secret birds I have not shown you....

These little guys have winged their way down to Pulp Creative Paper.
Maybe they are still there for sale... maybe they are all gone? Either way - they are very cute!

The flippy winged wren at the top has a cute frilled chest, the middle black and white sparrow is made from patchworked fabrics and the floppy tailed wren above has a double sided tail that also stands straight up and is leather on one side and wool felt on the other... Fancy!!

I really must get cracking and make some more...

I also have some mice. But I'll show you those later on in the week....

listing on madeit.com.au

I decided to list my pendants on madeit. Although I must say that that the photo's don't look so crash hot - I will have to re- photograph them :( 

Maybe they will sell? 

Maybe I should list them on etsy instead? 

I'll give them a couple of weeks I think...

birdie pendants

I like clay. I'm not very good at using it, but I like it!

I've tried porcelain with not alot of luck (very tricky stuff and wasn't so sure about the firing. How do they get it so white?). I've tried earthenware clay. Now i'm playing with Paper Clay (which is just like earthenware but has some paper pulp mixed through it)

I've also discovered oxides! My favourite is magnesium oxide. You paint it on, wipe it off leaving it in the lines etc, fire it and voila - instant loveliness!

These are some bird pendants I made. I'm really happy with how they turned out. Think I might list them on etsy. Or maybe madeit? I'm thinking $15 each...

Holiday activity...

I finally finished my crochet-ed blanket! I have been looking at this incomplete blanket for YEARS and on account of it being freezing in Sydney this winter, I decided it was high time I finished it.

Okay, okay - so its not very big but I genuinely ran out of wool and I can't find it in Spotlight anymore. Thank God really! I couldn't bear to do anymore.

But I think it looks quite good, and its actually quite warm. Here it is on my wicker chair, on the moss covered patio.

I have also been playing with the fancy school DSLR and took this pretty picture of some camelia's from the front garden in the kitchen when - shock horror - the sun was shining in through the windows

We have also been to the Paddington Reservoir. Have you been there? It is amazing. It is like a hanging garden hidden in Sydney on Oxford St. Bliss! Go there with a picnic - how nice!

(me at the Reservoir)

(see! Beautiful!)

Finally.... an etsy listing

Here is my etsy shopfront. I have finally listed some fabric birds online. I am hoping to sell one or two myself. If not, I will take them to Pulp and I know they can sell them!

The photo's aren't wonderful because the light was fading. I had borrowed the lovely school camera (Canon EOS 1000D) but it freaked out, won't format the memory card and stopped working. Very sad. Looks like it will have to go back to Canon for repair now :(

Here are some clearer pics of the birds for sale in my shop....

Can I please have....

....all of these lovely things from Marimekko 'In Good Company' range? Please??

source: http://www.marimekko.com/ENG/interior/kitchen/ingoodcompany/frontpage.htm

We saw them today at Nordic Fusion whilst I was trying on clogs. Both the clogs and this chinaware are wonderful! I ordered the clogs (bright red ones!) but left the cups behind.... 

Oh how I love them....