Craftapalooza

and....we're back

Well, I can't make any promises but I seem to be hanging on to the blog even though I'm not often here. I'm gonna try. Seriously.

So, good Christmas and New Year? I had an awesome at home holiday with the Mrs. It helped by the addition of a new fur kid. Yep we now have 4 fur babies. Well and truly outnumbered. Meet Gossip. She's a 4 year old Pug. We purchased her off a breeder who was retiring her. She is totally adorable and so so cute. If you have a pug or have had one you'll get it. They are the sweetest, funniest, most stubborn little snorty critters. All the other critters like her, well, are getting to know her, but no major dramas which is a relief. If you've been on my flickr or instagram you would have seen her. But if you haven't here, let me bore you with my fur baby.

Aside from that not a lot else, just movie and TV watching, going to the gym, still, yep. Oh and cross stitch.

Oh and I've joined a swap, but don't tell the Mrs, she thinks I have enough on my plate...sssh.

psssst

Sssssh. Quick. She's not looking. I got tired of her talking to me about how she needs to blog. So I've taken matters into my own paws and am posting for boss lady. I'm hoping my disguise will work 'cause she'll be pissed at me. Licks and bum sniffs. Teddy xo

no crafting content, but how about a cute dog?

Hi! Crafting is stalled but you know I have the usual GRAND holiday plans to sew a bucket load of quilt tops and make inroads to a bunch of other crafty goodness. I've already dobbed myself in to sew napkins and a table runner for Christmas lunch. Yeah I know, I can hear you all coughing *bullshit* behind your hands. If I get one quilt top done, I'll be a happy lady.

In the meantime, can I distract you with a dark, blurry video of Teddy's pre-walk performance? No? Too bad.

Back soon with, fingers cross, crafting content.

monday morning - ted says "slip slop slap"

The ONLY way we could get Ted to wear his cap was distracting him with the words "Ted, want to GO", go is the word for walk. At this point you could do anything to him, he's too focussed on the "did she say GO, really". Mummy Son took him out after his photo shoot but she didn't think he needed his hat :)

  

Slip, slop, slap.

Happy barfday

Yep today I woke with a toilet bug. Luckily Ted and Spud were here to keep me company. Why am I posting this? It's BLogtoberfest and this stubborn lady doesn't want to miss a day.

monday morning sucks

That's what Ted reckons. This is the face we get in the morning when we're getting ready for work.

 

to market

Hey! Thanks for the sweet comments on the last post. I've still got this damn cold/flu thing but feeling a lot better than what I was. Ted, he's doing ok, his legs are still giving him grief but he's not yelping, though I'm sure it hurts and we'll do whatever we need to get it fixed. We're off to see the surgeon next week, so fingers and pink bits crossed.

I've been working on product to take to the market and I'm getting there. The coasters and cards pictured in this post are some of the items I'm taking. I love these coasters, any excuse to use Liberty and linen together. Also, not the best picture, but I've rubber stamped my name on the back of them. The linen's a little coarse so it's not super clear.

What else? Not much, working and getting better, crafting and really hanging out for the 2 weeks off I have at Christmas with Sondra. Oh yes, thinking and working on my back-tack partner's goodies. I admit I was lacking in inspiration and ideas, but I cracked it today and I think I've hatched an idea of sorts. So PHEW to that.

Currently loving and listening to Fleet Foxes. Until next time, happy crafting!

When it rains...

It pours a little. Hey all I've spent the past four days in bed with the nastiest flu. NASTY. Starting to feel more human today, thank goodness.

This morning we had to take Ted back to the vet and it looks like we're up for about $2-$4000 in surgery costs to get his knees fixed. Poor little dude has been having some pain the past few weeks. We don't know if it's an issue with the breeder but I'll be letting them know, he is only one and at a healthy weight. So we'll be paying a visit to the bank. I'm not complaining as we are in a fortunate position to consider surgery as an option.

So it's a sorta whiney post but not really more of a *sigh*. Hope you're all having a great week and I'll be back with some light and fluffy craft soon.

Teddy No Nuts

Yep, it's become a puppy blog...I had the past week off work for various reasons, house fix-ups, time out and Teddy 2 Turds went in to get neutered, which didn't slow him down one bit! I didn't get as much crafting finished or started as I would have hoped but I did attack the crafty room and you can now walk into it and find stuff!

So crafting? Lots of small projects.

I saw this baby kokeshi pattern over at The Moch and pounced. Now mine haven't turned out quite as cute, I couldn't find a super matt varnish so they're a little shiny. They look like they have bad t-zones! Still, fun pattern and I'd try again.

After seeing Alicia's, Jane's and then Fran's ripples, I got sucked into the ripple. Initially I was thinking Debbie  Bliss Cashmerino Aran, but impatience led me to the stash and the ripping out of an existing wip. I'm using Jo Sharp Cotton DK, cotton's probably not the best choice but I'm still happy with how it's progressing. I'll probably add some charcoal, black and some other colour. Depending how this one turns out I think I'll still do the  Cashmerino version just for soft squishyness.

Moving right along....I bought one of Sarah's Clothespin Doll Kits and had fun putting these two gals together. I used some of my own stash in addition to the fabrics that came with the kit. Highly recommend these, quick and very satisfying.

Finally a quick sewn gift for The Mo this Easter, a Wee Big Footed Bunny. A tricky little pattern that had me furrowing my brow and almost having a crafty tanty, but I prayed to the crafty dudes and they came through. Made using a denim shirt I used to wear over 12 years ago. Lovely soft denim. White flannel accents and little animal print overalls.

In the wings? Two more cushions in progress for the lounge. A quilt for The Son and I. A denim/flannel chenille blankie and a gazillion other knit projects and ideas.

I'll leave you with some of my current etsy favourites. Corrabelle - awesome hand carved block prints. Good-ness - lots of Japanese goodness, Leslie rocks. Angela Liguori - lovely Italian cotton ribbon and other treasures. Cotton Bird Designs - sweet little birds. Allyson Hill - excellent car bin bags, perfect for our new Mazda2 :)

"King Tut from Turd Island"

Is what came out of The Son's mouth in the middle of the night last week when we were having a 2am special moment with Sir Turdalot, our 22 week Pugalier (for those interested in the breed). Which subsequently got The Spud up, excited and joining in the fun. This had me cackling with sleepy laughter, she then dryly fired off "another fine f***ing moment in pet ownership" which had both of us giggling and Turdalot very excited at the middle of the night hilarity.

Yes this story is intended to distract you at the lack of crafting, so is the cute puppy pic. There's been crafting, but it's been scattered and disjointed. I still need to finish Al M's footrest. For those that have asked for a pattern I'm not sure I can share. It was from a class I did at a local fabric store, although their pattern was an adaptation of a Kaffe Fassett pattern. I'll try and find the original pattern that I received and see if there are are any copyright issues, though I'd say there is.

I was also intending on writing up the egg cosy pattern, luckily Kathleen over at Knittyknit's done one that is very similar. If you'd like to do one like mine, instead of casting off the 3 final stitches start knitting an i-cord for the length you'd prefer and then cast off. EASY! I've started a knitted egg cosy flickr group, please post pictures of any knitted or crochet egg cosy's not just this pattern.

I've made a couple of itty bitty felt bunny's from Last-Minute Fabric Gifts. He stands about 5cm tall not including his ears and below is one of three patchwork cushions for the living room. This one's finished, the other two are in various stages of patchwork and I hope to finish them on my holiday's in a couple of week's time.

Thanks to my mid Winter gocco swappers! Hope you guys enjoyed yours, I loved receiving mine.

I've been playing and playing Feist's album "The Reminder", it rocks (do I sound old saying that??). You might be familiar with their song "1, 2, 3, 4".

Until next time, happy crafting!