ringing in the new year.....

I'm just popping by to say

Happy New Year

to all my lovely blog readers....

as i look back over 2011 , its been an interesting with some very lovely highlights and some not so good ones....all in all not a bad year but i hope 2012 will be way better.....

i found this journal page, i made on Jan 1. it was a part of 10 min art journalling a day , i lasted 3 days lol.

art journalling it seems, is not for me....

anyway it made me quite depressed as i have only managed to tick one thing off for the WHOLE year [probably why i stopped making new years resolutions years ago]

Anyhow, those are still my goals so i will just keep plugging away.....

Have you noticed how people have words for the year that they try to live by?

nice words like

true,compassion,refine, collaborate, authentic [liked that one patty], create etc....

well mine for 2011 ended up being ......stressed !

and for 2012?

purge....

yes purge , it has a nice ring to it doesn't it ?

i am decluttering my life of all the crapola that has built up over the years....my family is not impressed as i have started on our books and then the linen closet , oh wait it was the fabric cupboard from hell . i now have 3 shelves for linen, what a luxury.... i will make some people very happy with my purging so its win win for everybody :)

anyhow enough rambling i would like to thank you all for the wonderful inspiration, eye candy and lovely comments, but, most off all the wonderful friendships :) online and otherwise....wouldn't it be lovely to meet up some day?

i hope the New Year brings you ...

good health [always my number one cos without it you are stuffed !]

enough money to keep the wolf from the door

and

good times with family and friends....

looking forward to cocktails and vids with my family tonight.....

Happy New Year !!!!!

Joy to the world

and lots and lots to you and yours tooo.......

Santas just been past on the fire truck.......:)



Merry Christmas my dear bloggy readers...... jen xoxoxoxoxox

The Market, pic overload !!!!

Where has this week gone? i cant believe its been a week since the market. Jenny and i had a lovely day together and really enjoyed ourselves....its such a great venue and the crowds were steady all day....we had a great corner stall right near the back entrance.
Jenny is a whiz at displaying stuff nicely and we had fairy lights and pink baubles as well Lucys wonderful branchy tree.


Hubby made me last minute stand from a copper garden stake from Bunnings for my silk scarves, it worked perfectly....



i had trouble finding something to fit my rings and after we tramped around the shops looking for ideas, i came home and Lucy told me she had exactly what i needed. She lent me her vintage glass box and some black foam rubbery stuff which i concertinered. worked beautifully....


busy busy .....
canvases , snowmen....

and Jennys vintage tags which were absolutely gorgeous...
journals and pendants...


nearly sold out of luminaries :)

Sari Wraps, easy and fun to make using up my left over beads .....would be fun to do lacy, frayee ones too...




button angels on kaiser tree that i picked up cheap as it was damaged. it was damaged some more with the distressing....;)

Jennys wood block girls....


and my scrappy doily brooches, love the packaging,although it takes me longer to package than to make...






i turned some into head clips ,[recognise your bowl Kath ?!]

so what were the big sellers ?....luminaries, pendants,journals and my doily Christmas ornaments...
All in all, it was a great day and i like to thank my family for all their help with displays and doing all the household stuff so i could get on with it...thanks to hubby for feeding us so well on the day too :)

and Jenny, its always fun spending time with you :)

Bananas....

This is what greeted me this morning when i went to have a nana on my weetbix this morning .....

 

made me smile :)

such a crafty household.....

Luminaries

Theres a blog i love to visit and Kim makes these wonderful luminaries from tea bags..... that really appealed to me but i didnt have to time to collect tea bags and wanted to put my spin on it....after some experimenting i discovered that scraps of napkins,patterend tissue, thread and glitter sandwiched bw tissue paper work beautifully...i wish my sewing machine took metallic threads as they would been lovely stitched however i used leafing pens to go over the stitching and they gave them a nice edge. i also embellished some of them with twinklings and the lumiere powders....i am also going to experiment further with stamping and stitching........

one day....


after Christmas ;)

love the way the candles and Chrissy patterns show thru on these.......


taken in daylight.....

night time....

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Maragrets swiss napikins with the little daisies...

Kim had a tutorial for these in a magazine and makes lots of lovely stuff too, love her journals with the loose pages and jewellery.

ill be selling these with a battery operated tea light too....now im onto pricing and packing..:( looking forward to Sunday too....