Moving!

Yay! I'm sure you've all heard my whinging about house-hunting. Well, no more - I did think we may end up homeless, but we finally have a house! We are moving to Melbourne this weekend!! We haven't packed a thing (crazy, I know)!

Anyway, I do need to let you all know that MiniLaLa will be closed from tomorrow, June 23rd, until Monday, July 13th. I'm really sorry if this causes any inconvenience! Any orders placed during the closure dates will be posted upon our return. Thank you for your understanding.

Now to pack, and get there - it's gonna be a huge - no make that a massive, gigantic, monstrous - week! Wish me luck!!

Finally, some nappy news for you...

So, after 10 months on the market, and 8 very stressful weeks of waiting for our buyers finance to be approved, our house is officially sold! Now, after months of trying to organise without anything set in stone, we can work on dates. We will move out of here by July 3rd.

Yay for us!

We are still trying to find a house in Melbourne. I have travelled the 3 hours down and the 3 hours back (and around and around!) 4 times this month! I am a little over it! We are going down again this weekend, hopefully for the last time before we move.

As for nappies, we hope to have a lottery very soon after the move.

As most of you would know, it's been 6 or 7 months since I first started my search to find a manufacturer, but I am happy to say that I have finally found 'the one'!

We are almost ready to go ahead with production, and I'm hoping that by August, we can do away with the lottery altogether. I'm very excited, and it will be such a huge relief to be able to finally supply all of you lovely people (well, your babies) with MiniLaLa nappies!

I'll keep you up to date as best I can over the next few very busy weeks!

My big boy!

I've been neglecting this blog a little bit lately, but here I am! Things have been so ridiculously busy here with planning a move, plus both kids birthdays, not to mention the business...

Yesterday was Nicholas' third birthday. We had a little get together on the weekend, and Nick had a fabulous time! He is so grown-up and clever these days! I'm so proud of my big boy!

Here are a few pictures of my darling three-year-old:


Of course we had to have another candle-blowing ceremony on Nick's 'real' birthday too

Ivie even had a turn


Nicholas adores Ivie so much - it just melts my heart!


Aren't they just gorgeous!!

Here's one I just had to share: Ivie doing her first wee on the potty last night! Isn't she cute? So clever, my kids :)


I will be back to update about the nappies and all things MiniLaLa soon, I promise!

Happy Mother's Day!

I'm a little bit late, but I hope you all had a fantastic day, and got very spoilt :)

Another lottery has come and gone. I have contacted all of the winners, so my biggest apologies to those who missed out this time.

I wanted to share a few of the winning entries with you - there were some great answers:

I love all your fabrics so much they're all my favourite. So I sat my 5 month old daughter Emily in front of the screen with me and asked her to pick her favourite, she slapped the screen near Cocoa Kimono atleast 3 times, so I'm assuming that's her favourite! ;) Anything that's a favourite of hers, is a favourite of mine.

Kelly

To pick a favorite is SO unfair, we love them all, and don't want to share. "Mirabelle" is oh so hippy, but the "Mustard Martini" makes me feel tippy! "Wallpaper" would look cute on Sophie's bum, without a Mini la la nappy our days are no fun. So to answer your question, without hesitation, it's "Cocoa Kimono" we love for the perfect presentation. So please ship a nappy for Sophie & me, MiniLaLa, MiniLaLa, MiniLaLa "Yipee"!!!

Rebecca

Yellow Birds - I have three very noisy birds (2yr old, 5mth twins) in my household (oh...probably 4 if you count my wife!)

Ian

My favourite .... I can not believe that I have to narrow it down to just one! What an unfair choice, I want to choose them all but a polite yet persistant little box keeps telling me to only pick 6!! I can not choose it is like asking me to pick which one of my children is my favourite..... but if it means the chance of getting a minilala I will choose French Riveria. Why? Because it is so darn pretty (but then they all are aren't they?)

Alison

Thank you for all being so creative with your answers :)

I'm sure you're wondering how I choose the winners. Well, I take out all the answers (so that I can't see names or anything else), and my 'team' and I choose our favourites. The ones which we all have in our top 5 are the winners, and so on. It's the fairest way I could think of.

Thanks again to everybody who entered!

All about Ivie

Ivie is now ONE!

Here are a few pics of my gorgeous girl on her birthday

Do you love the tiara? My Dad actually grabbed 'lucky dips' from a church fete on the way to our house, we opened it, and... well, how appropriate :) (Nicholas got a bendy pencil - loved that too)

Oh, and the divine pettiskirt is by Oopsy Daisy Baby, from Twiggi in case anyone wants to know. I just adore it!! I wish they came in my size.

Cutting the cake

Enjoying the cake...

