All done...

It has taken a while, but...the nursery is complete! I think I stuck to my inspiration board and colour theme well.

One thing I guess to remember for any future decorating ideas I might dream up would be... do not under estimate the wall sticker, this was a mammoth task and probably the most time consuming part of the whole room, but I love the result! the stickers arrived in sheets and had to be cut into a million pieces then labelled...every branch, trunk, leaf and bird was meticulously blutacked on and then peeled off and adhered to the wall by my super patient husband (had it been up to me...I am certain it wouldn't look like this!)

As mentioned I did splurge on a couple of things including the pretty sparrow linen & matching tidy box (not pictured) by Dwell studio ( I could only find one store in Perth who stocked this) and a lovely little eames rocker from a replica store over east

The shelf and frames are from trusty ikea, and I managed to buy the cot and change table second hand. They were both in fantastic condition pretty much as new and were a total bargain... thank you super nice western suburbs lady (I wanted to buy this lady's house whilst I was picking up the furniture it was amazing!) Most of the other bits and pieces are from around town and the net, including pikelet workshop, henry hiccups and speckled egg and of course I made the mobile and garland and designed the wall art!

Overall this was a fun project and I am pretty happy with how its all turned out, I hope the new arrival will love it too!

ps. I wanted to take a pic of the whole room, but my crappy photography skills wouldn't let me.. so maybe in the future.

what do you get if you take...

...a whole bunch of card, an embroidery hoop and some kitchen string? a painstakingly and super time consuming handmade mobile! but it was worth every second of hand cutting those 80 or so little butterflies...

Nursery Ideas

I thought I would share my little inspiration board that I made for the nursery, the real thing is almost finished (just a few things to hang on the walls!) so pics wont be too far away. I didnt want to go crazy with pink in this room, maybe a little selfish but we still need to use it afterwards so I opted for light grey, white and 'splashes' of pink plus other girly colours as highlights. I got alot of inspiration from ohdeedoh and project nursery, some of the nurseries are quite over the top and crazy, I would think mine is a little more minimal...

I managed to get a few things second hand which was lovely, so I was able to splurge on some super nice linen for the cot and a fab Eames rocker for me! Mentioning the word 'baby' is much like saying the word 'wedding' prices seem to inflate by a billion percent!

Above items include: dwell Studio, cocoon couture, etsy, ikea, speckled egg

Season for sweet treats

One of my earliest Christmas memories would have to be hanging around my Nan's kitchen whilst she baked, whipped, moulded, cut, creamed and made sweet treats that smelt so yummy i wanted to lick every spoon and bowl in the kitchen! (this could be where my food love started?)
This year i thought i would get into the 'mum baking' mode seeing as though i need to work on my skills for next year, and i must say that i was kind of pleased and surprised! i didnt attempt my Nan's Christmas cake recipe it seems quite above my skill level for now, but i did find one from here. I also made a batch of rocky road the recipe was given to me from a friend at work, the best rocky road i have ever had and everyone at work drools over it too... although its probably the ugliest sweet treat in the world, who cares though when it is oh so yummy!

Feeling festive!

Well.. it is almost Christmas, yay! not so yay for the hot 38degree day. This year there will be no Christmas ham or seafood for me but hey I am sure I can make up for it with plenty of chocolate and other goodies instead!
2010 has been a great year for champ + Rosie, and next year will bring a new little arrival to the team! I have plenty of pics to post about transforming our study into a happy little nursery, and yes I did treat myself to another very special chair!
Thanks for all of your lovely emails, messages and support this year. I hope you all have a lovely festive season, stay tuned for 2011 x

champ + rosie for my owl barn

We have teamed up with My Owl Barn to spread a little FREE Christmas cheer! head over to here and download your free champ + rosie gift tags (owl inspired of course...) whilst you are there check out the rest of this gorgeous blog, its fantastic for you owl lovers out there you know who you are!

Market wrap

Thanks to everyone who came down to perth upmarket last sunday it was a fab day! although I was only there for a few hours... my husband & brother did a great job looking after the stall... yes they did get some strange looks and a little bit of 'sooo you two guys craft this stuff huh?...' which they brushed off!

I did manage to have a bit of a look around this time and it was fantastic to see so many creatives in the one place.

If you are in Perth, dont forget that Subi Upmarket kicks off tonight at 5pm on Rokeby rd (towards the Hay st end) we wont be there this time (hopefully the drunken family member of the stall holder near us from last year wont be there either... no names) its a great night with loads of entertainment, yummy food and great stalls!

ps. jus burgers is just around the corner from here so maybe treat yourself after all that hard work shopping