Petite Music Box: 2016

Wow. It's almost the end of 2016 and we have been blown away by this year. We have become friends with so many beautiful families through our facebook and live shows- and we are just so grateful with how you have encouraged us this year!

We get SO much joy from hearing about your little ones (and your) connection to our music. It's why we do this, and why we love it.

Check out this video to see a summary of our year and all the magic that happened.

xoxo Emma and Michal

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We are SO happy that our Christmas Album is so so so so so SO close to release. It has been a labour of love getting this ready - and has been a few years in the making! This album is our re-worked Volume I and II combined on one disc, with THREE bonus tracks!

We know this is going to be such a lovely gift to give families this Christmas so if you would like to pre order some as gifts now we will make sure we have them ready for you early December. Just email us at petitemusicbox@gmail.com

- ALSO -

Our Christmas Show with Itty Bitty Beats is THIS SATURDAY November 26th at 3pm

Tickets for a single child is $5 or for a bigger family is $10.

Check out our facebook event for more details here

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We are SO happy that our albums have finally arrived! YES!

We L O V E them and know that you will too! Tim Powell has done the most beautiful design as always, and Emma's illustration is exquisite.

If you want to get your hands on one of these then please email us at petitemusicbox@gmail.com with your postal address and we will post one to you. Easy!

Albums are $15

$4 postage

or FREE postage if you buy two or more albums (may as well...)

Thank you all for your patience and support.

It's not always easy to juggle everything but moments like this make all the hard work worthwhile x

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Here in New Zealand it's the first day of the school holidays! Horray! So we will be jumping online at 4.30pm NZ time to sing and laugh with anyone who wants to join us. What song would you like to hear today?

Watch us here : www.facebook.com/petitemusicbox

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La Galette Bretonne

When I feel a bit home sick(which happen a bit when I am pregnant) I love making buckwheat galettes for lunch. It is a dish which comes from my mum's country side La Bretagne

It is really easy and quick to make, and it is really healthy!!!

Ingredients

Buckwheat Flour ( I have bought mine from Piko)

water

Yes that is all!

and to fill it - anything you want! Get creative

a traditional one would be egg, ham and cheese

Instructions:

I have not put any quantity because it all depends on how thick you like it

the traditionalist would like it very thin but it is to awkward to handle when we are beginners. (definitely something to aim for)

At the moment I just like when the batter is a bit more liquid than the regular crepes batter

if you don't have crepes maker, a regular pan will work perfectly

poor the batter to the hot element

you will see some wee bubbles and it is going to cook really quickly

when the galette is sightly cook put anything you like in it

Yes it can also be a sweet one, it is delicious both ways

some people like the yolk to be runny, for those who don't you can break it

fold it and enjoy

And if you are with some friends you can appreciate it with some good brut cider!!

Yum Yum

Sadie is going for it!!

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HERE IT IS!! OUR BRAND NEW ALBUM! YIPPEE!!!!!!

On sale now at www.petitemusicbox.bandcamp.com for just $10!

We are so happy to release this album to you - it has been a labour of love and we are so thrilled with the result.

iTunes release will be coming also if you want to wait for that AND printed copies are underway if you want one in your hands feel free to preorder and we will keep them aside for you!!

Thanks and applause to Matthew Bush (vocals), Harper Bush (Vocals), Jesse Hughes (Mr Thumb), Laura Auld (Tin Whistle), Annabelle Auld (vocals) and Aida-mae Auld (vocals) for their gorgeous performances on this album. We LOVE that it's a family affair! Also take a bow Tim Powell for stunning design as always!

Don't forget to check out collaborative partner Milapinou to see the beautiful clothes that share our dreamy world.

Thank you for all your excitement and support for this album!

We love you xx

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Today was a busy day for Petite Music Box!

We kicked off the day with a show at a local multiples playgroup to a room full of beautiful twins and their parents then in the afternoon we had an impromptu photoshoot with our friend and photographer Reg Ayers.

Like everything we do- our children were there with us to make things more..erm..interesting (read: difficult). But actually we LOVED having them with us to take photos with us because really... they are what PMB is all about!

Here is a selection of shots from today.. we love them!

Joseph, Harper and Sadie are our inspiration!

These kids are funny!

Actually..we find pretty much everything funny

Seriously funny

Cup of tea anyone?

Come on..who brought their child to the photoshoot...

Oh yeah....we did. Hooray!

Clearly no one taught US not to play with our food..

Sadie joins in the fun!

HUGE thanks to Reg Ayers for these great photos. We have been asked for such a long time for promo photos and after four years we finally have some!

We love what we do SO much..and although we are playing for under 5's...we feel like ROCK STARS!

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How would you like to win a FREE digital download of our new album 'Nursery Rhymes' before it's even on the market?

Then head over to our facebook page now!

www.facebook.com/petitemusicbox

All you need to do is share this video to be in to win being the very person who hears this album!
Winner will be announced on our live facebook show on Friday morning.

And let us know what you think of the first listen of these new songs!

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We L O V E the cover for our new album 'Nursery Rhymes' coming out soon. Emma originally drew this beautiful little character holding flowers for a mothers day card and as soon as we started discussing cover art for the album it instantly jumped into our minds! It is just perfect for this collection of songs and we think it totally captures the essence of this project.

We were thrilled that Tim Powell was on board to do our design again. He always does the most wonderful work and we love the way all our album covers flow so nicely together.

So... who is looking forward to this album??

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We are about as excited as you can get about the fact that we are RECORDING OUR NEW ALBUM right now!!!!!

We have been planning our albums of NURSERY RHYMES for a while now and chipping away at it behind the scenes and it is almost ready for your beautiful little ears to listen to!

We will tell you more about this album over the coming weeks as it has a bit of a special collaborative inspiration to it- but expect to hear some beautiful french influence and language to be a big feature!

Oh and one more thing.... Mr Thumb will feature on it!!!

Last night and today we were lucky enough to have some beautiful artists in the studio with us, Laura and her gorgeous girls Annabelle and Aida- Mae, as well as our own family- Matt, Jesse and Harper!

We are so grateful to be able to feature them on this album and know you will absolutely LOVE hearing them.

So for now check out the photos of us all in our humble little studio and start getting a little bit excited!

xxx

Michal and Emma

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We don't perform live nearly as much as we would like to! But when we do- boy oh boy do we have a good time!

So it wasn't a surprise to us that we had the best of fun performing on Monday down at Beach Campus Grace Vineyard in New Brighton, CHCH. However it WAS a surprise how many of you turned up! We had a packed out room of beautiful beaming faces!

We were SUPER excited to do our first show with the new set that Emma had made. I have to say.... Emma is SO talented with making our imaginings reality. A few weeks ago we stood in fabric store and I stared blankly (and doubtfully if I'm honest) at her as she described a set with multiple curtains that would hang on a wooden structure she would bang together from wood around her house. I'm pretty sure I said the words "well... I can't imagine how that would look good or be possible...so I am going to have to trust you on this one".

AND MAN DID SHE SHOW ME.

Seriously though... I knew she could do it. That girl can do anything when it comes to the creative things in life. Did you know before Petite Music Box she had never done any drawing! Say whaaaaaat!?!?! Now we have Little Woodland Prints a range of beautiful prints for little ones bedrooms.

Anyway once again a HUGE thank you to those who came along to our show. Your children- with their own individual voices, dance moves, ideas and faces that light up a room with pure joy- are the reason we do what we do!

Check out these shots of the show (and the set!) taken by our friend Reg Ayers.