tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83867986367417026172011-12-30T02:47:54.710+11:00Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05414225255369167188noreply@blogger.comBlogger1971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8386798636741702617.post-90772072685925955102011-10-16T19:39:00.007+11:002011-10-16T21:21:05.080+11:00

It's been in the works for a while. Finally I finished her. Totally screen printed with a reversible cape and skirt. The skirt print was a last minute thing, but I am totally in love with the squirrel skirt. I had some great suggestions of maybe making matching squirrel skirts for the big girl doll owners. I've got more plans for the doll. I'm also thinking of making little felt suitcases with

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Here is my new camping pattern 'Camp Wanataka' destined for little man bags. Men need bags too you know, especially to tote around bugs, balls and bits and bobs that little fellas find in their travels. I'll try and photograph them tomorrow. The mogul has given birth to my beautiful little nephew and I'm just all about boys now, so stay tuned for many boy themed projects. Mini-mogul is so

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Surrounded by crowds was the cooking demonstration by Adriano Zumbo. Under a beautiful canopy were the chocolate sculptures and demonstrations. All made of chocolate. Snippets from the chocolate sculptures competition. Cooking demonstrations on a lovely little floating platform. Fast Ed. After cooking a delicious souffle and handing it out to an audience member, Fast Ed saw the person disappear

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Cute puffy quilt that I whipped up a couple of weeks ago. There are babies about to pop left, right and centre around here so it's good to have a few on hand. I'm in the process of making a few custom quilts. I don't use purple often, but my friend has requested lilac be incorporated. This should be interesting and I'm sure will be very pretty. My sister who is due to pop any day has got a pirate

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After my printing frenzy a couple of weeks ago. I knocked out a pouffe at the last minute to take to the markets to show people what you can do with the panels that I'm selling. I got a request to buy the pouffe when I wasn't really counting on sellling it and thought why not. Now I'm doing a custom pouffe with cushions to match. As a complete recycler of all crafty bits and bobs - the pouffe is

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This is what happens when all the kids have left home and my mother is left to knit for my dad, doggy-daughter and grand-daughter doggy. A cable-knitted threesome. May I present Pa, Kimbaloney and Jesse Bette (my shared and nutbag dog - the leaping lizard).

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'U-Turn' There are many times I've wanted to chuck a u-ie in life, mostly in my 20's and nightmare teenage years. I couldn't stand night clubs, in my early twenties, and some of my friends dragged me off to them weekend after weekend. Bored out of my skull one night I fell asleep on a particularly comfy lounge and the bouncer woke me threatening to kick me out. Not a good look for a pumping, yay

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'Hamilton Houses' 'House Numbers' Here are my new House and Numbers Collection. I will be selling this fabric by the fat quarter so you can make your own. Yahoo, crafters! Imagine what you can do with this fabric. With all my latest cushions I have printed on a lovely natural linen/cotton.

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'Graffiti Flowers''Graffiti Flowers' and 'Beautiful Flower Names'Here is a sampling of my latest fabric designs. I am currently in the process of opening up a brand new online shop which will be a direct link from this blog with all these goods available - Stay Tuned!! Yes people I will be flogging my wares and will be stepping up my marketing game. I'm so slack and bad at that side of the

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I printed up the 'On the Farm' fabric and am loving it in black and white. This is my bathroom stool to hold such essentials as magazines and ice-cream if the mood permits. A hot steaming bath and a bowl of vanilla ice-cream is the best, milo on top occasionally gets the look in.

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It has been screen printing week around here. This is my new print which has been printed up today. I love it. I've printed it on my lovely new linen. I'll try to photograph all my new stuff in the next few days.

