Beautiful  “BELLA”  BRONTE

Above photo Bronte (8 mths)  is wearing the Tea Princess long sleeve top with lace frill and the Tea Princess white ruffled leggings.  The Dolly Up headband completes her outfit!  Thanks Hollie… these are adorable photo’s and what a stunning little girl. Bronte was the “Belle of the Ball” at the wedding, and looked adorable in her designer baby clothing that Hollie bought from La Toriana.

 oh what a beautiful photo.  Its stunning.  Little Bronte is so cute wearing a white pettiskirt from Princess Ratbag with her white long sleeve top from Tea Princess.  Mum (Hollie) attaches the vintage hairclip from Bethany’s Child.  Must say she is like a little princess.   Hollie shares her Never Fail scone recipe’s for cooks like me (who isnt great in the cooking skills department).

 ~ Hollie ’s   NEVER  FAIL   Scones ~

3 cups self raising flour

1 cup lemonade

1 cup cream

1 pinch salt

Preheat oven at 200 degrees

sift flour and salt

Make a well in the centre and add lemonade and the cream

combine and then knead til smooth

cut into circles with cutter or a glass rim

place on a grease proof paper on a baking tray fairly close together

reduce oven to 180 degrees

bake for 10-12 mins

~ ENJOY~

yep, I am thinking these sounds great and I am sure I could give it a try!! 

Beautiful Bronte….  ahhhh definitely the best looking baby I know in Townsville!

If you are looking to achieve this look… here are some items from these gorgeous girls designer clothing online at La Toriana.

If  you are looking for gorgeous designer girls clothing online for your little princess, why not drop into La Toriana boutique.  We have heaps new stock arrive the last week and having heaps new shipments arriving soon  too for Winter.  You have come to the right place if you are looking for birthday presents, baby gifts, designer dresses, tops and skirts and amazing new hair accessories with an antique and vintage style.   We have just had arrive the cutest baby rompers, baby booties, christening gifts and flower girl dresses as well as the above gorgeous pettiskirts, tops and accessories.  More are on its way… so watch out!

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 Our labels include, Alimrose, annieB, Lambykins, Princess Allure, FairyFloss Creations, Eternal Creation, Vanchi, TikiBoo Kids, Little Pearls for Little Girls, Tea Princess, Three Little trees, Tummbear, Dolly Up, babyjo bamboo baby wear, nest organics, early birds premature baby clothes, teeny weeny premmie baby wear, Extreem Glass, Oopsidaisi, boxy design, anamalz, Briit design, Bump buddy, cheeky little soles, Sounds for silence, Deshabille, eco peko, fINNIGAN fINN, gertie and me, Hey baby, huggalugs, i candy, lazybones, Knuffle Kid, Ogilvies Designs, Bethany’s Child, locolili, miniwhisk, mon tresor, nana huchy, nanny pickle, OOBI baby, penny scallan, Tabitha Emma, Tippie Toes, Robert Gordon Australia, Sweetie Pie, Princess Ratbag, Alannah Rose stationary, Mulberry Muse, Vintage Kid, Wild Things of Noosa, YmamaY, Xanna,  and so many more!

My daughters name is Malia and she’s 5 years old. She’s a big sister, a kindergartener, an artist and a practicing ‘balleray’ dancer (I refuse to correct her pronunciation of the word ballet because it’s just to cute).

Nikki’s Healthy Cookie Recipe

3 large, ripe bananas, well mashed (about 1 1/2 cups)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup coconut oil, barely warm – so it isn’t solid (or alternately, olive oil)
2 cups rolled oats
2/3 cup almond meal
1/3 cup coconut, finely shredded & unsweetened
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 – 7 ounces chocolate chips or dark chocolate bar chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, racks in the top third.

In a large bowl combine the bananas, vanilla extract, and coconut oil. Set aside. In another bowl whisk together the oats, almond meal, shredded coconut, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until combined. Fold in the chocolate chunks/chips.The dough is a bit looser than a standard cookie dough, don’t worry about it. Drop dollops of the dough, each about 2 teaspoons in size, an inch apart, onto a parchment (or Silpat) lined baking sheet. Bake for 12 – 14 minutes. 

Makes about 3 dozen bite-sized cookies.

(Source: www.101cookbooks.com)

Kids love cooking in the kitchen  (though not always cleaning up afterwards!!)  here are a few suggestions for kids cooking products available online at La Toriana.

Kym  (mum)

My mission this Easter was to find some time to snap Skye in her winning outfit from your competition over Christmas (Tea Princess summer outfit winner wins winter outfit!!) Luckily some family from Melbourne came up and took some for me as my camera was out of action so here we are!!!!

I was so excited when I got the email from you, I can’t thank you enough for choosing Skye! Of course she is our bestest Princess ever but she too has travelled down a long and windy road having been born with a Congential Heart Defect called Tetralogy of Fallot, and amongst other fun and games has had two open heart surgeries before her first birthday!

She has had a real buzz from being photographed and her Tea Princess outfit is divine – we chose the Skinny leg pants which are the first size for age pants she has ever fitted with her petite frame and will be warm for winter, the gorgeous soft top long sleeve top in ivory and a beautiful beanie.  All have already been worn in various combinations with other Tea Princess and other things we have bought and they all look fantastic, wash beautifully and people really notice.  Winning the competition enabled me to buy my son a Britt jacket and I keep eyeing off the dresses.  We are just so practical though in our house, so its nice to be able to be pretty but practical at the same time which is what I love about this seasons Tea Princess and our chosen outfit. As you can see its also very flexible!

