8 news

My small fry arrived 8 days early (selfish, I had a pedi, wax and hair appointment booked that week! First lesson, I have no control) It was a very painful experience to say the least but George Teddy squeezed out at 4am on September 1st and I'm very proud, please find below a few pics of his tiny little warm body. Don't fear, the blog will not turn into a baby fest/mummy blog but I can't promise I won't give you little snippets of him because I'm completely obsessed. Cleverly, my husband got me these Kelly Wearstler brass lips to commemorate the occasion - so perfect! You may find my posts a little thin on the ground for the next few weeks but I have an exciting project I'm working on and hope to take you on the ride starting this month so watch this space peeps x

0 hunter & harper

WARNING: CHILD RELATED POST (but totes worth reading it)

Brand new discovery! (pretty much all things kids are a brand new discovery for me though) This dressing your child is a big deal these days, I never knew how much was out there. My impending child's wardrobe is literally better than mine at this stage, think trench coats and breton stripes from paris, Missoni and Hermes towels, Marc Jacobs hats and booties and a plethora of gorgeous grey denim and stripes (plus some insane pony hair leopard print shoes, ahem Alice, boys can wear leopard right?) All those gorgeous goodies are what I've been given as gifts, meaning I haven't had to do that much shopping so I haven't been fully indoctrinated into the kids shopping which is very dangerous in the online world (ahem Zoie) Browsing the net, and a helpful link from SIL Alice, led me to Hunter & Harper (names de jour, non?) these are clothes I'm willing to start my kids shopping voyage with. I immediately fell for the stripe Goat Milk onesie of course, it is literally the softest organic cotton I have ever felt, if they made these in adult I would have bought 10 (tops that is), then you begin to think about bedding, toys, throws etc. and luckily H&H have that base covered too. I was lucky enough to walk away with this gorgeous Flink striped crib sheet in slate, the perfect neutral, 100% organic cotton and 220 thread count. The goodies come delivered in chic, recyclable little boxes all gorgeously wrapped. I am quickly learning that the modern mumma wants things that are 'safe' for their kids and this extends to clothes, no yucky chemicals etc. are used and the girls have done the hard yards to source the most eco-friendly product, this means less work for me - YAY! Click here to browse the range

3 preggers update

So when I say pregnancy update I actually mean nursery update. This is what I have so far. IKEA drawers are on their way, cot (got), rugs (got), throw (obvs), mobile (came all the way from Paris), cardboard graffiti stool (purch'd on weekend from Top3) and chair (got). I will also assure you I have got some boring stuff like onsesie's etc but they're not nearly as fun to write about, surely? Plus a quick update to say I'm over 7 months now, officially on the down hill run and in the 3rd trimester. Thoughts that I actually have to get this kid out of me are becoming a little too real and I am doing my best to keep them at bay with nicer thoughts of Missoni lumbar cushions (is that really abnormal?) The countdown is on to finishing work too! Only 9 more weeks to go

2 baby essentials

So by now you will realise that my 'essentials' aren't really all that essential, hence this selection of non essential essentials for the upcoming babes arrival. I'm over halfway now, 19 weeks to go so I better get crackin' on the list, hey?

Garland from Cotton On Kids

Sass & Bide Classically Momentous Tote (or baby bag)

Baxter's Dolly chair

Ikea's flat woven rug from the PS range

Ikea Mandal chest of drawers

8 things i need to let go of

Via freunde von freunden

Things claudia needs to let go of: having a pink nursery. Yes, I'm have a boy. My fantasy of soft pinky salmon and grey colour schemes are gone. Kaput. Over. I'm going to have to start re focusing on the possibilities. Sorry but blue doesn't do anything for me (unless it's denim or nautical stripes, bien sur). I'm going to indulge my loss in a sea of images dedicated to the loverly blush hue

Mikkel Mortensen for H&M Home

Via house and hold

via jelanie shop

via cimmermann

via google

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good bye my lover 

0 nursery thoughts

When I was in Hobart we visited Salamanca markets and my MIL pointed out these Japanese HiiRagi (Japanese Robot Army) toys. All handmade in Tassie from wool felt, I'm pretty into the occupational force guy. I did have an idea in my head of what I wanted the nursery to look like (black and white with hints of gold) but feel like this makes me want to go in another direction! How bad is that, a toy can change my entire vision... does the Japanese Robot Army really go with an Hermes blanket? I guess it would go with this chair I am lusting after (who would have thought I would lust after a rocker chair!) I also need a chest of drawers. I like these below from Incy Interiors but think I want something more modern. Maybe I will get some IKEA and do a hack.

The Joya Rocker via Monte Design

The Lucy change table via Incy Interiors

If anyone has any brilliant links or ideas for me please feel freeeeee to hit me up!