Inspiration Friday

In light of my recent travels to New Zealand, I thought it appropriate to do a New Zealand themed Friday!

New Zealand Map Pendant by ChellasCol

Kiwiana Cushion Cover by PrettyKiwi

Little Ms Sunshine by chimaerashop

New Zealand Flag Cufflinks by CuffCuff 

Hand Printed Tea Towel by Washhouse 

Hundreds and Thousands Fabric Wall Decals by Stickytiki

Happy Friday! 

New Zealand Part Two.

 

Sorry for so many photos! There was just so many good things (and a lot of photos I didn't share too). Overall New Zealand was amazing to look at, so much yummy food and very, very exciting! 

I hope you liked my mini photo trip to New Zealand! 

❤

New Zealand Part One

 I've decided to break down my New Zealand post into two parts, so there isn't an overload of photos! As you might be able to see above, I had a super-duper amazing time in New Zealand! We got to do so many things, and the trip went so fast. A week was definitely not enough time to do everything and anything that I wanted too. 


Queenstown was a fantastic place. Our hostel was right in the middle of everything and we walked most places we went to. I would go back in a heartbeat (not to be a cliché or anything). We flew out on the Saturday morning, and by the time we reached Christchurch airport, the Queenstown airport was closed from snow and bad weather. If only we had an afternoon flight, we would have gotten to stay longer. Hehe.  


The weather couldn't have been more perfect actually. The first part of the week was sunny and beautiful and the second part was rainy (snowing in the mountains). Adjusting to the cold was easier than I expected, it took me a few days before I realised how much a hat keeps you warmer. I wore my panda bear hat that I bought from the lovely Rachael from Talk2TheTrees while I was on holidays too! I hope the weather gets a tad colder in Newcastle now so I can wear it again!


New Zealand part two will be coming up shortly! 

Hello Again!

I'm back from my holiday! After almost 12 hours of travel I was back to my own home. It's only a 3 hour flight from Christchurch to Sydney, but the waiting around for other planes, going through security and finally the drive from Sydney back to Newcastle do add up! The main thing is I'm back, safe, happy and no one hurt themselves skiing in my group. Yay!


I'm finally caught up with everything that happened in Internet land while I was away, blogs and all. Now it's time for me to sew, something that I haven't done for ageeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees (it feels like). And then maybe I might crack the camera open and wade through the photos that I took on the trip. 

❤

Monthly Book Round Up.

Another month has flown by, and my reading list has been looking very sad. This month I only managed to finish one book. ONE. I think I even started it last month too!

I really don't have an excuse! I should have been reading more too, because it has been holidays for me this month. My bookshelf has been looking a tad sad too, either I need to join the library (which I still haven't done, I've been living in this area for more than 2 years now.) Or find some extra money to buy new books. Rereading books is nice, but when you are constantly reading the same books over again it gets boring. 

So this month I read Pride and Prejudice and I really enjoyed it!

In other news, this weekend I will be leaving for a week in New Zealand with the family. I will be putting my Etsy shop on vacation while I'm away. Inspiration Friday updates will still be posted, but other than that my blog will be pretty quiet while I'm away.

I have my DSLR all charged and I'm prepped to take heaps of photos. This is going to be an awesome trip!