Market night details - the nitty gritty

A few months ago my little persons father told me that he planned to take Zavian for a holiday for three weeks this September. I have never spent longer than five nights away from my baby girl. Not ever. The idea of having three weeks off from parental duties both thrills and terrifies me. I know that I will miss her so much, but I think that if I am going to have such a long break away from her I may as-well make it count. So my plan is to board a plan and cross the ocean to California where my beautiful friend Lou will be waiting for me. From there I will venture to Mexico and on the way home have a quick two or three nights in New York.... Yes I am squeeing with excitement just thinking about it...

I have planned this upcoming facebook market night to help me fund my trip and make my dream come true. California or bust, baby! In a past life I was a travel agent, and my gorgeous best friend Brook who is travel agent extraordinaire has set up an account for me at her flight centre branch with a personal B-pay number, so all payments for dresses will be made directly to this account via B-pay.

Here is the nitty gritty -

View the dresses available HERE
The market night will commence at 6pm Western Australian time on Saturday the 18th of May. I will give notice when the market is open :)
The first person to comment sold under the dress they wish to purchase will be the successful buyer.
The successful buyer must also leave me their email address so that I may contact them with payment details.
All Australian orders must be payed for via BPAY and International orders must be payed via paypal.
Payment must be made by Monday the 20th
All orders will be shipped On Monday the 27th via Express post within Australia, or regular airmail internationally.

FREE SHIPPING WITHIN AUSTRALIA
$5 for shipping to New Zealand
$10 For shipping for the U.S and UK and worldwide :)

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT BPAY - PLEASE READ
B-pay is available via internet banking and is easy to use. If you purchase a dress I will send you my B-pay and reference numbers. Once you have paid via B-pay online you will be given an online receipt. Please save this receipt to your computer as a PDF file and email it to me as proof of payment.

SIZE CHART -
Size 6 = bust 83cm (32.5"),waist 65cm (25.5"),hip 91cm(36")
Size 8 = bust 88cm (34.5"),waist 70cm (27.5"),hip 96cm(38")
Size 10 = bust 93cm (36.5"),waist 75cm (29.5"),hip 101cm(40")
Size 12 = bust 98cm (38.5"),waist 80cm (31.5"),hip 106cm(42")
size 14 = bust 103cm (40.5"),waist 85cm (33.5"),hip 111cm(44")
size 16 = bust 108cm (42.5"),waist 90cm (35.5"),hip 116cm(46")
size 18 = bust 113cm (44.5"),waist 95cm (37.5"),hip 121cm(48")

RETURNS AND EXCHANGES
It is so important to me that you love your dress, so please do tell me ASAP if there is anything wrong when you receive it.. I am always happy to exchange if you find that the size is wrong. Refunds will be accepted on a case by case basis.

I think that is it for now, but its late and my brain is exhausted! I notify on FB if there are any amendments...

I dyed my hands blue..

This has been one of those weeks... My small person was home from daycare all week which meant that I missed out on three full days of sewing. We were up a lot in the middle of the night changing sheets so we were both a bit tired and grumpy after little sleep. Patience with my demanding, whining miss was wearing thin. In between tantrums, snot noses, refusing to eat the food she just asked me to cook, etc, there were a few moments of peace as she fell asleep snuggling on my lap that I loved and that made me feel like a good mumma again.

To keep me sane I squeezed in one little project that I have wanted to try for a while, dying some amazing antique linen sheets that I acquired some time ago. I didn't really love the warm creamy colour and I have been considering dying them for a while but was a little nervous about ruining them after they cost me such a pretty penny . An impulse buy at the craft shop had my mind made up, and I had the sheets in the tub with the dye within ten minutes of getting home with the packet.

I chose a navy die, but only left the fabric in the tub for ten minutes, rather than fourty five, to achieve a soft pale blue. It has been raining a lot this week, so when I put the sheets out to dry I had to leave them over night. Luckily it was fairly sunny yesterday so last night I had my new sheets on the bed and I was so happy with how they turned out. I enjoyed a full night of sleep with no interruptions, thank goodness, I needed it.

So I am sitting here now, having my second strong coffee, stuffing my face with croissants, and thinking about how I will catch up on my sewing this weekend now that the little is feeling better....

