Five fabulous Friday finds from my faves

This week it's back to some of the sweet simple things in life.

A comfy tshirt -

in my shadow tshirt by nicandthenewfie

A little pot to make you smile -

ceramic bird box by neCeramics

A classic brooch -

finch brooch by houseofismay

Art for dreaming -

dark moon print by LanaPelana

And a beautiful cushion to cuddle up to -

Pia pillow by Leililaloo

How has your week been?

Five Friday Faves

I've been having fun finding some new faves - and revisiting some old faves as well.
Sometimes it's not just the object that I love but maybe the shop name, the way items are photographed, or some colour combination that catches my eye.

This shop has got the best name ever!
The Making of Mrs Bertimus.

little sparrow brooch by Mrs Bertimus

I love the look of up-cycled clothing, the slightly chaotic, higgeldy-piggeldy result, the freedom to be a little bit crazy!

top by Broken Ghost Clothing

The next pick is purely practical - and what stylish practicality in these bags by Bagybag - I do need a bag for my laptop!

laptop bag by Bagybag

I just noticed this fabulous teapot in someone elses faves! Thanks!
I love, love teapots and I love, love handmade pottery - I'm in love!

bloom of lilac teapot by ocpottery.

And talking of love - or maybe obsession.
I can't stop looking at Susannah Tucker's lovely images and these sweet sentiments - who wouldn't love to just float away....

And the winner is....

The winner of the necklace giveaway is AC of Anastasia Drawing and Dreaming!

Congrats Anastasia.

The next giveaway will be a grab bag of a ring, a keyring and a brooch!
The brooch will be a fabric brooch from my Boos Tees shop something like this one.

Please leave a thoughtful comment on any post to go into the draw to win the grab bag.

You can find more blogtoberfest participants on I saw you dancing's blog.
And you can find more giveaways over at Ms Curly Pop's page.

Winning and giving

A few weeks ago I won something!
A custom brooch by the lovely Miriam over on Create Hope Inspire,

I got to chose the word on my brooch - tough decision, but having just come back from some travels I decided that I'd like to explore the world some more. And then she made this brooch especially for me!
Now that is special/

Who doesn't love a freebie?
I love that every Friday Kelly over at 74 Lime Lane has a friday freebies feature, where she selects a great swag of free printables from around the webs.

She is a fabulous photographer and has so generously made some of her photos available for bloggers etc to use.

There are more images that Kelly is sharing here.
Isn't that great?

The lovey Sissy Sparrows on their One Story Down site have some digital downloads too. Here.

On the subject of free stuff, did you know that a number of blogtoberfest participants are having special giveaways.
Go and check them out here.

Remember I'm having a giveaway too.
To have the chance of scoring a pair of planettreaures earrings leave a comment.
Then I'll draw the winner next Tuesday.

My creative space

Domino brooches ready for Viva la Gong in Wollongong on Saturday and Making Spaces Marketplace.
I couldnt find any of the lovely creamy dominos I used last time...these are smaller and whiter, so I hope my customers still like them.
















If you would like to see more creative spaces or join in, pop along here. http://www.ourcreativespaces.blogspot.com/

A giveaway! blogtoberfest day 4

Today is giveaway day! yay!

I'll put together a little package consisting of -

1. One of Boos Tees fabric brooches chosen at random.

2. A little fabric business card holder that I made from some fabric printed by the wonderful Ruby Victoria.
I'm a little bit of a fan of Ruby Victoria! Can you tell? I also featured her tea cup print yesterday!

I have a tutorial almost ready about how to make these little fabric pouches - look out, I'll publish it sometime this month.

3. A pair of earrings again chosen at random from my planettreasures shop.

What do you need to do?
Just leave a comment here or on any post this week and include how I can contact you should you win.

This giveaway will finish next Tuesday 11th October when I will post a new giveaway.

Want to check out more blogtoberfest blogs or join in?
Pop over to {tinniegirl}'s blog.

Interested in more giveaways?
Then check out CurlyPops blog.

Wednesday Wishlist

A whimsical wednesday wishlist today -

cotton dress with trees by elviainvidepland

wooden brooch by psyboom

balloon factory by pearsonmaron

That's all!
Have a great whimsical wednesday!

