Look What I Got .....

Yesterday while in Byron Bay Mum and I went to one of our favourite shops, The Life of Byron. They sell the most beautiful earrings. But wouldn't you know it I forgot to get the name of who makes them.

These are the earrings that I got yesterday. 

I already own 3 pairs of earrings from the dame maker but I couldn't resist these. Mum got herself a beautiful pair also but Mum's are disk shaped, in a very light yellow/Brown, they looked so good on her. 

A Stamp for Dion

We have been wanting to have a stamp made for a while for Dion's Shop, well about 10 days ago I came across  Sandra Waine's shop on Felt with her adorable handmade stamps we knew that Sandra would be perfect to make the stamp for Dion.
This afternoon after having been to the high school for Dion's enrollment interview for next year we came home to a little package in the mail box. And woohoo it had arrived, isn't it so cute and so well made.

Thanks Sandra it's really fantastic. 

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

Christmas 2009 Pledge

Every year I like to either make or buy some handmade presents for Christmas but this year will be different. This year in the spirit of karma, or what goes around comes around we are making a pledge that all presents to family and friends and 75% of presents for my son (it wouldn't be Christmas for him without getting his favourite books) will be handmade. We will also be buying handmade cards, and wrapping paper.

To start off this pledge I found a wonderful pattern for crochet cupcake pillows by djonesgirlz http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5096274 that will be perfect for my cousin once i make it up.

I would like to hope that other Artist would also like to make this pledge this year.