Blog neglect!

Hello friends,
I'm sorry for my absence. First I was in China for 3 months, and now since I've been back I've been really, really busy. Its just been all business, no time for play - but hoping to change that soon!

I now have professionals helping me with the photography for the business - such bliss!! We even spent a half day at the beach working! Everyone was happy, as the hardworking assistants Patsy & Frankie came too!

What do you think of the photographs!! So fabulous, and taken at my local beach in Brisbane!





Hardworking assistants helping to find a suitable location to place the stock!!



I have been blogging on the business blog, but will be back on this one soon I hope!
See you all again in Spring! Only 3 weeks to go ......
Cheers, Karen

Happy New Year

Hello Friends,
Happy New Year, Happy Chinese New Year .... and everything else in between that I've missed!!! Its been ages since I've blogged here, but time has been flying this year and I can't keep up!!
Patsy and Frankie are doing very well and working hard too! I'm still studying hard with my Mandarin and am planning my next buying trip in the next couple of months!
So, I probably won't be back on this blog for a little while, but plan to still keep blogging on my business blog Lanternshop.
Hope you are all healthy and happy :-)
Cheers, Karen

I spoke too soon .....

Yes, just one day after blogging about Patsy being such a 'good girl', here she is today, joining her little sister in trying to destroy the couch. And I thought they were supposed to be my hardworking assistants .........





Its nearly the weekend :-) Yay!! Hope you are all having a lovely week!

Makeover day!

Yes!! Today was beauty parlour day! Don't we look gorgeous!







Laughing in the car on the way home :-) We got the 'giggles'

Back from China!

We're back!! Its been a long absence, as I couldn't access my blog or any others from China - I've missed you all!!

Got lots to tell, but I'm too tired right now. A big thankyou to sweet Patsy, who worked so hard while I was away taking your orders and running the business (with Mr Dragonfly's help)! Here she is with her souvenier Panda. She loves it!!




So many great new lanterns and wedding accessories are on their way to Lanternshop. More details soon!!!! Will share my China pics too as soon as I can!
Have a great week!!

Hello from Patsy

Hello friends! Its Patsy here today :-)
We have been too busy this last week to visit blogland, sadly :-( So I thought I'd post some pictures of myself to let you know what I did last week!!

I spent 2 days eating this magnificent treatie!!


Then I rested,


I snuggled with my favourite friend Dolly,



And I cuddled with my second favourite friend Monkey!



We hope to visit you all again very soon :-)

a quick hello ....

Hello friends. Things have been crazy busy here (but in a good way)! The house has been completely overtaken by silk lanterns!!
Here's Patsy trying to find a space to play with her second favourite toy 'Monkey'!
We haven't had time to blog, not to mention we have been having big internet problems too :-( - but we hope to get around to visiting you all soon and catching up!!
Wishing you all a very happy week :-)
Karen & Patsy

Boing, boing, boing ......

Here I am bouncing and prancing about on my favourite beach near my home today!!!
We actually took the afternoon off! It was soooooooo nice.
Its our last little break for a while - I hear a container with 10,000 silk lanterns is arriving on Monday. As if we haven't already been busy enough with the madness of Chinese New Year!!!



I did so much running and jumping I had to rest for a while in my own little sea pool.



Hope you all have as much fun on your weekend as I had today.

Cheers, Patsy xoxo - big licks to all my blog friends!

What a hot weekend!!

What a great weekend - but the heat has just been so incredibly hard to take.

Thankfully, we were lucky enough to spend most of the weekend in the pool.
Here's little Gracey (the newest member of the extended Dragonfly family), she's only 2 months old! Isn't she adorable - she's showing off her beautiful bathers! I think I'd like these in my size!! She enjoys the pool too!!



And my baby Patsy, who is definately struggling in this heat wearing her fur jacket!
At the moment, we only have one room in the house with airconditioning - my office. Unfortunately its incredibly messy :-( Here she is squeezed in amongst the mess this morning taking a well-earned nap!!

Isn't she just the cutest???

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend!!
This week I'm going to photo the choices for the giveaway prize and post ASAP!

Happy Monday my friends :-) Australia Day holiday tomorrow! Yipee!

A hard days work ....

We are soooooo tired! What a long, long day of sorting through the delivery.
Luckily Patsy was a big help. Here she is inspecting the carton!



Over 10,000 items have arrived - yipeeeeee!!
I'm so excited to see some of the new colours in the lanterns - black and purple. Also a new dragonfly design and so much more.
When the weather improves (its still been pouring in Brisbane everyday) we will be outdoors taking new photos! Hoping everything is on the website by Wednesday night!

What a great way to start the new year :-)

Getting over Xmas feasting .....

Yet again I have over-indulged this Xmas! But the food was soooooo amazing!
We had such a great day, shared with family and friends.



We had marinated bbq prawns (above) and moreton bay bugs (below). So delicious!!





Unfortunately, we have had a lot of rain :-( but as the weather is still so humid, it hasn't stopped as lazing in the pool. Here we are enjoying a sunny moment :-)




Hope you all had a fantastic Xmas day and are enjoying the holiday season!!
Cheers!

My birthday party!

Hi there! Its Patsy here! Last night was my birthday party :-)

Here I am wearing my party hat!



My very good friend Libby came to my party. It was actually a double celebration as it was her 1st birthday on Friday!



She gave me a present .....



Oooooh - look! A squeaky toy beer can - just what every little lady needs ;-)



We had a delicious meal of BBQ sausages, and had a lot of fun!

Love from Patsy

Happy Birthday Sweet Patsy

Happy 2nd Birthday to the sweetest little girl in the world!



I thought I'd share some baby pics ;-)
She was only 6 weeks old when she came into my life and melted my heart! As you can see, she enjoyed her food from day 1!!



Here is Patsy helping me work in the warehouse! She used to be tri-colour (until her first haircut)!



Her favourite place - my bed!



She used to enjoy chewing the cushions .... thankfully those days are over now!



Her cozy basket - it only lasted a week until it was chewed up!!



Patsy is showing off her 'pirate' tooth ;-)



After swimming in the mud!!



Playing one of her favourite games with her Dad!



Bath time (she's not a fan)!!



Treaties! - Loves these :-) Can't get enough!

Happy birthday my sweet little angel xxoo We are having a party on Saturday!!!

Tuesday Tea Party - Pool Party!!!

Wow, the last week has flown by!
Its still so incredibly hot here in sunny Queensland, so Patsy has decided we'll have a pool party this week!!



Sorry, she can't wait for the guests to arrive ..... she's already lazing on the surfboard!



No hot foods today - we are having cheese and fruits!



We've spent hours preparing fruit sculptures for you!

Firstly, here's the 'bug'!


The Melon Rabbit!



The birds!




The birds in a cage!


The watermelon swan!
Images from foodgarnishing.com

I must say, Patsy is very skilled with the paring knife!!! The sculptures are amazing!

Thanks for dropping in. I hope you stayed long enough for a dip in the pool!

Visit Plumed pen to see who else is participating this week!