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A new print I'm working on 'On the Farm'. I've printed it up in red on white, but I'm loving these colours. I forgot to celebrate Bastille Day. Oops, usually we have delicious crepes or some Frenchie dessert, but alas tomorrow will have to do. Bonne fête à tous Bastille. J'espère que vous avez tous mangé des crêpes et des croissants tous les jours. Au revoir pour maintenant mes amis. (Happy

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'Rain Dancers' by Diana JonesI love a limited colour palette. I remember my educational texts from the late 70's with lots of gorgeous purple/pink spot colours with scratchie black and white illustrations. Do you remember when you started to learn to read? As a nutty competitive type, I strived to blitz through those suckers in no time flat. I was devastated when a new girl started and she was a

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The Mogul is having a baby. The baker and I threw her a baby shower. The baker and I decorated the butterfly cake with white chocolate butterflies. It was super easy to do and looks quite effective. It is a super delicious orange almond cake from a planet cake book. The cupcakes are also from a planet cake book. I made up the teddy bear and the black cats. The baker is doing a chocolate course,

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My parent's have a wall at their house that charts, it seems, every person's height that has ever visited. We draw straight on the wall and there are hundreds of names, ages and heights. We love it and each year the kidlets see how fast they are outgrowing each other and whether they are taller than auntie's, uncles and neighbours at the same age. We have both towering beans and short arses in

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I donned my coat today- whine, whinge. I'm hoping Winter blows in and out quickly this year. I'm over it already! I love ice skating, snow and Winter foods though, so I suppose it isn't all doom and gloom. Miss 8 put on the first, Disney on Ice, concert a couple of nights ago complete with blue sheet as the ice. She is off to Disney on Ice in a week, so we are in for many more performances

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A bit of procrastination with the making of my spool holder above. My new circle scarves in second pic and my transport collage in the making.

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I haven't done an illustration for ages. This is getting turned into a collage for those transport nuts out there. The winding freeways I thought would be an excellent way for little transport aficionados to follow and drift off to sleep.

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I went to fashion week on Wednesday to hob-nob with the hob-nob. Twas fun, fun, fun. The most fun was had checking out what other people were wearing, the most impressive being the shoes. The mogul and her man's display was fab. So if you're off to fashion week check out their lawless and persia handbag collection. I have more pics that I will update after the market tomorrow. As I have been out

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Pics via my sister's site Love & Luck.Exciting times for my sister the mogul and her man's label Love & Luck. They have been invited to RAFW this week. I'm so excited for them as it is the biggest event on the fashion calendar in Australia. My other sister, the baker and I have been invited. What to wear??? As a complete crafter with limited, 'sewn by me', clothes and currently sporting a broken

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My sister, the mogul, bought my mum the 'Knit your own Royal Wedding' book a week or so ago. Mum managed to knit and post to the mogul, just in time for the wedding today. From left, Prince Harry - which apparently required the knitter to use pink wool for his delicate skin. He has a patch of ginger under the hat. Camilla - resplendent in old lady purple. Kate - in wedding dress sporting a beaded

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I'm loving these cute blankets. The brown and yellow one sold at the March markets. The little golden book fabric is adorable. I don't know why, but yellow is a hard colour to sell. This blanket was snapped up in no time though. I love yellow and can't help buying many different shades of the sunny good stuff. I mainly like the mustardy 70's yellows as opposed to the pastel yellows. What about

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Here are the latest characters for my finger puppet range. I love the dog jumping through the hoop and the ring master is quite debonair with his curly moustache. The latest finger puppet theatre signs are made with blackboard fabric. It was so easy to sew with and super easy to write on. I got the fabric from here. Excellent customer service and prompt delivery.

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I've been busy with power tools lately. After justifying a circular saw purchase because I was now making stands for my puppet theatres, the jigsaw has been equally getting a workout. I love the jigsaw, but I have to be super vigilant with my clumsy fingers. So far, so good! After purchasing my circular saw I was talking to a lady who told me the most horrific story of a guy cutting the gyrock

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Voila, here are the new finger puppet theatres. I had so much fun making them. I used the drawing fluid and blocking fluid technique when making the screen. I may have to do a tutorial on this. The drawing fluid is so easy to apply and is less mucking around than the photo emulsion. The puppet theatres have that handmade and hand drawn look I was after. The puppet theatres retail for $60.

