treats for me

Over the last few weeks I have treated myself to more amazing earrings all bought through madeit.com.au through two great and different jewellery makers. The lovely ivory drops are from michvanetta, who also replaced my black flower earring as I lost one – thank you for your generosity! And the delicate lace brass earrings are from eclectic moi , lovely treats in my letterbox! Both very reasonably priced and beautifully packaged. An easy way to feel like I have spruced up my work wardrobe for winter. So these, plus the Lauren Williams ones below have me fully stocked up for quite awhile. Thank you ladies!

Meanwhile, back to the sewing machine, I have made a new style of purse, well, just a pleated version. This one is from a salvaged floral sheet and lined with a semi-sheer pale pink fabric. It can be found in my online shops, madeit and etsy. I have to go and rustle up some more zips to make some more of these!

friandes

The weekend has gone way too quickly! My friend and I had another stall at the Maribyrnong Makers Market on saturday, it was good, though I think I still need to adjust my prices. I am getting the feeling that people go to markets to find a bargain. On Sunday I made these choc chip friandes, yummo! I’ll post the recipie when i get a chance, sooo much butter and sugar, but delicious!

I also bought some gorgeous earrings from Lauren Williams. Couldn’t help myself, and I have already had compliments wearing them!

pink

my darling mum and her lovely friend Anne popped over last sunday for lunch. Anne brought me these stunning pink roses from her garden. I wish you could smell their gorgeous perfume (and that I could remember their name!). I love garden roses and wish I had a big enough garden to plant some. I might have to rethink the tiny front yard. Mum brought me an easter egg – she always gives me a handpainted papermache type of egg, so the one with the small pink flowers is a new addition to my easter collection. Thank you!!

Having a quiet weekend, and had a cuppa with my neighbour. we were talking about old newspapers & magazines and I remembered I had scanned in these pics from an old Womens Weekly circa 1973. Love these towels and this outfit!

tea cosy home

heres a couple of pics of my kitchen as the lovely Em wanted to see how my gorgeous new tea cosy fitted in. Its a pretty basic white kitchen really, had it done up over a year ago and kept the old tiled chimney fireplace where my table just fits in. Decided to add colour with the paint, in the soft green, so I could always change this easily later. Plus the small green mosaic tiles around the chimney were already there.

easter

A belated Happy Easter everyone! I went down to the beach for a few days, it was glorious weather and very relaxing. I borrowed a book from my lovely friend and really enjoyed polishing it off in a few days. It was The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. A lovely book. Thanks Liz!

I am looking forward to a few days back home over the weekend and plan to do some more sewing to get ready for the next Maribyrnong Makers Market on the 2nd of May. I hope you had a good Easter break.

cuppas

yay! my gorgeous tea cosy arrived that I bought through madeit from artandwool. I asked for a specific colour combination and it exactly matches my kitchen, I am very impressed. And beautifully made too. Thanks Shirley! I had to make a pot of tea straight away. I can’t stop looking at it.
This afternoon I have yet another cousins wedding (three so far this year). I found this dress in a shop called ‘Deborucci’s For Pete Sake’ on Phillip Island when i was visiting my grandma. I always find something great in there. I love the colours and can’t wait to wear it today. Hopefully the sun stays out.

purses galore

I have been in an uploading frenzy. These are all the purses I made for the recent market and I had to get them online. So all afternoon has been stuck here at the computer adding photos and text. But phew, its all done! Now for the softies . . perhaps they’ll wait till next week.

Other recent news is that I am now an Aunty times 5! Yep, my little brother and his wife had their first bub, gorgeous little Chloe. Yay! This is a pic of getting all their flowers to the car using the hospital crib.

button bags

Another week has flown by, and i have been lucky to have my two remaining handmade bags sell through madeit in the last two weeks, so thank you lovely buyers! This material is all salvaged fabric, mainly upholstery remnants and samples, so they are definitely one-offs. I hope you enjoy them!

market

well I had my first ever market stall on saturday at the Maribyrnong Makers Market held in Seddon, sharing with my good friend Tracey who makes amazing origami cards. It bucketed rain with thunder and lightning, we were very lucky to be in the church hall. Still there were not very many people even when the rain stopped, and I only sold a couple of items. However for our first market experience we still had a good time, and Tracey sold quite a few cards which was great. It was lovely to meet other stall holders such as Lauren Williams, i had to buy a stunning brooch before the rain started, and it was good to give the market a go. Now I know for next time!