Happy birthday to me

Today I celebrated my birthday with family and friends at the Wetlands Cafe, at a winery called Chateau Tahbilk, near Nagambie, in central victoria.

We had food, cake and a boat ride on the lagoon/wetlands area.

Great cake made by the Chef at the cafe, flowers supplied by my great friend Gina .

beer bottles

My husbands xmas present was a box of variety foreign beer bottles. Here they are all empty and lined up to admire what has been drunk.

x buns

This is my attempt at making hot x buns on the labour day weekend. We added choc chips instead of sultanas. The boys did not like them I presume they werent sweet enough. They did rise and cooked ok, but werent like the store bought ones, recipe from Better Homes and Garden book.

I will resort to buying them already made from now on.

birthday cake

birthday cake home made from cadbury recipe

toby's 10th birthday

Toby and Hugh enjoying blowing out the candles on the cake

ribbon box

Here is a box that i have covered with paper and ribbons and added the word Ribbons to store my ribbon stash in.

Update for march 2008

It is mid march already, how fast is the year going. Only one more week left of school. Then Easter and the school holidays. With the holidays comes my reentry into the full time work force from 2 April 2008, as a graphic artist. How very exciting!!!
I have had a lovely time since finishing my course in december 2007, have completed a little recipe book with my favourite recipes in it, have created and sent out my birthday invites for a small get together in April.
I have also had a great time READING novels, here is a list of the books I have been enjoying.
Anita Shreve: A wedding in December, The Pilots Wife, Body Surfing, The Weight of Water, All He Ever Wanted, Fortune's Rock, Eden Close and Sea Glass,Light on Snow. (All very easy and enjoyable reads)
Linda Howard: A Game of Chance, Mackenzie's, The Mackenzie's, To Die For, All the Queen's Men, Loving Evangeline,Kiss me while I sleep,Duncan's bride. Bluebird winter
Maeve Binchy: Lilac Bus, Tara Road, Whitethorn Woods, Silver Wedding, Evening Class,
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Blue Bedroom and other Stories, The End of Summer.
Douglas Kennedy: The Pursuit of Happiness. HAPPY READING

typography assignment 2007

magazine double spread time mag tafe 07

time magazine cover tafe 2007

biscuit box magazine layout and box design 07

Biscuit box magazine layout for tage

freelance business card Leanne 20007

Business card designed for Leanne 2007

freelance work business cards 2007

Business cards made for a friend 2007

resume 2006 from tafe course

resume created 2006

merry christmas to all who read my blog

Tulips from DAndenong Tulip Farm

These tulips were on display at Tesselaers Tulip Farm Dandenong Sept 07

More Tulips

Beautiful pink and white tulips at Tesselaers Dandenong Tulip farm

Tulips from Dandenong tulip farm

Tesselaers Tulip Farm , we had a lovely day here on our way home.

Tulips in Spring from Tulip farm Dandenong

September school holidays

School holidays are just about to finish, yeah.
We had 4 days in Melbourne, visited the Pixar animation exhibition at ACMI at Federation Square, AFL World. Walked and ventured around St Kilda pier and the Esplanade Craft Market.
We visited Tesselaers Tulip Farm in the Dandenong Ranges on the way home the tulips were beautiful. We have had some quiet time at home,I took the kids to see a pantomine of Little Red Riding Hood at the local Theatre. It was quite funny.
I have even done a bit of homework. Only 7 weeks to go and then i will finish studying.