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Miss 8's cousin Mael, taking in the scenery on the Golden pass railway from Zweisimmen to Gstaad.Picture postcard pretty Switzerland. Couldn't quite work out what language to speak whilst there. Tried a bit of French and they spoke back in German. Then tried a bit of German and they spoke back in a combo of Swiss-German and English. Probably the most confusing country I've ever visited, but

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Miss 8 and her cousins at their house in Brittany. Christmas markets in Rennes, Brittany. Whole lot of cheese and bread.Combourg Castle.Brittany was so beautiful. It doesn't often snow there so we were really lucky to experience a snowy Brittany. In the middle of the town we stayed at, Combourg, they had a castle. The countess of the castle divides her time between Paris and her castle in

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We had so many adventures in France, including getting lost 150km south of where we were supposed to go. We arrived on the TGV in a little town called Redon at 11.30pm and it was snowing. The TGV had split and we were not on the half that went to our intended destination. Dramas, dramas! We ended up staying at a lovely guy called Nils's house. Thanks Nils. We stayed primarily in Brittany, which

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So I'm in love with Paris, but am happy to be back on the beach. Ah, the best of both worlds. Will update with all fun tales soon, off to the beach with my peeps.

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Jessie modelling a trés cute elf hat for the festive season. I would like to thank all my lovely customers and blogging friends this year which made for a great crafty year. Now, does anyone know how to blog photos from an ipod? I can write text, but can't seem to figure out how to attach some pics.

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Here are the dog decoration softies I made for the markets. I forgot to take a photo of the completed decoration. I sold the lot. How could you resist one of these cuties. I'm hitting the air soon for a white Christmas in France. I'm going to attempt to blog from afar, but don't hold me to it.

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Scoop bag combinations I like alot.Baby Kaftan - Made from a super light voile.Patchy Cushions. Little Girl Satchels.More scoop bag combos. Globe fabric collage lampshade.Map strip fabric collage lampshade.Size 1-14 girl's skirts. This is just a selection of some of the goodies I'll have for sale at the Christmas markets I'll be attending. Now for a little request. So I'm going to France soon and

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My blog absence has been due to my preparations for the markets I will be attending. This Saturday 27th November I'll be at The Red Lantern Night Market in the Hunter Street Mall, Newcastle 4pm-9pm. I can't wait. I went shopping last Saturday night at the markets, which was great. Being a complete carnie, it's hard to get out and see what other crafty people are up to. The Red Lantern also has

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Here are the floating tables that the groom and I sawed, hammered and screwed. I then sewed all the table skirts. Each table skirt was about 4 metres around. By the end of it I had white line fever on the sewing machine. The Mogul put together the outfit and the wigs. They looked so spectacular. The girls were great and sipped champagne and were wonderfully aloof. My sister's camera went a bit

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Here are some more lovely pics of my sister 'The Mogul's' wedding. She looked so stunning. The groom and I knocked out the kissing booth based on this cool wedding I found. I loved it so much I showed The Mogul and she loved the kissing booth idea. So voila - kissing booth with cute heart accessories. I revamped The Mogul's doll box with some new signage. We had my designs cut out in vinyl which

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Here is my older sister's (The Baker) dessert buffet and wedding cake. It was spectacular and the best bit was everything was delicious. The Baker sourced the ever so cute cake topper from Megan from Melabo a lovely crafter on etsy.

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The little birds were all handmade by my nieces, the bride and myself. They were so cute and people took them as keepsakes. The kitty bridesmaids outfits were designed by the bride. She's a clever one and made sure all the kitties behaved themselves.

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My little sister 'The Mogul' got married on Sunday. Here are the invites I did for her. They came in a pink envelope with a black wax seal. As you will see pink is her colour de jour. Her wedding was absolutely beautiful and so was she.

