With my husband.

It took place one night whilst laying in bed before sleep overtook us.

Ya know, just pillow talk.

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We got chatting about my blog. I asked him what he thought of it and how he would like to be portrayed, as in - was he happy with his 'label' of HUBBY??

The answer to the latter was...NO.

Which led to the discussion of what he would like to be called.

Hmmm...

It actually didn't take long for him to state his preference.

And...I wasn't surprised at all!

We already use the name around the place, in a joking manner but it really does have some truth to it cos it does suit him.

So it would only be fitting that I refer to him as the same on here, my blog.

And so, without any further ado, I will do the honours of introducing...

MR. AWESOME

(yes, I can hear some of our friends reading this having a good chuckle - BEN, I know you are!!)

And yes, he can cook!

AWESOME!

And yes, he can clean.

AWESOME!!

(This was when I was feeling a tad under the weather. It's called 'sharing-the-load' and it makes me happy when he thinks of these kinda things and just does them. See? Awesome!)

And yes, he is our chief lawn-mower.

Something I really appreciate.

AWESOME!!!

And he just does all these other things around the house to make things easier and abit more liveable. He really is awesome.

But one of the bestest things about him that makes my heart sing...

 He is a loving and devoted father.

I just love watching him with our girls and seeing how he welcomes them in his arms when they run up to him. I fell in love with and married a great man. And he loves me back!!

AWESOME!!!!

And yes, I may be totally biased. But that is not gonna stop me from granting his wish of being referred to around these parts from now on as, Mr Awesome :-)

I would like to finish with something I found on Pinterest.

It's a little quote that I think sums this all up and describes my man quite well.

And so hubb- er...I mean, Mr Awesome.

This is for you.

I know this is what you must think and do every day :-)







And I know I am his wife, but I tend to agree :-)

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

Anna

It's been really hectic since my last post therefore have not been able to drop in daily.

Janelle's giveaways are continuing on over at her blog - only a couple of days left until the BIG day!!

Thankfully Janelle has done a re-cap post after each 10 giveaways.

So you can find the link HERE to go and check out what has been on offer the last few days.

And they are still going. So keep checking them out.

I am hoping to be back with some regular posting very soon.

Take care.

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

Anna

Just a quick run through and link up to Janelle's 40th birthday bonanza giveaways on her blog today!

Giveaway #16 is brought to you by Sarah of Quilt Fabric Delights. If you like lovely colourful threads and cute mini spools to store them on, then this giveaway is for you! 

Giveaway #17 is a bit of a ripper in my books. Janelle has gone shopping for us again and chosen a gorgeous owl necklace. It is so adorable so definitely worth entering this giveaway.

Giveaway #18 is for all the quilters and stitchers, or people who know quilters and stitchers and want to give them a gift. It's another of Janelle's beautiful patterns. So go check it out!

And that was all for today.

Just popped in quickly with the linkies. Hope you are enjoying this as much as I am! It is still quite overwhelming to me how generous Janelle is to DO the giving when it's HER birthday. That's just her way though - and how FUN it is!?!

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

Anna

On Janelle's blog today!

Do you love handmade items. Do you like owls. Yes?

Well, Giveaway #12 is for you. One of Janelle's lovely friends, Mardi, has donated a lovely little owl softie toy made out of vintage fabrics from her etsy store, Dudley & Grace. And there is a small little twist to the giveaway too. So head on over and enter!

Giveaway #13 is another lovely item from the wonderful Sheree's new etsy shop Poppy Tree Lane. This time it is a mug cozy. I have one of these and absolutely love it. I plan to get a whole heap more in different colours to make a rainbow pile of cozies to pretty up my cups/mugs!

Giveaway #14 is another beautiful handmade item made by Janelle. An iPhone/iPod pouch (or any other mobile phone can fit it). And she has made it TOTALLY in MY colours. It's really pretty :-)

And the last one FOR TODAY ( cos there is still more - squeal ) is a bundle of four different vintage fabrics. SQUEAL!!! Totally loving them. Go and see for yourself how good they are under Giveaway #15

I've been having a couple of rough days but these giveaway posts on Janelle's blog have been something to look forward to and I have really been enjoying them!

What a brilliant idea she had, huh?

:-)

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

Anna

I am really EXTRA excited about the giveaways that popped up on Janelle's blog today!

So read on and find out why!!

Giveaway #8 is brought to you by Etzcetera Magazine. I absolutely love this publication and when it was first released, I bought the 12month subscription!! They have since launched the EtzClub that you can sign up for and as a member you get access to a whole heap of things such as workshops, forums, galleries, and the 12month subscription to Etzcetera magazine is also included in this too.

I signed up as soon as I received the launch email! LOL!

Yep. I'm keen :-)

So head on over to Janelle's blog and enter to win a full years membership to EtzClub.

And for more information on the EtzClub, go here.

Giveaway #9 is brought to you by Janelle herself.

ALERTING ALL QUILTERS AND STITCHERS!! You will want to get your hands on this if you can! Janelle designs the most gorgeous quilts and other projects! And her stitching is flawless - if I can learn to stitch half as good as her, I'll be happy! In this giveaway, she has ONE pattern of one of her beautiful quilts.

So click on the link above to take a peak and enter to win!

Giveaway #10 really made my eyes bulge and heart rate quicken! Got that image? Good, cos I was (and still am) excited about it! Janelle had actually gone shopping for us and HANDPICKED something she wanted to pass onto a lovely reader of her blog!!

She visited a market that, upon Janelle's description, just made me wanna be there to link arms with her and skip through all the market goodness! I love markets! Would love to go to more.

