Giveaway Pt 1 {Foodie Friday}

Ok, so here it is....the begining to my bloggy birthday party and we are kicking it off, with a foodie theme.

Here at Mira Narnie Land, we love our food, I love cooking (and more importantly eating) and I love sharing recipes and great products.

My friends at Bakers Delight approached me to try some of their new ready made pizza bases, and without a doubt I jumped at the chance!!!  I love Bakers Delight - you try walking past their stores and not stopping for some tasty scones, loaves, crusty bread or my kids favourite, the cheesymite scroll!

So the other night, we had a "pizza night" and got all the yummy ingredients out on the bench (took all of five minutes).  These pizza bases are par-cooked, so if you like, you can roll them out a little thinner, add your topping and then bake in a hot oven for 10-15 minutes......

what could be easier mid-week?

Here are our creations.  I made some lovely home-made pizza base sauce....so the kids added, ham, mushroom cheese and olives.

Hubby and I had procuttio, cheese, mushrooms, asparagus and caramlised onions.

Yum yum!


Now the giveaway part!  I've got 5 x $5 vouchers to give away! Also, if you make your own pizza using the Bakers Delight Pizza Bases, you can enter on their Facebook page, and possibly win $5000!

Entry is simple:

1. Follow my blog (if you don't alreay)
2.  Leave me a comment...

That's it....

ps - Come back tomorrow for Part 2 of my Bloggy Birthday Giveaway!

my creative space.....{giveaway planning}

Yep, you heard right.....I'm planning a giveaway!

To celebrate my up-coming notable birthday.....the birthday with an "0" on the end, I thought what a better way, than to have a bloggy party, invite all my wonderful bloggy friends and have loads of fun.

And give too!

So over the next few days, there will be a great selection of giveaway treats for you!

Make sure you come past, each day as their will be a giveaway post for the next 4 days.  You can enter one or all, take your pick!  Here's a hint of whats on offer...

It's a Foodie Friday

Saturday will be about Fun

Sunday - get all Fancy with Fashion....
Monday - Crafty goodness

Let the Party Begin!

One of these little birdy or elephant mobile will be in the giveaway!

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Wordless Wednesday {empty lake}

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three ohhhhhhh

Source: flickr.com via Brenda on Pinterest

Oh dear!  It's nearly here....

yep, these are the last few days of my beloved 20's.

I've loved being 20 something.  Infact, I still feel 24 at least!  I know I should embrace turning 30, but it seems like such a leap - like suddenly I'm grown up.

Do you get strange about milestone birthdays.  I didn't think I would.   

But it's given a great idea - and I'll be celebrating in style with a great giveaway on my blog, so stay tuned. 

In the meantime...If you are, ahem, 30-something.  Tell me something amazing about being in your 30's!

xx

(image - of marilyn blowing out the candles on her 30th Birthday!)

a little fancy 80's revival

On my recent trip back home I helped my mum do some much needed culling of her wardrobe so I could make some donations to the local op-shops (and not just clear out their stock!).  Oh I had heaps of fun, sorting through bits and peices for her.  Gosh shoulder pads were such the rage in the 80's!!  I think its easier to be ruthless with clothes that aren't your own.  Although we've kept a few real vintage peices even Kath and Kim would be impressed with.



I remember giving my mum a hard time with some of her outfit choices when I was young.  She would pick me up from primary school and I'd say "Oh mum, that jacket is all wrong on you, what are you thinking?" Need less to say, I mostly accompainied her shopping to as to be the honest voice of reason!

But one of my finds in my own mum's wardrobe was this gorgeous leather 80's belt.  The gold leaf clasp is just divine and something you'd even see in the stores now.

It's tricky though, wearing a vintage peice .  I think, the key is to wear it with clothes that compliment but that are of todays era.  Too much vintage and well, you tend to look vintage too. 

Worn today with some cozy denim jeggings, on oversized grey jumper and little pixie boots.

Joining in with the gorgeous Kymmie who I get the chance to catch up with in real life this week! yay!

Wearing;

Jeggings - Sussan

Jumper - Sportsgirl

Belt - mum's vintage

boots - Payless shoes

Earrings - Diva

 xx

I'm grateful for..... (nostalgia)

Joining in with the beautiful minded Maxabella Loves, on this day to be Grateful.

Today I'm grateful for....

1.  Heading home - I took the kids up to the country town where my mum and dad live, and I spent a lot of my childhood.  It's a small country town that is very sleepy during the winter months.

2. Nostalgia - The return home meant re-living some memories that I enjoyed as a kid.  Above is a picture of the dodgem cars that are at a very small and almost vintage entertainment park.  The kids had an awesome time, just like I remember spending waaaaayyyyy to many hours doing the exact same thing when I was small.

3. Country Op shops - Whilst my kids were entertained by grandma, I got the hit the country op shops.  Why are they so much better than city ones?

Happy Grateful day - Join here. 

xx

Oh Nigella! Doughnut French Toast

Craving something sweet, I reached for none other than my new friend Nigella Express.  Oh Nigella!  Where have you been all my life.  This is my first Nigella Cookbook.  Yes.  I am a Nigella virgin! 

But it wont be for long.  I have my eye on Domestic Goddess and Feast.  But lets get back to the sweets. 

It was mid Sunday morning, and I had gone on my morning jog on the treddy, put two loads of washing on, entertained the kids and done and general tidying up.  So, my tummy was rumbling, and whilst I know I undid all my good work exercising, these were well worth it. 

Doughnut French toast!!

Here is what you need. 

2 eggs

4 teaspoons of vanilla extract

60 mls of milk

4 slices of bread.  I think I just used the last four slices of day old sourdough bread. 

25g butter

50g caster sugar. 

