Mum, my dearest friend.....

1986 flashback: I love this photo of my Mum. That's me in the pink (don't you love my hair) and my oldest brother, Ben. Mum is actually pregnant with my younger brother here too!
 

When I sat down to write this post, words escaped me. They often do when I try to express just how much my Mum means to me. I love her to the moon and back, and then some.  Without a doubt she is my dearest friend and we can while away many an hour in each others company. Without her,  I would be lost.

Every day I become a little bit more like my mother, and I couldn't be prouder!

So, to my dearest friend, my Mum,  Happy Mother's Day, may your day be filled with love and kindness!

Love & Hugs

Melinda x

Collection: Vintage Buttons

A couple of weeks ago I shared some photos of my treasured vintage coat hanger collection after seeing a collector's article in frankie magazine. It got me thinking about the other things that I have accidently or unintentionally started to collect.

Vintage buttons are one of those things. I never set out to start a vintage button collection, it just happened! There's just something about the colours, the shapes, the designs and the detail that get me everytime. How could you not love these coloured little discs of happiness?

What do you collect, I'd love to know?

Happy days to you!

Melinda x

Lovin' the little things.....

1. Millie wearing her very first headband. Bought from 'Something About Bethany'.
2. Filling my journal with pretty pictures.
3. Polka dot slippers. Perfection!
4. Sample brooch making. Too small, too puffy, too big.
5. My creative space: brooch making.

{Linking up with Em from The Beetle Shack}. A big congratulations to the Beetle Shack crew on the happy arrival of their third little bubba.

Happy days to you!

Melinda x

P.S. Don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY! You could win yourself a pretty embroidered pendant. I'll be drawing the winner tomorrow x

love.love.love



Top left: Baby Jumper Pattern by quince&co. Top right: words from 'peter loves jane' and 'Eleven Letters'. Bottom left: Table Setting on Style Me Pretty. Bryan and Mae Photography. Bottom right: Pretty Patchy Paper Lantern DIY on the Lola Nova blog.   
 

I really enjoyed putting together my last 'love.love.love' post and was so excited to receive a thank-you email from Printebebe today to let me know that my link had sent a little bit of traffic to their website.  Such a kind gesture that made me love their work even more! 

So, I have put together a list of a few more things I'm loving at the moment..... 

• This purse from Oktoberdee. Their wares are divine.
• If I was in the market for some new wheels I would totally get one of these bikes in Mint Green or Sunshine Yellow.
• This Pretty Patchy Paper Lantern DIY on the Lola Nova blog.
• I always wanted a pair of these when I was little and now they're back.....or did they never leave?
• I'm adoring the 'house of humble' blog at the moment.
• This sweet table setting idea on Style Me Pretty. Bryan and Mae Photography.
• I love it when a creative person stumbles upon an opportunity and just goes for it. Trunk & Orderly did it!
• I'm a little bit partial to delicious looking soap. Murphy & Daughters!
• These words. Bring your own sunshine. From 'peter loves jane' and 'Eleven Letters'.
• The sweetest knitted baby jumper pattern by quince&co. I do love a good handmade knit. 

What are you admiring at the moment? I'd love to know.

Happy days to you!

Melinda x 

P.S. Don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY! You could win yourself a pretty embroidered pendant. Only 4 days left until a winner is drawn x

Shop Love + Giveaway! {CLOSED}

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK-YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ENTERING.

THE WINNER IS: chook shed designs! Thank-you for sharing and following x

One of my goals for 2013 was to give my Etsy shop a little bit of extra love and attention.  Slowly but
surely I have been making a few new items, pinning and stitching whenever time permits. Most recently I have been working on some pretty pendants featuring sweet vintage embroidery pieces.

Since this is the first new product I have made in a long time I have decided to give one away.

The giveaway is open to followers of moose & bird and can be entered up to 3 times by doing the following.....please leave a comment for each separate entry:

1. Follow the moose & bird blog via Google Friend Connect (blue button in the right side bar).
2. Like moose & bird on Facebook.
3. Share this giveaway with your own followers on instagram/facebook/twitter/blog/pinterest.

Giveaway is open worldwide and will be drawn next Monday, 6th May.

Good luck!

Melinda x