Some New Goodies

Over the last week I have finished some great new goodies, and they are now in both my Madeit and Etsy shops.

Doily Pattern Christmas Decorations Set of 3

Puppy Super Hero Finger Puppets 

Beaded Bow Headbands 

I will be working out cutoff date for Christmas Orders some time in the next day, so stay tuned for that.

More Headbandy Goodness

Have you checked out my new headbands. Each on is one of a kind. While I might have more of that yarn each doily is vintage recycled. So if you like one get in now before you miss out.  

Now in both my Madeit and Etsy shops 

New Goodies

Today I finally got around to lists my new Artist Pencils Roll. It has enough slots to hold 24 pencils and a spare for a paint brush or a lead pencil. Perfect for art on the go. So far I have listed them on my Madeit Shop and hopefully I will have them up to my other shops shortly.

They are also available in these fabrics. 

Also Clue 6 is available from the Bernat Blog so stop by to follow along.

New Goodies - Blogtoberfest Day 21

Today I thought that I would share with you all a couple of new goodies that I have listed recently in my shop.   

To add to our Christmas collection, our new Circle Garland.

And some new mini bunting in fantastic new fabric. 

This are all available in my Madeit Shop now. I will be listing some more bunting very shorty.

Don't forget to enter our giveaway, don't miss out. 

Blog Post 100 - Giveaway Time - Blogtoberfest Day 14

Wow post 100. And what perfect timing almost in the middle of Blogtoberfest.To celebrate this and our new Christmas Garlands we are going to have a giveaway.

You could win one of our New Christmas Tree Garlands.

This fun garland from hand cut Red and Green felt Christmas Trees. Add the garland to your Christmas Tree or to decorate another parts of your home this Christmas for a handmade touch. They are now available from our Madeit, Artfire and Etsy shops.

If you would like to win this garland all you have to do is follow the blog and leave a comment. 

I will be randomly drawing the winner on the 25th October. This is a worldwide giveaway.

On another note, to all that commented on post about picking an afghan to make, you have all convinced me to make the one in the first pic. Thanks

New Cushions

I finally got some good light and my batteries didn't die this time so I was able to take some pics of these great cushions.

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They have both been listed on my Madeit Shop tonight, so stop by and check them out.

Suitcase Rummage and Other things

Last Sunday Dion and I set off to King George Square to The Suitcase Rummage.

This was the view from our spot.

Here's Dion with all our goodies.

I have been working on a brooch idea for a little while now and I was able to get some made just in time for the suitcase rummage.

They are now in my madeit shop

Meet the new addition to our family

Sparky. My son picked out the name, I wanted to call it Juice as in orange juice.

New Soft Toy Owl

With my Christmas Owls being such a hit I decided to make some bigger ones. So far I have only made one for the girls but I will eventually get around to making some for the boys also.

The large floral fabric on the tummy and the back is flannel giving it a very soft feel. Also the eyes and beak are hand sewn on with silver thread to give it a little sparkle. The polkadot wings are sewn in such a way that you can slide your hand under them, a bit like a open pocket. (Oh and this is the first thing that will have my new labels on, yay)

You can find this one on my Madeit Shop and my Etsy Shop. I will have a couple more girl ones on the way soon.

New Headbands

Well I'm getting there, finally. Today I listed four new headband on my Madeit shop and updated the photos on my last headband I had left in the shop.

With any hope I will have the rest listed by the end of the weekend and all of them up on my Etsy shop.

UPDATE - The purple large flower headband has already sold.

What I'm up to..........

With my first sale this year, I realised that I am down to only 2 headbands. Oh no, dont know how that happened. So I am making some more with some new and wonderful designs.

I have also been trying to get myself back into drawing and painting. At the moment I have been working on this little guy, he still needs some colour but this will have to wait until the weekend when I can paint for the whole day. I really love working with inks so I cant wait.

When this little guy is finished he is going to look really cute on notebooks.


I'm going out on Thursday to gather more supplies, so I plan on having a very inspired weekend.


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Shop News..............

My new pencil rolls and travel pencil rolls are now on both my Madeit and Etsy shops.

Coming very soon is Water Colour Pencil Rolls, made with an extra slot to hold a couple of paint brushes.

New Christmas Decorations

Well it's taken longer than I wanted but I now have new Christmas Decorations listed on Madeit.

These are so cute that I will be making a bunch for my own Christmas tree this year and at only $10 for a set of 5 they are a great way to get some new decorations for your Christmas tree. As these are made all by hand every set will have different shaped decorations in it.

Weekly Handmade Christmas Pledge Update

I know that this is where I normally would update you on our progress with our Handmade Christmas Pledge but this week the Big News has finally arrived. The only person that I would allow to take over my weekly update is my little shorty (My son Dion). 
Dion has started his own store selling items made with handmade covered buttons. To start off Dion will be selling his creations in his shop on Madeit called Dion's Buttons. Dion has also setup a blog, so stop by for the latest updates new products, sales, and giveaways. 

Dion has some great button pins, hair buttons and craft buttons for Christmas. Great for any Christmas outfit. I really love the striped hair buttons, only wish that I was able to wear them this Christmas but they wont work with my short hair.

Dion also has covered button magnets, button pins that would be great for Christmas presents or stocking stuffers. The custom word magnets are a fantastic idea, something I have not seen anywhere.

Coming soon to Dion's Buttons are covered button earrings. Please stop by his shop and show him some love.

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Blog News..........

We will be back to the normal Weekly Handmade Christmas Pledge Update next week. Thanks for putting up with my gushing this week.

Giveaway is still running. During the week I announced that the prize for the giveaway will be two of my Christmas Owls. 

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Shop News................

The Christmas Owl is now loaded up to my Madeit Store and will be on the Etsy store this week.

I will be also listing some other decorations this week.

And the prize is .......

The prize for the our current giveaway is .......... 2 Christmas Owls.

These Christmas Owls will be available from my Madeit Shop from tomorrow for only $6.50 each. I will also have some other decorations from tomorrow.

So to be in the running to win two of these cute owls follow the instructions below before the 8th November.

 So if you already follow my blog leave a comment letting me know whats your favourite Christmas Tradition. If you are not a follower click on the button to follow the blog and then leave your comment.

I have really enjoyed reading everyone's responses so far.


Good luck everyone

Weekly Handmade Christmas Pledge Update

This week I want to give a shout out the wonderful crafters over at Madeit. This great Australian site is wonderful for selling our handmade Aussie creations.

Bec from Little Wise Owl  has these really cute Christmas Apples, they are a wonderful way to decorate this Christmas and it make them even better I won one in a giveaway on the Little Wise Owl Blog.

I think prints are a great present to give, as long as you know the person well enough. Last year I got my Gran a ACEO print for $5.00USD and got a custom frame made for $16.00AUD. For such a small price I was able to give my Gran beautiful piece of art. This print is wonderful I love the way the hair wisps up and the simple beautiful lines.

Girl With Bow by Belafonte

We are starting to think about how we are going to wrap and label our presents. I came across these cute gift tags that I think would add a vintage feel to out packages.

letterpress Christmas santa tags pk 5 by RubyVictoria

This week we added to our present collection and I wanted to share one of them with you. My son Loves Origami, Dinosaur's, and making things. When I came upon these Dino's I knew that I just had to get him one. After buying one I went back and bought the rest of the Dino collection and the Japanese collection. Its going to give him lots to do over the holidays.

Kirigami T-Rex Skeleton, Make Yourself by popupcardmaking

Ok this is it for this week. Stop by Madeit and give it some love, since joining the team at Madeit and all the other crafters have been wonderful.

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Blog News.........

Welcome to the new look. I am really happy with the new layout and it will be staying this way until we change for Christmas.

We will also be running another giveaway shortly. So stay tuned.

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Shop News..........

We now have Personalized Soft Elephant Toys in both my Etsy and Madeit stores.

Also the Woven Felt Basket that was in my last weekly post in now available in both my Etsy and Madeit stores. In not too long they will be available in different sizes.

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BIG NEWS COMING VERY SOON

Handmade Chrismtas Pledge Weekly Update

So we are coming to the end of the first week of the Spring School Holidays. We have only got through about a quarter of the projects planned so its going to be a big final week.

While at the Chermside Shopping centre this week we stopped by the Oxfam Shop which is a fair trade shop. As soon as I walked into the door I spotted this beautiful Girl box from Vietnam. I was able to get it in my favourite colour purple, on the Oxfam website they have them in Orange and Blue (The great thing is that this fits in with my rules, so I will be saving it for Christmas).

My son has a white Dell mini 9, I was able to get 5 One Up Minis for only $6USD including postage. This is a great way to make his Laptop individual.

This way whether it is Monkeys, an Owl or Rhino Beetles or all three I think he will be very happy.

So last week I promised that I would finish a set of my Elf bags so that I could show everyone

and here they are.....

We are so happy with these, once I have finished another 12-14 my son is going to be making decorations to give to the family. I got this great pattern from CrochetSal

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Blog News.......

I have now added a countdown to Christmas to the sidebar. I know that this can look like a lot of time but Look at it this way. If you are paid weekly it is only 12 pay days, and if you are paid fortnightly it is only 6. So its not that far away.

We are still running our giveaway, so follow the blog to win.

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Shop News.......

I have been able to load up one of my new Pin Cushions up and I have another 3 still to come.

For those Aussies out there I have lots of my products now over at Madeit also, so stop by my shop

New Product - Updated

UPDATED: Finished and loaded up this new pencil roll this morning adding the girly purple fabric to the pencil slots and the ties. Stay tuned for the next one with boys camo fabric.

I have been wanting to start a line of items for kids and here is the first piece.

The new pencil roll is made from medium weight denim fabric embroidered with your child's name or nickname in the colours of your choice. The one above has been made up to be given to my young cousin Casey for our Handmade Christmas. The roll has 12 slots for pencils and comes with a set of 12 pencils. Check out the shop for all the details.