Wednesday Wishlist

Sometimes your wishes come true!



I've wished for a head mannequin for ages.
One that I can use for photographing earrings. It would also be useful for BoosTees knitted hats.

So Tina arrived! complete with fun face mask!


Ah, that's better!

I also bit the bullet and bought a headless mannequin to photograph BoosTees tshirts on. could also be useful at craft fairs.
And I realise it's great for phographing necklaces.


She doesnt have a name!
Any suggestions?
Leave a comment with your suggestion and next week I'll pick a winner and then that person can pick any item from Boos Tees shop as a prize!

Easy!

I've also been meaning to show you this wonderful brooch I bought from the Queensland disaster relief shop. It was on my wishlist of lovely items that were donated to the shop.
So I consulted my financial planner (me) and bought the brooch from Lauren Williams.

It arrived in the most gorgeous packaging!


and the brooch itself is so sweet -

I dont know whether to keep it for myselfor give to a friend for a gift.
Decisions, decisions!

You can find more of Lauren's pretty jewellery in her Madeit shop.

Do you have a wishlist to share?
Have any of your wishes come true?

Wednesday wishlist

This week I wish for a vibrant brooch to brighten up my winter coats -

violet pink flower pin by beljaysFeltnArt

Some warm happy gloves -

burnt orange fingerless gloves by aronsnthings

and boots - 'cus i love boots!

red ostrich boots by Gauteraux

free fabric brooches

fabric brooches
Originally uploaded by planettreasures

you will receive a fabric brooch like one of these with every tshirt purchased from BoosTees until 17th June.

some little things this week

I feel that I havent been very productive lately.
Well at least it is a quiet time of year.

So I have been allowing myself to do some playing.
I was playing around with different beads in different colours in peyote and brick stitch, and I was going to make it into a pendant, when a friend asked was it a brooch?

*ping*

I added a vintage glass button, sewed on a brooch back and 'voila!'

- a brooch.



This set me to thinking that if I stitched a base of peyote stitch that is big enough to take a brooch pin and if I then added on segments of different stitches using different beads, I could drape and fold the pieces, sew them down and have a brooch with a flat back.

My first attempt - it is very free-form looking -


but there is definitely a possibility here.

Watch this space!

Something new - here it is!

A new range of fabric brooches for BoosTees.

little hoots brooch

bess and billy brooch

geisha brooch

japanese decoration brooch

And more to come!

Wednesday wishlist

What is it with me and bright colours at the moment?

Is it beacuse it has been raining for 2 weeks?
Or does my mood need uplifting?
Am I trying to relive a past life?

Who knows!

Anyway I just fell in love with this vibrant cushion.
It has gorgeous Indian fabric and hopefully I'm heading to India this year, so maybe this is a taste of thing to come?


I was looking for something completely different - isnt that always the way? - when I found this stunning orange bag by tippythai.

There are so many lovely styles of bags in tippythais shop - I'd like one in every design and every colour.

But this one is the perfect summer colour and weight.


OK - something elso orange?

Well this is probabyl on the red side of orange - but how delightful is this brooch?
There are lots of really cute things in this shop and it has the best name - "inmybackyard"!



I'm so happy with my wishlist this week!
See it has lifted my spirits already - think I'll go for a skip. tralala!

Wednesday wishlist

It's raining.
It's a grey day.
I need some brightness in my life.

autumn leaves silk scarf by sesenarts

paper mache brooch by KiahDesign

japanese spring - giclee print by emberatia

Maybe the sun will come out soon.

Wishlist Wednesday - 27 - blogtoberfest day 28

Today is my big sister's birthday, so I thought I would chose some things for her.

We are very different, she is elegant and sophisticated.
Loves classical elegant wares.
I'm sure she would appreciate this tea service -

six piece tea service by calloohcalley

She is a famous breeder of Old English Sheepdogs.
Her kennel name is Hartwyn.
People often give her OES-related gifts.
I bet she hasnt got a beaded one!

Rachel Old English Sheepdog beaded pin by thelonebeader

And of course we need birthday cake and a special plate to serve it on -

eyelet cakestand by vesselsandwares

Happy Birthday to my sister!