MissyMuh

lately....

...I've been crocheting, this is Charlee's rainbow zebra

well 3/4's of him anyway, still have to finish up his legs and give him some nostrils....i still think he looks like a giraffe but she is convinced he is a Zebra so that's all that matters.

Been sewing...

Planted these guys...i'm not holding out much hope for them considering my track record though...

Charlee has been obsessively scrapping and crafting, i cleaned out my stash the other day and gave her a whole heap of old stuff, so she is in cutting and pasting heaven right now....

I have also been a bit down lately trying to decide if i want to have another baby or not. If i do i'd like to keep the age gaps fairly small which would mean falling pregnant sometime in the next 12 months, otherwise i just don't think i could do it. But Luke still isn't that keen and i'm still all over the place with my decision. I think i need to make a definite decision yes or no sometime in the next 6 months. I have been so clucky for months but whenever i'm faced with the question yes or no i still say maybe... the time for maybes is over..we need to decide and luke is hopeless at any kind of decision making...

i love being a mum. I know i may bitch and moan about them constantly but deep down i love it. I love washing their hair, i love getting them dressed, i love cuddles, teaching them things, making them things. Feeding them, cooking for them, folding their itty bitty clothes. Watching them grow and learn and laugh...i love it...

in my opinion it's now or never but the thought of never makes me really upset because i know I'm not done yet...i just know i'll regret it 10 years down the track if we don't have another. And i don't want to wait another 3-4 years because then the age gaps between kids would be way too big...see...dilemma.

New Pj's

Ok i know i promised a few days ago that i was gonna be getting rid of some fabric..i haven't forgotten, it has just turned out to be a bigger task than i planned LOL..man i have a lot of shit! But i will attempt to sort out what i don't want, measure it, photograph it and pop it up here sometime this week.

I got a bit distracted yesterday with this task and decided to make charlee some Pj's with a sweet pillowcase i forgot i had LOL... I used some green flannelet to make the pants...

Details

Also thought i share a few green things i have come across lately...just because i have a thing for green,

a ninja

Crab apple trees

creepy looking spiders

bubbles

and a little girl on her birthday scooter...

Not particularly green, but still cute and behind me everywhere i go...

Mmmm...Twisties...

Ok, that's what i am currently eating and i couldn't think of another title LOL.
Just thought i'd come and share a few things. First of all i made a dress for Charlee this afternoon. I picked up this fabric the other week (vintage quilt cover) and it was just screaming to be made into a summer dress.

Tomorrow i am off to meet some of my fellow Melbourne ACOCP members over in Sandringham. Now i know i have mentioned this charity a few times here, but thought it wouldn't hurt to mention it again. If anyone knows of someone who would appreciate what we do then please pass on the info.

Then on Saturday i have a client session and Sunday i am going to a scrapniques crop night to do some scrapping. Speaking of which, if you are a scrapper in Melbourne i'll expect to see you attending next years Crop for Kids.  I am pretty sure the tickets will be available soon so keep and eye on the blog. And if you can't make it to the crop then make sure you do one of the classes to help raise money. My pal Danielleq has a gorgeous mini book class that she is running on the 16th and it's only ten bucks (which all gets donated to the Good Friday Appeal).

Anyway, that's all i have to say for now. Luke has gone to play poker with makes tonight so i'm gonna settle myself down on the couch and finish some knitting i started a few weeks back.
I'll leave you all with this cute shot i took of the kids and Oscar this afternoon. Koby was being brilliant and listing to me perfectly...Charlee and Oscar however had other plans. Charlee was too busy telling Oscar to smile to bother smiling and looking herself, and I had no hope getting Oscar to look in my direction. Besides that the kids wouldn't get any closer to him than this because apparently today he is "scary" LOL... i still love it though...

Thrifty goodness

I haven't been to my local thrift shops in ages but i decided to have a quick squiz today with Charlee after we dropped off Koby at kinder (she adores Op Shopping almost as much as mummy does LOL). Anyway, i managed to find a whole bunch of gorgeous fabrics.

