Ruby Owl

Christmas Special

2011-10-28T12:45:00.001+11:00

Christmas is not far away, I am not sure about you but, I still have a lot of shopping to do! Over the coming weeks I will be offering weekly specials and this week I am offering a Christmas Owl ruffle nappy cover set in size 000 to 2 for $26 a set. So if you have a special baby girl to buy for this may be a great choice for you.

3 new additions to the ruffle nappy covers

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Green Meadow

Green Floral

Burgundy Floral

Current baby boy short sets

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Cotton/linen brown bicycle board shorts available in sizes 000 to 2. Also available as a nappy cover with singlet in sizes 000 to 0. Singlet available in grey or white.

Cotton/linen turquoise bicycle board shorts available in sizes 000 to 2. Also available as a nappy cover with singlet in sizes 000 to 0. Singlet available in grey or white.

Cotton/linen transistor radio board shorts available in sizes000 to 2. Also available as a nappy cover with singlet in sizes 000 to 0. A cute retro inspired look for baby boys. Singlet available in grey or white.

Cotton red lion board shorts available in sizes 000 to 2. Also available as a nappy cover with singlet in sizes 000 to 0. Singlet available in grey or white.

Cotton/linen brown car board shorts available in sizes 000 to 2. Also available as a nappy cover with singlet in sizes 000 to 0. Singlet available in grey or white.

Cotton/linen blue car nappy cover available in sizes 000 to 0. Also available as board shorts with singlet in sizes 000 to 2. Singlet available in grey or white.

Current Ruffle Nappy Covers

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cotton pink floral set available in sizes 000 to 2

Cotton/linen red owl set available in sizes 000 to 2

cotton/linen retro inspired tea cup set available in sizes 000 to 2

cotton/linen lavender bunny set available in sizes 000 to 2

cotton turquoise/green owl set available in sizes 000 to 2

cotton cream owl set available in sizes 000 to 2

cotton pink owl set available in sizes 000 to 2

cotton pink mushroom set available in sizes 000 to 2

cotton classy cream and black set available in sizes 000 to 2

Winter Tunic

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Gorgeous denim tunic with birch tree panel fabric

by Australian designer Lara Cameron. This tunic is great for winter made with a heavy denim to be worn with tights and long sleeves underneath. Can also be made in a light denim for warmer months. Sizes 00 through to 5.

Hand dyed Ruffled Footless Tights

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Available in 2 sizes 000 to 6 months and 6 months to 18 months. Larger sizes available by request.
Option of long sleeve matching top also available.

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Boy Sets

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Rocket ships board shorts

Radio transmitter board shorts

Turquoise bike board shorts

Asian inspired board shorts

Blue lotus elephant board shorts

Boy Sets

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Zoo animal board shorts

Surfing owl board shorts

Grey bicycle board shorts

Jungle animal board shorts

Lots of trees board shorts

Lined Skirts

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Wool blend lined winter skirt grey

Wool blend lined winter skirt red

Lined cotton skirt little owls navy

Lined cotton/linen skirt purple

Lined cotton/linen skirt retro teacups

Available in 2 sizes 1 to 2 and 3 to 4 elastic waist at back

Available with a long or short sleeve matching top

Ruffle Nappy covers

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Pink floral Bird

Blue Hoot Owl

Pink Hoot Owl

New white cotton blouse with knit fabric flower applique and bodysuit

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The blouse is available in size 000 to size 5 and the cotton bodysuit in 000 up to 2 in either short or long sleeve. Flower colour can be changed.

