Well it’s a big day here! Miss Keira turns 4 today and is definitely a big girl. When I look at baby photos of her I just can’t believe that was her and that it’s been 4 years. All of those old cliches of time flies and they grow up so quickly is so true. […]
{Keep Reading...}new store button
May 25, 2010 By 6 Comments
I wasn’t really a fan of the button for my blog that came with my store, so I’ve just had a new one made up for me by a nice lady on etsy! and I love it! Definitely very cute and very retro mummy! And while the store is looking a bit bare at the […]
{Keep Reading...}crochet, crochet and more crochet
May 24, 2010 By 18 Comments
Lots of crochet going on here! On Saturday I taught 8 lovely ladies the basics of crochet and they were granny squaring along by the end of the class and I can’t wait to see their progress. Everyone picked it up at their own pace and while it was pouring with rain outside we were […]
{Keep Reading...}more bendigo for the stash
May 21, 2010 By 17 Comments
I know I go on about it but if you’re not ordering your wool/yarn/knitting stash from bendigo then you need to go and take a look, like NOW! I find them to be such good value and the colours are always getting better! Their latest yarn ‘Highlands’ is a gorgeous tweedy yarn…of course I went […]
{Keep Reading...}what I’m working on
May 20, 2010 By 13 Comments
Well, when I’m not organising Notebook Magazine’s The Craft Room then I’m planning my next 2 markets at handmade and mathilda’s which are both in canberra next month (yikes!) and then when I’m not doing that and need some relaxing then I’m crocheting hats…..I was lucky enough to pick up this lovely Jo Sharp wool […]
{Keep Reading...}Sydney Film Festival Giveaway – 2 double passes
May 19, 2010 By 12 Comments
I love cute feel good movies! Twigson is a Norwegian movie showing as part of the Sydney Film Festival and they have been kind enough to give me 2 x double passes to giveaway on my blog to you guys! So if you live in Sydney and want to enter just leave me a comment […]
{Keep Reading...}the loot
May 19, 2010 By 20 Comments
Well of course you want to see what I came home with, don’t you! First up is the lovely selection of fabrics that came home with me. I thought some other people were being very restrained walking around the store deciding what to pick, whereas I’m more get in there and take what you want […]
{Keep Reading...}saturday crafting session
May 18, 2010 By 6 Comments
The second part of sew it together was devoted to a day of craft! On the drive in to the hotel retro daddy admitted that he thought I was going to listen to craft speakers all day but no, just a day of craft. Obviously he is going to the wrong conventions, isn’t he? No […]
{Keep Reading...}the friday shopping trip
May 17, 2010 By 10 Comments
Friday afternoon of sew it together was devoted to fabric shopping! I’d actually had a morning of shopping at the nearest DFO to get myself some comfy winter shoes so my toes didn’t freeze off in the melbourne air. We started the fabric shopping at Amitie, my favourite and I got a head start as […]
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