Ode to an elephant..... ( and a couple of moustaches!!

    Happy Birthday Mrs Elephant!!!

In ode to your love of all things Elephant and moustache ( and a couple of little extras tee hee!) ..... This ones for you...... 

                         Images courtesy of our favourite place - Pinterest and our own private stash


Thought of the moment:


No no no I have not forgotten...

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY EVERYONE!!

Sometimes people are just plain lovely | Little Brown Owl

Sometimes its so easy to get caught up in our own little worlds and focus on the negatives. Who can blame us? Turn the news on at night and count the "happy" stories (and no I dont mean the one token oh look a cat got caught in a drain pipe lets finish the news on a high kinda story!)


But sometimes,there are moments which just make you smile, and sometimes people are just plain lovely...


Here is one of those stories.


A week or so ago I posted a link on our Facebook page to a tutorial to make a coffee cup cosy with of course another moustache on (yes, we ❤ moustaches at The Owl & the Elephant and aren't afraid to admit it!! See here for more moustache lovin'). Now I would have LOVED to have added it to my projects list and found the time to make it, but let's face it...I am having a BABY in 6 weeks!! Prioritise!!


Anyhoo, a number of our lovely likers commented on it and one of them was Lori from Little Brown Owl. This gorgeous lady offered to MAKE ME ONE!! YES!! I was so blown away with such a gesture. Now Josie has been known to refer to me as the Ice Queen, in the most affectionate way possible and I fully acknowledge I am not one to show my emotions and aren't the 'huggy type'...but this offer actually made me get a little misty-eyed! I was totally blaming the pregnancy then thought, nup...you know what? That was a REALLY nice thing for a stranger to do! So without further ado...I hereby present my lovely gift that arrived in today's mail...

So thank you Lori!! I love it!!!!!!!

Thought of the moment: 

Kindness is like snow - it beautifies everything it covers

honesty is the best policy

Children are without a doubt the most honest people in the world. When faced with the everyday questions like "do you like my cooking", "how does my hair look" or "does this outfit make my bum look big" I have learnt NEVER to ask ANY of my children!
"Mum it isnt too bad, I just like it better when Nonna makes it".
"Your hair looks great - I like how it is all fluffy".
"No it doesnt make your bum look big, your bum looked big before you put it on and your tummy is like jelly, I like how it wobbles when you laugh" 



So today we invite you to take a leaf out of their book. We really moustache you a question and welcome your responses with the same childlike honesty we hear from our lovelies everyday.....

 What do you think of our flashy new website?

Please be honest, though our feelings (and our ego's) may be bruised and battered we are ready for it!! What do you think? Easy to use? Nice to look at? Marks out of ten? All that jazz?

Off you go... put on your best critics hat (or moustache what ever takes your fancy) and tell us what you think!

 Thought of the moment:

Beware of the half truth.  You may have gotten hold of the wrong half.  ~Author Unknown

find of the moment...

Love it when your researching *cough* wasting time on the net *cough* and you come across something that just makes your heart smile!

I (Josie) have been desperately searching for ways to calm master 6's night time terrors and through the wonders of Pinterest (don't know what that is? Google it... now!!) I found this.....

Isn't it cute? And just a incy bit brilliant? I am off to buy a spray bottle tomorrow fo shizzle!! I would love to hear of your favourite internet finds. Leave us a comment with a link so we can go take a gander too!


Whilst speaking of things I love I thought I would chuck in just a couple more.....

Our local shopping centre has a little public noticeboard and I think I am going to post one of these on it:

and this.... well my exercise routine is sorted!!!

Nat having just become the proud mother of a BEAUTIFUL little SLR camera is imagining this on her wall....

and in light of her OBSESSION (yes Nat ... we both know you have a problem!) can also imagine this hanging somewhere...

What have you found online lately that you just love love love? We would love you to leave us a link!!!

Meanwhile, Mr Owl is complaining he has no clean socks so I'm off to ...

 *sigh*


Thought of the moment:


Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outsider himself - like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.

Jean Kerr

Moustaches

Okely dokely, so we have decided to go with a theme a day idea for the blog in the hope we can publish daily! Fridays theme will from here on in be.....
"Our latest Obsession"

Todays obsession is bought to you by Mrs Elephant and her somewhat odd obsession for all things moustache!

The twirlier the better!

sorry Tommy boy! Its allllll about the stache! we are sure you have a SUPER personality though!

Now what tea-loving, moustache-loving gal could go past these? pretty sure coffee would taste even more entirely blissful outta these beauties!

Especially whilst relaxing on these...

(found over at The Amperstache - a WHOLE BLOG dedicated to mo's!)

and for those to young to grow one of their own...

or this onesie over at Handsome Howard

and now to buy the pattern for this so Nanny Elephant can knit one of these for baby elephant *cough* Nat * cough*

find the link here

Need the perfect way to soothe your little one to sleep? ( NO Mrs Owl it is NOT nightmare inducing!) check this out!

and last but by no means least.... the perfect addition to ANY shopping trip:

ahhhhh *swoon* off to continue my moustache "reasearch" some more!!


Thought of the moment:
A man without a moustache is like a cup of tea without sugar"

Anon