We had such a great day. I can't believe my littlest baby is one! Ahhhh, they grow up too fast.... She does get cuter by the day though :)

My little baby girl...

She's not so little anymore! It's so nice to see her becoming such a gorgeous little character, but my goodness it has happened quickly!

I'm feeling all nostalgic, so wanted to share a few pictures...
A year ago (though feels like not long at all)

(actually, this one is one year, and two weeks ago^)





I love the pic above. It was taken at 10 days old by Trevor Phillips

Here is my big Ivie Mae now

What a beautiful baby! Happy birthday to my little girl!

I love you to pieces Ivie!

Thank you Lovestamp!

I just have to show you: I decided to make little bookmark keepsakes for Ivie's Grandmothers, Great Grandmothers and Aunties, to commemorate her first birthday. We'll be having a little family get-together, and thought something lasting would be nicer than a lolly bag or the likes for them.

After making them, I decided that a more personalised touch was in order, so called on the very lovely Jo, aka Lovestamp. I got 9 sterling silver discs, each handstamped with 'love Ivie xo'

Here's what I made

And (I hope you don't get too bombarded now, Jo!), I had asked Jo how squished it might look with lots of words on the disc, and she'd made up a sample for me to see. She actually included that sample for me as a gift to Ivie! It just made my day!

Plus, all this was ordered, organised, and delivered within 4 working days (because I am a serious last-minuter)!! Take a look at Lovestamp's Madeit and Etsy stores to see all thebeautiful pieces that Jo makes.

Jo, thank you so much for your wonderful service! These are so special, and Ivie can't wait to give them out to the special ladies in her life.

A post about nappies - at last!

It must seem like I've been slacking off. Posting about anything but nappies... I have been working, I swear!! In fact, I think I can finally say (after almost 6 months!) that I have found a manufacturer!

Now, don't get me wrong, the actual production is still months off, but let me tell you, I am so relieved to finally have found someone who I think will be able to uphold the style and quality of the MiniLaLa modern cloth nappy. I'm very excited! Terrified at the same time...

Until I can get everything sorted, though, we'll continue with the lottery. It was a great success last month, and we hope to open the next one after Ivie's first birthday - this weekend! So yes, next week (that would have been shorter). Make sure that you are subscribed to the newsletter on the website at www.minilala.com.au for info on how to enter.

Still going on about wall decals!

Yes, it's days later and I'm still obsessed! There are a few more that I want to share:

I accidentally stumbled upon these yesterday from newbies, Sticky Apple (available from Made by White)... How cool are these!?

Here are more from Sticky Apple, as well as a couple from For Walls and My Munchkin Home

Plus Made By White also sell some other fabulous pieces!

While I'm here, I'd better tell you that I'm also loving Morgan Wills. She makes very beautiful things from reclaimed materials. I love her Bushka dolls!

Yes, yes! I have been sewing - just doing this in my 'me-time' (if you can call it that, LOL)!

...And have a look at this great web tool, Spell with Flickr by Erik Kastner

I could spend hours! Look what I made

OK. Back to work for me!

For the very best looking walls...

Here they are: My top 10 (well, actually it's 11 because I just couldn't decide!).

I'm one of those annoying people who has to keep changing and tweaking things. I'm constantly changing my mind and redecorating (or whatever it may be), so removable art is perfect for me!

Ivie's birthday is in a couple of weeks, and Nick's in a month and a half. I want a set for each of their rooms... and for my office... maybe one for the playroom too (though I do have Wallcandy in there already).

Help me choose!

'Decorated wooden horse' from Paristic - I just LOVE the fuschia wall!

'Dainty toadstools' by lovemaestore at Etsy - such lovely patterns and colours. Wouldn't this be perfect for a newborn nursery?




'Large sweet tree with birdies' by singlestonestudios at Etsy. I'm really loving this one - maybe in yellow for Ivie or blue for Nick?? This is something that would suit a child's room for years.


Now, this one makes me all nostalgic! Who else had these paper dolls as a little girl (or boy)? I just adore this one!
'Dress up dolls' by lovemaestore at Etsy

Nicholas is obsessed with fish at the moment - he caught his first fish a couple of weeks ago, and decided a long time ago that he wanted a goldfish for his third birthday... He'd love these!

'Gold fish' from Giggle Smile Designs

'Trees' by Boodalee from Blik - I'd love these in a baby boy's room.

'Happy creatures' by Threadless from Blik - how funky is this? Maybe for Nicholas?

'Animal circles' by byrdiekids at Etsy - I want these for the playroom!


I also love these!

'Dandelion' from Paristic

'Fly society' by Wallcandy Arts

'Zebra' by Paristic


Now which ones should I get!!!???