...just a few more dresses

Holy Moly Kids, what a week!!

I would love to report that I have spent the week soaking up the sun on Cable Beach, but sadly it just ain't true. It's not that the weather was not perfect -  believe me, it was. Unfortunately my small person came down with a terrible yuckness the day before we left home. A horrible, nasty, yuckness that has involved fever, coughing, ear ache, an upset tummy and a nasty whopping cold-sore on the side of her pretty little baby face... So sad.

It was so nice to visit the friends and family that we left in Broome all those years ago, but really all I think we wanted was to be home, in comfortable and familiar surrounds.

We flew in late yesterday, and drove through the rain in the middle of the night to reach home sweet home at around 2am this morning. It took copious amounts of coffee to keep me going on the long drive. I am now feeling a little bit beyond tired, and I am ready to hibernate for the rest of the year  day.

I have a lot to share with you once my energy returns. A new summer dress, new fabrics, new projects...

I hope you are all feeling rugged up and well - I love winter - but it is the season of the yuckness....

Talk to you soon.

Bec xxoxoxo

the paper trail...

I have been making 'vintage ephemera' altered moleskin journals...



Sewing on paper is fun and has sated my late night creative urges..



I am using vintage books, photographs, postcards, papers... The possibilities are endless!!

This week I have been wanting everything from this Etsy shop

...all these incredible etchings are from a clever lady in Lithuania.

Also drawing inspiration from Lisa Chow



Carrie Chau





Theatre Clouds

Now I just need to move into my own house, so I can put MILLIONS of holes in the walls, and collect all of the precious art I want...

One day :)

If you have any favourite artists and print makers, please share!! I would love to check them out.

Hope you are having a great Saturday morning,

Bec x

I can sing a rainbow....

It is hard to not be happy, when you have delicious multi-coloured, spaghetti like tendrils of vintage bias binding draped over your furniture...

But the truth is that I have been exhausted... drained... depleted...

But ANYWAY this isn't a pity party! And actually, I am writing to tell you how great I feel today :)

My mum-in-law has been looking after me... Did I mention that she was living with us right now?? She has put me on the multi-V's and some minerals and you know what? I think its working -
Hooray!

Today, I was on fire. I have almost finished 20 - that's right -TWENTY flippin' tea dresses this week... I am quite chuffed with myself.

There is actually much more I want to show you, but it can wait till tomorrow...

Mwah!

P.s - most of those dresses are available 'ready to ship' Take a peek at the shop or send me a message if you can't find the one you are interested in :)

What have I been up too?

This week I have been looking after a grizzly Levi and a sooky Zavian.

Levi has a man cold, and we all know that that is the WORST EVER type of cold going and it has rendered him entirely useless... and after her first stint at daycare Zavian will not let me out of her sight... This has meant that I have not had a second to myself during the day and have been staying up a little bit too late so that I can sew in the evening. That along with trying to get Zav to sleep in her own bed has meant that I am VERY BLOODY TIRED!

The other night I actually slept for half of the night in the cot (not particularly comfy) trying to get my little miss happy in her own bed. I think I am probably averaging about 4 hours of broken sleep each night... Yuck!

On a happier note, I have had a very successful week collecting new retro sheets! Cleaned out one op-shop almost entirely with pillow cases at 20cents each!!! yay! and I enjoyed making some new flower pillow covers with yummy vintage fabrics and buttons


I found a huge stack of new sheets and pillowcases this week at the op-shop...



The blue one at the front is my new favourite. Such a shame there is only one pillowcase.

Oh, look who is running around my ankles, my little companion...

I love thinking about all of the possibilities... Found a great picture by whimsiedots who re-decorated their girls bedroom
using all reclaimed bed linens...

I bought some more pillow inserts so that I could display more than one pillow at a time, its nice to
see everything together...

This is my vintage flower pillow. Its so much fun to make something without a plan in mind, to just let go and
 be creative... I love this one and I am going to keep it, but I have made some others that will go up for sale in my etsy shop.

The ruffly layers add yummy soft texture, and random vintage buttons for handmade style... Do you like?

Remember In my last post I  was making that dress... What a nightmare! I don't understand the instructions and I want to give up on it and start again. The pattern has the most ridiculous button holes, and now I have my new sewing machine that sews me a perfect buttonhole, I think I will start again...

Bah! Stupid 50's dress. I MUST learn how to make it because I am simply going to explode soon if I can't wear a different 50's sundress everyday.

In other news, Zavian has broken my last pair of spectacles and I am going to have to sticky tape them back together so I can see when I am driving - As if i needed to look any more bedraggled!

Well I've gone on and on, time to go. I hope you are well and happy, wherever you are...

xo