Etsy Store - new stuff just listed!

Here's just a peak at a few items I have just listed in my ETSY shop. Pop on over for a look, more goodies to be added over the weekend!

We are having a very rainy day here today, so the kids and I are busy crafting inside while hubby is busy shovelling dirt outside : )

Vintage Chenille Giveaway!

My neighbour Leah from Vintage Chenille is having a giveway on her blog. Leah makes the most gorgeous little softies and other goodies from Chenille, you really should check out her shop!

Have a lovely day everyone! I am loving my new bag : )

EB Bag Swap - look what I got! (and what I made)

A big thankyou goes out to my swap partner Lou for this fantastic bag and wallet she made me as part of the EB Bag Swap. I immediatley recognised the pattern and beautiful Amy Butler fabrics - some favourites of mine! Not only is Lou a great sewer, but you really must check out her blog for her amazing photography!
My swap partner that I made a bag for is offline all weekend so will post some pictures now of what I made her as I know she has received it. I chose a pattern by Anna Maria Horner called the 'Multi Tasker Tote'. When I received the pattern and started cutting out my fabric I was worried, because it really is a BIG bag! But my swap partner requested a big bag for EVERYTHING so hopefully she loves it : ) The fabric I got from Spotlight, the outer is a furnishing weight fabric, with the inner 100% cotton. I added lots of extra pockets for the inside including a zippered pocket and key-chain, for a big bag the pattern only offered one pocket on the inside and I decided it definitely needed more.

I also made a matching zippered purse with wrist strap.

I really like this pattern, was a little hard to understand in parts, probably due to lack of sleep on my part, but have had a few requests from friends to make them one as pressies so am definitely going to be making more of these!

DUST CHRISTMAS IN JULY IS COMING!

In a few weeks time the ETSY DUST Team (Down Under Street Team) will be hosting a huge promotion. This team features a huge group of Aussie's on ETSY, a great way to buy from some amazingly talented Australian sellers on ETSY! There will be heaps of great promotions from all the stores involved whether it be discounts or free shipping on items in their shops or something else. There will also be LOTS of GIVEAWAYS!!!

If you click on that countdown link just over there ------>>>>

you can check out all the Aussie stores participating in the promo!

Stay tuned : )

Sneak peak - new design

Some recent fabrics purchased - a selection from Amy Butler, some of the new Wildwood range by Erin McNorris and Songbird by Holly Anderson. All destined for beautiful little girls clothes - stayed tuned for new additions in the ETSY shop : )

And a sneak peak at a new design : )

There might be a few of these listed in the shop in the next few days . . .
Hope you are all having a great day! : )

Giveaway Winners!

Well, I tried to use that random number generator thingy and couldn't work it out so just put everyone's names into a hat (twice for those who had also mentioned my giveaway on their blogs) and the winner picked is;

littleecofootprints said...
What a lovely giveway! I love #2. Congratulations on 100 posts. I've only just found your blog so am looking forward to the next 100.
July 3, 2009 5:38 AM

So finding that my winner had chosen number #2 as her prize I pondered as to what I was now going to do with prize #1 which is already wrapped and ready to post - and decided to draw another winner and hope that they had chosen #1. That winner is;

Louise said...
What a generous giveaway! I would choose #1, you have made some beautiful things there that I would love to own :)
June 25, 2009 1:03 AM

Congrats to you both. I will contact you both shortly to arrange where to post your prizes!

Thankyou everyone for stopping by and visiting - please do come again soon!

Wednesday Weekly Woundup

Or is that Round up? We had a busy weekend outside cleaning up, with the boys doing a spot of lawnmowing to try and keep the winter grass at bay.

I got busy in the kitchen and whipped up one of these salads to take some photos of - sorry can't share the recipe yet - you'll have to wait for a new recipezine due to come out very shortly - stayed tuned for that!

We also had a horrible storm come through that catapulted our trampoline almost through the sliding doors at the back of our house. It was very scary with a huge dust storm turning the sky almost black for a few minutes. I had to get hubby to come home and help me move it out of the way of the doors, some minor damage to the veranda and guttering and a very poor looking trampoline and now sitting outside the doors waiting for hubby to get a chance to assess the damage and see if it is fixable.And a little bit of crafing whipping up some more hair pretties to build up my market stash. I have a market this Sunday and being the school holidays I am hoping it is busy with lots of tourists.