Here is the tea cosy I made for my sister-in-law A for her birthday last year, photographed in her kitchen amongst some of her adorable knick-knacks. She has their house full of beautiful things, so wherever you look is yet…
Month: January 2010
Inspired by nature; gold and aqua
At this time of year the sky is this intense ultramarine blue and the grasses are dryly yellowing until they are crackling underfoot, as always the landscape is everlastingly fascinating. Nature has a perfection in her colour palette that is daily an…
Wardrobe Refashion, project 4
When I saw this skirt in an op shop I think I just saw “white” and “kind of lacy” and grabbed it thinking yeah! But on getting it home I had second thoughts about the applique-y pattern on the net…
To dryclean or not to dryclean, that is the question
On the weekend I wore this to a wedding reception… (sorry, didn’t get a picture with my hair up and my make-up all done, this is the old photo from when I blogged about it previously and I did look…
Glossy wooden beads
Got heaps of office work to do today, so may not enter the laundry (where my sewing machine is situated, taunting me) until it’s all done… I also had a few errands to run, so took time out to sneak…
Australia Day
Today is Australia Day, and everyone here has their own personal ideal way to spend this day, depending on their age and general level of wildness. How am I celebrating Australia Day? Well, first thing this morning my husband…
Chanel style belt
From Chanel, Spring/Summer 2010 RTW How cool are these gold chain belts by Chanel this season? Often a designer piece inspires me to have a go at reproducing the “look” myself. It’s not that I’m setting out to reproduce a…
Tea Cosy, specimen 9
Here is the tea cosy I made for my mother-in-law for her birthday last year. She loves the beach and spends a lot of time walking and swimming on the beach, so I took the soft blues and browns of…
