A big week

Weelll - its going to be a big old week this week starting with a toddler coming to see me at 3:30am and culminating in market this Saturday.

I'm rather uncharacteristically ahead of schedule - perhaps because I'm sharing a stall this time round with Juliet over at Tartan Kiwi I've been a tad more aherm organised.  

She came over Monday to play shops (I love this part).  Here's a sneak peak - obviously it will look better in situ than it does in my living room.

I'm always on the look out for cute ways to display my wares.  I thought I would share this wee idea - I found this wooden sticks? paddles? in the $2 shop and sprayed them with blackboard paint on the weekend.  

The intention is to use them as little item/price labels (either stick them with blue tac or use a peg to attach them).  It was a bit of a fail though - I should have primed the things first as the paint has ended up with a real powdery texture.  Ah well, lesson learnt - I'm all out of blackboard paint now so I'll probably just paint them white and write on them with pencil, then paint over them when required.


These would be really cute to use as labels for plants - you could paint them as a craft project with your wee one and then you could plant some seeds together and kind of stretch the fun out.  

Do you have any tips about market displays - either from the perspective of stallholder or market goer?  I would love you to share.

Happy day to you.

I'm loving

Its been a while since I was intentionally thankful on my blog.  But I had such a good weekend, I wanted to tell you I'm lovin:

A daughter on the mend (after a week of a bad cold - thankfully not the Whooping Cough we suspected).  She gets more sleep.  I get more sleep.  Our world is more, well, sane.

That I work for me.  Its a hard road, this self employment gig.  We have been talking on and off for a year about some sort of office job.  I thought it might be possible as Lala get's older, but honesty how do you cope and get time off work with a sick child, or two or three?

Lavender from our garden for the linen cupboard and our wardrobe

The lingering last days of summer and a tiny garden which despite its size and our shocking lack of attention over the last six months provides bounty.

I'm going to attempt Rosehip syrup with these.  I've never made it, but there is a first time for everything.

A whole day with my very busy husband - no agendas, nothing we had to do, no place we had to be.  Working together in the garden, relaxing, chatting, creating, dreaming.  We never seem to have time to just talk about our dreams and ambitions these days, I'm loving that we took the time to be connected in this way.


Linking up with Things I'm Loving in its new home at MNM's

In my Creative Space

Hi ya.  Hope you're enjoying your day.  In my space today I'm:


Playing with some contemporary appliqué examples for a one of the classes I'm teaching at Handmade 2012 next month.  I'm seriously excited.  Seriously.  *Squeeeeee*

A bit random looking - but I'll plug away at it for now - it might just come right

Dreaming of my next knit project.  I really want to get started, but I'm being good and getting the outstanding market makings out of the way first.

Reading Catching Fire (sequel to The Hunger Games) sooo addictive.  The Hunger Games got knocked over in a day.  Brilliant easy read.

Relieved that my girl doesn't have Whooping Cough, just a bad cold.  We've been in isolation since Monday.  Major cabin fever goin' on round here.  She's still a little lack lustre, but a small trip to the garden centre for a coffee and a wander around is on for this afternoon.

Putting the finishing touches on the coasters I was working on last week.

What are you up to in your creative space today?