She chose this perfectly wonderful brooch that I think is just darling.

So head on over and check it our yourself!

Giveaway #11 is just as exciting as the last as it is something HANDMADE by Janelle. It's a lovely journal cover (with a journal inside) and she has also added a cute little tree brooch with it that she stitched up herself. Totally cute!

So another GREAT day of GREAT giveaways.

We are a little over a quarter of the way through these giveaways. Her birthday will be upon us soon and the big birthday blog party will take place announcing all the winners!

HOORAY!!!

Take care xx

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

Anna



I am back to give you the next three giveaways that have popped up today on Janelle's blog! (yes, I said there were four but I got ahead of myself and stated something I wasn't actually sure of. Sorry.)

Isn't this sooo exciting?

Well, here we go...

Giveaway #5

Giveaway #6

Giveaway #7

I am sooo curious to see what other wonderful giveaways Janelle has in store for us each day!

It's kinda adding to ideas spinning around in my head for my blog here leading up to turning 30 in October. Hmmm...

Will be back tomorrow with more Janelle Birthday Mega Goodness!

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

Anna



I have a lovely friend who is about to turn 40 on August 1.

Her name is Janelle.

She is a kind, generous, lovely and compassionate soul who is an ultra talented creative person that I admire deeply. She is definitely an inspiration to me.

And I've never met her in person!

Funny that!

Anyway...

In order to celebrate her milestone birthday, Janelle has decided to run a WHOLE HEAP of giveaways leading up to August 1. So each day for the next 10 days, there will be 4 giveaways you can enter on her blog, The Janelle Wind Collection.

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The Giveaways started today.

So here are links to the first 4 to hit this doozy of a celebration off!

Giveaway #1

Giveaway #2

Giveaway #3

Giveaway #4

See? I told you she was generous! It's her birthday - yet she is allowing US to have a chance to receive lovely goodies!

It's so totally exciting!

Have fun :-)

Will be back tomorrow (hopefully) with the next four giveaway links! Or just head on over to Janelle's blog and follow it so you can get it on the action too!!

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

Anna

P.S. On my sidebar, you may have noticed the blog button for this wondrous mega giveaway bonanza. If you have a blog, you can have one too and it allows you another entry into a giveaway of your choice. Go here for more info.

As promised, I am back with some more pinspiration!

Today's pins are kid focused as I have come across a couple of cool ideas I would love to incorporate in my girls' room and just some things that I like!

So here we go...

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I have had a 'look' for book storage in my head and have been on the look-out for the perfect way to do this cheaply. Due to space constraints, I wanted a rack style storage for books that attaches to the wall and is quite slimline. This idea of spice racks (from Ikea none-the-less. Easy peasy.), attached to the wall is a perfect idea and exactly what I want to do in my girls' reading corner in their room! Now to convince the husband!!! hehe

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I love this idea. Whether or not it will come about in my girls' room is still in question but I think it looks quite dandy. Not only could it be another storage method for books, but a home for stuffed toys ( to get them off the beds!!) or other larger trinkets, treasures or toys that won't slip through and fall out the gaps.

(If not for girls' room, could be a nice touch for the studio? Hmmm...)

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This is a really cute and colourful way of displaying kids art or pictures/photos that they love!

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I don't know if I have shared this before or not, but I still think it is a snazzy little desk. Awesome repurposing here! I think this is a great idea for a kids room. Not that we have the room for this - but it doesn't stop me liking it and dreaming!

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And lastly...

Just about ALL kids love cubbies. And I think this one is just delightful and very girly. Perfect for my two. Now to work out where I can incorporate this in their room or somewhere in our house. Hehe ;-)

Well, I hope this has been as much fun for you as it has been for me. I just love getting inspiration from other people and their ideas. Pinterest is good that way. Inspiring and a TOTAL time-waster. LOL! But I still look ;-)

Till next time,

Take care.

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

Anna

I know that my pinning love posts were going to be a weekend thing (which is still the go) but due to the sickies lately, I have been a tad out of action and I am just itching to show you these few cool things I have recently come across and pinned!

Firstly...

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Ain't this coffee table grand!?! How easy and effective!

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How country does this look! What a great idea to use crates as a snazzy shoe storage display! Love it :-)

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My lovely friend, Janelle from The Janelle Wind Collection designed these beautiful chevron pillows and released the pattern last month. They are so gorgeous and we all know chevron is really 'in' right now so I am hoping to have a go at making these in the (hopefully) near future! They would look so lovely in my new cosy corner of my studio!

Well, these are three things that have caught my eye recently. Hope you enjoyed and have gotten some inspiration too. Will be back on the weekend with some lovely kids room oriented pinning inspiration!

Take care xx

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

Anna

The last two months has seen my family, well the girls and myself, with sickness.

Runny noses, yucky coughs, grumpy dispositions...

That's been us.

And just when I thought we were on the up and up - it hit again. REALLY HARD.

It became apparent to me last Friday (the 22nd of June), that Sprout was experiencing a 'leaky tap' again. Pile of tissues beside the tissue box - err, dead giveaway ;-)

By lunchtime that day, I had faded quite significantly and was slumped on the couch with a book watching the kids and only doing what was necessary.

I have named it THE CONFOUNDED FLU!!!

It really takes it outta ya! Saps you of your energy and makes you feel miserable. It's a real good one, I can tell you!!!

The next day (Saturday), we went to town until after lunch. When we got home, I must have looked as terrible as I felt cos Hubby sent me straight to bed to rest and hopefully sleep.