I adore the orange one (a square tablecloth) and i am sure it is destined to become a nice summer dress or twirly skirt for charlee. The pink floral is actually a very light weight flannelet single bed sheet which i shall be making some summer pj's out of for Charlee as well as a few Secret Santa's i am doing this year. The blue and green are also flannelet and the other two are cotton single bed sheets. Lovely lovely.

I also thought i'd share some sneak peeks for my mate Felicity. I photographed her family last weekend, and i am also thrilled to announce that she will be joining me along with Marni Telford and Kim Nutly on the Scrapniques DT. Well done girls, i can't wait to work with you all.
Anyway, here are some shots of Brodie :)

Monday randomness

Went thrifting today. First time in aaagggess...and i was kinda disappointed. Nothing really jumped out at me and made me squeal. You know when you find one of those little gems that you feel like snatching up and rushing to the counter to buy before anyone else steals it from you? yeah well i didn't get that today... i did however managed to walk away with a bag full of stuff anyway tee hee. All for the grand total of $5.50.

Some old buckles, lace and some sweet fabric that will be turned into a twirly skirt i think, and an old sheet and some purple linen type fabric.

Some random knit and stretch fabrics that I'm a little obsessed with lately. Some old books and a crochet pattern book, even though i have NFI how to crochet, i thought it was sweet and might come in handy for something one day. Oh and that's just me because i wanted to have three photos in a row like the top one.

My cat likes to sleep in plastic bags....

is that normal??? I can't say how many times i have walked past and kicked a bag out of the way only to have her jump out of it. The kids have also been known to drag her around in them when they find her. She doesn't seem to worry, but the thought of suffocation has crossed my mind a few times... strange.

I am totally loving the singer Regina Spektor. Her song Fidelity is just adorable. I saw her on Rove last night and she sang it live. Gorgeous. Luke thinks she is weird but i love it. It's very me. I love depressing melancholy songs even though i am SO the opposite of that. Why is that i wonder? I always get sucked into sad depressing break up songs, that really don't relate to my life in anyway. I'm not depressed or sad or anywhere near about to break up with someone. Must be some emotional kick-back from my youth.

Hmmm... that's enough for today i think. Off to work on some secret stuff...

A new top, some rain and a gallery opening..

My goodness we had some rain today here in Melbourne! It has been bucketing down all day. The back of our house began to flood because the gutters were blocked, and the backyard is under about 5 inches of water...

The kids thought it would be a fan-tab-ulous time to test out their new umbrellas. So in true paparazzi style i shoved them both outside in sub zero temperatures for the perfect photo opportunity.

I made the green top Charlee is wearing this morning too. You can't really see much detail but it's kind of a half shirt. The buttons only go half way down. The fabric was some sweet vintage floral cotton i got off Ebay recently.

Love this one...his expression makes me giggle, even though you can only just see it...

OK enough photos for now. I had the big gallery opening tonight. It actually went really well despite the terrible weather. I even managed to sell 6 of my works which i was totally stoked about. It'll be interesting to see how many more i sell in the next few weeks. How awesome would it be if i didn't have to bring any of them home with me?? It's be great to find happy homes for them all, i certainly have nowhere to hang them here LOL ....

I also got an email from SC mag the other day confirming that i was definitely a runner up in the color comp and that my prize will be sent off soon. I was beginning to think that i was all a big joke, so it was nice to actually hear from the magazine that i won. Can't wait to see what i get...i can't even imagine what $700 worth of scrapping product even looks like tee-hee..

Anyway, i have been scrapping, but it's mostly DT stuff so i can't show any of it for another week and a bit. Got some super cool things happening this month, and some news that i am itching to tell but can't...

My weekend in a nutshell

Not as exciting as the title makes it sound LOL... On Saturday afternoon/night i headed into the city with my Mum. We had tea at Crown Casino and played on the pokies (i won twenty bucks Whoohoo!) then we headed to the arts center to see Guy Sebastian.

It was fantastic, and wowsers (yes.... it's cool to say that now) that guy can sing (pun intended). He did a big range of songs from his first and second album's as well as a whole heap of great covers of songs by Elvis, the Beatles and a few other old crooners. We had a good night, despite mum leaving her car window wide open and front door unlocked in the car park the entire time we were gone...but i guess nobody really wants to steal a bright blue Barina these days PMSL...