Birds and Owls Nappy Covers

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Pink Owl

Natural Owl

Pink and Brown Bird

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Lilac Bird

Strawberry red and white

Cherry red and white

Cherry pink

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Blue Bird

Little Red Riding Hood ruffle nappy cover set

Little Red Riding Hood skirt nappy cover set

Pink and blue strawberry skirt nappy cover set

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Girl with bird skirt nappy cover set

Red owls on linen

Red owl Patch linen/cotton tunic

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Navy, red and turquoise branch set

Reversible Pinafore

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Pink Bird

Pink Bird Set

Reversible Pinafore

New Dresses

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Red Apples Tunic
Blue Lotus Tunic

Red and grey flower Tunic

Little Bunnies on navy Tunic

Skirted Nappy Cover and Pinafores

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Red and cream skirt nappy cover set

Reversible pinafore red and cream

Natural Owls skirt nappy cover set

Retro Elephant skirt nappy cover set

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Natural Owls

Red owls on linen

Pinafores and Nappy Covers

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All of these items have been made using the gorgeous Saffron Craig fabrics.

New Bubble Hem Dresses - very cute on!

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Retro Bubble Dress and Ruffle Nappy Cover Set

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Little Red Riding Hood Tunic in Pink

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Little Red Riding Hood Tunic and set in White

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In the Pink Ruffle Nappy Cover sets

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Quilted Bibs

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Baby Boy Sets

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A couple of new items

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When its winter I love to knit so will add a few knitted items here and there.

New tunics and some knits

2010-06-21T11:00:00.001+10:00

I love these tunics to me they have a cool retro look to them that I love. I have also started knitting again. I really enjoy knitting in the winter months. I am keeping it simple with baby shoes, baby legwarmers and some organic cotton wash clothes. I use the wash clothes on my own kids and they are so soft I love using them and so do they!

Something new for the boys

2010-05-16T12:16:00.000+10:00

These long shorts are great with the soft ribbed drawstring waist. Now I am on the lookout for some cool boy fabric.

New Pianfores.

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My new favourite is the olive coloured one with the rose. It looks beautiful on!

New pinafores

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More Dresses

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Dresses

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Skirt nappy covers and tops

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New items

2010-02-25T15:36:00.002+11:00

I have just completed some cute new outfits for March. I just love how the nappy covers with attached skirts have turned out. A variation on the ruffled bum nappy covers.

The square neck tunic dress, owl print with a grey neck. These will come in a few different pattern designs and will be available in sizes 2-3 and 4-5 and are very cute on!

New fabric options for Nappy Covers

2010-02-08T14:55:00.001+11:00

Here are some new and some slightly altered fabric options for the nappy covers with matching singlets. Very soon I will start making the ruffle tights again.

New fabric options for nappy covers

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New fabric options for Nappy covers

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Happy Holidays!

2009-12-24T11:48:00.000+11:00

From our house to yours we wish you all a very Merry Chirstmas for 2009 and a Happy New Year!

Images from the last market

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2 brand new choices for the girls

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Bibs regular and leaf shape

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The most popular choice at the moment!

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Recent girl sets

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2 more boy choices

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For the Boys!

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Here are some choices of nappy covers and singlets for boys. I am loving the guitar fabric by Michael Miller. Will be offering more choices soon, just have to source out some new options first.

Byron Market November 1st

2009-11-02T10:31:00.000+11:00

Well yesterday was a huge market with many sales, I introduced a new style of dress and some pram liners. It was a beautiful day, sunny and warm despite the rainy start. I have another market next week, and very little time to sew up the new stock, so that is where I am headed now! Have a good week!

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T23:30:00.000+11:00

Still a North American tradition we miss here being as we are Canadain, but it seems to be gaining some popularity! The kids managed to fill up their candy bags!

Aren't my babies cute?

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Sage was putting pegs in Byron's hair this morning and wanted me to take a picture. I thought they turned out very cute although you can not see the pegs that well.

More Fabric

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And of course I made one trip to a great fabric shop in Bathurst. I was surprised to find a good one there but, happy and will make some little dresses from these fabrics. I would have loved to visit more fabric shops but, it was supposed to be a holiday with no work.

