wk 7 :: 52

a portrait of my boy

once a week

every week

for 2014

week 7 of 52

a play at the park with some mates

PS - photo credits go to this sewing lady .... great pics

ruby's nest

love handmade of course

and i adore seeing friends 

make their dreams become reality

i met anna back at the sydney sit

i remember meeting her very well

full of funny stories about her stay in the 'other' youth hostel

& other adventures, i remember i couldn't stop laughing

there have been pop up shops, the act sit

& her hens & tom phat lunches

well ..... anna (Polly Pratt) 

and her creative side kick jay (Finki)

are to be congratulated

on the opening of their gorgeous

spacious light filled quirky colourful

Ruby's Nest

159 Sydney Road Brunswick

 its brimming with all sorts of lovelies

amazing resin accessories, scarves, treats for littles,

and an amazing range of beautifully hand sewn ladies clothes

including the famous 'Wendy' dress and now also

appropriately the 'Ruby' as well ....

opening night was last friday

went out with a few fabulous friends

L-R :: me, anna, karen, bron & nicole

and caught up with a few other faces whilst there as well

lucky me as i'll be sewing some

special handmade pieces for ruby's nest

stay tuned

 fun times in the red sports car

rubys, then thai & a hit of sugar frozen goodness

ever queued for gelato before?

enJOY your journey people xo

heART a craft :: thread

"heART a craft"

a collection of favourite images & ideas

collection no.9

 

so there was the 

"great BIG thread haul of 2013"

& i still have it all in boxes ....

mmm i'd love to store it all in some

visually delicious manner ....

something like one of these perhaps!

 

not particularly portable any of it but i figure

if i'm planning to leave the threads

i will need to plan & take the match required

or perhaps i'll go for more of a 'cabinet' idea

as i do like a bit of character

mmmm .... lets see hey!

five

 5 years

its been since i started writing this blog

i honestly had no idea where it was going to take me

been looking back at those very first posts

i remember how excited i was about getting back to making again

actually making time to make

it was at a time when i'd stepped back from a leadership role

to spend every moment i could with our growing baby boy

in starting my blog i think i had the idea that it might help 

to ground me in my role as a sahm

but it also opened up a community

of real people whom i have a lot in common with

 at first i really admired the more predominant os creative bloggers

now i'm more about my blogging friends

people i now know & have spent real time with

the meeting real bloggers really began with this amazing patch-worker

as she responded to a block swap i organised

i should thank her for the kick to go on

a bloggers weekend in Sydney

where i met a stack of girls ..... 

now i'm not great at grasping names straight off & you know

some were more memorable than others hey! (cheekily said!)

from there well .... i made an incredible friend

and have spent a few wonderful weekend retreats

with more creative minds

love being part of this wonderful community

.... here in the world of blogs & on FB & also IG

love your work lara, tan, kylie, anna, annie, 

jodie, nikki, nicole, cath, gina, kathryn, rach & kathryn

& lots of others xo

part of my online 'village'

its been a fabulous 5 years

i have wondered a bit lately as to why i still blog

i think its now as much for me as it is the few people

who read along ... yep

so if you do read along

i'd love a comment or so along the way xo