Spending time with my littlest love. Oscar Bear is soon to be 7. xo
We always love to try and be creative with the boys for making their meal times fun and exciting. This Easter holiday break was no exception!
Cooking fun with the whole family. One of our favourite activities!
Easter Family Treats
Easter morning is all about yummy chocolate for breakky, but in order for your little ones to still have something healthy, we think planning ahead is key!
Cooking with the family is so much fun. We love getting the boys involved. They just get so excited to try and help! They usually also love to eat it more, when they have helped make the yummy, but healthy and nutritious, yet tasty treats!
Mayver’s Recipes
Easter Brekky Toast
Time: 10 minutes excluding freezing time | 1 serve
Dairy Free / Vegan / Sugar Free
Ingredients
For the Peanut Butter Eggs & Bunnies:
3 tbs Mayver’s Smooth Peanut Butter
http://mayvers.com.au/product/mayvers-peanut-
butter-smooth/
2 tbs coconut oil
1 tbs rice malt syrup
For the Toast:
2 pieces toasted bread of choice
2 tbs Mayver’s Peanut & Cacao Spread
http://mayvers.com.au/product/mayvers-pure-
state-organic-peanut-cacao-spread/
1 sliced banana
Sprinkle of coconut
Method
- Melt together ingredients for the peanut butter eggs and brownies and pour into mini
moulds, then pop into the freezer to set. - Spread toast with Mayver’s Peanut & Cacao Spread, top with sliced Banana, Coconut and
Peanut Butter Eggs & Bunnies.
Thanks to Jodi from Jodis Kitchen for this yummy recipe!
Peanut Butter Pancakes
Time: 5-8 minutes | 2 serves
Gluten Free / Vegan / Sugar Free
Ingredients
Gluten free
1 large ripe banana, mashed
2 tbsp Mayver’s Dark Roasted Peanut Butter
http://mayvers.com.au/product/mayvers-
pure-state-dark-roasted-crunchy-peanut-butter/
2 extra large free range eggs
1/4 tsp cinnamon (optional)
Method
- In a mixing bowl, combine the mashed banana, eggs and Mayver’s Dark Roasted peanut
butter. Mix well to combine. - Heat a small amount of oil in a frying pan. Spoon mixture onto pan into small pancake
shapes. Cook for approximately 2 minutes on both sides, or until cooked through.
Tips:
To make monkey pancakes like the image, cook different sizes of pancakes to assemble your
monkey face. Use 1/4 banana cut into rounds, peanut butter and organic dried fruit to
decorate. To make monkey pancakes like the image, cook different sizes of pancakes to
assemble your monkey face. Use 1/4 banana cut into rounds, peanut butter and organic
dried fruit to decorate.
This delicious recipe was designed and created by the amazing Brisbane nutritionist and recipe
developer Casey-Lee Lyons from Live Love Nourish.
https://www.instagram.com/livelovenourishaus/
More about Mayver’s:
Mayver’s creates the tastiest, healthiest 100% natural nut spreads that kids can’t get enough of.
Available at Coles, Woolworths and health food stores.
A big thank you to the creators of the recipes, Easter Brekky Toast – Jodi’s kitchen and Peanut Butter Pancakes, Casey-Lee Lyons of Live Love and Nourish.
Happy cooking with the kids everyone!
2019 Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Perlplex Acrylic Products – The Perfect Photo Memory Solution for your Family’s Treasured Moments… A Keepsake Box to Cherish Forever. #mothersdaygiftideas #theperfectgiftideaformum
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With Mother’s Day just around the corner, and with most beautiful mummas out there having everything that they need, we have just the perfect gift for your mum, mother-in-law or nanna.
I love how you can display the images side by side. I know for myself, I
get so attached to the memories that it’s so hard to often choose just
the one to display! Our home is full of beautiful memories and a big
thank you to Perlplex for making our memories so modern and timeless.
For years we have had mixed matched frames that didn’t always go with
our decor. I’m so very pleased with the result and can’t thank Justine
and her team enough! I know that my mum and mother-in-law are going to
love their gifts so much come Mother’s Day.
The Perlplex Keepsake boxes are perfect for capturing special memories and preserving gorgeous items such as your precious jewellery. Jewellery is always something which I have worn and each piece has a very special meaning behind it.
This image of the boys is another one of my all time fave moments and was beautifully captured by Nicola Brander of Nicola Brander Photography. The keepsake box is so easy to use too, you can conveniently lift the lid to access your precious jewellery stored safely inside.