Holiday snaps

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The first is of Sage with a new hat from Auntie linda, the second is of us with Linda and her boys Lucas, and Tyler all grown up now! We are about to play a game of squash in Bathurst. The third is of the kids with Sue and Matt's 3 boys in the Central Coast. The last photo was taken just before we left home of Byron asleep in a basket, he was tired of waiting for us to pack the car and leave I guess. He fell asleep while Jake was pulling him around the house. If I can figure out how to post a video on my blog I will do one of Byron crawling because over our holiday he has become quite the pro. Guess I better get baby proofing my house now!

More Photos

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The first is of the girls on a quick stop just past Coffs Harbour on our way down. The second is of Pa and the kids and the last of Ruby in a tinsel hat Auntie Linda gave her for the little party she put on for her birthday. That was fun!

The Channon Market

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Pinafores Channon Market

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Tunic Dresses Channon Market

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Tunic Dresses Channon Market

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Todays Market October 11th The Channon

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More images from the markets

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One of my favourites!

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New for Summer

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The weather is warming up again and nothing looks cuter then a ruffle nappy cover and matching singlet. And for the boys I have made up some nappy covers which are just as cute minus the ruffle. Here are some images from the last market. I have a new pattern for pinafores and am now creating super soft minky backed bibs. If your baby drools as much as my baby then these bibs are perfect, the triple layer keeps their clothes dry and best of all they are cute to look at! More images to come soon which will include new headbands and some tunic dresses.

Baby clothes

2009-08-13T15:53:00.000+10:00

No words just images over the next few days I will post images of some newly made clothes.

Time to eat!

2009-07-27T19:53:00.000+10:00

Byron has been enjoying his food for awhile now. Not content to wait the recomended 6 months he started trying close to 5 months. He is now on 6 months and loving it, his favourite being porridge. He are a couple of pictures from when he first started.

Will post a few photos of some new dresses and nappy covers I have made for market this week.

Cheers

Something New

2009-06-02T12:48:00.000+10:00

Byron was hanging out to be old enough to start enjoying this amazing exersaucer! And now at 4 months he is the perfect age and is really enjoying the new upright bouncy position this new toy is allowing him. And for me, well an extra 15 minutes of free time is always appreciated!

Does someone want to see me?

2009-04-15T18:50:00.000+10:00

Here he is Byron at 2 months growing very quickly. It is almost time for me to post a 3 month photo in a couple of weeks. We are adjusting to well to 4 children. The girls are besotted especially, Ruby who is like his second mommy. Jake is patiently waiting for Byron to start interacting more probably the best time for them will be when he is on his feet and they can kick a ball together. We are starting to sleep better but, colic is still very much a factor in sleepless nights around here. Will post some more photos soon, gosh I want a new camera!!!!

More Sewing

2009-04-09T16:19:00.000+10:00

I find my time VERY limited now with a new baby, but have found doing these sets are less time consuming and work well for the winter months coming up. It has also allowed me to use up lots of offcuts I have. Notice the t-shirts for the boys with the Vespa's on them. I have many more t-shirt designs coming for boys, now that I have one of my own I am enjoying finding fabric to suit. Have a lovely Easter!

Something new

2009-03-04T15:26:00.000+11:00

Ok so I have finally found a bit of time to do a bit of sewing in amongst caring for a beautiful yet demanding newborn. And I say demanding in a very endearing way. I sent my mom to do the Byron market for me this week and all went well. The footless tights with the ruffles were the big seller this week. I did very well with these combos last winter so will do them again. So while my time is limited I will concentrate on the tights and decorating t-shirts for the next few months before bringing out a new line for spring.

Byron Hugh is here!

2009-03-03T15:41:00.000+11:00

January 29th, 2009 we welcomed our 4th child into the world at 11:10am weighing 7 pounds 10. Byron Hugh Leard is our second son and is a very lucky boy to have a big brother and 2 big sisters who all love him to bits. He is now a month old and aside from a few feeding and settling issues everything is going well. He is stcking on the weight and has changed so much. These are his newborn pictures so will need to post some new ones soon. Life is busier thats for sure but a whole lot more enjoyable too with another new baby in the house!

37 weeks already!

2009-01-05T13:05:00.001+11:00

Wow this pregnancy has flown by although now that I am in the home stretch it seems to have slowed down, usually the way though, when you are finally ready for something it takes forever! Some people did not even know I was pregnant, so here I am in full bloom just playing the waiting game now. I managed to do Byron markets yesterday and glad I did as it turned out to be a successful day. I am planning on the Channon markets next week and then that will be it until March. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years, I can not believe it is 2009 already! I will post some photos of fabric and new outfits this week.

Merry Christmas 2008

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From our house to yours wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

More from Canada

2008-11-24T18:47:00.000+11:00

Thought I would post a few more pictures. I took a lot but, the camera was on the wrong setting and many did not turn out too well. Still hoping to get and SLR camera but, will wait until 2009. Love the pumpkin shot! The second shot is Jake with baby Charlotte isn't she gorgeous! Third shot is Jake with Grandpa, whom we surprised with our visit he did not know we were coming and was very happy to see us as we were him! The final shot shows the colour of the fall leaves, what a beautiful time of year, too bad it leads into many blistery cold months.

I went home!

2008-11-11T19:46:00.001+11:00

Ok so it has been a very long time since my last post but, there is good reason for that. Jake and I went home to my hometown, Toronto Canada and we had an amazing 5 weeks! We missed the girls and Dave a lot but, it was so great to take Jake back to Canada it had been 3 years for him so he was due a trip. And I can not even explain the luxury of travelling with a child that is now old enough to be a companion as opposed to a very needy young child as lovely as they are. I hardly knew myself. We had fun visiting some Canadian icons like the CN Tower, Niagara Falls, Ottawa (the nation Capital) and of course all our lovely frinds and family. We were blessed to meet the new babies of my cousins little Charlotte and little Sebastion. The fall weather was just great and Jake enjoyed seeing all the leaves change colour and he got to carve a pumpkin with Uncle Brad and his cousins. Can't wait to go back! Thanks everyone for making out time so enjoyable!

New fabric

2008-08-24T11:36:00.000+10:00

Another cute nappy cover on Sage, love the hearts. And some new fabric, the second photo is fabric I will use more for boy nappy covers and bibs.

Nappy covers

2008-08-24T11:28:00.000+10:00

Its getting warmer again finally!!! I think it has been a cold winter! Here are some new nappy covers for the warmer months, Sage is my model and certainly not in nappies anymore but, she still looks cute in them!

Lipstick

2008-07-19T21:14:00.001+10:00

Going through some photos from a few months ago and came across this sequence of photos of Sage. Both my girls love lipstick but, that probably holds true for most little girls. My new fabric should be here in a couple of weeks so will have lots to show soon.

Getting back into it

2008-07-15T13:12:00.001+10:00

Well its been awhile since I have posted anything creativity wise. So here,finally, are a few items I have recently made. I have sold to a few shops now and including the few markets I do a month, my stock is slowly depleating but, I am about to make another HUGE fabric order and will have some different designs coming for spring and summer as well as more clothes for the baby boys of this world. Now if I could just hire a house cleaner I may find that extra bit of time I need to sew. Will leave it here as the vacumn becons but, then so does a nap, umm what to choose? School holidays has nearly worn me out!

Photography

2008-06-16T22:43:00.001+10:00

I have not posted in awhile I have been busy and have had lots going on, so thought I would jump back into it with a quick post and show some of the lovely photographs taken by the amazingly talented Sheye Rosemeyer. Makes me want to take a photography course, just to have an ounce of this talent would be great!

New for the market

2008-05-26T14:26:00.000+10:00

I fell in love with these 3 fabrics that I found in Tweed, I liked the subdued colours and how well they went together. I bought all the navy fabric they had with the birds on it and would love to find more somewere. I made this outfit with the reversible skirt and also 2 pinafores and 2 sets of ruffled tights and a few t-shirts.
The tights were again a big hit at Bangalow market so will make some more for Byron as I nearly sold out of all of them yesterday.

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More options of the ruffled tights

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I generally do ruflles on baby tights but, I am liking the effect on leggings too. This is a size 4 on Sage who is 3 and I have made them for someone else but, will need to make Sage a pair now as they are too cute. I am a sucker for all things girly and although I can stray from pink I still like the girly look, more pictures to come.

New Skirts

2008-05-04T17:44:00.002+10:00

Ok so just to break from the norm, I decided to make a few different things. Last week I made a nice heavy beige linen dress with a bold green trim that crosses in the back and can be adjusted to fit both girls and a dark linen skirt with a lotus I embroidered. I will photograph those items later when I can get some good shots of the girls. Photographed here are 3 skirts I made for the markets, the pinafores always sell the best but, I thought it would be fun to try something new so I spent yesterday sewing these and they were well received I sold the mushroom one and have an order for another in some different fabric. They, like the tops are also reversible, the reverse of the mushroom one is a pink polka dot body and mushroom waistband.

This skirt is a bit big for Sage (sized more for a 4 to 5 year old) and obviously did not make her happy or was it just me brandishing the camera in her face over and over and still left with no great shots. If only I had the photography talent of the amazing Sheye! Ok, now back to getting some orders made I have been a bit behind but, will get all caught up this week, I hope!

6 Quirks

2008-05-02T18:01:00.005+10:00

I have been tagged by Jennifer and now need to mention 6 quirks about myself, which should be easy enough and then tag 6 fellow bloggers to do the same. Ok so here they are:

1) I smell books all books I just love the smell of the pages either from a new or an old book. Before I start to read a new book I smell it and then that seems to satisfy me until the next book but, I have been known to smell the same book over and over.

2) I sing which would be ok except that I can't sing, my singing voice is terrible! And it does not stop at singing it is what I sing that is strange, especially to my son. I sing strange silly songs often with made up words and with no rhyme or reason I would give an example but, those who know me best know what I mean and those that don't would think "STRANGE"!

3) I can not eat dark chicken meat, I tell my husband if I do that my throat will constrict and I will choke, and who knows maybe it actually will I believe it to be so and therefore, will not ever contemplate eating dark meat. And if my husband buys a chicken I can not carve it for I do not even like the look of dark chicken meat it has to be the breast meat and it can have no marks on it. Which leads to the small fortunate I spend on chicken breast meat because by the time I am finished cutting out all the yucky bits we are usually left with the tiniest bit of meat and therefore, I have to buy lots just to feed us but, I don't like to waste so we have one very lucky dog!

4) I hate the grocery store I hate it and will do anything to get my husband to do the grocery shopping which he usually does thank goodness. I don't know why I just hate to grocery shop and it is not because I have young children that make grocery shopping more difficult although that may be a small factor but, I hate it even when on my own. However, I love to eat so thankfully one of us does not mind food shopping. I do however, LOVE to shop for almost anything else, I even love the hardware shops!

5) As a teenager I loved freckles, and would draw some onto my nose with a brown eyeliner, just a few, and rub them in a bit, my girlfriends thought I was nuts but, I could not face the day without my few freckles. I no longer need to do this but, that is because now I have my own permanent freckles the sun decided to place them there permanently I guess.

6) I am impatient which really is not a quirk as many people are impatient but, I am SO impatient that when something goes wrong I will rant and rave until it is fixed, for example I once had my husband paint one wall in the girls room a hot pink which I had picked out but, hated it so much I pleaded with him to change it that day and would not listen to reason and just wait a week or two in case it grew on me (I knew it would not) I ran back to the store and bought new paint and bless him he changed it the very next day. Same goes with my hair, if I hate the colour I am usually back into a stylist the very next week to change.

