Eye-spy a little birdie ….
… whose come to stay. Can you see him?
Right there in our vase of “nature” (sticks and pine-cones keep longer than fresh cut flowers, lol) …
So fun to make, cause it’s hand-stitched. No mucking around setting up the sewing machine on the kitchen table. If anyone wants to give it a go, here’s the tutorial at spool sewing: http://www.spoolsewing.com/blog/2008/05/16/bird-mobile/
He’s kinda lonely, so I’ve got another one cut, ready to stitch up.
Aside from that I’ve been making a few new pieces to send up to CraftWorld. Haven’t been able to photograph them all yet due to weather (snow flurries = poor lighting). But here’s a wee preview:
Although, I’m umming and arring about CraftWorld. It’s great not having to deal with sales and just concentrate on keeping my booth stocked (which I suck at). But it’s hard not being there to play around with how the stand is setup, and trying different ways of displaying stuff. Plus, the monthly rental and sales commission is a big overhead, which I starting to wish is money I could keep in my pocket. So I am thinking of stopping it for a bit.
Aside from that, as you may have noticed in my side bar, I’ve succumbed to the lure of etsy and opened up a store. I reserved my name two years ago, and finally decided to gave that a whirl.
And because I just can’t stop mucking around with website technologies, I’ve gone and upgraded my ChookMook website so it’s now sitting on the mighty fantastic Wordpress platform (boy, I lurve this blogging tool). I’ve created a new theme based off this one I’m using for Hot Strong Coffee, and modified it to work as a business website. All I need to do now is setup my content. Go check it out if you want.
It’s Snowing!
This photo is of our backyard from June last year. Hopefully it snows through the night and is still on the ground in the morning so we can play in it.
Happy Birthday
Coming out of my blogging hiatus to say:
Happy Birthday to my beautiful Mama!!!
And Happy Birthday to my lovely Mother In Law who celebrated her birthday yesterday.
Autumn round these parts is beautiful
Autumn is such a colourful time of year, but living here in Dunedin I really notice it so much more. I guess because Dunedin is so old. Old homes, old establish trees and gardens. There’s not so much ‘new’ round here, as seen in the big smoke where population is fast outgrowing resources.The day started cold, although we were snug inside with our fireplace, two heatpumps, moisture master, underfloor insulation, and ceiling insulation, but felt the chill in the air as we headed on down to the Farmer’s Markets for our weekly fruit and vege. They day turned out brilliant and we spent a fair few hours strolling around The Gardens. Feeding the ducks, playing in the park, drinking lattes and fluffies, walking up the ‘mountain’ to the bird aviaries, and strolling back down again, while Aaron snapped a gazillion photos on his newly beloved [preloved] camera. Here’s a wee sampling ….
Hope everyone’s having a great weekend. I’m off to make cheese rolls for our kindy fundraiser tomorrow.
PS: Ohh yes, I can hear again. I developed “swimmer ears” last weekend and was having trouble hearing till I had my ears suctioned on Wednesday, coupled with pretty bad earaches (thank gawdness I had a large stash of panadol on hand at the time). Turn’s out Xavier needed his ear’s suctioned too and wow, what a difference! He’s talking so much better, it’s fantastic.