neon

The neon trend may have been around for a while, but I do love it. Infact, I loved it first time around too in the 80's with my neon pink socks and jelly shoes. Remember those?

Click to see some of these Etsy treasures.

I'm in party planning mode

We have a special family birthday just around the corner. Yes indeed, it has almost been one year since the arrival of Quinn Alice, or Quinnie as she is known around these parts.

I'm currently collecting birthday party ideas and finding plenty of inspiration online. In celebration of Easter and Quinn's birthday I've put together a treasury of Etsy finds to capture the colours and feel I have in mind for her party. Going with pastels, balloons and flowers. We're having an afternoon tea party at home which fits nicely with the pretty, girlie styling. Click the image for links.

I've just ordered a customised file of this invitation from The Parchment Place, as life is too busy now to faff around designing my own invitations (especially when there are so many beautiful ones available at the click of a button).

Think I'll make some of these jellybean bracelets

How cute are these chocolate covered marshmallows (which also score points for easy preparation)

...and rainbow fruit kebabs (why have I never tried these before??)

These balloon and streamer decorating ideas are a winner. Could take a little effort, but it would be super cute to create an ombre effect with pastel colours...mmmm

OK so I did mention that I was time poor... but... in a parallel universe where I have plenty of free time I would make these...

...and these...

...and these.

I need a personal assistant. Actually, that is not the truth. I need a cleaner! That way I can spend more time doing the fun stuff that comes with motherhood :)

mini design dots

You can't go past Etsy for a spurt of design inspiration and examples of handmade with love. Sometimes the process of sifting through the... well.....bland stuff... can test your patience, but when you find a piece of "gold" it can lift the spirits. Then you pop that beauty in your favourites file to realise it is for looking only.... sadly and most likely not for keeps! sigh....

Never the less, go on, head over here and enjoy some faux shopping.

textures. textiles. tactile.

lazy weekend

Head over here to check out these lovely items of gorgeousness you can find for your lazy weekends. I'm loving those yellow handmade boots .... yum yum.... would be perfect for a mum with newborn slothing around the house.... anyone got a spare $475???? Yeah, that could pose a small problem. Oh well, a girl can dream ....sigh.....

Hope you're having a super weekend.

handmade for everyone

So as you may have gathered from my lack of content of late, there is not a lot of making going on here right now. My focus has been on the garden, which I plan to share with you soon, but in the meantime you can see some of what we've been up to here. Sadly, I'm a one focus girl, so the sewing room has been feeling quite neglected. Having said such, I have a 3 hour opening this morning home alone so must get a move on so I can attempt to break that drought.

While my sewing hands may be on vacation my mind is not. The need to be stimulated by design aesthetic & ideas has me spending my free time trawling the internet ooo-ing and aaaa-ing. In an attempt to remember just some of what I see, I have been saving favourites in my flickr, etsy & tumblr accounts.With a little girl's Princess 5th birthday party to plan for in a couple of weeks I'm checking out birthday cakes, cupcakes and decorations for ideas.

The making of Treasuries on Etsy is a bit of a time waster but admittedly quite addictive if you enjoy putting colour schemes together. This I am guilty of but try not to go there too often. This morning it called! Honestly, there are so many talented people on Etsy. Here's my Awesome Foursome collection of handmade things for BABE + HOME + ME + HIM. A little bit of Handmade for everyone.

mid century marvelous

My treasury made the front page on Etsy overnight. Dang! ... It always happens when I'm sleeping.

Featured : PsychoticReaction, LBrandt, redmag, sarapaloma, kristapeel, 12fifteen, JennSki, BrightWallPhoto, karaku, mountainavenbaby, soule, AtomicLodge

winter's coming

Only one week to go until Winter. It's funny how you always want the opposite to what you have...grass is always greener, that kind of thing. Whenever it's about to hit a new season I get all excited, then a month or so into it I'm already looking forward to the next change. Human nature I guess?

Anyway, with thunder, lightening, and heavy rain, it sure feels like a Winter's night here sitting in front of the TV watching "The Bill", with the fire going and feet all toasty in my new slipper socks. Mum knitted these from left over balls of wool - they look like they could have featured in my recent Etsy Treasury! Mmmmm.... those muted colours are just so fine :)

Thanks Mum xx

dirty colours...are just fine

I managed to grab a Treasury position last night on Etsy. For those who don't know, a Treasury is a collection of 12 items from different sellers that you choose to display for a couple of days. They can be viewed by anyone on the website. The Etsy staff select, at their choice, a handful of these Treasuries to sit on the front page each day. This is my collection of "dirty colours.....are just fine". I'm a bit of a sucker for these muted colours - they are so easy and comfortable.


Lots of Possibilities - Eshu (gumballs)

le caillou rose - letitiah (earrings)

Kite Shoulderbag - acajou (bag)

Zebra, 8x8 - esoule (zebra)

Gertrude the song bird - skunkboycreatures (bird)

Spring - rosiemusic (girl)

grow BABY grow set of 12 - Onsies culpepergeneral (baby)

Hat - sidneysidney (hat)

Garden Girl - riskybeads (green ring)

Branching Out wall graphic - ellynelly (birds)

Backpacking Pig (Limited Edition Print) - barkingbirdart

A Bowl of Gold Ring - rheta (silver ring)

UPDATE 24/5
Have to share this exciting news. Got up this morning to notice the Treasury made front page during my night..... sadly I didn't see it but hopefully the featured sellers made a few sales!!