Taylor's Birthday Dress

Here's a dress for one very special 2 year old made from my favourite fabric at the moment - Kristen Doran's Hummingbirds. I love it!

Stitches & Craft Show

Here's all my gorgeous fabric & things I picked up at the show today! So many gorgeous things, so many clever crafties! Now what to make with my bits & pieces....

Aria Chocolate Tart

I'm a mad fan of Masterchef so on the weekend some friends & I got together & made the Chocolate Tasting Plate from the Finale. It took four of us four & a half hours!! I don't know how just one person did it in ninety minutes!!! Chocolate overload but YUM!! It was great!

Every Little Bit Helps

Like everyone out there, I've been so saddened by the loss and devastation experienced by those affected by the Victorian bushfires. It's amazing how many people out there are all doing any little bit they can to help and a group of crafty girls are inspiring crafty donations to help those affected in the bushfires at Handmade Help. If you want to make a donation (crafty or otherwise) or even if you have any gifts to buy, check out Handmade Help as you can find some gorgeous handmade and unique items and help a great cause at the same time.

In doing my little bit, I've made these cute little pieces which are up for sale and will be giving the proceeds to the Red Cross to go towards the Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

Robot Softie and Shoulder Bag for the little men out there! Just made from Kristen's oh so cute and brand new "Robot" fabric.


Very cute Little Girls' Owl Bag.


And for the month of February, I will also be donating 50% of all retail sales made through www.jojokits.com to the Red Cross.

Crafty Podcast Inspirations!

Today was my first day of working together with Kristen since she got her fancy new iPod dock. The plan was to listen to crafty podcasts while we worked to help us be "more inspired & productive" BUT, we ended up listening to Hamish & Andy podcasts for the day! Craftly inspiration - not so much, but oh so funny!!!!

Mollybirds Doorstop

After months of using anything within reach - shoes, the lego tub, a laptop, the basket of unfolded washing, my boys' backpack - to keep the front door from blowing shut, I finally made a doorstop! It's made from Kristen's Mollybirds fabric (one of my all time favourites) using the pattern from Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing book. I reduced it to 80% of the original size. I love it! My two boys want one for their room now.

My New Bag!

Here is my new bag made from the Melly & Me Blackforest Bag pattern! The colours didn't turn out quite as fabulous as I had envisaged but I still think it's cute!

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone has had a great christmas & new year!! We're off on holidays for a week - yay! Great news for the start of the new year is that JoJo Sewing Kits will soon be available at Kelani Fabric Obsession. Thanks to Elissa for being the FIRST to stock my kits along with all the other gorgeous fabrics and bits and pieces she has at Kelani!