1.  Beat the eggs with the milk and vanilla in a wide shallow bowl. 

2. soak the break halves in the eggy mixture till it coats. 

3. heat the butter in a fry pan and fry the egg-soaked break until golden and scorched in bits on both sides (about 4 minutes a side on medium heat)

4. put the sugar on a plate and then dip your cooked break in until coated like a sugared doughnut. 

These are for the sweet tooth but i happened to enjoy them with just a squeeze of lemon ontop. 

                                     

put the kettle on, sit and marvel at a job well done! 

Thanks Nigella

xx

wordless wednesday {bis-nonna love}

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xx

i ♥, u ♥, we all ♥ - Maxabella L♥ves

HELLLLLOOOOOOOO BLOGLAND!


well, have you heard?


Maxabella Loves is having one HUGE giveway to celebrate her epic achievement of 1000 followers.  This acheivement in itself it awesome, and an inspiration to just how fantastically powerful blogs can be.

I remember when Maxabella Loves was a newby, a little fresh up-start blog, and *ahem* had fewer followers than me!

Hhahahahahah!  How weird does that sound now.  Look at her now!  All popular and, well, amazing.  But that's not to say it was easy.  I reckon it takes a special someone to have an amazing blog.  To make us want to come back, time and time again, day in day out.  To make us laugh, cry, wonder, ponder, think and decide.  To write critical words to get the message across, as if, she's sitting in our lounge room with us (kids running havoc of course), and just having a chat.

You may remember the celebration when Maxabella Loves hit 500 (yes little MiraNarnie was apart of that) - So of course, the natural progression when one hits 1000 has to be something just slightly more momentous!

So, whilst I'd love to just talk madly about Bronwyn, lets get back to the point at hand.

Bronwyn has totally outdone herself here and is offering one lucky winner an amazing Party Outfit from a selection of gorgeous fashionistas (Leona Edmiston, Shoes of Prey and Elk).

wow!  Amazing right.

So click on the button below.  Get commenting. Enter. Enter. Enter Enter.

Congrats Bron on hitting the mark!
xx

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fancy some patience

Patience seems to be the order for the day.

And i mean patience of the computer related kind.  The kind, i don't possess.  I never have really.  Once that little hour-glass or colour wheel starts swirling around, i get dubious.  hmmm....I think whilst eyes roll back into my head.  I may even be known to click a little harder at random keys, or vigorously bash the enter button hoping for success.  Heaven forbid I may even scream obscenities at my computer.

Lately my computer has been informing me on a daily basis that my hard drive space is full.

Right.  Get rid of old files.  Done.  Problem still exists.

Purchase new expensive external hard-drive with all these features it really should be capable of vacuuming the house as well!  Have problems installing it, then when it seems to be working, it renders your computer useless for 30 hours whilst it "backs up" all your data.  All 1.5 million files.  1.5 million files.  What the...?

I'm assuming it counts things like photos as singular.  phew.  That explains.  Damn fancy pants!

Ok, so my problems aren't fixed yet, and I so wanted to show you a gorgeous photo of my son when he decided to join me on my fancy pants shoot.  Oh, well, there's always next time.

So whilst my fancy pants is a little late, don't despair!  Just visit this lovely host and join in the fun!

wearing;
Dress - Local shop
Anorak - Kmart
Boots - Tony Bianco
Scarf - Target
Leggings - Myer

I'm grateful for..{grateful others}

Another week, another grateful day!  And first day of holidays here in Victoria! ahhhhhh......I'm putting my brain in neutral, with no drop offs, pick ups, notices, newsletters, forms to return or places to get to on time (well, there is that dentist appointment) but let me just enjoy the moment a little!

Joining in with the ever gorgeous (now we know for certain that she is as gorgeous as she writes!)  Maxabella....

Today I'm grateful for... The gratefulness of others.  Over the last week, I've been enjoying hearing people around me just be grateful for experiences for them.

1. For hubby, he got to do Kinder duty yesterday (break up day was "footy day!) and he was just grateful for the opportunity to check it out, help out, and have 27 football mad 4 and 5 year olds to tend to.

2. For the gratefulness I see in my children.  We went to our little local pizzeria last night for dinner...  The kids were excited, happy to be out, enjoying the event of dining out.  And on the way home (or should I say long walk to the car) they gazed out at the stars in the sky and the smiles on their little faces was priceless.  I dare say they were grateful for the stars.

3. For all your gratefuls  - I do love Grateful Day.  It's so much fun hoping around to so many blogs and reading what you are all grateful for.  Some are huge things, some are simple, and some are sweet, lovely and can bring tears to my eyes.  I find I start nodding, half way through reading posts - saying to myself "yes, that's lovely to be grateful for that!" And so as much as i love posting on Grateful Day, I love sharing our gratefuls too....

Happy Grateful day...

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my creative space.....{another one bites the dust}

Now I should have made my list of crafty projects public ages ago. It seems to have spurred me on. 

This Vogue skirt, has been sitting cut out on the back of my sewing chair for months, waiting for an oppotunity to be completed. 

First, I had to wait till I found the right zipper - Open Ended, 18 inch, metal and just the right colour! 

Then, of course I had to put it off, in order to finish other projects as they came and went.  But finally I got a chance, and took it! 

I followed every instruction, lined up every notch, basted as suggested and pressed hems I no not what! 

 It's a great style of skirt.  The zipper is like the hero - standing out saying "look at me" I'm useful and a feature!  The folded waistband and a little tricky (I've learnt to read the whole pattern through from start to finish, so you get a general idea of what your doing)!  And I chose a fabric with a little stretch, for ease and comfort!

Finally this new item can be added to my wardrobe!

For more completed crafty projects to spur you on...head over here!