Mmmmm Books.

(Not to be confused with the 90s song from those girlie-boys, “Mmmm Bop”)

Yesterday was a lovely day for books. A trip to the library both reminded me why I should go more often AND why I don’t – I stumbled upon things I wouldn’t find browsing online, but the books I actually searched for were all at far away branches which would require a $2 transfer fee & generally results in my being $2 out-of-pocket AND bookless, because by the time they send me out a letter saying the book is in, I’m reading something else & promptly forget about the letter, then the next time I go in I’m told the book was sent back a month ago & that will be another $2 for no reason, please….

I digress.

Anywho, so I got a bunch of lovely books from the library & returned home to a satisfyingly weighty parcel which contained The Crafty Minx. Will tell you what I think of it when I get a chance to look through it properly… right now I am a little too engrossed in Eats, Shoots & Leaves… which is packed full of interesting facts & amazing examples of punctuation that I forget the minute I read, but I feel somehow enlightened all the same…

Always Late To The Party – Pincushion Swap…

Surely I can’t be the only one that was offline/busy/whatnot for a bit, only to find upon my return that sweet Kate had organised a most excellent pincushion swap & the entire blogosphere seemed to be part of it…?!

By the time I twigged to what was going on sign ups were closed *sniffle*, so I contented myself with whinging about my disappointment in people’s comments who were so happily spouting their pincushion swap elation… Kate stumbled upon one such rant & thought she might try to find me a late partner… but alas, no joy *more sniffles*.

So.

You.

Want a pincushion from moi? Made just for you? Want to send me one too, perhaps, that I can smile at & boast over to my imaginary friends?

Yes?

Good.

Tell me of your great & undying enthusiasm & we shall email & share the pincushiony joy that we thought we were destined to never be a part of….

Kate, the lovely lass that she is, will email us ooh-ficial swappy letter-stuff & we can even post our (glorious, obviously better than everybody else's but we’re too classy to say so) pincushions to the flickr group!

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Lately friends, I have been even more crappity crap at acknowledging comments & replying to emails than I normally am, I could spout an excuse or eleven, & they might even be real, valid excuses, but I shant… I apologise profusely & fully intend to pull up my socks, from NOW.

Pics From… The Usual…

Choctastic…

Happy Easter Sunday kiddies, I hope you have a GREAT day with you & yours, we are off to some fun markets & Le Punk has had chocolate for breakfast… ah… remember when you a) Wanted chocolate for breakfast & b) Could happily eat chocolate for breakfast…?!

Monsieur Easter Bunny spoilt us all – our Easter Stash is positively ridiculous & shall keep us all in chocs for the next year at least.

 

I finished off my last minute gift for The Punk & gave it to the bunny to deliver for me – this project was a ‘two birds – one stone’ jobee; I knocked over a WIP & presented a rather respectable bunny doll for Easter… Can I get a ‘Woot Woot’?!

Why Must I Leave These Things To The Last Minute…..?

For I most assuredly must….

Good Friday

That’s today. Quite the holy day if you are a Christian – so have yourself a good one if you are & you celebrate this sort of thing, elsewise, if you’re like me, you’re only in it for the chocolate… two more sleeps ‘till the bunny comes…

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My Creative Space…

…WIP shame.

With unpacking & re-organising has come the discovery of some Works In Progress I had totally forgotten about… so my space this week is going to document them so that perhaps I will feel some sort of obligation to get rid of them.

First things first however – I have to admit that there are only three WIPs to follow – but there most assuredly should be more. You see, I give up easily. If something is going completely & utterly wrong, or not turning out as I want it to… well… it’s GONE. And I feel no remorse. Ever. Which means, these three things hanging around require completion, of some sort, at some point.

I have allocated my wee little Sunjoy case (anybody with any clue as to what Sunjoy is/was yet?!) to be my WIP case of shame – it’s big enough to fit my current WIPs in, and maybe a couple more, but if it gets full – THAT’S IT. I’ll be putting my foot down… erm… with myself… and demanding action.

Right’o, enough waffle: What’s in the case:

• One vintage circular table cloth, with hole cut in the middle. Was thinking of making something a step up from this.

• One Ruby doll in pieces, was excited from this, but then became…. less so.

• One headless, armless, naked & faceless dolly – sister to my Softie for Mirabel, originally intended for Punky for Christmas. *coughs*

Another WIP is my actual crafty/creative space, the loft. It is coming along, but it’s not quite right yet. I do wish I had unlimited funds & easy IKEA access, but alas, I am having to make do with what I’ve got… just trying to tie it all together somehow…

 

For more creative spaces, hosted by the creative genius herself, head on over to Kirsty’s.