love notes

I've been making some love notes, using Upon a Fold's great tutorial. You can make some love notes too and woo a special someone.

on my table

My Hello Sandwich gift wrapping zine, sticker book and party favour bags from Kikki K. Now I just have to wait another six months before Luka's first birthday party! How amazing is this birthday party, it's beautiful.

wednesday

Today my soup bowls arrived from an etsy order, I found some adorable 'Made in Spain' leather shoes for Luka at the op shop. I bought a Vogue magazine just because I like the cover.

Thinking of North Queensland tonight, hoping all stay safe from the impending cyclone.

thursday's etsy finds

Vintage Polka Dot Scarf :: Lovely Japanese Vintage Secretary dress :: Sweet Little Girl by Hankyu

harlequin

50 Red and White Harlequin Cupcake Liners. Yes, Please!

monday's etsy finds

Vintage Floral Pointed Peter Pan Chiffon Mini Dress :: Vintage Fantasy Fondue Set :: Vintage button up sailor

sunday

etsy finds

I've been spending many hours trawling through Etsy this weekend and I discovered so many treats that you might like also. I'm hoping to share what has caught my eye through out the week. Today's finds, although some have since sold it's good to know which seller to keep an eye on.

Wicker sewing basket :: Vintage Blue Striped King-Seeley Thermos 1963 :: 4 Mikasa sunburst plates

top design

The call is out for applications for a new Australian reality TV show Top Design.

The format of the show is similar to Project Runway but will focus on Interior Design/Decorating. Each episode will feature design & interior challenges and the winner of the series will receive a large cash prize and national recognition. Granada Media are looking for people across different creative industries with a strong sense of aesthetics who would like to translate their style into design and interior challenges.

You can go to www.granadamedia.com.au and click on the casting tab for more details.

Image credit: Justin Waldron

sunday

I've been keeping my eye on some old drawers abandoned on the verandah of a house at the end of our street for sometime now. It was the drawer liners that drew my attention. Today good timing had me walk past as the owners were arriving home so I quickly summonsed up the courage to ask if I could have the drawer liners if they were not wanting them. The deal was I should take the drawers too, so now I'm the lucky owner of two floral draw liners... and two odd drawers.

And how impressive is the local waitresses hair today, I asked her how she managed to do such a neat job and she told me she spent many years as a ballerina. And that was my Sunday...

favourites

Flickr favourites found here.

sunday

lucky duck

During the early baby arrival madness, I forgot to mention that Luka was the lucky recieptant of this very beautiful crochet baby blanket. Thank you Pip!

Photos by Pip.

beanies and pom pom's

There hasn't been much action on my blog of late. I blame cute little Luka for all my distractions, it's hard to pull yourself away from all those cute smiles and coo's and ofcourse all those crying bouts as well.

Today I spent some time hopping around the internet, discovering new blogs, revisiting old faves and spying some snapshots to share. Here's a little run down.

1. Hats by Swank Dollar. 2. Yarn by Sandra. 3. Image via The Sartorialist. 4. Pom pom tea cosies by Toast.

tales of the polar bear button

Last year when in Tokyo, I took the above photo inside Yokocho Gallery.

The ceramic artist of the work above had heard of my blog via the gallery owner and then contacted me to ask if she could use the photo for her name card.



Ofcourse I was only too happy to supply Yuko the image to use, infact I was a little flattered.



As a thank you for supplying Yuko with the hi res image she had sent me parcel with three very sweet ceramic buttons.



Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to be asked if I would like to have a little peak into the making of Pip's 'Sew La Tea Do' book. On my way to the studio I asked Pip if there was anything that I could bring, to which she asked if I had some spare buttons. One of those buttons I took along that day was the ceramic polar bear button gifted to me by Yuko, so from Tokyo to Melbourne to page 115 that is the tale of the polar bear button.

colour co-ordinate

Craft Victoria's Christmas catalogue is looking very cute!

the search for happiness

I know you should never judge a book by it's cover but this book looks like it could be just as good on the inside as it is on the outside.

donna wilson

I've just been browsing the Donna Wilson 2010/11 catalogue, there is so much visual eye candy it's worth a visit to both her website and blog. I especially love her biscuit designs above which were made for a Japanese department store.

Biscuits discovered via the wonderful The Seventy Tree blog.

making

I recently bought a copy of Making it Handmade by Anna Brownfield, it was exciting to see so many familiar faces and it was interesting to hear some opinions of craft from an activist point of view. I highly recommend the film and you can buy a copy here.

In other making news, I'm pretty keen to get my hands on the Hello Sandwich's gift wrapping zine for some Christmas wrapping ideas, it's not out yet so you will need to keep an eye out on Ebony's blog for the realease date.

what i've been up too

Last week I went along to the North Melbourne Market and found a stall holder who sold vintage fabrics from the 1920's right up to the 70's. She sourced all her fabrics from the US and makes frequent trips to find more, she doesn't have a website and she doesn't do alot of markets so I'm so lucky I found her. I do have her email address and I'll let you know next time she sets up market shop.

With my pieces of vintage fabric I hope to make something from Pip's new book and I hope to add some of my Japanese gingham bias to the finished garment. Fingers crossed I find some time to get it started.

I've also been visiting a new cafe in the local area and I bought myself some new comfy red shoes, I found them at Target so they are nice and cheap too!