I think I am in love....

with a jacket....

and toggles...

and hoods...

and magnetic clasps on jackets.... 

Maybe it is the super cute Oliver+S pattern?

May be it is just because its my favourite fabric? I hope my niece enjoys it as much as I do:)

Pettiskirts! Pettiskirts!Pettiskirts everywhere!

So my niece started dance classes... not as structured as ballet - more 2 nearly 3 year old dance moves...

What do you wear to this dance class? Whatever you want apparently! Spider man costumes, PJs whatever takes your fancy! Well pettiskirts took my niece's fancy!

So what do you do when your favourite ever only niece wants a pettiskirt? You order the fabric in straight away and start making them! And if you're a small business owner what do you do? You order 4 skirts worth... especially if your super cute little lady can't decide between pink or purple....

Luckily for all of us she loved  two skirts:) Two shades of light pink and one light purple (orchid) and light pink....

These are the two I have left!

Check out those ruffles! These will be available in my etsy store asap! 

From a reformed semi-hoarder...

I am not going to lie... I hoard craft items. I can't help it. I have so many crafty interests.  I found out after religiously watching the TV show Hoarders... 

I am lucky enough to have a craft room all to myself.  The craft room where my problem began had cupboards where I could put hide all my lovely potential craft projects.  In the Ghetto there is no storage...  that along with moving my craft goods between to 4 different houses over 18 or so months I have realised I have too much! I have more boxes for my craft room than I do my bedroom - including ALL my clothes! I keep saying I am going to use it. I'm not going to buy any more until I use what I have... which I am being good at! But it's not happening quick enough... We will be moving again in a few months into our new house where my craft room will be included in my giant living room, so it needs to be much better looking to be part of our "on display" home...

So I started two weeks ago. My kindle clutch was in the "Shop til you Drop" magazine and I only had 5 in my etsy store. What bad organisation! So I decided. I has to be done. I am working through this (only a small portion of my fabric stash:).....

And turning it into these....

Please check out my new kindle clutches, because now it seems like I am hoarding clutches! hehe
Eventually I will show you a photo of my non-hoardy hoard craft room:)

Yes she uses the pillow.

More new friends!

All going to new homes:( Friend homes who will love them too! I hope.... :)

This lamb is going to the lovely Eve:)

This one went in the post to his/her new home! What an adventure.... This picture was snapped on a friends lap on the way to the post office.... hence unflattering lamb angle!

This one went to my super cute nephew! He loves him. His foot is now a strange colour due to it being delicious-ed after a particularly colourful dinner...

I think I love crochet.

Why hello friends.

These are my first attempt at amigurumi:) I am learning to crochet... this is helping! I had always wanted to attempt some amigurumi but has always been intimidated! But on the school holidays I decided to work at it for the Queensland flood victim children:) Then when I got back to school I found that a fellow teacher had been flooded out and her children were not coping so well!:( So I decided to make all 4 of them a amigurumi each:) 3 boys and a girl:)

And as a bonus I am using up my wool stash!

This one is my favourite:) Unfortunately I run out of white so her top is a little long.... but its original:)

This little guy took quite a while but turned out cute I think:) Both the above patterns were from Luvlygurumi on etsy:)

These guys are super cute too! I liked learning how to do the alternating leg stripes on the guy from Rosieok on etsy:)

So on completion they all went in this box and off to their new home:) To make some kiddies smile:)



What is going on there??

hmmm... something is happening at our block.... First a tap arrived... then the plumbing went in!

Then the builders sand arrived!... oh gets stuck on your shoes...

Today the concrete reinforcement arrived... and the power box! YAY!:)

Flat sand piles look more exciting from here:)

I am super excited to visit my new house everyday to see the progress:) Although obviously at some point it won't be quite as exciting:) But after more than a year of waiting we are super excited for even this progress! YAY!:)