Posted in Have you seen these?, craft, fabric, life and loves, sewing, tagged bed, bounce, busy, color, colour in, craft, fabric, handmade, life, list, madonna, softie, swap on June 25, 2008 | No Comments »
So - when the little voices in the head start to get louder i know im getting a bit stressed! (Does anyone else get little voices reminding you of all you have to do or am i the only psyco?)
I have decided to get a to dolist going! I’m not really a list person - but [...]
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Posted in Have you seen these?, craft, gems, tagged bookplate, craft, felt, online shop, paper pack, sticker, sweet william on June 9, 2008 | No Comments »
I am proud to announce my new “felt” shop - Sweet William. Felt is a online marketplace for all things handmade from New Zealand. The new shop is a collaboration between my sister, Paula and I. She lives in AUS and I live here but we love the same things and decided to link up. We [...]
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I took some gifts on the recent visit. I embroidered the tea towel of the Virgin Mary to add to my sisters very large collection of all things Madonna. The line art pattern is available on my pattern page. Feel free to let me know how you used it.
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Well the girls and I had a great holiday together (only one or two melt downs, mostly by me). We did not go away - just spent some lovely time together. The house was allowed to get messier (well, that’s the story anyway) and who though hanging out in your pj’s most of the day [...]
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Posted in art, craft, cut and paste on April 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Detritus
Originally uploaded by shellsbells2007
I had an assignment for Craft Hub to make a page for my friend Rachelle’s altered book - her theme is Detritus - which can be defined as accumulated material and debris. At first, I thought I should put a photo of my work space in the book!
I found the weird, organic [...]
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Pin cushion world - Japanese gardenOriginally uploaded by shellsbells2007Another pin cushion - a little japanese garden. One of my students told me I seemed permanetly Zen like (?????). Its strange how a comment like that makes one ponder about how we are perceived. I feel very un-zen like most of the time - except maybe [...]
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Posted in craft, sewing on March 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My pin cushion sold almost as soon as I loaded it onto FELT and it has also been featured on cuteable.com.
Now that has made my day (i’m still blushing).
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pin cushionOriginally uploaded by shellsbells2007
Hubby has gone up coast for a couple of days to surf and fetch a new puppy (wait till you see the pics of our new bubba). Serendipitously, the girls were out on play-dates - so I had a long afternoon to do…..well,- did I create domestic serenity? No. Did I [...]
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I found this book to be a sumptious feast of colour and inspiration. I had a look through it at the last “craft Hub” meeting and I was so excited to be exposed to a new cultural craft that I knew nothing about. The art of tivaevae making is unique to the Cook Islands. Quilt [...]
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Ok, so I have recovered from my malaise and am feeling joyful once again. Sun is shining, weather is fine and I had a lovely school outing with my daughter Ruby to the local stream that runs by Paekakariki Queen Elizabeth park. Children just thrive in murky, muddy, buggy environments don’t they? Listening to their [...]
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