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Saturday, March 30, 2013

Cake Decorating Class No2





Well this little guy got a little squashed but he was very cute when he was first created. I made these cuties and I learnt to make the nice big swirl and the piped flowers.... Heaps of fun... My icing started to separate and I got myself into abit of a mess but it was fun learning. I made 12 cupcakes and they were all gobbled up by the end do the day.... Not by me of course ! But by 5 of my kiddos.

I have downloaded the blogger app to my iPad, so my posts will look quite different but I thought this was a good way of uploading quick easy posts of what I'm up to. This is number one trial of how it looks.

Happy creating

Lisa

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Easter


 I made this a few weeks back, it was going to be the tutorial I promised... failed again...
Have not had time to put the tutorial up

A cute plastic Easter Egg wrapped with yarn 

Felt flowers stuck all over it

Add a bow

Open the egg and what do you see?

A baby chick looking out all wrapped up in a welcoming blanket

The pattern for the chick is nearly finished for purchase

My little girl just loves this little egg... a cute gift for a little girl.

I hope you have a lovely Easter break.


Blessings






Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Baby Crochet

 I have been very busy crocheting of late.

Making all sorts of babywear


The above photo is a beanie and nappy cover - this size for a newborn

A number of years ago I used to have a few people knitting for me and I would do the final embellishments before the garments were sold. This label was called Little Honey.  I also sewed other garmnents and embellish them too, these were supplied to a couple of retail outlets.]

So I have decided to pick this up again, as it is something I love to do and I am passionate about.

I have 1001 things on the go. I have fabric, yarn, embroidery thread etc all around me. I have constantly creating .... everyday. I am loving it.

This is just the beginning. I have a number of other things in mind.. 







I am not the sort of person who likes to mass produce. So I just create as the inspiration comes to me. Custom orders are taken, if you ever see anything you would like.

I have an Easter Tutorial all ready to go... have I had the time to upload it  NO... 

As for the Tilda Lovers out there..... the love is still there for me. I just have been busy getting my stock up and things sorted for my website.  I have a little Tilda doll cut out ready to make.

Have a great day







Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Cake Decorating

On the bucket list for this year I wanted to do a Cake Decorating class.

I am a self taught cake decorator and I have been doing this type of thing for years but I wanted to learn the tricks of the trade, so to speak.

This is my first cake decorated in class. We used a butter type icing using a shortening. I enjoyed it so much.

Cupcake with gel icing cherry on the top
Pink and yellow are one of my favourite colour combinations at the moment.

My little girl was delighted when she came home from school and saw this... she has a dream of being on Junior Masterchef when she is older  :-)  bless her heart.

Next week is cupcakes... I am so looking forward to having a go at them.

Have a great week



Monday, March 18, 2013

Home Spun Baby

As some of you know, I purchased a spinning wheel I while back.

Well I got spinning and dyeing some wool. What alot of fun this was. 

I have always had a love for creating gorgeous gifts for babies. I have sold many of my creations over the years. I am looking at making up stock for my website for special Limited Edition Baby and Toddler Items.

The photo above is made out of 100% New Zealand Wool. It is a chunky spun yarn and I dyed it pink... I called it Coconut Ice, as this is what it looks like.

I knitted the hat and crocheted a mini blanket to be used for a carseat. It is extremely warm.
A closer look at the little hat


and the blanket... 

As a trial I dyed up some wool in the colour orange. This is another mini carseat blanket made from 100% New Zealand Wool.  Hmmm I'm not too sure on the orange in a baby blanket.. I may be unpicking this and doing something else with it.

Also, over the weekend my hubby and I took a trip to Sydney for our 26th Wedding Anniversary.

When there last year we discovered a cute little button shop at The Rocks. In there is a treasure trove of antique vintage buttons.... all unused, sourced from all over Europe. 

The above buttons are from the 70's

These buttons are French from the 60's

These are just vintage.. I cannot tell you what era

I also had a fabulous time looking around the markets at The Rocks.. I found a fibre artist there that did weaving, dyeing etc and purchased a few things from her too.

We had a fabulous time, as we always do when we go to Sydney, with fantastic weather.

Have a great day





Thursday, March 7, 2013

Sewing and Dyeing


I recently got this fabric  for the website.
I decided to make some of it into cushions. It is a lovely linen fabric and I just love the print.

It is a nice addition to me TV room

Also, as some of you know I recently purchased a spinning wheel.
I have spun the wool, which I love doing.
I love to be rustic and artistic with it and not perfect, as I am far from a perfectionist. So I let the wool twist and I let it be chunky. 

So today I had a dyeing day.

I have had the dye for a number of weeks and was too nervous to give it a try.
Today I just decided to follow the instructions as it specified and go about it bit by bit.

Im in love... Coconut Ice is my very first batch of handspun and hand dyed wool. I am hooked. Oh my gosh am I ever.

Not too sure what Im going to make with this. Im looking at creating a line of baby prop clothing. So maybe it will end up in some hats and booties.

Have a great day

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Birthday and Creativity

A nnumber of months ago I sketched up a number of house pictures.

I was going to make a quilt out of them. I have had a dear blogging friend that has been stitching them up for me. She has got busy, which happens to us all and was unable to finish some of the blocks.

I got to thinking what else I could do with these pictures. I was on Pinterest the other day, a place I find very inspiring. I found inspiration from a picture I saw there. So I decided to get creating  a felt picture with one of the designs.

This is what I came up with. This is made with Wool Felt, vintage buttons and vintage anchor threads.







Also
It was my birthday yesterday.

Here is my day today with my dear blogging friends 


Just had the best morning
Flowers
Pressies
Birthday Cake
Crafting 
Creating
Talking
Laughing
Smiling
Love
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG

Thanks gals... xx


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