If you try sometimes, you might find you get what you need

Hello! How are you all out there?

I have started working online and the first couple of days were a huge learning curve, I was so stressed about it all. I had days where I spent 9 straight hours on my laptop, trying to get everything right. Thank goodness for my mum and sister who made me breakfast and lunch. 

I didn't have time to photograph their lovely meals but here's some breakfasts I made on the weekend. 

I'm so glad that my wonderful grade 1s are starting to get the hang of learning online and I am so thankful for the parents and siblings who are helping my students, as they are still at an age where they are learning to read and use computers.

Outfit details:

Vintage vest- Daylesford Mills Market.

Turtleneck (made in Italy!) - Secondhand market, $5.

Bakelite bangles: Opshopped for $2! (orange) and an eBay find for $15.

Coral bracelet: Secondhand market in my favourite place, Sydney.

Butterfly brooch: Someone left it behind when selling their car years ago at my dad's work and he brought it home for me.

Awesome orange boots and jeans - Retail, years ago.

On weekends, I have been pottering around the garden, messaging some of my friends and going on walks with my mum around the neighbourhood or to the valley.

This was my first time wearing my vintage, hand embroidered vest (that was made in Hungary!!!).

Isn't it special?

I bought it because it reminds me of one of my Baba's that was given to my sister and I after she passed away. Hers is black wool like this one but it doesn't have embroidery. If I recall correctly, my Baba made it more than 50 years ago in Macedonia, using sheep wool. Unfortunately it's too small on me, so I practically pounced on this Hungarian version that I found in Daylesford.

 My embroidery

My sister's embroidery

My sister and I are participating in an online embroidery class and we are getting so good at creating flowers! We have learnt different stitches such as the back stitch, side stitch, flower fan, French knot, lazy daisy and round pinwheel. I am so proud of my creation and will probably be embroidering pillow cases and pieces of clothing soon. For our last online session, we were asked to wear pink, so this is what I wore:

Pink dress, pink lips and some pink detail in my scarf! Plus I had a hot chocolate in my pink teacup during the workshop. Go full on pink, or go home, I say! 

Anyway, back to our walk to the valley. There were hundreds of butterflies everywhere. I used to be TERRIFIED of butterflies (probably because I was traumatised after a school excursion to the zoo where we had to stay in the stinking hot butterfly house, oh the terror!) 

Turns out I'm not so scared of butterflies anymore. In fact, they've been on my mind as I'm keen to collect butterfly brooches after watching Devyn Crimson's video on Pattie Boyd's most iconic looks. I'm fascinated by how Pattie often used butterfly clips to clip blouses together or as a decoration.

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Aside from that, I've been savouring every moment I can spend in the garden, taking in the sunshine.

I picked all the persimmons and peppers off our plants.

I adore all the flowers in our backyard. I've been keeping a little vase of roses by my bedside and it makes me so happy just looking at them.

My uncle's girlfriend Leanne also sent some Easter cookies our way. She made them herself. Isn't she amazing?! 

I also watched The Rolling Stones perform 'You can't always get what you want' for the isolation fundraiser show One World: Together At Home.


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 Oh my goodness, I LOVED it! Mum and I were excited to get a peek into their homes! We loved Charlie's vinyl collection and his varnished door, as well as Keith's red couches and curtains and Mick's paintings. They sounded FANTASTIC! We reminisced about seeing them live in 2014. It was such a memorable night.

Did you watch One World: Together At Home?

Title: You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones.