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Archive for March, 2010

It’s raining.

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Ivy

It’s raining.  And if you haven’t heard it rained on The April Stitches and Craft Show.  It was cancelled yesterday by the organisers due to lack of support from some of the large retailers.  I don’t know what to make of that really.  We all need each other, right?  Crafters and retailers.  And we like to be inspired and these events are the source of inspiration for many crafters.  The good news is things are going ahead in Melbourne and the August show for Sydney is still very much confirmed.  Something to look forward to.  I will teach yet.

Up there is Ivy.  She is the first bird flying the coop.  Do you like her?  She is an original and she is available here.

30 March 2010 |
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The Stitches and Craft Show.

A long post.  Hang in there with me because it’s a good one.  I was approached by Corrie from Retromummy and asked if I wanted to be a teacher on the Notebook magazine’s Paper Craft Bar at the up and coming Stitches and Craft Show in Sydney.  Me?  Are you sure you have the right person?  I am not a scrapbooker, not an artist – kind of somewhere in between and I was a little apprehensive re: my teaching skills to date – nil.  ‘Submit 2 projects to Notebook Melinda and see how you go’.  They were both accepted.  I’m on my way!

So if you would like to come along and learn how to make either Project 1 – a crafty bird collage, or Project 2 – a sweet vintage inspired garland the details are here.  Note the new venue is the Australian Technology Park at Alexandria, NSW.  I will be teaching in person at the Craft bar on Thursday 15th April, 2010.  I believe you can turn up any day and create one of six different projects – how super is that?

I really enjoyed creating 2 unique projects for Notebook.  It was a challenge that made me think a little harder, create a little better. I approached it with a ‘use what you have’ attitude and found scraps and things lying in wait around my work room, waiting to become.  This is something I hope to spread the word about while teaching – buy less, use more of what you have, maybe in a different way to which you are used to.

I am smitten with my bird, and I have decided to make a series.  I loved following artist Ann Wood’s journey where she created 100 decorative horses – one a day for a period of time.  She hoped that it would kick start some new ideas, helping her out of the creative rut that can affect everyone from time to time.  Somedays she struggled, some were gems, althought the result must have been rewarding to say the least.  See her horses here.

Anyways, I don’t know if I could produce a bird a day for 100 days, but I will list one in the Etsy shop once a week.  They will be indiviually numbered and named.  I like naming things.  Who wants to be nameless?  Not me.

Bird Collage - Project 1 SACS

Bird Collage - Project 1 SACS

Project 2 - Vintage Garland - SACS

Project 2 - Vintage Garland - SACS

Bird Collage label

Bird Collage label

26 March 2010 |
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Road trip.

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This Sunday I am taking a road trip with Helen to Canberra to the fabulous Handmade Market.  There is a lovely new venue, there will be some fabulous stalls and I will have a few new things on the Paperklip stand.  Come and have a look if you are down that way.  I hope Helen likes Boney M because that is what I am playing on the way down.
Kamberra Wine Company
Cnr Northbourne Ave & Flemington Rd
Lyneham ACT 2602
Sunday 28 March, 2010
10-4pm
23 March 2010 |
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I’m taking the pledge!

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I have been doing some thinking (and creating).  I have been reading Dottie Angel’s blog.  She is all about handmade in such a nice way.  She does it very well.  Dottie has just reached the half way point of buying only vintage and handmade for her home/self for a year and has invited us all to join in (if you are so inclined).  Well, I am.  And I have decided to commit to it for the next six months.  I am growing tired of the big stores and mass production when so many lovely things lie in wait in our charity shops and online via Etsy and Da Wanda and Madeit.  So I will be showing off my finds as we go along.  I am a little nervous about the clothing, but I have made vintage work in the past (there was a shop on Glebe Point Road that I was a regular at for a long time – anyone remember it’s name?)

I have also started the great declutter (mostly of children’s things as they grow, grow, grow).  On the weekend I removed every single toy from our lounge room.  They have found new homes in the owner’s bedroom, or have been passed on to our little cousin or donated – 2 bags gone this morning – yay!  It is such a good feeling.   Any strays are going into this lovely basket via Brin and Nohl.

23 March 2010 |
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I went shopping and I bought…

 

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Do you ever play that memory game with your children?  We play it at the dinner table.  I went shopping and I bought – one cupcake, next person repeats and adds – I went shopping and I bought one cupcake and 3 apples, and so on.  We have a slightly different version that goes ‘I went to Farmor and Farfar’s house and I took’  – usually lots of warm things because they are in Denmark but sometimes the cat comes along. 

Well, I went shopping and I bought 1 vintage zebra figurine ($1.50), 3 metres of ticking fabric for a new market stall tablecloth ($25.80) and 1 vintage doll’s highchair ($10).

What have you bought lately?

11 March 2010 |
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