December 31, 2010

Happy New Year lovely people

Happy New Year to all my lovely friends, customers and readers (one in the same;) Thank you for your patronage throughout 2010 and for all ...

December 23, 2010

Wishing you a very Happy Christmas

+ Joy to the World , the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven ...

My first Patchwork with Moda

Anya and I are working on a patchwork cushion cover for her floor cushion that she likes to read on. We used Sherbit Pips by Moda and Its a...

December 22, 2010

My Polka Luka loot

Ohh I love my Polka Luka jewellery. My new pieces are the red Gum Drop resin necklace which is great to wear with kids - except Josiah lov...

December 21, 2010

Circus theme planning....

Thanks to Jordan for hosting a fun facebook sale over the past two nights on her Polkadot prints page . It was fun to be on the 'othe...

December 20, 2010

Macro Monday - Bottlebrush

Mum's garden has been the endless source of macro photos for me. I really like these three perspectives of the bottle brush (native Aus...

December 19, 2010

Retro Mummy FABRIC GIVEAWAY

I am here to log off at 10pm with the small boy stirring but what is this I see - a fabric giveaway - surely I have time for a quick post an...

December 17, 2010

Free Tutorial - Ruffled Scarf

In the spirit of the last minute Christmas gift....I present to you my ruffled scarf! This may serve those in the Northern Hemisphere bette...

December 16, 2010

The re-purposed jumper

How very cool are these? Dana from Made is one clever lady - she brings endless creativity to my living room. Her ideas are very achievab...

December 15, 2010

A look inside Handmade Living

There are projects in this book to suit all levels of crafters. It is broken into seven sections and the illustrations by Tina are just stu...

December 14, 2010

Custom couture for the hair

The lovely Amanda coined the phrase "custom couture pieces for the hair" for my hair accessories and I took it and ran! I do ten...

Sew Mama Sew - Giveaway

I participated in the Sew Mama Sew giveaway last year! If you don't know about it - get your self over there ... like NOW people! Anyw...

December 13, 2010

Twine for Sale - in my Craftumi store

I have closed my store-front on madeit over the weekend as I have been finding it difficult to maintain both online stores along with sellin...

December 10, 2010

Friday Favourites - Colour me Pretty on Decor8

I love Holly's Decor8 blog as much as I love chocolate.... The colour me pretty posts are always so beautiful and these are no exceptio...

December 9, 2010

Handmade Living Book for sale

Image courtesy of A Little Red Ribbon I have a couple of copies of Handmade Living for sale $39.95 - I will pop them in my Etsy store if an...

December 8, 2010

Photography props

Trialling a few props for my product shots. I wasn't sure how this old Box Brownie of my Mum's would work as a prop for hair access...

December 7, 2010

Polka Luka Exhibition and Sale

It is that time of year again when Alexandra comes to town and displays her lovely wares at the Front Cafe and Gallery at Lyneham (just dow...

December 6, 2010

Handmade Market wrap up

The rain held off until 6.30pm last night for the Christmas Handmade Market!! I took a few photos for Tania who was busy selling copies of ...