Regretsy!!!

Here I was, pondering what on earth I was going to post today... Day I-don't-even-know-what-as-I-can't-even-remember-the-date-today of Blogtoberfest & I stumbled upon a thread over at Crafty Mamas about this site... Regretsy.

I had no idea such a thing even existed, but it's kinda cool that it does.

It's proven an amusing diversion for me this afternoon at least... don't go there if you're squirmish or easily offended. BUT, if you do go there - what would you do if you happened upon any of this stuff accidentally...? Just while you were trawling etsy for handmade lovelyness....?!

Here are a couple of particular favourites (click the image to see what the Regretsy folks have to say... that's the best part);

A different kind of festival....

Best Of The 'Fest! Blogtoberfest giveaway Numero Uno....

Hello intrepid festival goers! Happy Saturday & welcome to the very first "Best of the 'Fest" Giveaway post! I'm excited... are you excited...? Why not...?! ;)

As I specified over here, today is the day that Blogtoberfest revellers trudge over here on their muddied feet & let me know what they loved the most amongst all the stalls over the last week (..or in the case of this, the first one, week & a little bit...), in the spirit of sharing, in the spirit of blogging and in the spirit of "Victoria hasn't had a chance to read much at all this week, let's help the poor girl out.".

I'll go first, shall I?

I'm already breaking my own rules (because I can... because that's what hosting a giveaway is all about, *mwahahahahaha....*) and directing you to an entire blog as opposed to a single post, because it is a grand blog indeed & I'm sure you'll love everything that has been going on over there during Blogtoberfest just as much as I.

So, without further ado, my pick this week for Best of the 'Fest is Hoppo Bumpo! Go, read, laugh, spit coffee at your computer monitor! I urge you!

Now it's your turn! Puh-lease....?! Tell me what you loved most this week & we can all troop over & take a look!

What's in it for you?

Why this;

I do enjoy a theme, so this week my giveaway is Halloween themed! I hope you like it...?! It's rather nerve wracking offering up something you've made as a giveaway... what if nobody wants it...?! What if they only want money & Sanity vouchers....?! What then people... I ask you.... WHAT THEN?!!

*coughs*

......

Excuse me... but I told you I was nervous.

First we have a book, brand spankin' new, bought by me last week in a fit of insanity... for some reason I thought that owning the book would some how result in my owning some of the edgy, ever so slightly spooky, cool stuff inside... but alas... it seems you actually have to make it, and I am admitting to myself a lot earlier than I usually would that I'm just not going to get to it.

There is a lot of altered inspiration in here & some funky jewellery that I especially love...

Bent, Bound And Stitched, by Giuseppina Cirincione. See here for more info.

"Sugar Skull", an original, hand drawn ACEO by Moi. Watercolour & Ink on Canvas Paper. *shuffles feet anxiously*

...and a pair of wee ghosties to adorn your ears! My first attempt at jewellery in ages & I have to say I like them! (...and I hope you do too!) My Mum was looking at them in a rather too interested fashion, I shall have to hide them....

I am having a crisis of confidence (what's new?!) and think perhaps my giveaway stinks?! Either that or I have made how to enter unclear or painful... I'm sorry!

To Clarify;

HOW TO ENTER:

Just drop a link in the comments section to a post you like from any of the blogs on this list.

**** Annnnnnnnnnnd, no way do I expect you to go through every one of them! I can't & doubt anybody could! I just want to see some great posts you've happened accross in the course of the last beek & a bit. :) Could even be a post of your own you are quite proud of, if you like!

Have Decided to run this for a week & will announce the winner (IF ANYBODY ENTERS!!!) with the next giveaway. Right? Right!

Is this a picture of.....

....a) Granny blankets drying in the sun?


OR





b) Kate Blanchet's new wardrobe...?


(image of Kate from here, image of pretty blankets from my backyard...)

My Creative Space....

...is pretty late today, I may or may not have been stitching finishing touches on this blasted WIP that is a WIP no longer!! Hurrah! I really have 'My Creative Space' to thank for the extra motivation... I just couldn't face another "...well, I'm almost finished..." post, and if I didn't get it done I don't have a whole lot else going on in my space this week - it's hard to get to through piles of blankets, pillows & overnight bags.

So, without further ado;

A Corduroy Patched old style rocker.

I roped my poor little sister into helping with the last few squares too, even though she's not sewn anything before, and she did a great job! (Spanks Sis!)

What inspired (possesed) me to patch an entire freaking chair?! Well, necessity, actually. The side of the damn thing had exploded;

In Handmade Home, Amanda has almost a side note on embellishing worn spots on old furniture with doilies & patches & what not & I thought (stupidly) "Why not do the whole chair?!". The answer to that is "Because it will take FOREVER!" but what is done is done... and it looks pretty nifty if I do say so myself.

This is going to reside there in front of my crafty cabinet, and will hence forth be known as "The crafting throne".

Wordless Wednesday.

Faking It.

Do you ever fake it? On your blog, I mean?

I tried to, last night, but it just wasn't working out. Anybody stumbling upon my blog last night around 10.30 pm would have witnessed a mysterious disappearing, re-appearing post - this post in fact, as I tried to show my Mum how EASY it is to post a picture mosaic of her flickr photos, or a slide show of them, or @#$%^& SOMETHING, but not being much of a flickr user, and because, no doubt, I am trying to convince Mother Dear to start a photoblog, nothing, I repeat, nothing, would work right. I also tried to get it to post this morning, but it was having none of that either. I guess I'm just not cut out for cheating.... I'm too lazy & it seems to require so much effort...!

But do you do it? I am curious to know! One blogger I follow is currently away on a holiday where she is computer & Internet free - yet she is still blogging away happily! I'm jealous. Both of her holiday & her obviously superior technical prowess.

So... as you may have gathered; My Mummy is here!!

She drove 20 hours to get here.... 20 HOURS!!! Is that insane or what?!

We're lucky ducks though.... she brought us cool opshopped goodies (did I ever mention I come from a long line of opshoppers?!); she also brought a brother & a sister... but mostly good stuff... ;)

Anywho, now that she is here I am allowed to steal... uh... showcase some of her purty photos! (and after 15 infuriating minutes I finally managed to post some sort of slideshow in here that WORKED and wasn't just some obviously incorrect html) Hurrah!

Created with flickr slideshow.

These are some photos I picked out of her photostream, probably not a thorough representation of what she photographs, just me trying to be arty & edgy- she lives in the country, like even more country than here - some might call it "the bush" even... lots of pictures of cattle... football... flowers.... even a little Punk from last visit... (she was so teeny!)

So it's what... Day 6 of Blogtoberfest? I'm starting to feel it! With inflatable air beds, sleeping bags & drowsy family members in my lounge room, I feel like I should be doing something else (hence my poor attempt at posting today, yesterday...).