7) I can not stop at 6 because I hate the number 6! It is my husbands favourite number but, not mine, I like 9 best but, 7 is ok too. I often do things in number sequence, splash water on my face 9 times, or do things that will add up to 9. I do it often without thinking and no one really knows I am doing it. I think in numbers a lot and will constantly add them up to get them to where I want them.

8) I have a number thing

9) And to end on my favourite number, I, like the person who tagged me, love washing clothes and love cleaning products. But because I am so busy these days I spend more time just looking at the cleaning products wishing they would grow arms and legs and do it themselves then actually get around to using them. The clothes though, they always come first and get washed a lot and at the moment all is going well because my mom is here who does not mind hanging them and folding them because as I mentioned I love WASHING them , not the hagning or folding, so when she leaves I will be at a loss.

Ok so that was a bit cathartic, and I have a many more quirks which my husband, kids and mom had no trouble blurting out to me but, there are just some things I can not admit on here!

Ok I will tag
Fiona
Emma
Tracy
Kelly

And that has to be it because I can not think of anyone else.

Currumrbin

2008-04-28T08:15:00.000+10:00

This is how we spent Anzac Day. We took the kids to Currumbin, Jake wanted to try the new Adventure Park, and wanted me to try it with him. Or maybe I was convincing him to try it with me, either way we both enjoyed it, and both suffered some sore muscles the next day. Ruby and Sage of course were too young but, that did not stop Sage from trying out her jungle skills later in the kids park. I enjoy this park for the kids and the kangaroo feeding is always a highlight. Jake now wants a new pet, a lizzard, this is in part due to our Currumbin trip as we saw lots there and also in part to the movie Nim's Island, filmed here in Australia, and a HIGHLY recomended movie we LOVED it!

Ava's sweet lesson

2008-04-23T17:40:00.004+10:00

Here she is little Miss Sage as happy as can be because she was allowed to wear as many hair ties as she deemed necessary to make her hair appear, well, just perfect. I suppose a few months ago I would have told her "no too many it looks silly" but, not now and this is because of the beautiful angel, Ava Rosemeyer. A while back I read one of her mom, Sheye's, blog entries about how Ava came out of her room dressed in 7 skirts and at first her mom was thinking of all the extra ironing and putting away she would have to do, but Ava saw absolutely nothing wrong about her decision to wear 7 skirts, to her this seemed like a perfectly normal thing to do and in fact was quite happy with how she looked, and I am sure she looked divine. Her mom agreed and now many moms around the world who have read that sweet story probably all agree whether it applies to 7 skirts, or 12 hair ties, if it gives their child pleasure then who are any of us adults to stop it. No longer a conformist, I am quite happy to see what my kids pull together each day (ok maybe I still have some ground rules but, not much). And this hair idea of Sage, well it actually started this morning with 2 skirts and a dress and I would have let her go to the movie like that but, in the end she decided to wear jeans like her sister, after I pulled her hair back in one hair tie, she looked at me a bit perplexed and said "more clips" so 12 clips and hair ties later we were set. I get that it looks somewhat unorganised and yet on her I thought it looked awfully cute. Thanks Ava, because of your 7 skirts rule I learned a very simple and rather cute lesson!

Beautiful

2008-04-16T18:28:00.003+10:00

Beautiful, is the title that best suits these 2 photos, either that or Enchanting even Dreamy. The amazingly talented Sheye Rosemeyer emailed these to me today and I can not express how grateful I am. She photographed my children in November and my house is now covered in the beautiful images she took plus I have over 60 images in a book, that I am constantly looking at. But, today she sent me these 2 images of Ruby that she played around with to get this stunning, nostalgic effect. What a nice surprise Sheye, thank you so very much!

The beauty of childhood

2008-04-14T18:01:00.000+10:00

Is exactly this being able to dress up anywhich way you want and know you look good! And then be able to go out because it really does not matter to a child if they have on a rainbow mask, or a crown, or even a zillion neckalces because to them its all about sheer delight and far less about what anyone thinks. Good for you girls you look delightful!

