Baby Shower

On the weekend I went to my cousin's baby shower. It was an amazing afternoon spent catching up with family while eating delicious food (some would say too much food... but I wouldn't).

I got to meet new people but most importantly I got to meet my other cousin's new baby of 3 and a half months old. She was so adorable and spent most of the afternoon with me hehe.

We spent the afternoon chatting and catching up and then it was time for some games.

The first game was to look at a line of baby photos and guess who they were. The photos belonged to the parents of the baby, the grandparents and the aunties and uncles of the baby. I got one correct... oops.

The next game was to guess how big the mum-to-be's belly was with a piece of string. I again did not get anywhere close to the correct size, I went way too big... Double oops!

Game where we had to guess whose baby picture matched who. 

Overall it was a lovely day spent with family and meeting new people.

x

South Melbourne Markets

I love going to markets, wether they are craft markets, farmers markets or clothes markets. I just love exploring and seeing homemade things and homegrown things. So one of the things I really wanted to do while in Melbourne was to go to a market. On the Sunday that I was in Melbourne I went to the South Melbourne markets. There was so many different things in these markets. There was a super cool store with handmade cushions, funky cards and so much more. There was a store with candles and beach theme decorations and then there was so many lovely stores with fresh fruit and veg and flowers. There were stores with cheese and pastries... om nom nommm.

After walking up and down the markets we went outside of the markets where there was lots of little restaurants and market food. We stopped at a Mexican restaurant for some brunch. I started my meal with some fruit yogurt and granola balls, which I know is strange to get at a Mexican place but it was soo tasty! I then had some delicious quesadillas. 

After stuffing our stomachs with delicious food we continued to explore the wonderful markets.

Gorgeous handmade cushions.

*drools*

How good do these look?! I wanted to eat them all!

Beautiful market flowers.

The delicious yogurt, fruit and granola balls.

It was a bit awkward to eat the granola balls as they were stuck hard but was well worth the awkwardness, so tasty!

Big artwork on a wall in the markets.

Saturday Catch-ups

Last week I met up with my friend Lucy that I hadn't seen for a while.

Lucy also has a camera and likes to take photos too so this catch up was a perfect opportunity to take my new camera out for it's first excursion!

We went to breakfast in Manly at Belgrave Cartel and it was AH-MAZING!!!

We then went through the markets in Manly towards the beach. There was a stand with lots of lovely smelling candles and cute cushions. 

After hanging out in Manly, Lucy and I went to the caffe Cruise Espresso in Freshwater.

I got a Belgium mocha and a dark chocolate mint power ball, which was a great combination!

Next we headed back to the beach where we took a few more photos and sat on a bench and chatted while watching the world go by.

Breakfast from Belgrave Cartel

Manly markets

Manly beach

Cruise Espresso

Powerball and Belgium  mocha

 It was an amazing day to catch up with a friend, eat good food, drink great coffee and experiment with my new camera.

Exploring Melbourne

In the search for a hobby, I have written a post about my day with some photos that I have taken with my new camera.

I'm in Melbourne at the moment with my boyfriend for a short holiday. I have been to Melbourne a few times before but have never been able to really explore the area, as it has been to visit boyfriend's family.

While searching for what to do in Melbourne I came across a suggestion for a small French patisserie called 'La Belle Miette' that sells macarons, which just happened to be around the corner to where I had just finished shopping at H&M. As soon as I saw the word macarons I knew I needed to go straight away. La Belle Miette has four shops in Melbourne, I went to the one located at 30 Hardware Lane, Melbourne. Outside their shop is cute french style chairs and table to sit and eat one of their 17 flavoured macarons. Or if you want to take them home to eat later you can get them packaged in cute boxes that look as delicious as the tasty treats inside of them.

Now it came to the moment when I needed to pick the flavours.

As much as I wanted to say 'one of each please' I picked 6 flavours, 72% cocoa single origin chocolate, Caramel a la Fleur de Sel (Salted caramel),  'Bastille' - Moet et Chandon & Blackcurrant, Pistachio, Strawberry & Vanilla and Scone with Jam & Cream.

I then decided to search for a caffe near by to get a coffee to go with my macarons. I found a caffe just a street over called 'Brother Baba Budan'. This caffe is very small but makes amazing coffee and has so much character with their ceiling of chairs and artwork on the walls.

Overall a great day exploring through Melbourne, if you are ever in the Melbourne city you must visit these places!

Hardware Lane

Outside La Belle Miette

My macarons and coffee

Random Laneway

Outside Brother Baba Budan 

 Inside Brother Baba Budan caffe

Chairs on the ceiling 

On the Hunt for a Hobby!

I have been struggling for a while about what I should use my spare time doing. I find myself getting quite bored lately and need something to fill my time with. My boyfriend has many hobbies like cars, computers, gaming, anime and more. After talking to a few of my girl friends about it and asking them if they have any hobbies they have, most of the time, come up with the same answer they "don’t really have hobbies". It seems that girls have a harder time coming with hobbies or interests than guys do.

I just bought a new camera (Sony a3500 DSLR) and created this blog to document and talk about the different things I will try and do to fill up my spare time and find what I like to do. 

Some ideas of hobbies and things to try:

• Photography
• Baking project
• Read a new book
• Paint
• Draw
• DIY
• Restore old furniture
• Make candles
• Make jewellery
• Work out
• Yoga
• BLOG!
• Blog about my day
• Blog about beauty - makeup and fashion
• Blog about hobbies

I hope this blog will help me to figure out what I like to do and to help any other girls come up with ideas on new things to try.