Life throws us many challenges, both good and bad. Whilst my family has experienced a number of these in our lives, we recently went through a devastating experience. A few days after my last post {just over a month ago}, I went for a routine check at our obstetrician only to find that at 23 weeks of pregnancy, our little baby girl had passed away suddenly. Words cannot describe the days that followed as I was induced that night and gave birth the next day. We named her Ella Skye and she was laid to rest a week later at a beautiful & simple service. The staff at the Mater Private Womens Hospital {in Brisbane} were absolutely amazing and the support provided was second to none.
We have been so fortunate to have had amazing support from our families, work colleagues and friends and have gained immense strength from them and also from each other. Life has been hard since then but we are working through the healing process and will come out the other side even stronger than before.
I have missed blogging and seeing what everyone else is up to. I will be back {I'm not sure how often} but will endeavour to catch up with all of your blogs soon.
Lots of love,
Kelly
xxx
Image from here.
Life has flown by since last Friday when I found out my sister was having her baby early. I flew up to North Queensland late Friday night so I could be there and it was an amazing weekend. They had a little girl {named Grace} who is absolutely gorgeous. It was so hard for me to leave them and fly back to work on Monday morning (the 6am flight isn't fun at the best of times!!!). I can't wait to see her again in a few more weeks :-)
Kelly xxx
Image of Phoebe's room via Ohdeedoh
I'm so excited!!!! My dining chairs are finished and were delivered to work today for me to take home. I couldn't resist taking a picture of them in the front section of the shop around a gorgeous Stuart Membery round table. If only this was my dining room at home!!! I'll be sure to post some pics at home once things are a little closer to being finished. To see the chairs before their makeover click here.
Kelly xxx
All photos taken by me
via Trafalgarssquare
via Sugarfresh
via Bellybabies
via Bellybabies
I found these cute prints on Etsy which I thought would like great in a cluster wall with some other pieces I have. I would love to hear if anyone has any other sources...
Kelly xxx
With renovations almost complete, the room that will be our nursery {this room is our study / my craft room at the moment} will soon be ready to decorate. I have a lot planned in my mind but have been searching the web for inspiration. We already have a cot which is identical to the last picture and I love it. It was an ebay find of course!!! I have posted a few of my favourite pictures of cots (found here & here), although there are so many more :-)
Kelly xxx
It's exciting times for me at the moment as our little renovations are drawing to an end!!! One of the things I am most looking forward to is having an entertaining area at one end of the backyard which leads into our rumpus room. The paving and edging is almost finished and my mind is whirling with ideas of pots, plants and how to decorate the fabulous new space. There is a gorgeous shaded area in one corner which lends itself to a hammock for lazy reading. I have it all pictured in my head, but now to finally put it into action {the fun part}.
Now.... If only I could find some fabulous pots and planters to complete the look :-)
Kelly xxx
Image taken whilst visiting here.
Kate Spade are running a competition at the moment {check out the details here}. There are some fabulous entries. I love the colours used in this one above from here.
Kelly xxx
