Vivid 2014

Sydney has an annual Vivid Festival in the city featuring different light displays on landmarks etc. The boyfriend got me a gift voucher for mothers day to attend a photography Vivid night work shop by Sydney Photo Tours which included a four hour tour of the harbour and help with taking some photo's. It was great I learnt some more things about my camera that I didn't know before (although my feet kill from all the walking now) and I got to spend a night out! 

 I really like this years displays. Hopefully in the years to come they'll make Vivid a lot more bigger, with more displays going on. xx

DIY Dyed Disposable Wooden Cutlery

I did it! I really wanted to do some do it yourself projects but when your 7 month pregnant its hard to find the energy and enthusiasm to get anything done! But today I managed to get a huge list of things to do done for the baby shower. First up on that list was this How To: Dip Dye Wooden Cutlery. I loved this post and thought it was so much funner than buying ordinary plastic cutlery. It was super easy to do also.

All you need is

• food dye (blue, green, red and yellow)
• water
• medium sized bowls (that won't stain)
• wooden disposable cutlery
• gloves (food dye stains everything and anything!!)

At first I was being pretty dumb and doing the cutlery individually until I realised that I could just dump the lot into the the separate coloured filled bowls and let the wooden cutlery absorb the dyed water. The more water you place into the bowl the more surface area the cutlery will absorb. Altogether I'd say it took about 15 minutes to get 100 each of the wooden cutlery forks, knives and spoons done. But if your pregnant just a bit of advice do not sit on the floor crossed leg or sit on the floor in any position at all at 7 months because getting up is hell.

I absolutely love the end result!

Day 2 - Tasmania

Day 2 in Tasmania included the following dinner at Cygnet Hotel, lunch at The Source restaurant at MONA and The Museum of Old and New Art. 

We were looking for dinner last night around town (we didn't want to cook!) unfortunately Cygnet does not have many restaurants or places to eat that are open late. We decided to head into Cygnet Hotel's pub. We ordered the chicken parma for $19. It's definitely nothing fancy but the plate was huge and I was satisfied (though it seemed like forever before it came out for a place that wasn't busy :/ ). The dining area seems to be a hall that changes for different occasion (theres a disco ball there so I'm guessing it's a function hall too). 

We then headed out to Hobart to have lunch at The Source. It's a fine dining restaurant at The Museum of New and Old Art. We spent $150 for two entree's, two mains, two glasses of white wine and one desert that we shared. Everything was beautifully presented and cooked and the view was stunning!

After lunch we went to check out the museum (it's $20 for entry for non tasmanian residents and those without concession) The museum could definitely be done in a day or even a few hours if you're simply browsing through. The art was great especially the interactive ones some of my favourites included the mirror room (very trippy) the white book room and the giant television (very matrix like). It was 4:30 pm when we left and I was pooped. Driving back home takes around an hour so we wanted to get back before it got too dark. That's all for now, bring on tomorrow!