Scary Fairy

2008-04-10T19:03:00.001+10:00

The other day Ruby had a class party to mark the end of term and for all their good behaviour. They were told it was a dress up party and in a last minute scramble, (I am always running on last minutes), we came up with this, our version of a scary fairy. She loved how she looked and loved her hair, she told me it was flat in the afternoon because all the other kids wanted to touch it. My first daughter is growing up and although still loves pink, is no longer content to keep it at that. She likes to spice things up a bit and add her own flair, she generally picks out all her own clothes now, loves a funky pair of jeans and her wardrobe has gained a lot more colours, even black.

A scary fairy? Do they come more beautiful then this?

Love you Rubes!

2008-04-07T17:57:00.000+10:00

New fabrics

2008-04-07T17:50:00.000+10:00

If I wasn't SO ADDICTED to fabric I could keep making the pinafores with just a select amount of choices but, I keep falling in love with new prints plus I think that is what people love when they come see me, all the choices!So here are my newest loves the Kokeshi doll fabric in the pink and green and the lavender fabric with the french writing. The bibs are doing well and I love the design the way they cover the shoulders and who says bibs have to be boring not me! The footless ruffled tights are also popular especially with the cooler weather on its way, I chenged the style of ruffles on this newest pair. Finally notice my mascot, he comes to every market with me now.

This is where she works

2008-04-06T17:36:00.001+10:00

This is where I create and usually I am a bit of a neat freak I like things organised and tidy and yet when I start to create I am nothing but. So in the end the room looks like this and it works although there is only so much one utterly nerotic neat freak can take before the room needs to turn back into:

THIS!
Now I can relax until well probably tomorrow night until it all starts again.

2008-04-01T19:53:00.000+11:00

I used to knit

2008-04-01T19:29:00.001+11:00

I used to love knitting and as the weather gets cooler I really miss it , it seems simpler then sitting behind a sewing machine every night, just me in my sweats curled up on the lounge with my wool, knitting needles and a glass of red wine. This is a dress I knit for Sage nearly 2 years ago it took forever but, I loved the result. I also knit many many nappy covers, since I cloth nappied Sage, she needed some pretty covers! The bunny in the picture above sitting next to Sage is another of my knitted creations I love him it was like bringing a creature to life. He sits on Sage's bed most often but, likes to get down for the occasional tea party with the girls . The picture collage above is of some of the choices I offer for the reverse of the mushroom pinni that has become quite popular.

Feeling creative

2008-03-22T17:24:00.000+11:00

My two favourites at the moment the Japanese fabrics and this very cute mushroom fabric. The taggie above I made for a customer and so loved how soft the underside was I am thinking of making them as blankets (cradle size). I had stopped doing patchwork bibs as they took more time but, was happy to do one again and liked how the combination worked here. As for Sage, I keep telling her to stop growing up, she needs to stay my baby so she can be my special model, she is not listening she is growing and rather quickly at that and now only jsut fits into my size 2-3 clothes. I might have to start making them bigger. It all comes down to time though there never seems to be enough of it, I already feel guilty sewing when the kids are up and around so that leaves only the night time and too many 3am bed times is playing with my mind! I love it though, and have 2 markets this weekend and its those that I really love, getting out there and talking to people, getting feedback and looking at other peoples creativity I love it! Happy Easter to all who celebrate.

Protestor Falls

2008-03-17T23:56:00.001+11:00

This photo was taken in February while my sister and her family were still here. It was a great day, we hiked, we laughed, most of us got leeches (yuck!) but most importantly it was a day I will always remember because we were all together and that does not happen much when you live on opposites sides of the earth!

Evie

2008-03-12T14:30:00.000+11:00

Pretty in pink!

2008-03-12T14:22:00.000+11:00

2008-03-02T23:49:00.000+11:00