My Creative Space

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Wowsers. It's late and I am MADLY trying to start AND FINISH a quilt for a baby shower I have on SATURDAY!! Why do I set myself these ridiculous tasks!! geez!! Happy Sleeping lovely bloggers....for me, it's back to the grindstone, sorry sewing machine.

this is a close up of the uber cute fabric I found

ps damn you flickr and your weird, annoying photo uploads!! is anyone else having issues?? I can't use the link to add pics anymore- some work some don't!? arrrggg...

more lovely creative spaces here

pps - sorry Kirsty for linking THIS post to last weeks creative space an this weeks one too!! I'm really not having ANY luck with technology today!

Frocking it Up

By popular demand, here is a shot of moi, the fascinator and the Vintage dress..

ps my blogger is being weird about photo sizes. If you want to see it bigger then click on it to go to flickr

Weekend Wrap-up

Hope everyone had a super duper weekend!! I spent Saturday shopping with 2 nearest and dearest girls. My best friend Aimz is getting married in May so we went dress shopping – and oh boy did the tears flow when I saw her in the wedding dress. She looked absolutely stunning.

On Sunday I visited some lovely gals out at the Mathilda Markets. I bought 2 travellers (from http://snailblazer.blogspot.com/my nieces – I know they’re going to love them!

You too can purchase some of Cass’ travellers at her website

And then on Sunday afternoon I made myself a fascinator for the Cup tomorrow, to match my vintage dress I purchased in Melbourne.

Living In...the Ladies Man

Taking the meme from my FAVOURTIE design blog Design*Sponge I have decided to do my own "Living in" theme today (See D*S' version here). Basically you pick a movie that you love and then use Polyvore to re-create the "feel" of the movie ie the decor, clothing or props etc.

I have picked the wonderful 1961 Jerry Lewis movie "The Ladies Man" which has the most magical doll's house style set. (sorry for the TV paused images!!)

Do you have a favourite movie that you'd like to live in?

My Creative Space Thursday

Well, a whole week has flown past without a post. I had toyed with the idea of doing Blogtober, but I'm glad I didn't commit. I haven't had time to breathe lately let alone post. Work has been insanely busy and so by the time I come home the last thing I feel like doing is blogging (even crafting has been a little light-on!)

It seems a few bloggers are feeling the same way at the moment. Time just seems to be flying past so quickly, I guess we're all feeling the need to spend time in the outdoors, with loved ones, or some quality time with ourselves (sorry if that sounded like Dr Phil )

Ok, rather than wasting more time blabbering on, how about I show you some pictures of the things I have been enjoying in My Creative Space. I've got a very small stall happening in a few weeks for a Rotary morning tea, so I've been ramping up the Fimo jewellery stock to sell.

A selection of the different types I'm making. The ones on the left are done in the candy cane way which is really fun to do

Close-up of the rosebud earrings

The 2 flowers are brooches, and the top 4 pieces are for necklaces. I just need to add them onto leather.

and my favourite piece above. I'm trialling some sewing pin toppers. This is the grape one, and I think I'll stick to making different sorts of fruits.

I also need to post about the WONDERFUL time I had in Melbourne with Mama Honi. We went down to see the Quilt Project in all it's glory. And oh my, it was amazing. Kirsty did such a wonderful job - thank you :) I will post pictures soon!!

More creative spaces here!!

Yes Dear....

"Yes Dear" was Mr Honi's response when I told him there was a red cat with blue eyes in our driveway......




So, I had to get photogtaphic evidence. Web searching tells me its an uber expensive breed of Cat called the Bengal Cat




cranky lookin thing huh!


With my David Attenborough style of tracking the cat, I also managed to come across a rather large bee swarm.




Just another day in the menagerie of our home!!

Nagging pays off.....

So after seeing Ms Clutterpunks to-die-for table, I nagged and nagged Mr Honi until we finally made the trip out to Ikea on the weekend to buy my very own.

I know that a poor tradesman blames his tools, but I have been struggling on my old table to complete Olivia’s quilt. The back side buckled and puckered because I was working on a very small table and wasn’t able to stretch the material out.

Now with my super-duper Norden gate leg table I have room to cut fabric and quilt with ease. And the sides fold down to the width of the drawers, meaning it can be packed away very neatly.

Mr Honi is also very happy as it means my sewing is restricted to this table and not strewn all over the dining table and living room!!


Girls, this is a highly recommended sewing table – maybe you can ask for one from Santa this year??