Where the Girls Went

Last year in September we went on our first big holiday as a family of 7. We headed down to Melbourne to see the Tutankhamen exhibition, as our oldest daughter is a bit of an acient history buff. The exhibition was amazing and I'm so glad we took the kids to see it, it was definitely a once in a life time sort of thing. But the one place I really wanted to visit was Cristina Re shop/cafe "Where a Girl Goes" to have high tea. I've been a huge fan of Cristina Re and her business for a very long time. I use to stock her gorgeous papers when I first opened my scrapbook shop in 2005 and she has always been a inspiration. Our first morning in Melbourne was predictably a little chilli but we got up early, got a "little bit" dressed up and caught the train into the city. From there it got a but trickier, we jumped on a tram and got a little but lost, no actually truth be told we got a big bit lost and after wondering around for another hour we finally arrived at our destination. Daddy took the boys to have a wonder around the city and the girls and Iwalked into 'Where a Girl Goes' and we were not disappointed, the shop was stunning, from the mismatched chairs to the wonderful shelves full beautiful papers it is a gorgeous place. The girls and I were taken to our table and our high tea was served. There was cupcakes and macaroons, handmade chocolates and English breakfast tea served in beautiful gold rimmed cups and saucers. We all felt a little bit fancy, the girls kept speaking in funny English accents and poking out their little fingers when they picked up their tea cups.

the gorgeous table where we sat for our high tea

Macaroons, cupcakes and scones...Oh my!!!

The bright red, handmade chocolate made a fun photo prop...kisses anyone?

Me with my beautiful Sofia

My two baby girls. I love the smiles on their faces, even though Madelin is hiding her behind her fancy cup of tea :)

                                         

The girls took over the camera and took this shot of me.

My 3 favourite girls in the world.

 After we finished our high tea we had a wonder around the shop and walked out with some beautiful notebooks, a pile of stunning papers, some divine smelling soap and some fancy gold rimmed tea cups so we can have our own high tea at home whenever we feel like it!!

I'm going to use some of the paper I bought down in Melbourne to make a gorgeous decoration for Madelins room. I will post pictures when I'm done!!!