When Benjamin was still eating purees and I spent most of my Sundays steaming, mashing and freezing endless amounts of homemade baby food, it was inevitable that some bought baby jars were part of the solids mix as there is really only so much butternut you can chop on your own. Thanks to Hipp Organic for your much-needed assistance! ANYWAY, being the DIY hoarder that I am, I ... Read More
Grey & White Baby Room Inspiration
One of my wonderful colleagues who’s just had her first little boy was so inspiring to me in the different touches she was putting on her new baby room. Every week some exciting package arrived at work carrying mobiles and blankets and all sorts of gorgeous décor items that I new was going to make her nursery just beautiful. Since we were simply moving Oliver into Benjamin’s ... Read More
Getting Scrappy with Ideas Magazine Decor Issue
I’ve just discovered Ideas Magazine – the Décor Issue – and there is so much goodness in there I’m wanting to scrapbook the entire publication! Speaking of scrapbooking, not sure how many of you have ever had a scrapping obsession? About 10 years ago I created a few albums filled with photos, stickers, beautiful paper and tons of little extras, like coloured stamps, sequins, ... Read More
It’s not called The Beautiful Life for nothing
Two and a half weeks ago I was giving birth to my second little boy, Oliver and today I feel like I’m finally – and in a very overdue manner – giving birth to my blog, Lovely Happy House. So about 8 months ago I finally got my thoughts together and did all the technical bits (registering a domain, setting up hosting and spending an inordinate amount of time browsing Wordpress ... Read More