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Here are some scoop bags I've been making lately. I love them. I haven't decided what patchy combo to make for myself. Lots of people turned up for The Olive Tree Market this weekend, despite it raining from 11am through to 2pm and being a long weekend. Thank you everyone who showed up to support the handmade loveliness on offer.I was discussing with one of my crafty mates how lovely it is when

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Suburban Dreams 2010 D. JonesI must admit I'm equally fascinated and horrified by suburbia. I grew up on a couple of acres with goats, chooks, ducks, dogs, cats, horses and lots of siblings. We had room to move, but it was quite isolated in terms of things to do when you became a teenager. Hence, as soon as you turned 13, you called it a 'hole'. The 'hole' was hard to get out of as there was

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The Baker's birthday is coming up. My other sister, 'The mogul' told us about 'The Birthdee Bitch' day she plays out with her mate each year on their birthdays. The rules for the 'Birthdee Bitch' are as follows. Friend/Slave for the day must fulfill all requests of the 'Birthdee Bitch' all day. God help 'The mogul's' little mate. I'm very suspect 'The mogul' turns very bridezilla when it comes to

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My sister, the baker, has perfected the macaron over the last couple of months. It has turned into a mild obsession and I'm enjoying the benefits. My favourite macaron so far has been the salted caramel. Flavours on offer next month at the Olive Tree Market includes: cherry cheesecake, rhubarb and custard, chocolate and strawberry. I think? I've tried the ones at Laurent in Melbourne and the

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A little miss I know celebrated her first birthday recently. I whipped up this skirt and bought these cutie patootie shoes to go with it. I've rejigged this skirt for market and have positioned the pockets at the side rather than front. In wedding news, the future brother-in-law and I have been building, building, building. Many pics to come.

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The wedding preps for my younger sister have been going for a few weeks now. The baker -my other sister - knocked out this most spectacular cake this weekend. A trial for the upcoming wedding. It is her first wedding cake ever and also her first go at that tricky fondant. It took her two days and much coffee to bake and mix and roll all required ingredients. I think she used about 3 kilos of

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I went for a quick bike ride today and smelt the lovely Spring blossoms in the air. Check out my latest Spring creations -a veritable colour explosion. The top pic is one fabric flower I folded and sewed together and then photoshopped. My obsession with pattern made me repeat it. I don't know what I'm going to do with the flower, my mind is ticking over and I'll come back to that one later. I

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I'm officially over winter and today was the most beautiful Spring day. Even though I was in the sweatshop all day getting ready for the market. Here is another lovely Spring inspired lamp.

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Here are some new things I've been working on to take to market this weekend. I love how my lamps turned out and the Newcastle teatowels, bags and pencil cases hopefully will be embraced by all those crafty Novocastrian people.

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Wedding Birds - made from marabou feathers, crepe paper, map pins and styro balls.New bags that double as paniers for your bike. They are double bags with a sturdy heavy zip on the back and a lighter zip under the flap. These are still prototypes and am still working on the construction of them. I will probably put some sort of velcro strips in the middle of the two bags to attach to the back of

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Prahran Markets cafe. TrunkLaurent side entrance.SpacecraftDedicated bike path at St Kilda. (Very impressed) I've never seen anything like this.Cottage Industry and Little SalonNew bike scheme in Melbourne and a cute shop on Flinders Lane.Crochet and cuteness.A couple of weeks ago I took myself off to Melbourne for some frigid weather and fun with friends. It was so much fun and of course I

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Finally, here is my new fabric cupboard which I just couldn't live without. It is full to the brim, but at last I have my fabrics sorted. It was getting to the point, with my old storage method, that it was easier to just buy new fabric than to try to dig through the abyss that was my fabric cupboard. I forgot to take before pictures when it was covered in a thick cream paint. It took me 3-4

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I've been experimenting with cupcake toppers. Everyone loves a ladybird don't they? This is the back and front of the ladybird topper (see above) My sister does the most amazing ladybird biscuits which always go gangbusters at the markets. These ladybird toppers will be available at the next Olive Tree Market. I'll have them in a couple of different colour combos, pink and green and the

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So it's been a while, but the craft or more accurately the DIY has kept me busy. I haven't got a good pic yet, but I've been revamping my new material cupboard, which was kindly donated to the cause by a sympathetic craft lover, thanks Zoe. In the meantime. I'm gearing up to do a shop update. So here are a couple of wares up for grabs in the next day or two from my madeit shop. So pop over to the

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Project Daybed got up and running a couple of weeks ago when the cold weather set in and we decided to take advantage of the one and only spot in our house that has sun throughout winter, our courtyard. Big plans were made and trips to the antique shops ensued. When nothing eventuated, voila - a plan was hatched. Miss Seven had a trundle bed she wasn't using so I used that as a base to make the

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Ahoy there me hearties. I helped my sister with some illustrations, little flags, waves and party bags on this party. It was a great success. The birthday boy loved it and so did we.

