My Pincushions – Outgoing.

Yesterday I received the very welcome news that a parcel I had been concerned about arriving intact had in fact arrived, intact, so I can show you the pincushions I made when I was absolutely too late for Kate’s swap, for some spiffing swap volunteers.

If, by some quirk of Australia post, my parcels have managed to arrive in merry olde England & L’america before Queensland & New Zealand; look away now!

I made such a random assortment for my swapees – and with no recipient in mind for any until all were finished & they decided where they wanted to go.

Above: repurposed & painted vintage eggcup.

Yes – this is one of those matryoshka measuring cups you may have seen around blogland, SOMEONE in my house melted part of my set in the oven, “accidentally” so I thought I’d recycle one of what was left…

Above: Salvaged label & backing from oppy blanket.

Below: Again with the repurposed vintage eggcup – I have one of these still, and one with blue shoes, so I could just about part with it painlessly, the fabric is vintage too.

And that is that! I hope my lovely swapees enjoyed the swap & their various parcels, I have received two gorgeous pincushions in return already, to be shown when the other two arrive – I am pretty much set for pincushions for the rest of my life…!

Fabulous Followers..

It’s been awhile since my first Fab Followers post, so it’s time to hit the road again, I think. It might take us some time to get from house to house, Le Punk has some new wheels & doesn’t think much of pedalling, too much like hard work, she thinks (she is her Mother’s daughter…), and so I must push her along, especially up any small inclines.

Right, so, here we are, flushed from mild exertion on this crisp & foggy morn, arriving at the door of one Lovely Lola Nova. I am a little smitten with this chicky, don’t you know, and I like to visit her often, so I know she won’t mind kicking off today’s house calls.

Miss Punk has run off to annoy Poor Pony girl, Lola’s adorable daughter, so I can sit a spell & bask in Lola’s creative genius. She’s been making things…

As Le Punk comes bounding back, I wonder if Lola will notice that I suddenly look three months more pregnant than I did when I arrived – I have secreted one of her lovely cushions up my jumper. Patting my much larger ‘bump’ absent mindedly, I make my excuses and push Miss Punk off to our next destination; Jolijou.

Andrea is a busy, talented bee! I think Punky will have an entirely new outfit by the time we leave, something like this perhaps…?

Unfortunately, we’re leaving funky-less; we can hear a sewing machine whirring & the occasional exclamation I can only assume to be German cursing, but I think that Andrea is too engrossed in her work to hear the doorbell!

We decide to try another day & push on. My ample tum is starting to rumble.. where to go for a tasty smackarel…?

Happily, Sally had just put the kettle on – perhaps she sensed something in the air, because look what else was waiting for us!

*munch*Suchadeliciousvisit*gulp*Ithinkwe’llbebackagainsoonSal*mmmmm*You certainlyknowhowtomakeacoupleofgalsfeelwelcome*nomnom*

Perhaps just one more stop – it looks like rain and us without our wellies or Punk’s Miffy raincoat…

We’re welcomed into Steph’s place, but everything looks so sweet & pretty, I’m loathe to set a sticky apple-pie smothered Punk loose to wreak havoc, instead we enjoy a whirlwind tour and leave before Miss Punk has spotted this divine wee piano, which she would surely take to, perhaps with a little too much enthusiasm…

Home again, home again lickety split! Thank you all for having us today – it’s been fun and this kid’o’mine is even starting to get the hang of her new bike… as for the rest of you; if your sweet face resides in my ‘followers’ box, you best tidy up, you never know when we’ll be popping over!

 

My Creative Space…

…this week, finds me twiddling my thumbs. Having finished the pink vesty thing, I am now trawling around for my next knitting project – joining Rav was perhaps not the best idea I’ve ever had… so many things I’d love to make! How to decide..?!

So for now, while I mull over the plethora of choices, I am content to flick through a pretty great book that landed on the doorstep a couple of days ago.

I’ll be honest & say I didn’t really know what I was buying when I ordered Naughty Needles online – all I knew is that it seemed like everyone who bought it loved it & it was DIFFERENT. Well… different it certainly is, and fun, and funny, and naughty is certainly the appropriate word…

I can’t see me actually making a single thing out of this – well, maybe the cape, when I am all expert-knitty & down with the kids, but I like that I own it all the same, it has a cheesecake pinup quality that had me at hello.

If you want to share your Creative Space with us all head over to Kirsty’s & share away!

Pretty In Punk.

I finished the knitting I showed you in last week’s Creative Space – I was actually five rows off finishing when I ran out of yarn on Saturday evening so I had to wait until Monday for the shop to open & to pick up some more… that is the definition of knitting frustration!

I should have done a gauge swatch. Should’a, but did’na. You can tell by the ‘beret’ that is more skull cap, but whatever, the top fits okay, no thanks to any competence on my part.

I enjoyed knitting this up infinitely more than my first finished project – the natural, soft & yummy yarn certainly helped, and I seem to have gotten into the knitting groove.

I joined Raverly last night – I have less than no idea what I’m doing over there, quite honestly, but it seems the place to be. Feel free to ‘befriend’ me if you’re there too, and we can muddle about together.

Quick! Join In!

Having finally finished & posted (..well… sort of… I’ll tell you that terrible story another time…) my pincushions for my rather late in all senses pincushion swap, life just wouldn’t be the same if  I did nae have a new stressful deadline to adhere to….

Thanks to Cath & Cam, I found The Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap this morn & signed up immediately… having never made or attempted such a thing, it’s exciting & interesting & challenging all at once… sign ups close tomorrow so if you think you might like to join in too, hurry, won’t you, and do!

Five Favourites…

Feeling Blah again today – I think my spleen hurts… can a spleen hurt?! Is there a doctor in the house..?! Anyway, to take my mind off the possibility of imminent & certain death, I’m playing along with Lovely Pip’s Five Favourites…

Three Birds & a Bike Oxfam dress from Clothkits – How. Cute. I am dying to make a Clothkits something but don’t have the $$$ to spare… ever.

These simple (simply wonderful!) crocheted sheep by crocheting machine Amanda of Pardon My Chaos… perhaps these are in my future for Bubba 2’s room.?

Nostalgic Pop Blythe – If ever there was a Blythe I’d quite like, thank you, this is she.

Vintage Office Rubber Stamp Kit from Fredflare – what’s not to like?

86 Sushi Tank from Rock Star Moms – as they say, if you can’t eat it (the raw stuff) you might as well wear it!

Wow… I DO feel better… thanks Pip!

The Notorious Bettie Page.

I watched this last night & enjoyed it very much – even if I was disappointed by the ending, where the lovely Ms Page frumps it up with a bible.

Wasn’t..

…she….

…just…

…divine…?!