vegging out

Had some fun with Mum & Kathryn, painting some aprons with colourful veggie designs - using a selection of vegetables as stamps + a couple of the designs have fun little sayings stencilled on them.

We'll be taking these to the Wirrabara Producer's Market today...

all of these photos (except the last), taken by Kathryn + see more here.

colours & stitches

Making my contribution to a little family project - we're stitching some felt ornaments for market. It's lots of fun coming up with designs, picking colours & stitching...& it's a perfect sit by the window with a cup of tea (or in front of the TV in the evening) activity.

(the bottom photo shows everyone's efforts - I've only made two so far)

a care package...

Recently our Aunt has been going through a bit of a tough time, so we sent her a magical care package. We know she loves Harry Potter (as we do), so went with a Hogwarts theme, putting her in Hufflepuff & including a letter from the 'Hogwarts Department of Student Care '.

The package contained:
~ Copy of Honorary Diploma (not pictured)
~ Lucky Hufflepuff House Badge
~ Instant Page Finder
~ Emergency Medicinal Confectionary
~ Clear Lens Rose-tinted Glasses
~ Minerva the Mighty Grey Owl (pocket sized)
~ Replacement Wand (Oak and Phoenix Feather)
~ Infinitely Refillable Mug
~ Bottomless Bag

Kathryn & Amy came up with most of the ideas & they, along with Mum & I, handmade the contents. Each piece was made or decorated by one or more of us - we had lots of fun creating everything.

We tagged and packaged everything up & posted it off to her. It arrived safe & sound....& she loves it :)

colour & threads & felt...

While I was recovering from my cold - well enough to want something to do, but not enough energy to do much - my sister suggested I might enjoy playing around with some embroidery. We have quite a collection of pretty threads & felt (Mum, Kathryn & Amy all do/have done embroidery & such). So I picked some colours & stared stitching....& I made a brooch. 

I really enjoyed the process, so I made another one...

I don't know how much time I will actually spend on this, but it's definitely something I'll continue. It's nice to have such a compact, portable craft (PMC can be a bit messy) to work on in front of the TV, or when we travel.

I'll probably put a bit more planning into the next one - at least decide & cut out the felt shape before I start.

Really I've just fallen for all the pretty colours in the thread box.....& it's given me an excuse to add to the collection, which could be good -or not, lol.

wonderful workshops...

The Saturday of the conference was spent learning some new skills (or attempting to anyway)...

First Trish from TrishAlan Designs gave an interesting talk on teaching craft...not sure I want to go that way at the moment, but it certainly raised some things to consider if I do. Then we had morning tea  - & I would like to thank Ali for insisting on organising real coffee :)

My first workshop was Freeform Crochet - taught by Meggan. I made a cord for my id tag & started a circle...I didn't pick it up super fast, but I started to get somewhere. Then I travelled by train with Meggan on Sunday & got an extra lesson :). I not a crochet prodigy by any means, but I will spend some time playing & see if I can get anywhere...(in the photo below, the purple string & the smaller circle are my work - the larger circle Meggan made to show me a pattern).

After lunch, I did a zentangle workshop with Melanie. Zentangle is heaps of fun - I've been playing since I got home & have introduced my Mum & sisters to it. Amy has been especially taken with it & has produced some gorgeous drawings.

The bigger sheet in the photo below is the tangle I started at the workshop & have since completed. The smaller drawing is one that Melaine gave us the outline for, so we could all fill it in & see what we came up with - they have been great so far.

a better look at my first zentangle...

fabulous fabric...

I received my package from the lovely ladies at Voodoo Rabbit today. I spent the voucher I won (plus some extra) on some of their Gingham Invaded & Babushka Dolls fabric & it's even more awesome in person :)


They also sent me a cute brooch, covered in the gingham invaded fabric.

I haven't decided what to do with the fabric yet....I'll keep you posted though :)