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Little Miss Seven and her little country mate Miss Four watching the horse and rider dress up competition.The pub - a popular spot for the locals.We swung by the Stroud Show and Rodeo on the weekend. We love to visit each year and partake in a bit of country fun. Miss Seven and her little country mate Miss Four entered, for the first time, the biscuit decorating competition. Miss Four took out

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Today I got busy on the scarf making for the upcoming cold months. It was chilly today, our first for the year. I know 20 degrees may sound nice to some, but that's just cold business in my parts. I got some super sweet fabrics from Sydney last week and hit the sewing machine immediately on my return. I'm loving these scarves which both adult and kid can snuggle into.

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Here is my first screen I made. I've since reclaimed it as I perfected my exposure technique and exposed this screen again.(see above print on skirt) It still printed quite well though. (see below)I finished the screen printing course a couple of weeks ago now and have been drawing and printing ever since - hence the blogging break to create. The course was so fantastic and I would highly

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How cool would it be to design stamps? In my books - the coolest. I was an avid stamp collector as a kid and used to pore over all the little details of the stamp. I loved all the overseas stamps with their different money symbols. I wished I'd kept up with collecting, but alas the barbie took their place. I designed this group of stamps with screenprinting in mind. Oh, the excitement. I'm off to

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Cutie patootie baby blankie. This prototype was created last week after a friend/one of my best customers asked for something for a new baby. I've been thinking about making a security blanket for quite a while and after doing the Evie illustration with her blankie, voila here is my version. I was feeling a bit fancy pants and even embroidered her name on the inside of the blankie. I just love

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My lovely friend got married on the weekend to a great guy. She made the most beautiful bride and now she is sunning herself in a far away land with her lovely beau. My sister and I gave her a wedding dessert buffet for her gift. My sister baked everything and it was all so delicious. I styled it up with paper cut outs, signs, garlands and a three tiered cake stand. It was spectacular - if I

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Not really a fan of Valentine's Day so I knocked out some sweetie cards to give to anyone if you're that way inclined. The Olive Tree Markets kicked off again this year with Saturday's market. It was a bit slow, but that's retail I guess. My favourite sale of the day was from a lady who bought her daughter a doll for Christmas and it proved a big hit with her daughter and also her Nan, who is in

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I had an idea last night and this is what it looks like today. Just in time for Valentine loving folk. Although funnily I didn't have Valentine's Day in mind at all when creating it. I was thinking about what a loving heartbeat would look like.

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I've decided to move on to a new drop sheet for my printing adventures. I've framed up a few pieces and I'm going to keep some for myself and sell the rest off. This drop sheet is from when I first started printing, so it's a bit spesh. Since it's a new year I thought I should start with a brand new sheet. I'm off in the next couple of weeks honing my screenprinting skills. I'm going to learn to

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I whipped up a few lady bags for the markets this weekend. The two green fabrics are Amy Butler. I love these fabrics and am using them sparingly. The pink fabric is a Michael Miller. The linen, I've used in the main part of the bag and handle, I've had in my stash for ages and am finally using it.

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I dropped off my niece today at school and saw Miss Evie, the cutie pie, doing the rounds of the school yard with her blankie. She was skipping around with a spring in her step after having dropped off her older sister with her mum. Miss Evie made me smile today, thanks Miss Evie.