This gorgeous photo of little Oscar was from him being a beautiful little newborn. Bringing back all of the memories! My fave jewellery is pearls also. A special meaning behind this memory. Keepsake box size is 6 x 8 and the photo frames featured all above are 5 x 7.
My little Ollie, our first born son. Your cheeky little smile makes your Mummy’s heart burst. Keep being you little one. You are so kind and caring. We are so very proud of the little boy who you are becoming. This precious moment was captured by the very talented Jessiika Wilson of Jessiika Wilson Photography at our recent family shoot. The product photography and styling is by the beautiful, Justine of Perlplex. Justine, as you can see has created an incredible product. Available in an array of sizes, the most popular being 6 x 8 and 5 x 7.
The featured Perlplex Acrylic product here is size – 8 by 10 inch: 20cm by 25cm.
Perlplex Acrylic Products are made from sturdy acrylic, which is durable, but designer friendly.
Myself, a wife and mother of two boys, memories to me mean more to me now than they ever have before. Moments in time, captured which last a lifetime. In my opinion, memories become more precious as time passes. We all know how fast our little ones grow up and having special family moments displayed in our households is such a special thing. Something you simply can’t put a price tag on! The memories are exactly that… priceless!
Justine, the founder of Perlplex is a family and portrait photographer who was struggling to find any modern frames that could showcase photos for her clients. She had always loved acrylic and decided to source and make her own range. Since then she has never looked back and has her beautifully designed acrylic frames in many Australian homes.
I was so honoured to be able to collaborate, after reaching out to Justine and after kindly being sent some beautiful frames and keepsake boxes to test out. I know that they will be wonderful products which I hope to always keep in mind for gifts for friends and family.
Whether you are looking for that special Mother’s Day gift, or a special frame to mark your wedding day, the birth of your little baby, a special birthday, or other key life milestone, Perlplex has you covered.
Justine is such a beautiful person both inside and out and
has been so very professional to deal with.
I cannot recommend the frames enough. They are easy to use but most of all,
display the imagery so effortlessly and would suit all home décor, which in my
opinion, is a win-win all round!
We recently had some beautiful photos taken by one of my fave portrait photographers here in Brisbane, Jessiika Wilson, and we were so honoured to have nabbed her last shoot spot before she headed off maternity leave. Jess is such a stunning photographer and really captures the natural beauty and real-life moments with this journey we all call life. I hope that you love the images as much as my family and I do. The photos were taken at North Lakes community lake, right here in Brisbane in stunning and sunny, Queensland.
I also chose some special memories of the boys and I and us as a little family of four over the years.
A very big thank you again to the gorgeous Justine for gifting our family the array of different types of Perplex frames. My fave size for Mother’s Day would be the 5 x 7 inch (15 x 20 cm) Perlplex Acrylic Box Frame. The frame retails for $42.99 and comes in other size and price options also. (see below).
4 x 6 inch / 10 x 15cm (currently sold out due to the Mother’s Day rush)
– $39.99
6 x 8 inch / 15 x 20cm (currently sold out due to the Mother’s Day rush) –
$52.99
8 x 10 inch / 20 x 25cm (available) – $64.99
A few sizes may be out of stock due to the current Mother’s Day rush, but expect to see new stock in approximately 6-8 weeks. Feel free to drop the lovely Justine and her team a line for more ordering timing information, if you have a special event coming up for which you require the frames.
The Perlplex Acrylic Keepsake Box is another very popular product. From pretty dried flowers, through to baby momentos from the hospital, bridal keep sakes, or special jewellery, they are the perfect way to display these precious items, in a safe and preserved way that looks so stunning! You can easily slip a photo of your choice at the bottom and then leave the box free to add special memento items. And if that’s not tempting enough, Justine takes all the hassle out of going to get your photos printed by offering a complementary service to provide your Perlplex frame or keepsake box with a photo of your choice included and already displayed!
If you have any questions around your gift purchase for Justine, she would be more than accommodating to answer them for you. Whether it’s questions about where to get your photos printed to ensure that they are a high quality, what size would be best for your order or intended purpose, nothing is too much of a hassle. Perlplex has the best customer service and Justine is so responsive on the business social media platforms, which in this day and age, is something that is so very important when it comes to ordering online.
Whether it be a gift for yourself for Mother’s Day this year or whether you will be kindly gifting the Perlplex frames yourself, you will know that you have a good quality product that will last, just like your special family memories. Preserving family memories forever. Memories and moments to treasure and cherish.
