I managed to wangle myself an invite to the preview of The Design Files Open House V2012.

As expected the house was a perfect balance of the favourites and friends of The Design Files as well as a few beautiful surprises as well.

My very favourite items were the Made by Mosey feather garlands as pictured, some really beautiful glass rings by Sarah Dingwell and of course the Lucas Grogan goodness.

There was no buying today but I’m going to try to get back over the weekend to snap myself up some goodies.

Thanks for having me Lucy.

You can check out #TDFopenhouse on instagram too.

The Date & I have been glued to the teev…watching all five seasons of Friday Night Lights.

I made this little print for Pip because she knew I’d love the show & she was so right.

I have a very unhealthy teenager type crush on Tim Riggins.

If you haven’t jumped on this band wagon it’s really truly time you did. Just so good!

It’s from Canon & it’s to say thanks so much for making me the winner of the “Eye Land” round in the Canon Island competition.

Canon have passed on the IXUS as a iveawaygay to you guys! Just leave a comment on the post & one of you will be the proud new owner of this rather teeny but packed with features click! Most excellent I say…thanks for sticking around & supporting me through this whole hoo ha. I really appreciate it!

AND another thing… if you’d like yet another chance at an IXUS you can vote for the current round “My Land”. If you are facebooky can vote right here or maybe you’d like to read all about my place on the map. It’s kind of a cute story – not quite the boy next door but pretty close.

Thanks a bunch you guys. xx

This is NOT a sponsored post … we just had an absolutely fabulous time!!!

Just before Christmas the little guy & I were up at Shoppo. He spotted the crew from Segway Victoria & got all excited & asked if we could go.

So…we gave everyone the Segway adventure as a Christmas present. Today was the day…we all piled in the car & trucked out to Healesville. We had lunch at Rochford as part of the tour price and then the real fun began.

I can’t recommend the experience highly enough. Terry made sure that we had all watched (& properly understood) the safety video & then gave us further instruction out on the Segways. Once he was satisfied that we had the hang of it we headed off through the vineyards.

All five of us had a fabulous time. The little guy sites it as one of his best ever experiences, he is of course fearless & cornered the thing like it was on rails. Some of the group (yes me) were a little more sedate but still had an absolute ball.

If you’re looking for a great family day out and your kids are older…Segway Victoria is hard to top.

If you are in Melbourne you should absolutely plan yourselves a little outing to Gertrude Street sometime in the next four days. You can check out all the lovely stores along Gertrude Street & then duck into Little Napier Street & take a tour of The Design Files Open House.

I was lucky enough to have a little wander through The Design Files Open House & I can tell you it is fabulous.

It was great to see many of Lucy’s favourite finds all in one place. I fell quite in love with so many things but my absolute favourites were the terrariums & the Loom Rug in the “kid space” (seriously in love with that thing). As you can see I tested it’s loungability & it rated very highly & just look at the delicious colour!

The team at The Design Files Open House have done an absolutely amazing job pulling the whole thing together.

The house is just a fabulous designery/artisan type through-the-wardrobe-moment…just magic.