our newest little 5 star, baby!

Happy Valentines day gift to my brother and his partner

a special delivery of the newest little 5 star baby!!!!!!!

such a tiny little squish

what a lucky auntie I am.

I can't get enough cuddles from this little packet of lots and lots of cute

such a beautiful time, I had to share with the world!!

Oodles of chicken noodles

with all the crafting and creating, my culinary adventures have been in the least rather dull!
so here is a long time favourite that I really must make more of an effort to make regularily.
PHO GA - Vietnamese chicken noodle soup
(serves 4)
1.5 litres chicken stock
1 white onion finely sliced
5cm knov fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
2 cinnamon sticks
3 star anise
6 cardamom pods lightly crushed
1 tbsp palm sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp crisp fried shallots
4 spring onions finely sliced
2-4 chicken breast poached then sliced
400g fresh rice noodles
Heat chicken stock in saucepan with the onions, ginger, cinnamon, star anise, cardamom, suger and salt. partially cover and simmer for 20 min.
strain broth, then add fish sauce and fried shallots. bring to the boil turn off, add the spring onions, cover and set aside.
prepare the rice noodles til soft drain, divide among 4 bowls. arrange chicken over noodles, gently pour over heated soup.
serve with platter of bean shoots, sliced lemon/lime, chilli, mint, basil and coriander
for each person to add according to tastes.
ENJOY!!

thankyou to the gorgeous Mel from Little Ted Canvas,

(you really must check out her blog, she is the frequent interesting blogger I aspire to be!!)

she has inspired me to bake!

so I have dusted off my beautiful kitchenaid

and voila! peanut butter choc chip cookies

here's the 3 that were left after I polished off the majority hot off the tray!
of course I ran out of smarties to put on them all aswell,

and yes, that's because I ate them while I was mixing!

and yes, I feel no guilt what so ever!

a billion birds...........

well, as promised, blogging more frequently, so please don't faint,

this is the second within a week!!!

a billion birds everywhere you look,

so here's some more!!

handcrafted birdcages make from reclaimed branches

so gorgeous in any little (or big) girls rooms

I would love a billion of these hanging from my ceiling if only it were higher!!

xx

sneaky peek

well, finally it seems to all be coming together for 5 star, baby!

it's been a long process, but here we are, stronger than ever

and ready for big things this year!!

our website is coming along nicely with a gorgeous photo shoot last night

just a little sneaky peek of these gorgeous 5 star babies that will feature on our home page

will keep you posted when its all good to go!!

and I will try really hard to blog more often.

I WILL try! no promises though!

xx

Happy New Year!

well christmas is over, the new year is here!

there's going to be big things happening at 5 star, baby! this year!

we've set up one of those big cartel things

let's wait and see what good things it brings!

our website it's coming as quick as a snail

so with big cartel we'll find a way, we will prevail!

be sure to make it your destination

grab a coffee and sit down at your computer station

just a few things to get a start

don't be afraid to use the cart!

www.5starbaby.bigcartel.com

drop us a line, let us know what you think!!

to market to market......

off to the Portarlington markets this morning, I found this jewellery stall.

so I had to share this with you!!

not many jewellery stalls really grab me. This one, I could NOT ignore!!

I absolutely had to have these wooden earings

they are by a Melbourne Artist who's business is called Owl and Fox

be sure to check out her blog at:

http://owlfox.blogspot.com/