this is my task tomorrow, to get all these plates up on the wall in my studio, aka the spare room. Mum helped me with the placement of them on my need-to-be-vacuumed rug. Some are sentimental – one is from my nanna’s dinner set, one is from my childhood meals, some were gifts, and a couple i bought myself on overseas adventures. Forgive the bad pic, but hopefully I’ll have a better picture of them up on my wall tomorrow! I hope!

This below is an attempt at a brooch – three petals and a covered button. Let me know what you think! I have been trying to think of ways to use my ever growing mound of off-cuts.

i like food and i like sleep so i have combined the two making a doona cover from a lovely embroidered tablecloth! I bought the tablecloth, some doilies, and some cream queen size sheets all from the op shop. I lay the sheets on my bed for rough measurements, trimmed them down to doona size, then pinned the tablecloth to one of the sheets after folding and ironing in center creases. Then whipped it through the ever reliable husqvarna, sewing the tablecloth to a sheet first, before sewing the sheets together to make the doona cover. I had enough trimmed sheet fabric to make two pillowcases, so attached some embroidered doilies for decoration. I am really pleased with the result!

i also found on madeit a lovely ring made with the handle of a teaspoon by forkometry, so this arrived in the post! Thanks! Not a good pic, but it has pears and leaves on it and I love it!

I also bought a great green beaded necklace from blackiki, great packaging and well made – plus some free macthing earrings! Thanks!! – no pics yet as i can’t find my camera battery charger – so frustrating!! Oh well, will have to see if i can dig out the old camera.

spring has sprung! my beautiful sis-in-law sent me these pics of her garden in New Zealand. Just gorgeous to see the flowers and blossom in bloom. I wish I was over there to have a cuppa in your garden with you, miss you!

this weekend is the Maribyrnong Makers Market held on Gamon Street in Seddon, loads of handmade goodies to check out, so if you are free pop on down! My friend Tracey and I have had a stall here the last two market days, but sadly will not be making this one. I am still going to pop on over and support the other local crafty people – so much talent, and a good time to get a fathers day presie!

My latest RSPCA Op Shop score was this gorgeous corning ware coffee pot, I couldn’t resist and I don’t even drink coffee! Plus another old rose sheet, lovely tablecloth and some embroidered doileys. I have a plan to make a doona cover with the embroidered tablecloth I recently found, and have matching pillowcase detail with the doileys – perhaps! Another project to add to my wish list.

good morning! I needed some new soap so found The Soap Dish on madeit and bought these gorgeous handmade soaps and got a little treat of some tiny handsoap samples – yum!
Plus I found these great industrial felt coasters on etsy from girls can tell for some lads birthday presies coming up in a couple of months. One has a bike design and the other a plane. So these are in the presie box ready, had to just buy them when i saw them.

Right now i am having breakfast before I head to the day job – sultana bran, honey yoghurt, blueberries (defrosted ones) and a nice cuppa. What do you have in the mornings?

I managed to come home at lunchtime from the day job and start cutting out a new bag. I use a paper pattern I made, and often deviate with the scissors or the way I fold the fabric. I love this yellow rose fabric, and am lining it with sweet little blue flowers. Both are reclaimed linen, pillowcases from the RSCPA Op Shop. Can’t wait to get back to melbourne to my sewing machine to put it together.

Also I purchased some really gorgeous mini envelopes from 3 girls + a goat through madeit. I was really impressed with the packaging and the free ‘thank you’ tags, and the envelopes are just lovely!

there are a couple of lovely giveaways on at the moment, inner earth soaps and faith, hope & a whole lotta love so jump in and visit these lovely creative blogs.

to win the inner earth soaps giveaway for some scumptious soap, check out the blog post here and the inner earth soap etsy shop. Gorgeous handmade soaps!!

to win these gorgeous cards and a couple more, go to faith, hope & a whole lotta love‘s giveaway here. And take a look at her madeit shop for some great designs.

last weekend i had a lovely time at my dad’s farm with my brother, sis-in-law, newest niece and 92 yr old grandma, who is amazing. Managed to get some knitting done in my pj’s, had a walk in the late afternoon light, ate some yummy food (thanks Z), rounded up the very docile neighbors bull and just relaxed. But not in that order!

this weekend i returned from bendigo to find some treats in the mail . . a gorgeous necklace from Amber White of beadinbabe and some great recycled paper fridge magnets from Green Post. great packaging that included a thank you love heart that must have seeds in it as it says to plant the card! cool. Plus my madeit cards have arrived! Looking forward to using these.