My name is Kathryn & I wear my nightie to Woolies

A few weeks ago I went to Adelaide to drop my Mother in law at the airport and we popped into Tea Tree Plaza on the way for me to grab a few things, one of the things on my list was a casual navy maternity dress, which I planned to team with navy leggings and navy ballet flats for an outfit that I could dress up or down.

After searching in many shops I was thrilled to find the perfect dress (pictured above) in Big W in their fabulous "Nine & Mine" matenity range.  If you are looking for maternity clothing, they're certainly worth looking at, they're affordable, comfortable & stylish too.

I couldn't wait to wear it and had the perfect place to wear it to that weekend - into Kadina to pick up my boys from Church as they'd had a sleep over the night before at my Mum & Dads.

I'm not going to lie to you, I felt pretty - the dress was so comfy, it sat on the right places and my Mum told me that I looked lovely.

I swanned around in Kadina feeling fabulous, the boys & I headed to Woolies to pick up fresh rolls & meat for lunch and we went to the playground where I sat loving life reading the paper. 

So imagine my horror when I came home & started sorting the weekly receipts and putting them into my expenses diary.  There it was in black and white on the Big W docket "Nine & Mine nightie".  Um what??? I didn't buy a nightie, just my dress and some stationery for the boys.  Didn't I??

I looked down at my lovely stripey dress and it hit me - it did look rather nightie-ish, with the horizontal strips & soft stretchy fabric.  It also hit me that I had paraded around town in my nightie - lucky there isn't a Big W in Kadina....

I have to confess that my "nightie" is still hanging in my wardrobe - I can't bring myself to put it in the bottom drawer with my owl & cupcake flannies, and also I have to confess that it had a second outing to Mum and Dads for tea Friday night (and another outing to Woolies when I ran in to grab the hot chickens...) But now after sharing my secret with you all I guess I'd better leave my nightie home in future... :(

Hope you are all having a lovely Easter!!

Wow, 2012, where are you going???

 2011 just flew past me, and 2012 is looking to be much the same!
Some of you may have missed our exciting news from last year, we will be welcoming baby number 3 to our family in June/July this year.  After a rough start (lots of morning sickness) we are doing much better and can't believe that we are now at the "12 weeks to go" stage. 
It will be very different having a baby in the house again, our two beautiful boys Tom & Max are 6 1/2 and 5 and will both be at school next term so it will be a shock to have nappies & bottles again!!

Tom

Max

Max with bees

 

Tom with bees

It was very exciting over December 2011, January 2012 for Pink Apple and welcomed two new stockists to the Pink Apple family.

One is the most gorgeous childrenswear shop called Eastside Childrenswear, you can find them at 222 Kensington Road, Marryatville and once you go in you won't want to leave!! There are so many gorgeous things to look at, clothing, toys, gifts, all gorgeous!

The second new Stockist is South Australian based clothing company, Bullrush.   I have been a fan of Bullrush Clothing for many years so it is quite exciting!!

In February I decided that it was time to head to markets again (don't want you to forget me!!) and went along to Lollipop Markets.  What an amazing day.  I'd never been to one at the new location (AAMI Stadium) and it was HUGE! I didn't get the chance to look around much but it was lovely catching up with some favourites who I haven't seen for a long time, including Kirsty from the gorgeous "Gracie Lou", Toni from "Fairydust", Anna from "Tillytom", Bree from "Chikkie Moo & Lollipop Markets" as well as Zoe from "Under my Wing" I also came across a new business who I have to mention, Chook Shed Designs - oh my goodness, gorgeous!!!

That's enough from me today, I must get off the computer and get organised for Max's kindy graduation

Something new for 2012

Sweet Holiday Treat

The little people in my house have been loving these "Fruit Bubble Bump" treats (ok, I admit it - the big people have been loving them too!)
They are so quick & easy to prepare and a great way for me to get a tiny bit of fruit into my kids without them knowing.

"Fruit Bubble Bumps"

Preparation time : 10 minutes

(Recipe says it makes 12 but I use the mini patty pans and it makes about 60 - they are a little too sweet to have too big anyway)

200g butter/margarine

4 tablespoons of honey {for more flavour use honey that you've bought directly from a supplier -Brett is a beekeeper and our honey is amazing - you'll never go back once you've had fresh honey :) }

4 1/2 cups rice bubbles

1/2 cup dates, chopped

1/2 cup dried apple (I put mine in food processor to make it even finer)

1. line your muffin pan with cupcake cases
2. Bring butter/margarine & honey to boil & simmer for 5 minutes
3. Combine other ingredients in a mixing bowl, pour the honey/butter mix over dry ingredients & mix
4. Divide mixture between case, refrigerate until firm. Store in an airtight container to keep fresh.

So easy & so delicious!!

Black Sheep Photography Market Pics

Without a doubt, Kelly Dyett from Black Sheep Photography is one of the most talented, creative Photographers I have ever seen. The photos that she took for the Studio Bambini advert were amazing, and so were these from the Maitland Markets. What's even more amazing is that Kelly had her two gorgeous children in the pusher with her when she was taking these pics & chatting away to them and the photos are stunning!!

Elouise & Lucy

Thanks to Victoria Johns and Belinda Wheare for letting their gorgeous children model Pink Apple products and for editing the photos for me. Victoria welcomed Max & I into her gorgeous home (complete with a ballroom - how lucky are they!!) Below are a few of my favourite pics, including a candid one of my son Max that Victoria managed to capture - i love it!!

Kathryn xo

Lollipop Markets - February

I was lucky enough to be a stall holder Lollipop Markets again in February, what an amazing, busy day!! So many gorgeous products from lovely stallholders and it was lovely to catch up with the people behind some of my favourite SA businesses (Lulu's Cupcakes, Little Boombalada, Halley Jay, Sonni Lou, MissMouse, ChikkieMoo, Under My Wing, Speckled Egg, Belly Bottom, Gracie Lou).
I have had a fabulous time attending both Mathilda's Markets & Lollipop Markets in the past 12 months but have made the difficult decision to take 12 months off from Adelaide markets this year (well at this stage anyway - I might miss it so much I will have to apply for more later in the year x) I am really going to miss seeing everyone and will miss meeting all of my gorgeous customers in person but I have taken on a couple more stockists this year as well as working part time so am just finding it hard to fit everything in!!

Hope you all had a lovely Easter!

Kathryn xo


Pink Apple Stall
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Brooch Display


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