Thursday, October 19, 2006

 
Random crafting
2 pick pockets, (think lil purses with 2 pockets inside - named cause when I whipped up the green one - Rod decided he wanted a plain black one for his picks, which he got but no picture cause he wouldn't let me make it anything other then plain black) The string next to my tawny scrawny (which does up with velcro) isn't attached - just didn't notice it when taking the photo

Tyler helping me with my string crochet bag, it folds up in to its own lil round pocket

Remote and TV mag holder.

Lil zip up purse other side is the same suede like as the remote holder in the navy and inside is lined with rainbow fabric - now holds my lino cutting tools

some crochet I'm playing with.

 
Stencilly fun.
The dragon is growing on me, I need to find one to copy as I did him off the top of my head. My pirate sword which Im doing crossed on a tee for Joshie and my birdies.
These are just on scrapp peices of fabric, so once on good ones it should look very fab. I didnt iron the fabric before hand because who can wait to iron when your excited so there is a lil bleeding, also usinga better brush will help that. I used contact paper as no freezer paper and I havent got any copy paper wrappers yet.
Any ideas on what to do with my practice patches?




 

First and foremost, a huge thank you to Coryn who is such an amazing person, that she after reading about my being jipped ( what is the correct spelling of that!?!) and my love orange, sent me this amazing pillow, I love and adore it and it follows me from room to room. The pillow looks a bit funny cause I had to wrestle it off Tyler who loves it too.

After the good- now the sad




My beautiful bag, which I love and adore and looks fabulous with my jeans, got attacked by the leaking pen bug, just under the kitty, and I couldn't save it. And it was the last of my tawny scrawny lion sheet (remember that golden book?).
It was perfect, I kept it simple so the sheet could show off its wonderful whimsyness, and it had the perfect pocket - one long one for my evil pens and lippy.
Sad day in bagness.

but in good news again (I'm starting to sound like one of those good bad children's books) I look fabulous in the new top I whipped up



So comfy, Its heaven to wear. Ignore bad old white maternity bra showing through. Its made of stretch Tshirt fabric.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

 
Must remember new camera battery...... To show off all the stuff I have been doing. Mummas been a crafting fool!
We have sewed and drawn and LINO printed
- couldn't believe it when I saw it in a local art/craft store!! And stenciled on fabric - and actually love it! I did a bird like shape inspired by the pieces that are found at this wonderful bloggers local oppies , and then drew a pirate sword for Josh - am going to have both of them crossed and drew a dragon - which I think still needs work but Joshie and ROD love it so will stick with it.
I must admit I was nervous about stenciling - had been watching to many reruns of very bad Aussie changing rooms, but It defiantly isn't as daggy as I remember, I had seen fabulous ones on various blogs and on craftster but for some reason I though mine would turn out like on the very bad abovementioned show.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

 
Ok first before I forget - those near Newton, there is an exhibition thing going on called Walking the Streets, where art is shown in the shop windows - now my mumma has a piece in one of them so go find it! Its suitcases made from train tickets - looks better then it sounds.

I have been going back to basics with my stuff, since my mojo has been playing hide and seek with me, I figured to K.I.S.S. might make it come back and it is and I'm having fun playing - new battery for Velma ( the camera) tomorrow.

And before I go I have a dilemma - I'm doing the use what you have in your stash thing ( elopment is in 24 days) BUT spotty has a sale in all its Sydney stores and I want to get fabric paint so I can try the pretend freezer paper but its really copy paper wrapper stenciling, and would like some more felt for this sassy stocking I'm making.
SO do I stick to my guns - or pretend that its a wedding present to my self?

Actually I do have another dilemma - Am I wierd that I name my stuff? ( My favorite name is Frank for the remote control - Frank the zappa - get it? That Still cracks me up!)

Saturday, October 07, 2006

 
I finally started to use those cot sheets I got from the oppies, - there is half a handbag in my craft room as we speak waiting to be constructed. I'm happy with this one so far hope it turns out as well as I envisage - no pics - not cause I'm embarrassed this time but cause it needs new batteries.

I got gipped on a personal swap, - she was looking for children's patterns so I sent her a heap of Top kids mags ( think aussie ottobre in the 90's), she was going to send me some fabric and a few bits an peices, so nadda, zilch zip, the sad thing is though, if she had just told me she couldn't afford to swap I would of sent her one or 2 anyway and just not send them air mail but by boat (it cost $40!).

Friday, October 06, 2006

 
OMG!! Click here!

It takes you to a craftster page for us poor aussies who cant get freezer paper it says you can use the copy paper wrappers!!

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

 
The real reason for lack of updates

I realised how much worse I have gotten since my mums last atttempt. I am so concerned about getting everything right that I cant just have fun, I craft but then dont like it and am to embaressed or I craft like it the cant get a good photo and am to embaressed.
I used too be the good one about not caring what others thought - way back in my teenage hey days, but its hard now, so many titles to live up to, I am the sensible good girl( even if I did have a baby at 20) yet still yearn to be carefree - though with my babies - I mean in my actions my crafts my arts.
I feel that I have to try extra hard cause I look thriteen ( still at 27) and I have these child people still assume Im the irresposible one. So I try extra hard to be the good woman.
I hide the depression cause its not what good women have and even in my sane moments are afraid that if I talk about it my children will be sent to foster care like my siblings and I were for that year. The stigma of that still stays with me.
I feel that what ever I do isnt good enough, though in the few clarified moments it is, I am.

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