This was a need. A very desperate need. My lovely, fluffy, cosy, snuggly warm winter PJ’s are rapidly becoming unbearably so, meaning… IT’S SUMMER NIGHTIE TIME!!!! I wanted the “IT’S CLOBBERING TIME!!” font for that bit there, but…
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Chocolate, gold and turquoise
Above, the sky is a rich intense shade of turquoise with not a single wisp of cloud to mar its relentless plane of colour; it’s not surprising I was drawn to this vivid and gorgeous shade of nail varnish… (if…
Chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate…
Dug out the Bouchee dress again and am wearing it with my big wooden-beaded necklace. Today the necklace is bringing to my mind a display cabinet in a chocolate shop; an array of glossy Lindt truffles, strung together with Maltesers…
Brown dress saved
OK. I have to confess that I took this dress out of my reject pile yesterday with every intention of cutting it up for refashioning. Firstly I put it on for the before photo. I paused. Looked at it again.…
Another walk on the foreshore
After dropping my youngest son off at work experience I swung by my old childhood neighbourhood to take my photos this morning. This is a stretch of beach I’ve always loved walking along; it soothes my soul and recharges my…
Ghost Paw
Yesterday at the nursery we bought three of these new kangaroo paws, the colours of which I think are absolutely stunning. The stems are dark purple and the paws at the top are sage green. So unusual. We are pulling…
Secretarial duties
Tuesday, 20th October 2009 Today did my duty as secretary of the Ladies’ Auxiliary at school, so dressed secretary-like. Kind of. This top is McCalls 4454 view C, but made using pieces of leftover silks I had from previous projects…
Patchwork
Found this one and only picture of the other version of the dress I posted about earlier today here, from McCalls 4454, elongated to dress length; the one made out of patchwork fabric bought in Calico and Ivy. It was…