A productive & successful weekend :)

I am finding myself in a very creative and driven mood when it comes to fabrics and photos lately, but not of words! So here is a photo update of whats been happening here at JaxFancy headquarters...

Rain and more rain...

Pretty nighties made......

 A fly ride the long way for coffee....

I made yoghurt FINALLY!!! but only a weeny bit :( now to figure out how to make ALOT and its so yummy!

I seriously love these jars, odd I know....

A sunny day, thankfully

Delicious corn for lunch

A project finished!

another teepee made

Bunnies for Easter

and finally bread for the week ahead!!

 

 

 

A Tuesday Ritual of mine

I love living in a small town, sure it has its drawbacks, but generally its pretty great. Its great for children to grow up in a real community and be so 'known', always safe and surrounded by friends. It was one of the reasons I wanted to move from the big city out to the sticks, so when it came time for me to have a family they could spend their childhoods listening to the crickets, walking to their friends houses and seeing their school teachers in the supermarket. 

But as an adult, sometimes it can feel a little....ah....boring? or plain? Sometimes it nice to have the fancy shops or a special place to go. 

So when ASQ bought our little local nursery and butterfly house Skydancers and turned it into a super lovely cafe/nursery/gift shop, I was excited! Its a beautiful place to visit, nice coffee, gifts and plants, it also caters to children with the outside area having games like quoits to keep them busy. And another bonus, the staff are lovely too.

So every Tuesday some of us small town mums (and their preschoolers) get together, we call it Mums on the Move, in the past we have played basketball ( well you know, we gave it a bash!), netball with the Grade 5 school kids, a dance class but most of the time we go for a walk to Skydancers have a coffee and walk back. 

Its lovely to take a couple of hours out of the week to do something social and for ourselves only! 

If your in the area, do stop in for a look, you won't be disappointed!

Here's some pictures of yesterdays visit for coffee

You can check out what butterflies have hatched

and what sort they are...

this is the outside gift shop, the one inside is extra lovely....

My friend Fizzy found a butterfly wing (she wasn't really sad!)

Work by local artist Ben Smith for sale in the garden

room for the kids to run and play

Check out this sculpture.....some people are so clever!

An inspiring nursery to wander through

 If you fancy checking Skydancers out on the net you can click here.

Maybe you can organise a walk with your friends to a local coffee spot, its always nice to have a chat don't you think?

Jacq :)

The weekend

A drive to Daylesford

Knitting in the car

Alleys full of shops

Awesome unaffordable finds!

My favorite building

Odd shops....

and the 'stuff' you can find inside

Then home for a yummy toasted sanga and coffee :D

 What did you do on your weekend??

Jacq :)

A slow(ish!) weekend

We went out and about this weekend to visit Robs brother David and his wife Maree at their beautiful home/paradise!. 

It was such a treat to sit about in their lovely garden eating a delicious meal, watching the cockatoos, butterflies and dragonflies, all the while chatting and chatting! And you know I can't resist a photo,  between the kids and I we took at least 100! Here are just a few special ones :)

 

My Chalk and Cheese :)

 

The lovely Sasha

 

An explorer

 

A quiet shady spot 

 

 

A visiting cockatoo

 

 

The kids asking David many questions about his fire shelter!

 

The more my eyes open, the more I marvel at this place we call earth :)

What did you get up to this weekend??

Jacq :)

Mmmm Iced Coffee Recipe!

 Now here at JaxFancy we love coffee. alot.

Actually we like Ice Break Coffee. ALOT  :)

But unfortunately for us ( Mr Diabetic and Mrs Needs to Loose 10kg )  its not very good for us, 

it is very high in sugar   *insert sad face here*

Anyhow I came across this American recipe for iced coffee and I just happened to have coffee in the cupboard .........  so I gave it a bash :) Here's how it went...

I soaked the coffee (covered) in water and let it sit at room temperature overnight and then some, y'know till I got round to it.....

 I strained it using a fine sieve and muslin. Mine was not a very close weave so I used about 6 layers.

Mmmmmmm COFFEE!! I covered the jug and put it in the fridge to get nice and chilled.

Now we need to experiment with the coffee/milk ratio, but full of ice I like it half and half, I did add a spoon of sugar or equal, but the sugar was hard to dissolve!! The recipe suggests condensed milk, and boy do I like the sound of that! Pity theres none in the cupboard.....anyhoo....I declare it a success! Yum!!

So here I am typing and sipping some fine iced coffee thinking about how nice it is to make things for ourselves (and save some pennies) and how much I love the internet!

Today sees the end of  'taking it easy' week, back to work tomorrow! It will be nice to see all the kids and my friends Lisa and Meg. 

I will just try not to think about the 'getting everybody ready for school and work' part......

Jacq :)