sweet

I'm not sure which is sweeter. The gorgeous little knot doll or that tiny little fist. awww I love em both. The knot doll was made by Donna from bits for bots. After seeing Toby with his I had to get one for Sage. I'm sure Sage will love it in a couple more weeks, she's growing so quickly! We now get the most heart warming smiles and gurgles. Haven't captured a smile on film yet but I'm trying. We do get lots of sleeping shots though. Here is the chubby faced little one hanging with me and the little artist boy. Asher was caught red handed, literally! His hands are thick with red paint.



Crafting has been a bit slow of late. I think I mentioned that in my previous post hey. I did make some crowns for the kids to wear to Lily's princess party but Lach was struck down by a bug or food poisoning, either way it was yucky and we couldn't go to the party.



We did catch up with Lily and she loved her crown as does Tully, Asher lovedit for about 5 mins and Sage, well she doesn't give a .... Silly me didn't get any shots of the kids wearing them though. I used this tutorial along with the instructions from the creative family.



You know how I promised pint pixie Florrie would be up for sale soon a while ago, well finally she's just about ready. You see I really want to buy this nappy and I don't really need it but it's cute and all that and we're moving house and have to save money for bond, so I can't really be spending money on sweet little nappies....but I really want it! So I'm getting my butt into gear and finishing off Florrie so I can justify buying. cool?



And here's a sneak peek at the next big thing tik and I are working on. See that ace fabric??? uh huh....local love.... keep tuned and hopefully they won't take to long to make a proper appearance. Lots of great local designers on cool tikki and pint stuff. Awesome +++

Oh and I'm a bit curious about stocking preferences. After seeing Lesley's poll I thought I'd ask, do you prefer random stockings or a set stocking time?

show haul

What a crazy weekend! Phew I'm still buggered and it's the middle of the week already!! So why was it so crazy? Well we've been a visiting over in Victoria, attending weddings, having exciting rides on the ferry and hanging at the stitches and craft show:D(Myself, Sage, Tikki and Toby) Awesomeness + :D and the aquarium (the rest of the gang)

Firstly, it was Sage's first big journey and she travelled beautifully, yay! It's a bit squishy in the back seat now with three carseats but my wonderful cherubs all travelled beautifully. It helps that the big two are ever so excited about the destination! Lily's !!! Oh the excitement ...and we're heading back again this weekend for the little princesses 4th birthday. Excitement ++ :D

The wedding was one reason for the journey. Tully loved it and ohhhed and ahhhed at the bride, Asher found the toy box of cars and was entertained all evening and Sage, well Sage slept and cuddled as she does:D

Bright and early the next morning I was supposed to be up and ready ..but I was running late and made tik wait in anticipation of the show for over an hour (sorry again tik)But the wait was so worth it:D Upon entering we headed straight for the Indie section and spent the next couple of hours there. Mixtape, Dear Fi, Ric rac, Kristen Doran, Ink and Spindle, One red Robin, One girl and twiglet and Winterwood toys...and many others.... gosh talk about a bunch of awesome talent. I spent up big but could have purchased so much more! The rest of the show was so - so. If it wasn't for Amitie and Kelani I wouldn't have spent a cent in the main area. I had hoped pear tree yarn would have some awesome gradient dyed wool so I could attempt a tikki rainbow dress but alas, lucky for the purse. So here's my haul...



Ace little peg bear Nakasi from One Red Robin (Sage's teddy from Nana and Pa, thanks Nan and Pa)and wooden girl brooch kit, tin soldier and winter nest panels from Kristen Doran, tea set pattern from ric rac and little hair brooch kit from felt cuisine.



And then there's the fabric! Mixed pack from Ink and Spindle (Lara cameron aceness), a bit of Auntie Cookie, a variety of fat quarters and some wonderful rainbow dyed wool felt from Winterwood Toys. Most of the fabric is destined to be made into pixies. Tik and I have been discussing a very cool stocking, keep watch for more details over the next few weeks. I must warn you though that stockings from me may be a bit slow for a while. Things are a little bit slower with Sage (today she's hanging out in my awesome mei tai Leah made me, wonder if I can sew with her attached to my front ??) and we also have a pretty crazy social calendar AND are due to move yet again! I know we only just moved here nearly 6 months ago but our lease is finishing up and we wanted to move so Tully would be zoned to the school we want to send her to. Thankfully we only had to look at one house, it was ace and we got it. So as I was saying things maybe a bit sporadic for a bit:D

Ohhh and I nearly forgot the last awesome purchase. Chook leaf shoes for Tully. Perfectly prnincessY!

wooly awesomeness

ohhhahhhhh...pretty awesome hey????



I was super lucky to be part of a trade with the very talented Kris from Monsterknits. I've always admired Kris' stuff but have never been fortunate to score a pair so was super dooper stoked when Kris agreed to do a trade with me. I requested a spider orchid embellishment as Lach used to work on them when we were in Adelaide and they are so tiny, precious and vulnerable, just like a baby.



What an amazing piece of art Sage is so lucky to be able to wear and show-off. I can't wait until she fits into them, and i don't think she can either. Super lucky girl even received a bonus soaker in the loveliest colourway. Spoilt hey! Thanks sooo much Kris:D

amber

Will be going up soon over here.

Florrie is still a few days off. She's taking her time:D

meri

Meri is up for auction over on the Victorian Bushfire Relief site at the moment. She's a bit of cutie if I do say so.

Her little friends Amber and Florrie will be going up over on Tikki's store sometime early next week so if you're after a little pixie to brighten up your world, make sure you don't miss the stocking:D

shhhhh....

they're all sleeping! All 3 of them at the one time! Amazing...bugger it's after 4 in the afternoon lol. Looks like we'll be partying til late tonight.

Tik's post reminded me that I hadn't shown off any pics of my shawl that Granny Annie knitted for Tully freshly laundered and with a fresh new bub.



It's pretty amazing hey! I'm also very lucky to have a very vast pile of fresh white (and a couple of pink) little knitted cardigan's Annie has knitted me for my newbies. Just about enough for Sage to wear a different one for a month lol. Seriously! Oh and then there's the very special little number tik has given me ( I'll save a shot of that one for when she fits into it:D).



See I don't need to know how to knit when I've got such talent to knit for me!



Hmmm best get back to these lasses while I can:D

baby doll

I know! Another post about baby Sage within a day but geeez how cute is the girl! We received this sweet little set today from a very generous mumma and I couldn't resist showing off my baby doll.

I'm also very pleased to be able to show off her/my fav nappy:D Thankfully her little stump has finally come off her belly and she can model the ever delightful bits for bots. Most of her stash is bits for bots. Awesome nappies!