a dress for lilian grace

i loved this! such a simple quick and happy project. I'm pretty sure I faffed my way through this in an hour. i have no idea if the proportions are right for her, however the ribbon makes it adjustable (vaguely). Practicality of the ribbon staying tied? Nil. So I might have to do the ties in a less slippery fabric. Ooh! Or even a cute button down number with lots of different button holes.

stop dreaming about makeup, as one of my boy-friends likes to say

So I'm being extra ambitious and combining two crafty projects to make something gorgeous and useful for the american contingent of the family. my aunt and cousin will, all things being sunshine and luck, receive a little travel make-up bag each for christmas.

i'm using the boxy pouch tutorial, and lining the bags with fused plastic to make them waterproof and easy to clean. yeah!

the material i've chosen is locally made, hand printed by a gorgeous melbourne company, ink and spindle 

also, my most exciting mail to arrive in recent times: an hundred zips i bought from ebay for $10. check it out.

Green Christmas!

Hurrah for Flynns and hurrah for them getting on board and being socially and environmentally on board for a recycled/handcrafted (or both together!) gift giving exercise!

I'm super excited to be doing this, and really hope it will become a tradition. Time these days is short and time spent making something special that someone will love is to be treasured. I'm thinking there'll be less gifts this year but more talk and ideas. For once, I feel like I'm ahead of the game, already making progress with a couple of projects, although there are so many ideas that I may well get overwhelmed. Eeeeee!