Love this vintage...

Enamel pitcher from Zinnia Cottage.  I'd have a shelf full of these things if I had the space.  Lovely.

Love this vintage...

Child's Abacus from Open Drawer.  This would be so great in Ellie's room!  I really must start collecting some items like this.

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Nice.

Finally, 6 weeks late my Christmas present arrived.  We had a little mix up, but now she's here and I love her.

My poor laptop has gone about 6 months without a case, but now she has a beautiful hand made home.

If it's of interest to you, this case is from here.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. I seriously need this one, do you?

A hint of blue

Thanks to seventyseventyone design for including my liberty brooch in this delighful treasury titled "a hint of blue".   Gorgeous colour.  See the treasury here.

Up in the air somewhere

Gorgeous ceramics from Up in the air somewhere.  I love the industrial influences in Susan Dwyer's work.

To see more of these beautiful vessels, visit the website.  A limited line is also available on etsy.

Love this vintage...

Delightful yellow 1950's dress from Thirteen Bees Vintage.  Beautiful.  Classic.

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Australia Day Sale Starts TODAY!

Happy Australia Day folks!  As I mentioned yesterday, there's a big sale going on in Aussie stores on etsy.

Sellers from Sydney, Made on the left Perth, Dust and BrisStyle teams are all joining in, and offering either 15%, 20% or 25% off their items.

Items in my shop will be 20% off * with coupon code:

ausday

You can use the code for other shops participating too!

Use it for:

15% off these items

20% off these items

25% off these items

Sales ends 31st January midnight (Aus time).  Don't miss out!

*discount not included on shipping

New in shop + upcoming sale

A little preview of some of the newest items recently added to my shop...

Are you fellow Aussies looking forward to Australia Day tomorrow? I can't wait for a day off.  You may have also heard along the etsy grapevine that there is a big combined Australian Teams Sale starting tomorrow especially for the day!  Yep, I'm participating as part of the Sydney Team, and you can stock up on lots of other lovelies too!  More info tomorrow, and you can also read about it here.

Yep, another giveaway.

Because it's Sew Mama Sew giveaway day, because I like you, and because it's Christmas. :)

This is one of my new brooches in shop for Christmas, I made them up as I was looking to make something that was a small, sweet and not too pricey stocking filler for the Christmas season. 

And now I'm giving one away!

This little one features a pretty red Liberty of London print (perfect Christmas colour!)

To be in the draw, leave a comment on this post.  Entries close Saturday 18th December, 12 midday, [Australian EDST] and I'll randomly draw a winner and announce it on Saturday night.  Yes, I will post internationally!

Happy Christmas!

(and don't forget my sale for your last minute Christmas gifts - sale ends Friday 17th!)

Edited to add:  Please make sure you have your email visible on your profile or include your email address in the comments so I can contact you if you win!  Thanks! :)

Christmas SALE

Time for me to get some things out of the shop, ready for the new year.  If you haven't already organised all of your Christmas presents, now is the time!  

* Everything currently listed in my shop will be 30% off until Friday 17th December.  I'll be adding a few more listings as well.  Get in quick if you need these items by Christmas!  Otherwise, stock up on little gifts for birthdays and babies.  :)

To redeem your discount, use the following code at the checkout: 

CHRISTMAS2010

Thank you everyone for a wonderful year, your support and encouragement mean so much.

Gret xo

Handmade Living in stock

Finally finally Handmade Living is now in stock in my shop.  It's been an honour to participate in this delightful publication, which features so many beautiful projects and ideas from talented Aussies.

Congratulations to Tania McCartney, Julie Nichols and Tina Snerling for putting together a wonderful slice of Australian handmade heaven - great job girls! 

I've listed the book in my shop today, and am giving away a free handmade brooch with every order.  If you happen to be in Canberra today then don't forget to pop into the Handmade Market where you can also grab a copy and get it signed by the authors.

Have a happy weekend!

[PS.  don't forget to pop back in tomorrow for a long overdue giveaway and more book sneak peeks]

Handmade Living Blog Tour

Hello!  I'm excited, because the release of Handmade Living is not too far away!  You will be able to purchase your copy from the Handmade Market this weekend, in my shop from the 4th December or in bookstores from Monday 6th.  This book would make a really nice Christmas gift for crafty friends, or even friends who would love to start their handmade journey but don't quite know where to begin. It features some fantastic gift ideas that you could whip up quickly too.