D.I.Y budget seagrass floor mat...

I found these seagrass mats for only $1 each at bunnings. I have bought about thirty of them to repurpose around my house. They are gorgeous and textural and they have a lovely smell about them.

I tied twelve of them together to make this larger size mat for my outside sitting area. I might add another row of four mats to make it larger.

It's very easy to do, I just tied each side together at about five points with jute twine. I do have a blister on my finger from tying knots, but I think it was worth it...

around here - change of the season

I have plenty going on around here at the moment. Numerous projects are on the go. Right now I am focusing on my bedroom and the outdoor sitting area. I am refreshing old furniture with a few coats of paint and thinking about how I am going to cosy up these concrete floors for winter.

My small person has a dreadful lurgy, so she is home with me watching movies and being ridiculously cute. She is in massive snuggle mode, so I am not achieving as much as I had hoped. It feels a little chaotic around here, but at times like this I think you just have to surrender control and try not to let it stress you out. So I am enjoying these snuggles from my little and taking it easy on the couch. Revisiting old issues of favourite magazines, drinking tea, eating soup...

Bec x 

weekend wallpapering

I am massively in love with my newly wallpapered kitchen. This is something I have wanted to try for a long time but I have been a bit afraid to get started. I imagined that it would be very complicated. I worried that vintage wallpaper might not work with the wallpaper paste available these days. I worried that I would stuff it up and waste a beautiful roll of paper. In the end there was nothing to worry about!! I found some fantastic advise online via you tube tutorials and in particular this article here.

It has completely revitalized my love for my kitchen space and now I just want to wallpaper EVERYTHING!! I will be finishing this wall as soon as the next roll arrives in the post :) Next will be a single wall in each of our bedrooms and one in the bathroom.....

If you want to get your hands on some gorgeous paper, I found mine here or you could try out hannah's treasures or retro villa.

It did take a little bit of preparation and the small person did watch about three movies while I was preoccupied with my project. A spare pare of hands is helpful but not essential.

Best weekend ever!! Hooray!

Bec x

D.I.Y - Gifts for baby...

Handmade gifts are the greatest! and even with the most basic sewing skills this picture book bunting is easy to make and looks damn cute.

You will need pinking shears to cut out your pages, something round to use as a template for your flags, a packet of bias binding and a couple of old picture books with pretty pictures. Of course it might be nice to find a book that has seen better days for upcycling rather than murdering a perfectly good one...

Cut out as many flags as you wish! Make your bunting as long or as short as you need. Simply fold your bias binding in half and start stitching it closed. Add your flags in one by one, sandwiching them in between the fold of your binding, spacing them evenly as you go. Leave a short length of binding at either end to tie your flags up.

These flags are not robust! They will not withstand folding or crunching. Why don't you recycle the hard cover of the book as a handy packaging device? Cute!! You could even make a matching card! Gee whiz, how good would that be! I keep a packet of blank, pre-folded cards with envelopes in my craft drawer ready to access at short notice. Just save a picture from the story book, cut it to size and stitch it on. You can see more card making inspiration HERE. Lovely. Go forth and make flags!

Dining area overhaul!!

What a crazy day! I sat down to my machine, ready for a day full of sewing and making, when all of a sudden the power went out. I had forgotten all about the letter I received a few weeks ago telling me that the power would be off for scheduled maintenance in my area. Drats! I had no idea what to do with myself. The small person was at daycare and I was alone in the house all day with no power. I might have headed in to town for an op-shopping mission, except I did that yesterday... I started potting around the place, picking things up, re-arranging, as I do, the next thing you know a full scale dining area overhaul was in progress!! And I am pretty happy with it. For now anyway ;) I styled the table with a few odd jars and beakers with succulence cuttings. FYI - The seagrass mat is actually a door mat from bunnings! You can pick them up for $2 a pop and I think that it makes a dandy table centerpiece.

My shiny new kitchenaid blender arrived so I found a new home for it on my kitchen bench. This means the smoothies are back on!! I am so glad I made the decision to spend a few extra bucks and get the pink blender of my dreams as I will be forever proud to have this on display... As soon as the power came back on I made myself a smoothie.

Now its time for a shower, and maybe a coffee, I have some late night sewing to catch up on...

Bec x