Puppy!

Six weeks

9 weeks

Meet Siri our new puppy Labradoodle. She is 10 weeks old now and she is keeping me very busy It's like having a little baby some times (hee).

Thought I would share her with you as she is soooooo cute! I might have to make some doggy pillows now, amongst the long list of other projects I am doing, 2010 is looking busy hooray!!

Charlotte Moss Giveaway!

Its giveaway time again! Who doesn't love and appreciate a fabulous giveaway? I have never been fortunate enough to win one, but I can live in hope. I have a good friend in America who would love one of these if I win.

A Gift Wrapped Life is hosting a wonderful Charlotte Moss giveaway on her beautiful blog! Charlotte Moss is an interior designer, and her collection is sure to be a real treat for you & the home. I don't think I would have the heart to light one of her candles;. think I would have to buy two, one to light & one for show (hee). Good luck every one if you enter.

Craft Hope.

Noodle & Lou have just posted about a wonderful venture called Craft Hope. They have created an etsy store that crafters can donate goods to in order to help with the huge crisis in Haiti. All sales go towards Doctors without Boarders. It's a great idea! So please if any one has anything they can donate which they have made themselves please go across & e-mail Jade. I can't imagine the horror that everyone is going through over there.

Pencil Case.

Just thought I would share with you the last remains of the Oriental fabric I had. As it's back to school soon; what better way to keep your pencils tidy than with a unique pencil case. My daughters eyes lit up when she saw it.

I have been given a couple of Oriental dresses & jackets from a dear friend's husband, which belonged to his mum. I will be showing you all the lovely things I can make from them.

I am sure you will all let me know what you think!!

Custom Made!

I was given a chinese dress by a lady who's husband had received it as a gift while working out in China. It was for his daughter but, unfortunately the dress was for a younger aged girl; so she never got to wear it!

They asked me if I could do anything with it. As you may already know I love making individual noticeboards so I thought it would work on a couple of thin canvases due to the style of the dress. It would have been a shame to cut into the whole dress so I put some light blue satin fabric underneath the neck line & cut into it (hate that bit as there is no turning back) keeping the top of the dress in tact (Phew made it!).

Getting the right shade for the ribbon was a worry but I matched it up a treat. It still looks like her dress & it can be used to hold pictures or notes, but I hear her Mum's trying to get one of the boards (hee)! I think they should stay together!

Helpful tips!

Suki's design work

Suki from Fantabulous design is so up there with techno infomation & has helped me heaps with sites that give you free gadgets to use on your blog; so if you are wanting to add little gadgets to use, just pop on over & grab some!

Photo's by Kim Ludy

Ellie snow has a post on her blog from interviewing Kim Ludy, which has 5 tips of photo styling which also makes a very helpful read.

Happy New Year

The 4 Elements

Happy New Year to you all for 2010! I wish you all another great year of blogging and I hope all your heart's desires come true.

May you walk upon the earth with stability,

Have the fire of desire to keep the passion going in what you want to create,

Keep cleansed with your emotions,

And feel the wind of inspiration in all your thoughts.

Some of the images used are from google will credit you if they are yours.