last one

i'll be at the arts house meat market this saturday from 11am to 8pm, sharing a whopper of a space with my buddy, dana, of twiglet and the hilarious, shannon, miss aunty cookie herself. and it's a good thing i'm sharing a stall as i definitely dont' have enough stock left to fill it myself. i have about 12 oobees, 3 fleurs, 2 cot quilts, 1 pram quilt and a whole bunch of bits and pieces, old and new (which makes it very hard to display everything properly). but you know what? it's my last market of the year and i'm so looking forward to sunday when i can kick back and relax... for about five minutes until i remember the 5 or 6 custom orders that i have been putting off for the past couple of weeks in preference of sleep. they are for christmas and all within australia so if i can get my act together next week, they will arrive in plenty of time for the big day, fear not, dear people! anyway, i think i'm on the verge of rambling now and so will go before i subject you to that but swing by on saturday if you're in need of gifts (as i will be), it sounds like it's going to be one hell of a market.

too much

man, i feel like i have too much to say. and too little energy to say it with.

you guys are the nicest. the super dooper extra nicest and thank you all so much for the sweet congratulations here, on flickr and on facebook. it was so great to finally bring our news out in the open and receive all the lovely messages from all over the world, especially when i have been so beyond negligent is leaving comments for other people for well, months really. but that is why i appreciate your comments so very, very much. i know it takes time and i hope to be able to reciprocate that commenting time just as soon as my body realizes that my first trimester is OVER. it's OVER, body, let's move along to the good energy of the second trimester already.

so anyway, just wanted to say thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you : )

all sorts of news

so i've been going to bed between 8 and 9:30pm for the past 6 weeks or so, felt vaguely rotten, eaten a ton of bread as it was the only thing that appealed, and sacrificed precious sewing time to have naps during the day when mae was asleep. all of these signs point to only one thing...


12 week scan::december 2, 2009

yep. mae is going to have a sibling, something that i have doubted would come to pass many times over the past year because she has been such a monkey with the sleeping (or non-sleeping)! although i have completely come around to the idea now, i have to admit being slightly less than thrilled when i first found out i was pregnant. i had literally JUST booked all my christmas markets and knew i'd be stretching myself thin as it was plus mae was going through a particularly bad sleeping patch with her first molars were coming in. i kind of thought, "good god, what are we getting ourselves into with TWO???" but you know, i got through my markets (two more to go!) even with the first trimester exhaustion (i would've liked to have more stock and more enthusiasm for sewing but so be it), mae got back into a decent night routine and started having predictable 2 hour naps and suddenly it seems like this may just work out. plus maesey seems so BIG lately, walking around on her own (although she prefers to grip my index finger and pull me around with her), mimicking everything we do, giving kisses and cuddles. i can see how i may be longing for another wee one come next june, when mae is too big to carry and is running all over the place. and man, she is going to be thrilled to have a brother or sister, let me tell you!




so in other slightly related news, i'll be having my first ever SALE this saturday at yarraville market! i'm a bit low on stock (see above) and have decided to sell off some older bits and pieces that i have made over the years. so it's a bit of a sample sale and an older stock sale and, trust me, everything will be cheap! there will be patchwork bibs for $15 (reg $25), patchwork pillows for $20 (reg $30), coin purses for $5 (reg $15), lavender heatpacks for $15 (reg $25) and an assortment of odds and ends, perfect for stocking stuffing and gift giving. i'll have my regular stock as well so if you're after an oobee or fleur, you can get one of those too, although stock is getting low.

thank you so much to everyone who has supported me and bought my creations here in melbourne and through my online shop the last couple of months, you have really made all those hours at the sewing machine worthwhile!

shop update in progress...

i promised a shop update for december 1 and a shop update ye shall have, lovely folk! er, well... actually only half a shop update as my computer has gone all crazy town on me and decided that my airport card no longer exists, forcing me to spend a good two hours trying to fix the problem to no avail. so now i'm pretty over the computer and it's issues and just need to walk away from it (and the ethernet cable i have to use to access the internet now - a CABLE of all things! what is this, 2001?). i'll finish the update tomorrow as i still have four special edition holiday oobees (like the ones above), a couple of taggies and a couple of skirts to add to the mix. thanks for your patience in my trying time : )

this week::magnolia square

woah. mathilda's market was so crazily busy, i have been scrambling for the last few days trying to make new stock for my stall at magnolia square in malvern town hall, starting tomorrow. i will be there from 10am until 9pm thursday, 10am to 5pm friday and 10am to 4pm on saturday. and then i will collapse into a small heap in front of the tv for the entire night, after giving my sweet daughter a big cuddle. she's staying with friends tomorrow and friday, her first real days away from home and of course i'm a bit anxious as to how it all will go. if she has a nap i will be the most relieved and surprised person on the planet. anyway, come by for a visit if you're in the area or looking for some great christmas gifties, i've got brand spanking new oobees, including some special christmas ones i've been saving for this market, new toddler skirts and a few sweet taggie blankets that i whipped up yesterday (organic hemp/cotton fleece on one side - sooooo soft!)

