Today I asked Tim if I could borrow the scarf I made for him years ago to photograph for the blog here; he is far too busy for me to needle him to model it… and found this lovely bench…
A visit to the Art Gallery…
Paid a visit to the Art Gallery of WA today, to view an exhibition and also to celebrate a birthday of a dear friend in our group… I won’t mention the name of the artist because to be blunt I…
Desiccated art
The art of dried flower arrangements. Did a few once (a few years ago now). This is one made for my parents, and they are obviously much gentler in their housekeeping than me since this is the only one left…
Takes the Bronze
My new cocktail dress… I’m kind of in love with it. Wish I could be wearing it all day, if that was in all way appropriate (might attract a few sideways glances in the supermarket, for one) And as for…
“Le Fauve” socks
I decided to call my newest and latest sock project “Le Fauve” after the distinctive work of the school of painters of the same name. The Fauvists painted in strong colours, using simple and often crude brush strokes, not letting…
Black with rose-pink accents
My husband wittily suggested I title my post “Amish chic”, he he cheeky… It’s my hat. But we’ve lived amongst the Amish and I never saw an Amish lady in jeans. “Amish menswear chic”? I hope not. I prefer to…
Black, gold and beaded cocktail/ball dress
This is not a new dress (although I have finished my new evening dress and will show it here soon!) This is an old dress I made about three years ago, out of lovely matte stiff silk taffeta for the…
On growing old gracefully
Today met my girlfriends for a get-together and debrief after the school holidays… {You know how when something is troubling you, a good bit of advice is to write a long letter to yourself where you can purge all the…