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An illustration in celebration of the sunshower. I know, it's been a while. Crazy weather about of late. Thunder and lightning for most of the week, with a lovely sunshower thrown into the mix. I saw 'It's Complicated' today with Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin. The interiors were so fabulous. I want to live in Meryl's character, Jane's house and I also want her bakery. I really enjoyed it, but I

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My lovely friend is getting married. Three cheers! This is her invite which I had fun doing. The little pic is a portrait of her family. The Mrs-to-be, crazy as it may seem, wants to add to her brood of three so way up high is a little egg (her idea) that just might become addition number four. The envelope is an A4 piece of paper printed and folded and then machine sewn. Just a tip if anyone

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Miss Seven decorated her own chocolate brownie cupcake. She likes sugar. Poor little deer looks like she's caught in a snowdrift.Better late than never with the roundup. Ah, the hot, lazy Christmas holidays. Is there anything better? I've been doing very little except eating and lazing. Yesterday was the most excellent beach weather so I hung out with some special peeps down at the beach - bliss!

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I tizzied up a plain ikea wreath this year. I like the simplicity of it.

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This feat of magnificence was knitted by my mum. I'm a very basic straight scarf knitter and this knittery is waaaay beyond my skills. My mum's crafty expertise is in knitting, crochet and quilting. She's an insane crafter like the rest of us and always has a project on the go. I love the detail in all the characters. She did a great job. My dad got involved in this crafty project and soldered

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This is a joint project that I completed with my 7 year old niece. It's a bit wacky spectacky, but she loves it. This is our diorama we whipped up for our amusement this year. Since it's sans snow around here at Christmastime we thought we would bring a Christmas winter wonderland to our new cabinet. I must admit my purchase of new cabinet was based heavily on that little window display area.

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Here are some new dolls I've been working on. The top one is Barry and the bottom one is his mate Pepe. They're funny and cute and ever so stylish. I had a smile on my face the whole time whilst making these cool dudes. They rock the Amy Butler print on their shirts don't you think?Now I've got to make a girl to go with these guys because they are such chick magnets and at the moment are

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Here are my Christmas Tree Softie decorations which went gang busters at the market. I did the prawn softies last year for my tree and thought other people might appreciate a bit of prawn action and I wasn't wrong. The Joy to the Thong (flip/flops I think in the UK and US) proved very popular as well. The Joy to the Thong also doubled as my Christmas card this year. Thongs are big time here in

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A quickie cake, if you can believe it, for the family function for Miss Seven's birthday. My sister and I did a collaborative effort on this one. The birthday was well and truly stretched for maximum party fun. This cake was constructed from a bought block cake and jam rollettes, hmmm, weird, but yummy. Miss G's quilt is finished. Needs an iron and the pic is a tad crap, but hey crafters

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This is my sister's piece de resistance of birthday parties so far. Takes the cake and the kids were jumping for joy. They were a bit scared at first to hook in, but once silver shovel in hand they scooped away with gay abandon. Oh the joy to be seven and come home with your little mates from school to be greeted with a lolly buffet- heaven!!!! Happy Birthday Miss Seven. Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss,

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My sister has gone all Martha Stewart/Amy Atlas and made these caramel popcorn cones herself. How cute and clever!!! The border on the popcorn stickers she got off the Martha Stewart website and she whipped up the stripes herself in illustrator.My sister is putting on a shindig 'lolly party buffet' for my niece who will be turning 7 in 4 sleeps. The countdown started last year so you could

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Finally finished the two versions of Christmas dresses that I will be selling at the next Olive Tree Market. I can't wait to model them on Rosie when she's next around. They are made with a lovely summer weight linen/cotton (white) and quilting cottons for the sleeves. And in exciting news I've been accepted into the Newcastle Art Bazaar on Laman St in Newcastle on the 5th of December. I go each

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It's been birthday season around here lately. I knocked out this cake for my caffeined up sister. Her miss six thought it would be a cute idea to make a cup and saucer for her mum, so of course I obliged. Nothing like making a little girl, who is about to lose her first front tooth, smile. She helped ice the pink and her little mate helped with the yellow and I made the most delicious 7 minute

