Wedding Toppers Sets

While I have been very busy crocheting
and hopefully adding to my shop...Slowly...


I have also finished off a few wedding toppers
for my sisters business
You can find her here...
I love this cake it is just so perfect!!!



Or you can buy these sweet little birds here in her ETSY SHOP...
They fly out the window...
And she mails them all over the world,
so no worries to overseas buyers...
I think they would look sweet on any cake
and they come in lots of colours...

Hope everyone is having a great crafty week...

Nick and Sophia get in on the action

If I would have planned this shot it would never have happened...
Nick the rooster and one of the Sophia's
decided that it was about time that they got in on the action
instead of Mr Vintage getting all the fame...
They are a very "flighty" breed of bantam chook
and escape their yard every chance they get...
Every night I run around the backyard trying to round them up...
I usually end up screaming at them
"If you don't get in the fox will get you, and that wont be much fun, now will it"
But begin a bird of little brain
I have to re tell them this every night...
"Silly Things"...

Now while some may have be thinking that I have gone and
given up the "hooking"
Don't fear...
I was just having a little rest
Honest!!!
Well ok maybe I was just a tad slack...
But I am back...so...
If you are looking for a Grandma Love cushion I have just listed this
one on etsy...

Caravan Collection

I'm thinking it's easier to sit, relax and sketch them
than it is to clean them!!!
You can see another sketch I did here...
If you like...

Crocheted Bikini

While most have seen my attempt of the crocheted bikini's...
I did want to share the photo
of my sister, grandma and me
wearing the original ones
our grandma made us...
I thought I had long lost this photo
but out of the depths I came across it...
And so glad I did...
How cute!!!

I will need to try this pattern again at some stage...
There is a "womans" size in it too...
Hmmm that could be interesting, to say the least...

On the home front...
Not much crafting as I have had way too much other stuff going on...
Which is good
but consists of boring business stuff...
But this all leads to a good outcome I am hoping...

I have also bought a overlocker...
and now know the joy of trying to thread them...lol...
I would love to know though how do you do that
really, really close rolled-narrow hem...
It is a Janome and it does have a setting for these two styles
but it still isn't close enough together...
as in I can still see the material underneath
instead of just a band of thread so to speak...
any ideas would be great...

I have no idea what to make at the moment
which is really annoying
but it has made me tidy up the sewing room
so I now can see the floor
and my materials are very neat and tidy...

Maybe that's why I have sewers block...
I need a messy room to get the inspiration...

Well at least I have had plenty of time to catch up on
what everyone else is up to...
Loving all the crafty goodness on your blogs!!!

A Square thats not a Square

When is a square not a square?
Hmmmmm...
When it's a Granny Circle!!!

I have spent the last two nights
working on this and undoing this...
I am pretty happy and will only change one thing on my next one...
Which is why I am glad that I did it in colours I like...
Yes another one for me!!!
I basically tried to do a Granny Square and make it circular...
And now all I have to do is write it down because I am sure to forget
exactly what I did...

I hope your weekend is as sunny as what it is here...

Good Backdrop

New in my etsy shop...
I think Mr Vintage is worried that I am spoiling his limelight...
But he does make for a good backdrop...
Hoping everyone will have a great crafty weekend!!!
Edit : This cushion as been sold...
Thankyou too my wonderful etsy buyer...

Spontaneous

On Monday...
After "My Shadow" finished school
(yes we are trying the whole school thing again)
hopefully this time he will be more settled...
We up and through caution to the wind
and packed what we could grab in 15 min's flat...
and just headed out on the road...

Lucky for me I remembered the "Kodak"
and thought I would get in a bit of practice before
upgrading to a bigger and better camera...

I did manage to pack the "hook and wool"
but found for once I really didn't have time to do any...

I was having to much fun just begin spontaneous
(I think that's what it's called)
It's been a while...

So now that we are back I have spent the day in the yard
Mowing and clearing and pruning...
And feel like a new motivated person...
So a big Yah!!! to short breaks...
Well worth putting up with the chorus from the back seat
"Are we there yet" ...