A bit of this...

I can't believe I haven't blogged for over a week and it's not like I've had a break... I wish! The last week has been so hectic. I swapped days at work as I was asked to supervise the expo I've been organising over the last couple of months. It all went well and it was great to be at the other end and get to know what goes on behind the scenes at an expo. Swapping days means that I now get to spend a full week in the studio... heaven!

Today my day mostly consists of finishing this:





... my lace homework for tonight... and it's not looking very hopefull as I keep doing things wrong... my teacher is not going to be impressed :(

The rest of the week we'll be busy printing and getting ourselves organised for the Melbourne Design Market, which is on the 14th of June. Please come and visit us :)

We're also having another open studio, which is on the 30th of May from 10am til 1pm.

New colour...

I just listed a new colourway in the shop. A delicious Deep Red on Cream.

Back from Brissie...

Whilst the other girls post pretty patterns and funny stories, I'll be showing my shoes :) I bought these cute, adorable shoes on my trip to Brissie as well as a nice dress and top. (sorry for the bad pics, it's night time and I couldn't wait any longer ;)



I have to tell you that I never buy any brands or so, but I went a bit overboard and treated myself to a Wayne Cooper top :) for which I had to go back to the store in Melbourne because the shop assistant in Brisbane forgot to take the security tag off?! How did we ever get out of the store AND through airport security?



That aside, we had the best time in Brisbane. The weather was perfect, the company even better and the show was once again fabulous. It was so good to meet up with Brissie, Sydney and Melbourne crafters. The indie crafters even made it onto the local radio, how cool?! Thanks Brissie crafters, you're awesome!

And a huge thanks to Angela & the team too! We'll see you again in Sydney!

Our next event will be the Melbourne Design Market on the 14th of June, make sure you come and visit us... we like hot chocolate ;)

Shop in Brisbane or online...

We've been busy cutting, folding, packing all weekend and we're almost ready to hop on the plane. Before we go we're doing a class in lace making, the old school type... tea lady style :) how cool!

Lara & Teegs will fly out on Tuesday to setup and man the stall on Wednesday and I will fly out on Wednesday evening to be there from Thursday til Sunday. How exciting... I hope we have enough stock...

Please come and visit us at the Brisbane Stitches and Craft show... and for those who are left behind, I just updated the shop with a whole lot of mixpacks. All orders will be sent out when we get back, which is after the 5th of May.



See you in Brisbane! or when we get back :)

Stitches & Craft show Brisbane

We're very busy cutting, folding, packing and making to-do and to-take lists.

Here are some pretty stack shots.





Most of the fabric will be coming with me (pre-cut) to Brisbane... We're fully stocked and crossing our fingers that it's going to fit in 3 suitcases.

Oh and I almost forgot... these fabrics are also available in our shop. I believe the other girls will also stock up our shop soon... either before or after the show. Please know that we won't be able to post anything while we're in Brisbane, so you might have to wait a little bit longer ;)

Wedding Photography

On the weekend we dropped off some 600+ wedding photos and a bottle of bubbly to a very happy couple and I thought I should share some of Marcel's great work with you. He takes commercial photos during the week, but also takes beautiful wedding photos for friends, family and everyone else who asks ;) (ie. you, your friends & family?)

This weekend he'll be taking photos at a wedding in Adelaide and I'm excited to see his beautiful photos when he gets back.


click on the photo to enlarge

Going home...

My dad emailed me yesterday that ticket prices dropped, and I started hunting for a ticket straight away. My best friend is getting married in June and I had already 'given up' on going as ticket prices were just too high... well, that changed yesterday. After an hour on skype with mum, I booked my ticket home from 17 June til 7 July. I'm sooooo excited and so is my best friend. She's the first one to get married and I'm over the moon that I can be part of her special day.



Of course I'm already worrying about what to wear etc. It'll be summer in Europe then so I'll be wearing a dress :) for which I went shopping today (unconsciously). The real reason I went out was because of reading about this lovely shop, on this lovely blog. I just had to go... and came home with a dress (sorry no pics) and some vintage nik naks.