Tinker's Threads - Clown is Cool

So the little cheeky one chose the top today, can you tell? She loves it.
If you are interested in buying one let me know and I'll fish out the link. I bought this top when I was pregnant they have such fun prints there. Such a sweet little design as well.

She also loves shuffling about the house in her little leather elephant slippers from NZ. Tinker is big fan of elephants after visiting an elephant rehab farm in Chiang Mai. If anyone is interested I will post up some snaps from that holiday.

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Tinker's Threads - Choc & Mauve

Well the little Tinker sure has her favourites. When it comes to accessories she really loves her owl hairclip and her brown knitted vest. At least they go well together I suppose, but she has so much choice, why the repetition?! With me the reason I keep wearing the same things over and over again can be blamed entirely on the fact that I'm still sporting about 8 kilos of baby-weight that I just can't shake & I refuse to go shopping in my inflated size. My old clothes don't fit so I am stuck with a rather limited wardrobe. Stubborn? Stingy? A bit of both I think. Either way I need to snap out of it and lose the spare tyre before her 2nd birthday or I'll completely lose my mind. Or my fashion mojo.

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Red, mauve and brown all working well. Who'd have thunk it? That said, the Tinker looks cute in any combination of colours. Well, that's what I think anyway. Stay tuned for more trend tips from the Tinker. xx

Tinker's Threads - Aqua Eclectic

So today the Tinker went for a cute combination of chocolate brown, pink and aqua with a hint of white. As always she is outrageously hip and amazingly cute. Yes I am allowed to say so because she is not me so I don't think singing the praises of one's child is akin to buying tickets on oneself... least I hope not because all I do is bang on about how she amazes me with her cuteness.


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Yesterday my mum heard the Tinker telling herself a knock-knock joke and chuckling. Apparently she was knocking on the lid of a box saying "knock knock" and in a high pitched voice she asked who was there and then in her normal voice replied "cargo" and then in her high pitched voice said "cargo who?" and she replied "car go broom broom" then proceeded to chuckle.

I've never taught her that knock knock joke so I was a bit bemused, until Mum says it is on one of the children's shows the Tinker watched once when Yo Gabba Gabba wasn't on. There you go, kids watching TV isn't all bad. Not only does it mean you can have a wee without an audience, it also means your children learn hilarious knock knock jokes. An oxymoron really. Does anyone find knock knock jokes funny?

Anyway it is Thursday and you know what that means? Tomorrow is Friday and I will be drawing the winner of my giveaway on Friday. Today is your last chance to enter. I will close entries at 9am Friday ok? Tinker will draw the winner in the afternoon. Good luck. Click here to enter.

What's for Dinner Wednesday? Nothing!

I don't have a recipe for you today because I'm back on my cooking strike. Don't ask. It involves schnitzel. Again.

So that you don't think I'm totally slack I have a double dose of Tinker's Threads this week. One today and one tomorrow. What more could you ask for? Ok so you'd probably ask for a lot more than to know what some weird blogger's kid is wearing but that's all I've got this week.

So here is my Tinker today I hope you have a brilliant Wednesday. Please keep Alli in your thoughts. xx

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Tinker's Threads- Some Early 80's Cool

For those who follow me on Twitter you'll know it's been a bit of a rat rat ratty week so forgive me if posts are little light on the ground.

To bring a little smile to your dial I have a couple of cute pics here. The little Tinker modelling something I wore for most of 1980-81.

She is so fashion forward my kid, she rocks whatever she wears doesn't she? Especially my *ahem* vintage gear. Seriously am I that old that my baby clothes are now vintage? Surely not?

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Something new from The Tinker?

Let me know what you think of my latest idea, ok?

I have noticed that so many blogs feature a weekly or a daily outfit post.

Since I'm sitting here in a pair of aqua velour trackpants and an orange cashmere cardi with a hole in the sleeve you can be sure I won't be posting pictures of my outfits.

However I thought it might be fun to show you the little outfits my Tinker wears since she is so amazingly cute and I just love love love kids clothing. What do you think? Boring? Lame? Tell me your thoughts.

Often when I post pictures of her I get a few emails asking where I found her top or her dress etc so I thought this might be a fun segment. She was quite a good little model this morning gladly covering her face a la Michael Jackson kid fashion. You know I don't want her face pimped on my blog so you won't be seeing that, but her outfits are too cute not to share. So let me know if you think this is a fun idea or not.

Here is today's trial post:

Tinker is wearing a Yo Gabba Gabba long sleeved t-shirt from Myer, some Crazy8 straight leg jeans, a knit vest from Purebaby and her pink moccasins with brown bows are from Janie & Jack. The pink beret with little brown scotty-dog is from Gymboree. Cuteness- all her.

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