Jewellery Swap

I participated in a Jewellery swap with the lovely Autumn from "Mrs" in the Making which found me paired with Autumn herself.

We were given questions to answer to give a little run down of our tastes and preferences and it was up to our swap partner to interpret the answers and choose a piece of jewellery that best fit.

My answers consisted of: Navy/Purple, simple, a bit of sparkle.

This is what I was sent..I must say, I was sold before I even got to the bracelet. I love things that are wrapped with many layers! It builds my excitement.

Wrapping layer one

Wrapping layer two 

 Wrapping layer three

My bracelet 

Perfect! It fit every little detail that I told Autumn I liked 

 And of course a lovely little note from Autumn.

Thank you so much Autumn, my bracelet is so cute!

Coffee time

I have a coffee machine and an in house barista to make me a coffee every morning..

So we made a video.. listen carefully at the end. I get way too excited for coffee.

Oh hey, nice dress

I sewed this dress awhile ago using the Vogue pattern 1236. On the weekend when I wore it out, I thought I should get some proper pictures of me wearing it, so asked Steve to take some when we were out.

Well, I think we can all see that I will never ever be a fashion blogger. To quote Steve - 'Hey Rhi, can you be less....awkward?'. 

I love the dress though. It's really comfortable and can be worn with or without a belt. I chose a belt, since I have a waist like most women do. The pattern was really easy to sew and really only had 2 main pieces which is handy for the amateur sewers such as myself.

Perhaps impromptu is my best angle?

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Earlier in the week, I was looking for Teddy in all the common places I usually find him asleep. We recently moved a wooden chest we have to the front window so that Teddy could sit on there during the day and look out on to the street. 

Guess where he was sleeping?

His little cubby house 

Tourists in our own city

What do you do when the weather hits at least 25 degrees celcius on a Saturday and you have no plans? Well, you go on an adventure of course.

Steve and I are huge fans of having no plans on weekends. Nowhere we have to be on a weekend is our idea of bliss. Of course, the weekend arrives and we find ourselves pondering what to do whilst we are eating our breakfast and sipping our coffee. We always find our way though; we always find something to do.

Martin Place, Sydney

Saturday morning, we decided we would drive in to the city and park the car, walk to Circular Quay and catch a ferry to Manly. What actually happened was: drive to the city and park the car, walk to Opera Kitchen and wait ages for mediocre food, then walk 6.5km around the city back to the car, stopping to take pictures and drink coffee along the way.

Oh look, jewellery...hint hint

Successful, I say. We got our exercise in; albeit in sandals and a dress. 

We saw parts of the city we hadn't seen before (or rather, I don't remember seeing) and I probably got a tiny bit of a tan along the way too... Probably not though, since I'm white as a ghost.

 Typical tourist shot

 The ferry we might have caught...if it weren't for the 6.5km walk.

Oh coffee, how I love you so

How was your weekend?

Do you ever play tourist in your own town?