Styling location tips and ideas from The Pink Jubilee for the Perlplex Acrylic Photo Frames and Keepsake Boxes:-
*Perfect for your bedroom side table
*The family room mantle piece
*On top of the piano
*Your work or home office desk, your partners or parents and grandparents work spaces
*The kids rooms – fill the nursery and the kids rooms with special candid family moments too! (There is an Acrylic Flush Frame that is perfect for this too! This style is a wall mount only design)
*Baby Showers, Bridal Showers, Birthdays, Graduation Celebrations, Retirements, Corporate events, and more!
Justine has kindly given me a discount code, especially for The Pink Jubilee, (our sister blog site), The Beauty Blossom and The Baby Blossom readers. Be sure to utilise the special discount code upon checkout, which is: thepinkjubilee15. The special collaboration code is valid ongoing. I know that you will love the frames and keep sake boxes as much as I do! I have styled mine in our home and can’t wait to gift one to my mum and mother in law for Mother’s Day on May 12th. Be sure to get your orders in quickly ladies to avoid disappointment. The website is full of gorgeous inspiration and different ways which you can style the keepsake boxes and the sort of precious family photos, which can be used.
If you would like a special piece for your daughter’s or granddaughter’s room too, The “Off with The Fairies” limited editions by Helene Chassay in an Acrylic Box frame is a magical piece. I know for when my sister and her hubby start their family too, a must-buy on my wish-list from the Perlplex online shop will be one of the “Welcome to the World” display frames. Enjoy browsing everyone. Such much beautiful inspiration for home décor.
Wishing you and your family a fabulous Mother’s Day weekend ahead.
I hope you all create some very special memories for years to come!
For more information on Perplex, please visit their website: www.perlplex.com.au, or drop them a line via their online contact form. You can also visit their social media pages: @perlplexau on Instagram and Facebook. (For more gorgeous inspiration!)
If anyone had asked me what the best day of our lives would have been pre-kids, of course, I would always say, either, the day which we got engaged in Paris, or the day we got married and became one. Since having kids, that has all changed. Having kids would of course top it off but in a completely different way. Our wedding day will always be very special and sacred. xo
With love, Mr and Mrs Tickner xo
*Please note: For the purpose of this blog post article – “Wedding Day”, these photos are strictly copyrighted and like all images on The Beauty Blossom Blog, cannot be reproduced without written consent to the publisher, Rachael Elizabeth. Thank you for your time.
You are my sun, my moon, my stars xo <3
Growing up, I always loved to ask questions. Family friends would often even comment that I loved to, “ask 20 questions”. Naturally, I loved to tell a story and still do to this day. Even the top businesses coaches have quickly identified that through my personality, I love to – “tell a story”.
I don’t know how to describe it really, but it’s a feeling. It’s in my blood so to speak. I’m not aware of any journalists or editors in our family before me, but who knows, I’m sure that somewhere down the line, there probably was. Coming from the UK and with a French background on my Dad’s side in the generations, I love to wonder what it would have been like in those days. The days before social media, when they had only just started printing newspapers. Newspapers and hard copy publications are becoming less and less in our world, which is very sad as I love a good tangible, freshly printed page to read and admire, but I am grateful for digital platforms such as, this blog.
It has allowed, everyday people like me, and now a mum and wife to really have a voice, at any time of the day or night. It gives me the ability to write, which as you know, is something which I really do love so very much.
Writing is my thing. I believe that it always will be and I hope that is true. I hope that one day, my words really resonate with lots of people. That my words can help change their life in a positive way. Words can be powerful. Images are powerful too and go hand in hand, in telling a story and help bringing that story to life. As they say – a picture can tell a thousand words…
When I was a little girl, about two-years-of-age, smaller than what our eldest son is now, I used to LOVE this book called: The Biggest Little Girl. It was a musical, “turn the page” cassette book and I still to this day remember the main storyline and key words to the songs. It stuck with me my whole life. You often learn life lessons from reading stories, or can see how they can relate to your situation. I love to read, news, magazines and books. I do want to read more books as over the years, I have found that you really do have to make time. But these is nothing more exciting than going in to a bookstore and choosing some books of interest to you, that you know that you will just love! Then again, you don’t always like everything that you read. Some authors won’t always gel with you. We are all unique and people’s opinions vary, but reading provides different insights and perspectives. I think on its own, that is pretty darn special indeed!