Me (Photographer) Skye was the lucky recipient of the Tea Princess promo we had,  She received a complete Winter 2010 outfit, has been photographed last week for the La Toriana website and catalogue shots,  and next week will be part of a professional photo session for a glossy magazine.

Sky was an absolute dream to photograph.  A friend told me about this old ruins  (thanks Lisa) and I knew that would be the place to get some photo’s with Skye. It was!!

Sky is so beautiful with a gorgeous disposition and friendly nature.  Many of the shots she suggested for me (so thanks Skye, we were a great team!!!)  All the Tea Princess collection suited her well but I really like the knitted wear, pink cape and white leggings with skirt!  So precious!  Kym was a great stylist (though she probably didn’t even know she was doing such a beautiful job!)

See the full photo shoot I had with Skye and the gorgeous images in Tea Princess on this BLOG next week.  Keep watching

La Toriana will be having another promo soon….. so watch out for the great SPRING promo… to be launched June 1st!  Will be great!!!

hint. Get the camera poised!!! 

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OOOH My poor back… 

Its hard work being a GORGEOUS PRINCESS!

Lilli here is a sweetheart, and a regular here in our KooL KidZ section.  Here Lilli shows off some of the Tea Princess clothing range.   Oh poor thing… is such hard work being a princess and all the work that needs to be done about the place…  (Linda, (mum) … great styling and photo… love the rollers!)

MMM?  what to do…. what to do? 

a Princesses work is never done! So many parties to go to… dresses to buy…  and people to play with.  What work should I do….?

All Tea Princess Summer clothing here in these photo’s.   Yep… this princess is often seen in Tea Princess.

AAARRRGGGHHHH   BUGS!!!  

This isnt meant to happen!  

no where in my princess manual did it mention bugs… eeewww!  Thats it… I am going inside!

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Thanks Linda for sending in photos for our KooL KidZ section of our blog.  These are so funny… and I love the way you have styled the photo’s… and Lilli!  Linda and Lilli have been avid La Toriana customers for a few years now… and we always love hearing from our customers.

Would you like to be featured on the La Toriana BLOG?

we are looking for photo’s, recipes, craft ideas, gardening ideas or anything.  SEnd in a pic of your little ones and we may be abl;e to feature them here.  email them through HERE

 warmly   Elizabeth xx

some new arrivals from Tea Princess Winter clothing 2010

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Oh what a gorgeous photo!!!   The ever so gorgeous Maya recently had a birthday and what a whole lot of fun it looks!!  Wow… what inspiring, fun and memorable day!  Nathan and Kate (from teaandjam photography) did a wonderful job creating this at home for their little girl… you can too

Kate tells us all about it:

 But we found that if you kept the kids entertained and involved, damage to your house and mind is kept to a minimum.   

I somehow managed to talk Nathan (Dad) into dressing up as the Mad Scientist and he showed the kids lots of different scientific experiments using everyday things.   

 We did get some dried ice for the grand finale though. Well worth it, just to see the looks on the kids faces!

We made our own food. I tried to make the food look scientific. It was perfect timing that Donna Hay bought out a party edition with a scientist party at the same time as Maya’s do.

 

As far as decorations go, I found a link to a site that had images of a 1960s kids science encyclopedia I printed those out and stuck them on the walls. 

I also found heaps of old Vegemite jars from the op shop and filled them with coloured water and a plastic animal, they were take home specimens.

I had hanging on the coat rack when the kids rocked up, their own little white shirt (with name tag) and a pair of kids sized groucho glasses.

They all looked too cute in their mad scientist get up.

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I made the specimen jars, coats and glasses as a little kit the kids could take home with them, instead of a bag full of sweets.  I also kept the party lolly intake to a minimum, boring I know, but I learnt my lesson from the previous year’s lolly fest!

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THANK YOU so much Kate for sharing this.  Tiana just loved the whole theme of the party and wants to have one just like it. 

Might just have to hire your services Kate and Nathan especially as the Mad Scientist!!!    I can see how great this is for all kids, boys and girls, and I somehow think Nathan got just as much (if not more) fun out of the day! 

The photo’s you took are so captivating…. no wonder you guys are so popular as photographers!!

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At La Toriana we have a passion for baby & kids fashion.

Our labels include, Alimrose, annieB, Lambykins, Princess Allure, FairyFloss Creations, Eternal Creation, Vanchi, TikiBoo Kids, Little Pearls for Little Girls, Tea Princess, Three Little trees, Tummbear, Dolly Up, babyjo bamboo baby wear, nest organics, early birds premature baby clothes, teeny weeny premmie baby wear, Oopsidaisi, boxy design, anamalz, Briit design, Bump buddy, cheeky little soles, Sounds for silence, Deshabille, eco peko, fINNIGAN fINN, gertie and me, Hey baby, huggalugs, i candy, lazybones, Knuffle Kid, Ogilvies Designs, Bethany’s Child,  locolili, miniwhisk, mon tresor, nana huchy, nanny pickle, OOBI baby, penny scallan, Tabitha Emma, Tippie Toes, Robert Gordon Australia, Sweetie Pie, Princess Ratbag, Alannah Rose stationary, Mulberry Muse, Vintage Kid, Wild Things of Noosa, YmamaY, Xanna,  and so many more!

 

 

 

 

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