Adore Magazine kids' feature June 2015

I'm beyond excited to be a contributor to the excellent Adore Home Magazine this month - the Bedrooms Issue. I've pulled together six of my favourite Australian-designed products for kids' rooms at the moment; head on over to the June 2015 issue read all about it:

Watermelon birthday cake on Oh Happy Day

I may have squealed a little. The watermelon birthday cake I made for my daughter was featured on the Oh Happy Day blog (my top 5 favourite blogs of all time!) recently along with some other fun watermelon party ideas. Beyond thrilled! See the whole watermelon party here.

Our Mermaid Tea Party on Maxabella Loves

I'm thrilled to have our daughter's 6th birthday party featured on the lovely Maxabella Loves blog! Thank you Bron for doing such a great job of putting all the images together and your kind words. It was such a fun Tea Party for the little mermaids. Head over to Maxabella Loves to read through!

Little Eats cafe culture for kids website

You may know already about the Little Eats website for Melbourne, but did you know that there is also a Sydney version? Little Eats is dedicated to profiling cafe culture for little ones in these two Australian cities. You'll find reviews, articles, competitions and interviews all about eating out with kids.

Kid-friendly reviews include information those often overlooked but critically-important details such as pram access, kids' menu, change tables, high chairs, kids' activities and more. It's genius!

And if you head over this week, you'll find my personal picks for child-friendly cafes in my neighbourhood. Thanks Little Eats for including me on your great site.

Pinterest Pro - little old me

I can't tell you how excited I was to be featured on Ez Pudewa's excellent Creature Comforts blog as a Pinterest Pro. {insert happy dance here}. Ez has been putting together a great series of interesting Pinterest users to follow that is definitely worth checking out. Thank you Ez! And a special thank you to Lisa for the nomination!

Image: Creature Comforts

Strawberry Party on Apartment Therapy

I am beyond excited that my big girl's Strawberry birthday party was featured on Apartment Therapy today.

 Welcome Apartment Therapy readers! You can find all the photos and details from the party here.

Image: Steph Bond-Hutkin

My Little Jedi Magazine: Festive Christmas Fashion for Little Ones

I was honoured to be a contributing editor in the lastest My Little Jedi magazine where I pulled together some great Christmas outfit ideas (from Australian designers) for the little ones. It's full of gorgeous party ideas for the holiday season. Look at that amazing Australian Beach Christmas-inspired dessert table cover shot by MLJ owner (and ABCD Meetup regular) Vesna! It's a sparkly concoction of gorgeousness. (A big hint - ombre is HUGE at the moment). Click on over to My Little Jedi magazine to read the fashion story (pages 164-167).

Image: My Little Jedi magazine

Featured on Mom Inc Daily

Goodness, I'm thrilled to be featured over on stationery goddess Cat Seto's blog Mom Inc Daily today. Based in San Francisco, Cat and her team of designing Mums share posts about their love for motherhood, design and the intricacies of running a creative business. How good does that sound!

I chatted to designing Mum Jessica about living in Australia, finding time for creativity, and reveal a little of a piece of artwork I'm working on. You can read all about it here. Thanks Jessica and Cat for the lovely feature!

Images: Mom Inc Daily.

Featured on Mini Must Have

I'm so thrilled to be featured on the lovely Aussie blog for stylish kids - Mini Must Have. Kellie asked me for my five must-have items that I can't get through the day without. There's even a recent photo (shock, horror!). Thanks so much Kellie for the feature. Please stop by and say Hi.

Paper Runway magazine

Have you discovered the delightful Paper Runway magazine yet? Produced right here in Australia, this lovely quarterly publication dedicated to all things paper - paper goods, paper craft and paper love. Available in print and online (read here), the magazine is chock-full of gorgeousness. What about this tagline - where passion meets paper. Can you stand it?

The second issue has just been released and is dedicated to weddings. Titled "Ever After", this special edition is online-only and happens to feature a little article by moi! Click through to pages 98-99 to read all about "10 Must-Haves For The Perfect Wedding Day". I was a little cheeky - you know these kind of articles can be dull. Let me know if you get a chance to check it out.

Images: Paper Runway

Sara's Party Perfect

I was so thrilled that my daughter's first birthday cake was featured on beautiful party blog Sara's Party Perfect. Sara is a former art director for Martha Stewart, so to say I am honoured is an understatement! See her post, "First Birthday Cakes".

Guest Post on Finders Keepers

Come and see my top 6 picks for kids for Christmas 2010 on the Finders Keepers blog. My gift list is part of a monthly gift guide that FK put together with help from guest contributors and this month the finds are fantastic! Check out the other top picks from Allison Jones (Lark), Angela D'Alton (Leeloo), Kim Wallace (Udessi), Melinda Morrison (Roger + Peach) and Kelly White (Made By White). You are going to love them.

Images: Finders Keepers

Featured on Alannah Rose and Easy Peasy Organic

A couple of huge thank-you's today to lovely Suzi and Amanda.
Suzi from Alannah Rose kindly featured my big girl's 3rd birthday party on her gorgeous blog. Suzi designs beautiful stationery for weddings, engagements, new babies, kids parties and more read more about Alannah Rose here on Bondville). Please check out her site.

I'm also so honoured that Bondville was chosen as Blog of the Week by Amanda on Easy Peasy Organic. Check out Amanda's great recipes, tips and hints for living a good life on the site. Amanda also reminds us that it's National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and has written an excellent account of her experience fighting breast cancer here. (you can also read more about Easy Peasy Organic here on Bondville).

Thanks again ladies!

Images: Alannah Rose and Easy Peasy Organic

Bondville Interview on ShoppeGirls

I'm excited to be featured on the ShoppeGirls blog today! The lovely Vicki (blogger, online boutique owner and cool hunter extraordinaire) interviewed me about family life for her Mum Revelations column. You can read all about it here.

I'd love for you to take some time to visit ShoppeGirls; you'll find lots of great posts on fashion, handmade, shopping, decor, baking, books and fantastic insights into mini celebrities.

Images: top: ShoppeGirls bottom: Steph Bond