Christmas Wishes

Hi there!

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Cards sent?

Gifts prepared?

Presents wrapped?

Xmas Dinner planned?

Wine/Champagne cooling?

Post Xmas sleeping zone selected?

Cheesy movies?

Antacid purchased?



Rudy Reindeer ready for flying duty!



If you can say yes to more than one of the above, I am very jealous!!!


Ice cream security!!


We would like to wish you a Very Merry Christmas and hope that Santa is kind.  Be safe and be Merry.

Merrilyn, David & Boys

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Twilight Market

I thought I should tell you about this weekend's Twilight Market.  Here are some of the stunning designers that make the Daylesford Makers Market so special.
 

Curlypops

Moederkip

If you wanted to see some more of the fantastic things you can find, take a look at the Makers Market Blog.

The Market goes from 4pm til late with that man in the red suit being there from until 6pm.  We will be open during that time as well along with a number of other shops so come on in and say hello!!

You might also see a group of very talented kids busking there (be warned proud mum promoting son and friends here!!!). Hope you can come and have some fun.

Daylesford Craft Experience

Do you remember this?

And This?

Well we are doing it all again in 2011!!!

Some of you would have received Zoe's newsletter already announcing it.  If you haven't heard then read on...

Because we had so much fun with all our beautiful designers this year it was very hard to decide what to do...  We are pleased to announce that both Melly and Jodie are coming back with bigger and brighter ideas.

The third designer will be Kristen Doran.  Kristen does some beautiful printed fabrics as well as some absolutely lovely stitcheries so go and take a look at her blog and shop and drool like I do.

The venue will again be at the lovely Peppers Springs Retreat & Spa in Hepburn with all that yummy food.

You can download the booking forms here.

Hope you can come and have some fun with us in 2011!!!

Resin Casting

You might have seen on Jodie's blog a little while ago about our having two resin classes with Sylvia from Schmookville.  Here are of some of the molds we used with their precious cargo. As you can see we didn't restrict ourselves at all.



Bangles with lichen and moss



The makings of a necklace

 

Using Colour

Sylvia was fantastic in describing how to mix the resin and what things work or not in the resin.  Most importantly it was all about having fun and experimenting with colour and textured items.

The second week involved taking them out and sanding away all the excess bits and pieces.  I had to take a photo - just couldn't resist - meet the masked avengers!!  As you can see files and sandpaper at the ready.

Now for the results....  You can see how stunning the results can be.... And this isn't all that was completed.

I managed to pour a bracelet and a ring but have yet to finished the sanding.....



Bracelet has paper in it and the ring has a piece of tatting

I think everyone had a great time thanks to Sylvia's fantastic teaching skills and enthusiasm. 

We will definitely do this again next year.  Next time it will be a longer course - making our own molds. 
Drop me an email if you would like to join in the fun.

Bubbly the Scrappy Owl

I have been thinking about a number of things to write about this week, but have settled for the one toy that I really enjoyed making the most of late.

Meet Bubbly the Scrappy Owl who was created by the talented Jhoanna of One Red Robin

He has been on my mind for quite some time now and when some fantastic woven wool pieces from Moda arrived, I knew it was time. 

The wool packs contain eight 12" squares of varying colours in either a bright or natural range (I used the natural).  I used about half of the squares to make him, joining two different colours for his back.

My boys have also given their seal of approval ..... Lachlan wants him to come home permanently .... so we might just end up with two in the family...

AND....
Dont forget the fabulous Makers Market is on again this weekend - if you get a chance drop in and say Hi.

Tuesday night sessions

I am still sure that the weeks are going by twos at the moment!  Just when I think I am on top of things I realise that I have a whole new list of things to do...

One thing I have been meaning to talk about is our Tuesday night sessions.  On the first and third Tuesday of each month, from 7.00pm til 9.00pm, you can come and just .. well .. sew.

If you haven't done any sewing before and want to have a go, or just want to finish that item that you just dont seem to get time to do at home, then these evenings are for you.

This is the gorgeous Vanessa who wanted to have a go at sewing and decided to Amy Butler's Birdie Sling.

 

She has done a great job hasn't she. 

What we try to do during the night is work through the complexities of patterns, sew, drink tea (and sometimes wine) and eat biscuits (or chocolate).  In other words no pressure.

Just another quick note... Sylvia's Resin Class is filling up so if you are interested let me know.

Dee Dee & Makers Market

I have been looking at Dee Dee, the dolphin from the talented Melly & Me for a while.  When these lovely prints came in, I thought they were suitable for a girl like her with their lovely nautical colours.

These Aqua fabrics are a range from Michael Miller and are $24- p/m.

Another month has gone by and the talented stally holders will again be at the Daylesford Makers Market this weekend.