my little crafty things, it is colourful, always tidy, inspiring, peaceful and all mine!  In reality not one piece of furntiture matches, the small desk is filled with a combination of Mathew's work things, football things and bills, and I can't take one step without treading on something or occasionally someone because two little distracting girls like to be with their Mumma.  Ok, so I wouldn't change that last part for the world, not even a world with matching stationary!
I have been doing custom orders for birth announcements, baby showers, engagement parties, and of course my main love, children's parties.  I have been adding to the range of party themes (and have twice as many ideas that I have fallen in love with jotted down in my notebook that I can't wait to work on) and I have been stocking up for my first Lo & Lot Creations market stall later on in the month!

Here is a list of the themes that are all a ready to go, with matching invitations, cupcake toppers, lolly bag toppers or tags, banners and more....

• Bright Owl Girl
• Bright Owl Boy
• Jungle Friends Girl
• Jungle Friends Boy
• Babushka Bonanza
• Frolic in the Forest
• Eeei Eeei Oh
• Ahoy there me hearties
• Little Gnome Girl
• Fairy Princess
• Vintage Fire Engine

I am loving a bit of a vintagey feel at the moment, so my plan is to add some more vintage themes to the collection, and then have to distinct styles; my Vintage Collection and my Brights collections.  Super super excited!!!

I'm also going to be launching a few new products at the market ready for Christmas.  As I said before - we have been a busy!

And while I haven't been doing the Lo & Lot Creations thing, I've been busy with the real Lo & Lot and fitting as much in to our days as possible!  Lottie is a pro crawler and stander, lover of paper, cackler and snorter and champion eater with her two little chompers.  Willow is a singer and jumper, more clever and thoughtful than she should be and completely addicted to her dummy.  We love our at home days together, and when we haven't been home we've been rocking it out in the capital for Powderfinger, finishing football for the year (yay just one more dinner to go - well done Mat for top 5 in association and Bracknell B&F), birthday parties, tennis days and playgroup.  

And you know Christmas is just around the corner when you can smell new potatoes with mint cooking for tea and the sun in still shining and not even looking like giving in to the moon!  Love Summer!!!