If you'd like a sneak peak inside, then come and follow the Handmade Living Blog Tour where today,  the very talented Ros of Grace Designs is guest posting at A Spoonful of Sugar Blog.  If you pop over now, you can have a little peek at one of my items included in the book,  and a few others too! (Yum!)

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Hope you're all having a lovely week, it's wet wet wet here in Sydney, we're suffering from a little cabin fever, but we can't complain as I'm sure we are in for a long hot Summer.

xo

Love this vintage...

Pair of red peep toe shoes from Good Grace Vintage.  Very sweet! 

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I'm back from a flying visit over the weekend to Melbourne.  It was a great time with friends, just too much to get through in 48 hours!  Back Sunday at 11pm meant I was really hurting yesterday morning getting up early and being at work at 8am, but it was worth it!  I'll post some pictures of a few favourites later in the week.   Have a fabulous week everyone. xx

My creative space.

 Finally beat the kid and got some photography completed! This little coin purse with vintage lace and vintage cotton lining is now in shop. A few more might be in next week if you keep your eyes peeled.

Today I'm off to Melbourne for a girls weekend! I really really need to browse and spend a little time like this without 2 year old in tow....yep, we had a shocker on Tuesday at the shops. I'm really hoping to find a couple of good op shops and possibly stop by here if my buddies will let me...

Plenty more MCS's here

Weekend Sewing

Hooray!  I got some sewing done on the weekend.  I had Saturday afternoon to myself, so completed a few more vintage lace coin purses for the shop.  They'll be in store soon, once I've photographed and listed them.



I also enjoyed my iceberg rose in full bloom and couldn't help picking some for my desk - I'm such a sucker for flowers in the home and look forward to it flowering whenever it's not (which is not all that often).  Anyway,  have a lovely week everyone, today I'm shopping for 2 year old sandals with a 2 year old (ugh!).  Wish me luck.

My creative space.

This week...a little iPod/iPhone pouch finished, listed in shop, sold and now off to a lovely customer.   Now I'm really looking forward to some quarantined sewing time this weekend (thank you Mr E! xx)... I cannot wait to sink my teeth into some more of these and get them listed for Christmas.

More MCS action here!

Something pretty...

All from this very pretty place.

New in shop

While off on my break I've had more time to think about new products and more time to play around with ideas.  Seriously, it's been doing my head in.  I'm lying awake at all hours dreaming things up and trying to work out patterns in my brain.  I have so many new ideas I can't keep up and it's driving me crazy!  Anyone have this feeling too?  I have ideas for the shop, ideas for gifts, ideas for me, ideas for kid clothes and ideas for how I can get it all done before Christmas...I'm sure many of you know what I mean.  It's a hard switch to turn off.

A couple of weeks ago I started on these new design bibs, and they're now in shop.  They're a cute handmade alternative for little people to wear and I'm quite pleased with them. The lovely Ros mentioned they might be a nice thing for your kidlet to wear to a wedding, restaurant or christening, and I think that's a great idea.  Sweet and small new baby gift too I think.

All lined with double cotton flannel, they're perfectly absorbant, and are machine washable.  Of course, they're made with natural linen and some lovely vintage cotton prints!

Thank you and please go to sleep.

A quick thank you to Anna from Brooklynbibshop for including me in this delightful treasury titled lovely linen last week.  If you're a lover of all things linen, this is one for you to check out!  Gorgeous.  See it here.

In other news, I've got an overtired, teething 2 year old who does not want to sleep tonight, so I'm writing this in between going in and out of her room.  We're heading on 2 hours of crying and wanting to be held.  I've tried absolutely everything in my bag of tricks, so here's hoping she gets real sleepy real soon....

Shop update

A little early spring shop update - finally got this limited line of clutches photographed and a few are now in store.  Free shipping to Australia on these ones too.

Have a lovely lovely weekend.  It's going to be warm here tomorrow!  I think we might plant some vegies.