I turned 29 on Sunday. Nobody would listen to me when I said I didn’t want to do anything at all!

We had a trio birthday lunch with my brother in-law Kris and his partner, Jodie. Niina baked us a birthday sponge cake, topped with chocolate whipped cream and fresh strawberries. It tasted divine.

My parents in-law gave me the most awesome present. They bought me two vegetable planters with some potted vegetables to plant my own veggie garden! I was so excited when I opened my present, I laughed and screamed at the same time.

I have already planted all my greens (I couldn’t wait).

I hope your weekend was as good as mine?

I think Autumn took awhile to get here. Some pictures from our walk today.

And then back home for chocolate chip muffins.

Chocolate chip wholemeal muffins (Makes 8 muffins)

250g plain wholemeal flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
2 tablespoons cocoa
175g brown sugar
150g chocolate chips
250ml milk
90ml vegetable oil
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

- Preheat the oven.
- Pour dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Pour liquid ingredients into another bowl.
- Gently mix both together. Do not overmix. Spoon mixture into muffin tins (will be a bit runny).
- Bake for 20 minutes or until muffins are risen.
(I’d totally recommend using Cadbury dark chocolate chips, so good!)

Remember our little outing at the woods, a few days before our wedding?

I received the rest of the photos. Here are some of my favourites!

I like this picture best. Every time I’m happy or sad, this is the incredible person I’ve hugged so much, for support. I hope I’ll always be there to hug him too when he needs me!

Thank you Jen for these wonderful photos! Do check out her blog, Anna Rose Photography to see her amazing portfolio.

We also got the rest of our wedding photos, so I shall share some of our favourites in my next post:)

I like writing letters! Don’t you?
I found some lovely snail mail sets whilst searching for “Recycled writing sets”

Leafy tree notelet set by Red Letter Studio

Vintage map paper graphite pencil set by Bella Flower

Pear writing set by Scatterbox originals

Woodland letter set by The Card Tree

I like all things green and leafy! Not too hard to guess:)

Lotus Bowls by Whitney Smith

Library tree notebook by Present & Correct

Green leather heels by Marionkc

Squirrel Nut Bag by Tiger and hare

Snail mail day = spending a bit of quiet time to pen a letter to my friend.

Using this lovely pack of handmade recycled paper from Paper by Forget-me-not.

Sharing life stories and sealing my envelope with a kiss. I love snail mail day.

Jennifer Regan from Anna Rose Photography took some couple portraits of us before the wedding. We had so much fun. You can see more of our photos here.

She must have magic fingers…and my man looks good too!

Check out her beautiful work on her fan page. She’s pretty amazing.

With my blue sneakers that Big mo bought for me. Thanks bearz!

And my blue owl pins by Michvanetta.
Have a nice day everyone!

Sometimes I like doing treasuries cause they are fun to curate. My favourite colour is green (not hard to see why). This is my latest curation. I love going into my garden and finding hidden surprises! I bet if I found a bear or a monster like this one, I’d still be pleased though..I think they are harmless:)

Just enjoying a quiet morning read before I start doing some work in the studio. This month’s good read is Peppermint Issue 3, an Australian Eco Fashion mag. I love that it’s all about promoting small sustainable green business and eco friendly designers. It would certainly encourage others to adopt a greener lifestyle and practice a little green in their home or small business.

Little Mo and Friends handmade recycled stationery is also featured on Peppermint. I think that’s pretty cool too!