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…
Casino Royale party, with DIY necklace
Remember back in April I went to a fashion parade and mentioned a stunningly over-the-top necklace? I had initially thought of a DIY but my jewellery making skills are not fabulous. So I went back to the store with some…
Australiana Alphabet cross-stitch
I stitched this during the year of 1993. It was the year we were living in Adelaide, my eldest two were tiny, Craig was away a lot and I spent many evenings alone in the lounge room with this on…
TGl Friday
Today was meeting friends for morning tea, and another friend for a walk later (and afternoon tea afterwards, no doubt!) It’s a tough life. My office work can wait until tonight, methinks… and it would be a crying shame to…
“Plenty long enough” socks
So these are socks I knitted this winter, using leftovers. The top part (my favourite part) is the leftover Grignasco yarn from here, below that is the last remnants of the Patonyles wool (the shrink-tastic one) and the lowest part…
“Snow Bunny” beanie
I know, I know, the name I’ve given my new beanie is kind of ridiculous and inappropriate, given today’s weather you can see in my photo here; blazingly brilliant sunshine in clear periwinkle skies… it’s OK, I’m happy to have…
