Here are some happy child-related finds that came our way over the past week:
1) This is a beautiful little painting named 'Keira in the blue dress', by Jennie De Groot who blogs here at The Distracted Painter. She wrote to me a while ago, asking if I'd mind if she used this picture of Keira in her new blue dress as painting inspiration. Of course I didn't, and Miss K is very honoured to have had her portrait painted.
2) Here we have the kids' absolute favourite new album, There's a dinosaur in my backyard by our local children's songwriter Kath Bee. Kath's songs are clever and funny and children adore them. I won the cd in a giveaway on Kath's facebook page and it has been in high rotate ever since. Cheers, Kath!
3) In the third photo above you can see my latest flea market find: a little selection of vintage handmade Barbie clothes, which I will package up for one of my nieces this Christmas. (I'm afraid my feminist leanings made it too difficult for me to ever buy K her own Barbie doll, but she doesn't seem to mind too much.) My sister and I had the exact same strapless checked dress with the blue ruffle you can see in the photo, which is why I thought I should buy them and hand them on to her daughters.) I also love the little houndstooth cape, lined in satin.
4) Arlo helped me make some Christmas tree decorations on the weekend, a bit like these ones we made a few years ago. This time we used blue and white Japanese origami paper, and we love their geometric styles. You can find the tutorial here, should you need a little something for your own tree.
