30 for 30 day twenty six

silk blouse, clogs, and necklace-gone-bracelet (second hand store),

belt (mum's wardrobe), jeans (mum's second hand store),

singlet (old work)

so i am flying out tomorrow! i will continue my 30 for 30 (for the last 3 days), but i won't have internet to share it with you until i get back after 2 weeks! however, i will be bringing loads of beautiful photos and stories to share :)

have a lovely 2 weeks everyone!

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30 for 30 day twenty five

five days to go!

denim long shirt and belt (old work), sundress (second hand store),

thongs (hand-me-down).

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30 for 30 day twenty four

denim shirt jacket and waist belt (old work), playsuit (mum's 2nd hand store),

thongs (hand-me-down), assorted bangles (collected over the years),

sunnies (cotton on).

check out the atti-tood... little bit of a dorky poser :P

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30 for 30 day twenty three

knitted shrug (old work), cossie top (target),

shorts and thongs (hand-me-down)

it was supposed to be a really warm day today (it turned out to be mild), but in preparedness for the upcoming warmth i chose to wear my bikini top under the shrug (and that's all, woowoo!) so at lunch time i could lay in the sun. it was still a good idea in the end. it wasn't boiling, so i just whipped the shrug off (i was at a friends house, not just a random strip in public!) and lay in the sun for 30 minutes. it was lush!!

and for all you clever bunnies out there, i realise i am missing two days. i don't like doing jigsaw outfits and i didn't get a photo of monday or tuesday. i promise to play dress up before i leave for the holidays on sunday and catch up!

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m.i.a.!

sorry! it's been a pretty hectic week so far leading up to a few weeks away (getting all my uni work done while trying to juggle the rest of life). so here's a picture of a cute puppy who fell asleep on her mama's bed with her favourite teddy. as if you didn't just go "awwwwww"!

30 for 30 day twenty

although i would have loved to have spent sunday (all day) on the beach, i had a few places to be so it was time to play weekend dress up. appologies for the blurry photo. for some reason my camera seems to have been in a grumpy mood sunday!

shirt and dress (old work), pocket watch necklace (tree of life),

clogs and bangle (second hand store)

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30 for 30 day nineteen

was spent with either my hands or feet in the dirt!! i should have taken a photo of my feet before i hopped into the shower saturday night, they were so dirty they looked like monster feet! i had lots of fun though, raking and gardening. i'm becoming a proper little gardener!

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quick 'n' tasty!

any one else a fan of a meal with a description like that?
this one is my 'uni student fights back against 2 minute noodle malnutrition' meal. or quick 'n' tasty for short.

toss

• a handful of washed baby spinach leaves
• 3-4 big leaves of washed and roughly chopped basil
• 1/4 of chopped avocado, 
• a handful of organic chic peas 
• and two chopped and warmed tomato, onion and basil veggie sausages

in a bowl with a splash of olive oil and a squeeze of lemon.
it took 2 minutes to make, and every mouthful was like a party on my tongue :)
and SO VERY HEALTHY.
eat and be healthy! (and merry)





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30 for 30 day eighteen

jacket (second hand store), white shirt (old work),

shorts and thongs (hand-me-down), pearl necklace-gone-bracelet (stolen from best friend :D)

i still love this jacket months and months after i bought it. i think it is so cute and unique! it really picks up a relatively boring outfit when combined with my totally stylish sunnies (haha) and the pearl necklace. however, i'll be totally honest, it was too hot to wear it most of the day but it looks good in the photo!

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30 for 30 day seventeen

today is brought to you by the sweet and warm spring weather. dresses and 3/4 knitted shrugs, oh the femininity of it all! i felt so pretty today in this floral sun dress from one of my second hand shopping saturdays earlier this year. it's light and comfortable, while still looking lovely.

shrug and belt (old work), sun dress (second hand store),

thongs (hand-me-down)

and apparently it's going to get even warmer for the weekend. woohoo!!!

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30 for 30 day sixteen

apologies for being a day late! but for your wait you get a double dose of dorky poses! (come on, you know that's worth waiting for :P)

white shirt (old work), playsuit (mum's 2nd hand store), 

thongs (hand-me-down)

also sorry about the dodgy photography. however i tried to make up for it with the pose :P

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beautiful planet

there's something beautiful about sitting in the warm evening air, listening to the waves break in the distance and watching the sun setting in the leaves of eucalyptus trees. so peaceful and relaxing.

i hope you have a moment to stop, breathe and love all the wonderful things in your life :)


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garden update: my babies are growing!!

since sunday they have grown new leaves and are looking healthy and strong after their transplant. i am so excited! (which is also due the fact that i will have fresh homegrown basil in my dinners soon!) :)

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30 for 30 day fifteen

halfway, woohoo! wow, time goes fast!
it was so lovely and warm today, once the morning chill wore off. i'm still in my shorts now, and the sun has nearly completely set. bring on the warm nights!

scarf (mum's), beige singlet (old work), denim look t-shirt (2nd hand store), 

shorts and thongs (hand-me-down).