Anyway, i woke up this morning to find two wonderful packages in my letterbox. I got two...yes two RAK's (random acts of kindness) from some anonymous girls from EB. In one was an absolutely gorgeous mask for scrapping by Heidi Swapp... i am SO in love with this and can't wait to use it. And in the other was some gorgeous fabrics and old patterns.

Thank you so much both of you, whoever you are. XXX

I also went to a few op shops this morning and picked up all these goodies.

And with the $20 i won at Crown i picked myself up a few more scrapping supplies. I am in love with the American Crafts A La Carte range...gorgeous. And also some from Crate Paper and good old Cardstock...which you can never have enough of IMO...

And if you thought my day couldn't get any better, my brother scored a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS3 which i installed this morning. Very fancy looking compared to my old Version6, can't wait to take some new photos so i can play around with some of the new tools and features.

Garden Girl

I made these little summer short-alls for Charlee this morning. I haven't sewn anything in ages. I kinda fell into a bit of a rut with my sewing. I think i was trying to do to much, and it didn't become fun anymore. Which is why i haven't added anything to the store for a while. It started becoming a chore instead of a hobby, so i gave it a rest for a few weeks. But i feel good about it again, and i think these are rather cute. The fabric was a vintage pillow case and they are fully lined with a soft cream cotton.
She wore them outside to do some gardening (read: drown all the plants in the garden)

Front

back

Do you think it makes her butt look big? PMSL

I'm a little stressed about my mum. She is still in South Korea for another week then onto Japan. I dread turning on the news everyday and hearing about all this "War" talk between North Korea and the UN. I just want her home again safe and sound....

Stuff and nonsence

Let me just start by asking how hard is it to do what you say you are going to do? When someone tells me that they are going to meet me somewhere, surprisingly i actually think that they are going to meet me there. Apparently not. Out of five mums that i was meant to be meeting this morning at a play center, how many do you think turned up?

None.

Not one.

How hard is it people? I managed to get my two kids organized, in the car and there at the time that we all agreed on. Only to sit there for 2 hours and have no one else turn up. And then have to explain to my disappointed four year old, why his friends didn't come.

"No they don't hate you darlin, I don't know why they didn't come. Of course they still want to be your friends."

This would have to be my absolute number one pet hate about people. When they are unreliable. When i tell someone, whether it's a client or someone i have been friends with for years, that i will meet them at a certain place at a certain time. I am there. On the dot. And if by some freak chance i am held up i will call them and let them know i haven't forgotten, and i am on my way. Isn't that common courtesy? Or is that totally non-existent these day?

Anyway, vent over. I made this the other day.

And you can buy it here.

I am also over the moon in love with EVERYTHING in this online store. And this one
xx

Corner of my home

I don't usually like to show of bits of my house. Mainly because we are only renting and i hate everything about it lol. It's ugly, the colour scheme is terrible, and it's just so not "me". If i had a choice we would live in a lovely weather board home, on a big block of land with plenty of windows, and nooks and character. And plenty of trees and a nice little veranda out the back.
But for now we live in a dingy 70's brick house, that is falling apart at the seams and with a tiny kitchen, ugly curtains and absolutely no visual appeal whatsoever. However i just had to show of this.

It's my new dining table. I brought it at the salvo's for $50. It was originally a yucky brown laminate colour, but i loved the detail on the legs, and the size was perfect. SO i took it home, gathered up a few old chairs and painted the whole lot white. And Voila! We have a dining setting. We have never had one that we can all sit at before. We do have a round dining table, but it was too big, and never fitted anywhere. But now we can all have dinner together. And we can have visitors over and enjoy proper adult meals without balancing plates on our knees in front of the telly.

Koby loves it, I'm sure the novelty will wear off though.

disclaimer: i apologize for the bad pictures, my dingy kitchen gets no direct natural light, and only has one horrible fluro light on the roof. Terrible photo taking conditions...

on another note, i made this dress the other day. It was originally a round tablecloth. It will be appearing in my store later today.