Queen "Beyoncé"

The spectacular queen Beyoncé

Rocked our world!

    

When Beyoncé announced that she would be touring Australia this year,

I was beyond excited,

and my daughter Malia was doing backflips in anticipation,

I promised for her 10th birthday we would go to a rock concert together and Beyoncé was the perfect fit

We couldn't have had a better time!

Malia knew all her dance moves and songs,while I was blown away by her amazing costumes and stage production as well as the lady herself

So amaaazing!

Beyonce really is spectacular!

Such an amazing performer,dancer,singer and motivator,

you float out of her concerts feeling like you can and should do anything and everything

She injects you with positive energy and self belief

The perfect mentor/icon for Malia to look up to,and a lot more positive than Rihanna or Keisha,

I think Katy perry might be our next goal concert,another fab,positive diva!!

Here are some of queen b's spectacular costumes designed by Roberto cavalli,kenzo and Peter Dundas for Pucci

The royal court...

Loved the back of this kenzo jumpsuit!!

The beadwork on this pucci dress was heavenly!!

Shoes,shoes,shoes!!!!

However in my mind nothing was as spectacular as her electric blue crystal catsuit,completely covered up but so sexy,

Beyoncé flew across the audience like a shooting star with the biggest smile on her face,she was so magical and radiant🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I think you can tell by our faces just how much Malia and I enjoyed ourselves

Worth every cent,

No one can compare to the queen,

Beautiful beyonce❤️

Love and rainbows,

Gypsygirl x

Glittery vampires and sugar skulls

Oh hallowe'ening we shall go,,,

Dressed in our trick or treating outfits,with a fair dose of ghoulish face make up,we hit the streets of Avalon to try our luck on the treat factor.. 

Hudson made for a very handsome Dracula,topped with a golden glittery top hat and a ball and chain

Malia was a sugar skull from mexicos day of the dead celebrations

Complete with neon orange feather and spider headband

Nevada moon was also a baby sugar skull,in a festive red flamenco suit

And guess what so was I!! 

A sugar skull that is!!

complete with an embroidered Mexican dress,and my red leather jkt for when it got nippy later 

It was funny watching other adults reactions to me!

Some smiled,some encouraged me

And some looked at me like I was a complete nutcase!!

From house to house we wandered,collecting lollies and treats and running into friends along the way

Occasionally catching glimpses of Levi and his friends,dressed in crazy galaxy print tights and a Dalmatian fur coat with a bare chest,he was having a ball but decided this year he was too big to hang with us(sad but true)

Hudson had to do a naughty pee break but no one was wiser as his cape was a great disguise!!!

Nevada had the best idea,cruising in her pram!

Some houses went to a lot of effort :)!!!

There was blood bath stations(raspberry cordial),

find your lollies in the worms(lollies buried in cold wet spaghetti)

And flesh eating booths(hot dogs on rolls)

All helped add to the magic of the night

Spider webs in trees,hanging ghost and skull lights,cackling witches on broomsticks and bloody psycho doctors and nurses were all out in force as our pillowslips filled with junk!!!

As the light began to fade...

The excitement got too much for my littlest sugar skull

Tired and exhausted we headed for a friends house to devour a pizza and then home to divvy up the loot

And what a lot of loot there was!!! 

I love halloween❤️

Not for the lollies and junk the kids collect(although I'm sure that's their favourite part)

I love the spirit in the air,the excitement,the dress ups and the sense of community but most of all

I Love Magic!!!!

And Halloween definantly has magic in the air💀💀💀🌟

Love and rainbows,

Gypsygirl x

Tuesday adventures

Tuesdays are a day I love,

I get to spend the entire day just hanging out with my two littlest babes,

Hudson banjo and Nevada moon

We usually potter around the garden in the morning or do some painting /craft but I do try to get out of our environment and go somewhere with them for a few hours(I often feel that having four kids it's hard to give them all individual attention)

So we go into the big smoke for the day,or a picnic in a park we haven't been to before,nature walks through the bush and visits to the nursery to buy fresh seedlings and goldfish are all really exciting to a 5 and 3 year old but not so much for my 10 and 12 year old

This Tuesday,

The air was thick with smoke from the fading bush fires,

And we had to stay local for appointments,so we headed up to boathouse for a hot choccie and a yummy plate of breakfast treats

Once again,the produce as you walk into boathouse is truly breathtaking,

Buckets of heavenly exotic blooms and overflowing baskets of fruit make for a tantalising display,and that's before you even get to the view!!'

And the view keeps the kids amused watching the boats and sea planes come and go,and when your tired of that,look through the decking gaps to see fishies down below

On a post brekkie beach comb 

we were lucky enough to find a whole cluster of washed up blue bottles,

this one in particular had made friends with a lady beetle (see photo) and it made me wonder if the lady beetle knew what a blue bottle was?as it was a creature from the underwater world??

There was also a lot of exhausted looking mutton Birds that had flown for too long,or too far and were dying on the beach,too tired to move

sad,but natures way.

Luckily the smokey haze kept a lot of people away,

so the kids were able to scooter along the road to their hearts content,

And they did too.

It was a beautiful morning with my little people!

Love and rainbows,

Gypsygirl x

Gypsy doily skirts hanging pretty

Finally,

I had a chance today to photograph some of my doily gypsy skirts just hanging prettily on some candy coloured crochet hangers in the bush

I wanted to capture them with the sunlight shining through the crochet lace

Casting pretty shadows on the ground

Oh well, Not quite,it was actually very windy today,

making it tough to play too much with light and angles 

so I just hung the skirts where I could find a branch,

tried to face the light,made a secret wish to the the fairies,

aimed and shot.

(I figured I was in the perfect place for a wish to be granted,flannel flower fairy forest was very close by)

     

    

To my delight

Some of the shots  actually came out kind of magical

Especially when the sun shone through the skirts at just the right angle

Thankyou fairies❤️

 Making these skirts is like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle

Matching dyed laces and trims to make a long mermaid skirt and then adding crochet doilies and flowers randomly as embellishments,

And then hand crocheting a soft drawstring yoke for the waistband

they are definantly a labour of love.

      

I fall in love with each and every one of them and find it hard to part with them,

however,I'm happy if they go to someone who loves them as much as me

They look great over a cossie or little shorts,and in winter I wear mine over leggings,or you could wear them with a longer tunic over the top if you wish

I love making these skirts and really feel like they represent me perfectly,

if I were an item of clothing this is exactly what I'd be;

A mix of soft rainbow colours and feminine lace

I hope you like my gypsy doily skirts too

Love and rainbows,

Gypsygirl x