The Wonky K and the Loot Glorious Loot Grand Finale

I suddenly remembered yesterday morning that I hadn't organised a mothers day pressie for my mum, so a quick flick through the ever mounting stash, and I found that I still had some of this lovely kitchen themed fabric that I received from Ingrid, and insulbright from Liesl.

So I whipped up a quick potholder and quilted (very haphazardly) a very wonky K.

I hope she likes it!

Then yesterday afternoon, all of the lovely Thornbury Craft Bonanza ladies came over to visit.

Liesl arrived bearing Loot! This beautiful tealight candle housewarming pressie with a battery operated candle (perfect for me because then I can't burn the house down)!

There was a bit of sketching, cutting, collaging, sewing, quilting, brooch making, crochet... I think we ended up convering nearly every category of craft over the afternoon - all washed down with lovely crafty conversation and yummy food. There was also planning for our upcoming crafty weekend away at Sewjourn!

PS - I'm not sure who left behind an entire packet of unopened tim tams but thankyou!

Serena took Charles and Di off to their new home in her kitchen, where I'm sure they'll be very happy...

Now, I'm off to have a cup of tea and one of Liesl's leftover cupcakes...

Loot Glorious Loot - Day 6

Onto day 6, and the Lootfest continues....

Jess from Button Beauty popped this gorgeous old teatowel in the mail for me this week. My little sister was born in 1976, so I might have to whip something up for her with this beauty!

I'm very excited today because the Thornbury Craft Bonanza girls are coming to visit for our monthly craft-a-palooza. I made a quick trip to the shops yesterday to pick up the required chocolate supplies, so everybody should be happy.... now I should probably try to clean up some of the mess in my craft space to make room for everyone....

PS - More looters here

Loot Glorious Loot - Day 5

Today's Loot Glorious Loot is sitting on the ironing board.... although it's pretty easy to see now that the iron hasn't been anywhere near it yet!

It's a beautiful Australian Birds tablecloth that I recieved in the mail from Stacey last week.

I'm not sure what I'm going to use it for just yet. It's in fabulous condition - I would love to try to incorporate the birds into a large handbag... just need to think about it a bit more first.

Thankyou so much Stacey

More looters to be found at Tinniegirl

Loot Glorious Loot - Day 4

Well, the pendant love continues with another piece of loot from the market....

I did a swap with Finki for this gorgeous glass pendant. I picked up another of her pendants at the last market in a lighter colour, but I also needed one (yes - I truly did need) in a darker colour.

This one will be perfect to wear with my Melbourne winter woollies!

More looters here...

Loot Glorious Loot - Day 3

Todays Loot includes some of my purchases from Saturdays Made'n'Thornbury Market


I resisted purchasing one of these fabulous Flickettysplits cushions at the first market in February, but I just couldn't resist this time around. It's lovely and soft and squishy and I can curl up with it on the couch. Now I just need to make that couch quilt that I've been promising since last winter.

I also bought a pink facewasher with a sweet little crochet edge... and a little frog to keep Missy company on the bookshelf....

....this little Pepperberry mini tote bag

...another pendant (anyone noticing a pattern by any chance) - this one by Konstant Kaos

....and this cute little Barbie Fashion Pack from Vestal Vagrant. I don't have barbies, but I can't wait to play around with the scraps and ribbons and lace to create my own little masterpiece!

There was one more thing.... I just need to find it to take a photo.

More Looters over here.

Loot Glorious & Amazing Loot - Day 2

After an wonderful day out on Saturday, I headed back to Tinniegirls house for a lovely cup of tea...


...only to find, that apparently, my birthday celebrations were yet to end.

I needed some artworks for my new house...

....and I received these amazing Tinniegirl collages for my birthday

...with beautiful details
This one is my 'determined angel'

Thankyou so much Cathy - I'm flabbergasted at how much more special it is to receive a gift that has been handmade by a wonderful friend who has put so much time and effort into making something just for me, and that completely matches my style and taste.

I can't wait to find a special place for my new artworks in my new home (it's no longer just a house)....

More Loot Glorious Loot!

Loot Glorious Loot - Day 1

I'm joining in with Tinniegirl's week of Loot Glorious Loot where we all get to show off things we've swapped / bought / made.... not that I need any more encouragement to show off!

Anyway, last week was my birthday, and I had a little bit of money in my paypal account that was burning a hole in my virtual pocket, so I had a little bit of a click around Made It to see what I could find just for me....

I settled on a lovely glass pendant from What Katy Did (I'm becoming even more seriously addicted to handmade jewellery).....


When I opened the package, I found this lovely padded fabric bucket (in my favourite colour combination), and a fabric wrapped package.

Inside the fabric wrapped package was this beautiful hand stitched felt pouch and a handmade card....

Inside the pouch was this gorgeous pendant!

I loved the little fabric bucket so much that I took it along to the market on Saturday and used it on my stall for my business cards.

Katy has some more gorgeous pendants in her Made It Shop and also some wall and window decals. My favourite is the Cherry Blossom.