this week's market

i'll be at the lovely mathilda's market this sunday in hawthorn, along with a whole bunch of my buddies who i probably won't even have time to chat to, it's that short and sharp of a market - lots of great stuff, lots of people, just a little time to cram it all in. dana will be there with her gorgeous, vintage inspired kid's clothes, cintia will be right cross from me with a whole range of beautiful goodies, allison is in the lobby (i think? don't quote me on that one. she will be there, anyway!) and i have to be SURE to sneak over to her stall since i haven't been able to make the trip out to her beautiful shop in daylesford yet. throw in some more great and original kid's clothes from cindy of bugandpop and emma of knuffle kid plus a ton of other stalls that i'm dying to check out and i'm almost wishing i wasn't selling at this one so i could go shopping there instead...

all good

custom well dressed oobee for a little girl born six weeks early. hope this one keeps her good company until she can go home...

a good start to my markets on saturday. it was quiet but i had good sales and lots of friends come by to pass the time, including birthday girl, bec, and the super lovely belinda, all the way from sydney! the colour blocks were a hit which made me very happy. i love those little blocks and they had such a good response here but you just never know how that is going to translate into sales. luckily they were well received : ) i came home to a blissfully empty house as shane and mae spent saturday night in bendigo visiting family. home alone for a whole. night. and. day. what a serious luxury. baxy and i had popcorn for dinner (okay, bax only had four pieces), chilled out and stuffed some toys in front of trash tv, had a good sleep and then were up early to get some more market stock made. when i set up my stall on saturday, i realised how little i really have prepared. and still four markets to go. one of them three days long.

eep.

so yes, sunday was spent busting my ass trying to get some more baby oobee sleepy sets and colour blocks made, finishing some oobees in progress and binding a cot quilt that has been waiting for weeks. i'm feeling slightly more confident now but i think there is going to be panic sewing between every market anyway. which is a good thing. all good.

yarraville market::this weekend

and let the market chaos begin! i will be at the yarraville market this saturday and it marks the first of five straight weekends of melbourne markets for me. bring it on... for those of you out of town, don't despair, i will be doing an update of my etsy shop on december 1st but please contact me if there is something specific you are hoping for, i have no idea how much stock i will have available by then (and still have two markets after that - yikes!).



some happy new fleurs ready for loving homes, they'll be joining me on saturday, with plenty of pals : )

alive. hot. busy. one year older.

woah, things have been a bit crazy lately - the herald sun article has brought huge numbers of inquiries and orders with it, which is a great thing, of course, but has left me struggling to keep up. add to that the basic day to day life with a 15 month old and trying to prep for five markets, throw in some bloody hot days and you have plenty of reasons why i have not been in front of my computer lately. also, i've been doing a lot of this:



marveling at my little girl, who is SO no longer a baby and seems so much like a little kid now. taking steps between things, finally, which is right on cue as she gets cranky with crawling and then wants to walk around holding my fingers which is only fun for so long (for me). i've been wanting to do a huge post about mae and all of her cuteness but time and energy haven't let it happen yet... soon.

and yesterday i turned 34 which suddenly seems so much older than 33 somehow. we drove down to barwon heads early in the morning, to get in some beach time before mae's nap. it was her first real trip to the beach, as in actually going in the water and she LOVED IT. loved the water, loved the waves, loved the sand, dry or wet. i foresee that much time will be spent at the beach this summer...

happy weekend

just back from a perfectly lovely weekend with wonderful friends at the beautiful sewing retreat, sewjourn in lancefield. a lot of sewing, a lot of eating marvelous food, a lot of great girl talk and a little shopping makes for a perfect weekend if you ask me. especially when you open up saturday's paper to find this waiting for you...



a double page spread on yours truly, written perfectly and beautifully photographed. this is the result of the photo shoot i mentioned back in september and i could not be happier with the finished article, it really is lovely and has already garnered quite a few emails from new customers. i can't thank the great team at the herald sun home magazine enough! and thank you to my husband who rushed out and bought five copies : )