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30 for 30 day fourteen

beige singlet tops (i double layered again - old work), jeans (mum's 2nd hand store), belt (mum's wardrobe), thongs (hand-me-down).

there were a few photos taken for todays post, and out of all of them, the one in which i was just goofing off looks the best (what does that say about the rest??) haha :)

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is that an old singlet top? no, it's a shopping bag!

so, how do you make an upcycled shopping bag from an old singlet top? (i found the original idea here, at itty bitty impact). i've modified the plan a little to suit the singlet, and the style of bag i wanted.

so, to begin! i turned the singlet inside out and cut off the bottom hem.

i then turned the singlet back the right way (with the design on the outside) and folded the now un-hemmed bottom of the singlet back on itself two times.

to hold it all in place while i sewed it together, i pinned it.

i took a break mid-way, when help arrived. 

i wanted a kind of rocky/grungy feel to the bag, so i hand stitched the bottom and had the stitching on the outside. this photo doesn't really show it too well, but to start, so the end of the thread wasn't totally obvious, i pulled back the second fold then poked the needle through only one layer, just to start off.

and pull the needle through.

to keep with my theme, i wanted the stitching to be cute but rough, so i went with looping stitching.

i got excited as it started to look how i wanted it to :)

i finished the stitching the same way i started, with the end in between the two folds of the new bottom hem.

to add a bit of reinforcement to the stitching, i added a second row.

and finished it off with a few repeated loops at each end.

finished! :)

singlet bags first shopping trip!

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30 for 30 days 12 and 13

there aren't any!
i spent today (day 13) and yesterday (day 12) at home! and it was brilliant. the mr and i cleaned the house from top to bottom, vaccuuming around and under everything, getting all our washing done and away, mowing the lawn (mostly a mr job there) and, my favourite part, fixing up the garden! i spent a good part of today with my hands in the dirt, transplanting little seedlings and building the garden bed up for planting. since my last garden foray, we had a new arrival to the family (our puppy), and she decided that the garden bed was a lovely place to dig, so all my previous efforts got thrown all over the place along with the dirt from the garden. i also had a few other things on the go this weekend, including painting my friends 21st present (sorry, this won't be posted as it's a surprise for her!) and making a shopping bag from a singlet. here's some weekend activity photos in lieu of myself dressed up and pulling funny faces or a dorky pose.

 from left to right: baby strawberry bush, cos lettuce and basil

 freshly cleared and topped up garden bed! 

(needs a few more layers yet, but i'm getting there :P)

  

 and of course we stopped every now and again for freshly juiced oj

and beach walks

i hope everyone had a brilliant weekend, because i really enjoyed mine :)

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30 for 30 day eleven

OH MY GOSH. it was so cold today! it started out at 14.5 degrees at 7:30 am, and by 12pm it was down to 12 degrees! this is starting to sound like a weather report blog with all the temperature updates, but it's the most relevant thing to my wardrobe choice of each day. i liked today's outfit quite a lot, and it's one that i will do again, post 30 for 30 days. i like the colour combination of the light and dark denim with neutral black and the eye grabbing cheetah print scarf. a few other touches of colour (the belt and thongs) and a pretty plain outfit that worked as meeting, uni and afternoon tea attire quite nicely :)

 denim jacket, singlet and scarf (old work), belt (mum's), jeans (lee), thongs (hand-me-down)

one thing i did wish i'd remembered was a big jacket to pull over the whole outfit to stay warm!

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30 for 30 day ten (double figures, woohoo!)

little bit grey, little bit chilly today, so i snuggled back into my jeans and a 3/4 jacket to keep away the goosebumps.

jacket and singlet (old work), jeans (mums 2nd hand store), thongs (hand-me-down).

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30 for 30 day nine

another jigsaw day, but for a totally valid (and funny) reason
i was on my way home, and eating an orange in the car when it EXPLODED all over me. orange everywhere, over everything. me. my clothes. the steering wheel. the inside of the windshield.
needless to say, everything is in the wash now, and noticeably unphotographed. sorry, again! :(

singlets (old work), shorts & thongs (hand-me-down), tights (mums 2nd hand store), jacket (second hand store)

it was meant to rain all day today. instead it was sunny and warm. i'm glad i spring layered. i wore the beige spaghetti strap singlet (which is now beige and orange) under the cream singlet for a bit of extra warmth (for the supposed cold??) and the tights under my shorts for the same reason, the tights came off around midday anyway because it got too hot! as i was around kids all day, it was a comfort and practicality outfit, but i threw the jacket in as an attempt at some style.




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30 for 30 day eight

i made it through a week (doing well so far).
today was warm, sunny, and lush! however, the weather report looks down from tomorrow onwards (culminating in 14 degrees on saturday??!!! is that even possible?). looks like a return to the hermit days for kim.
but back to the positive! today was a summery pleasure, so i dressed the part :)

dress and denim long shirt (old work), thongs (hand-me-down)

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there's something about the smell of freshly cooked (banana) bread...

it makes your mouth water...

i bought a few too many bananas on my last shop, and the stragglers have started to go a little funky now that the temperature is moving up (instead of hanging out in the back of my freezer with the ice cubes like it has been all winter). the best way i know to use up overripe bananas is banana bread! this one is actually more of a loaf... but it is sooooo tasty.

ooooh it's moist and sweet and banana-ry and yummy!!

 ingredients:

• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 egg
• 125 gms of butter (or butter substitute)
• 1 cup of mashed bananas
• 2 tablespoons of milk (or milk substitute)
• 2 cups of sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
•  1/2 a teaspoon of bi-carb soda
• and any extras you want to add (i added walnuts)

and here's how you make it!
 but first! preheat your oven to 180 degrees C (350 F). then

1. mix the butter, sugar and egg.

 2. beat until creamy.

 3. add the banana (noticeably unmashed in my mixture haha), and milk to the mixture.

 4. add the flour, baking powder and bi-carb soda and mix really well.
5. stir in any extras you like.

6. grease a baking tin and pour your mixture in. load it into the oven for an hour. it's cooked when you stick a clean knife in and it comes out still nice and clean! then proceed to feast. and then perhaps feast some more.









... guess who had banana bread for dinner tonight?

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