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Wooden and fabric horse badges that will be attached to frilly dresses, hats and such.Cute patchy cushion covers with my new 'follow the leader' print scattered through. Finally cut into the beautiful Heather Ross fabric, twas hard, but I did it!!! I love this print sooo much. It is a Heather Bailey print called 'pineapple brocade'. I think I'll probably keep this hat, tis lovely! Here is the

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I visit lots of blogs and feel very inspired by all the crafters, illustrators and people generally doing things their own way, which I love. A blog I found early on was the lovely illustrator Amy Cartwright (just quietly I also covet her house). She is a wonderful illustrator and through her blog I've found other great illustrators and inspiring people. That's what so great about this blogging

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This is what I woke up to today. This was taken at 8.15am - just bizarre! I can't remember the last time I experienced a dust storm. Living on the coast we don't often get these dust storms, they're usually more inland Australia. It was the weirdest orange and very windy. I hunkered down all day inside trying to stop the dust coming in the house.

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Here's an adult's hat I rejigged from a baby hat pattern. (see below) I know yellow is not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm just loving the mustardy 70's yellow at the moment. I particularly love the cloche/bonnet style and think it is super cute. It was a real bugger to sew, but well worth it I think. I stuck an adjustable tie on the back so all heads could be accommodated. It reminds me of some

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'Follow the Leader' by Diana Jones 2009Only two days to go till Spring. I'm looking forward to t-shirts and shorts weather and my skin actually being able to breath free of jumpers, jackets and scarves. Granted it was 28 degrees last week so Spring has definitely sprung round my parts. I'll be turning this illustration into a collage - stay tuned! Currently fixated on pinwheels. They are so cute

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As a bit of a slacker blogger I'm dedicating this post to my childhood friend who popped out a bouncing, 35cm headed, ouch, baby girl on Wednesday. As she did a champion effort and she did mention I haven't updated my blog in a while, here is a post for you, Chris and sweet little Georgia. I will try to pop out a few more blog posts in the coming months while you're on maternity leave.The

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'Snippy and Little Miss Go Ballooning' 2009 Diana JonesIt's getting warmer here. Hopefully I'll be able to stop the hunch over to keep warm and I'll be sitting upright in no time at all. Here's my latest colourful illustration. This will be turned into a textile collage, quite a big one if I'm up to it. With this illustration I couldn't help but think about a very bossy little girl, called

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I found a pic of the dessert buffet my sister and I whipped together for my friend's baby shower. Although this pic isn't so fabulous you get the idea and setup.

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'Girly Balloons' 2009 Diana Jones'Flying Bed Girl' 2009 Diana Jones 'Swing a Little' 2009 Diana JonesAnother month, another Olive Tree market. It seems to come around so quickly. For this wintry month I cranked out some cute and super colourful collages to lift the spirits of my fellow Novacastrians. Was absolutely freezing and after coming back from the snow only the previous day, you'd think

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It's a little chilly here and to keep warm I've been dreaming in full colour. Does anyone else do this? Lately I've been dreaming of different colour combinations. As a kid I had this book called 'Toby's Tree' and it had the most fantastic colours. The story revolved around a tree that grew in the middle of the house and through the roof. The tree produced purple fruit. I loved the 70's pinky

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My computer is dying a slow and painful death. The CD drive pops out to say hello when it feels like it and as of a few minutes ago, it erased some pictures from a disc that I really, really wanted to use in this post. Not good for a computer just on 3 years old, bit o plastic crap. Last weekend I collaborated on a dessert buffet for my friend's baby shower. My sister and I, aka - the maker(me),

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I find designing invites a lot of fun. It's a chance to explore colours and themes I wouldn't normally experiment within my own illustrations. I'm usually not a big fan of maroon, but it works so well with the country theme of the card. This invite was for a friend who lives in the bush on a farm. Her oldest daughter, who is 3, goes to pony club on her minature horse Elly. Her dad leads her

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So it's all been about cakes and pirates round these parts lately. These lil' bow legged lads make me smile. Everyone, it seems, has their secret and not so secret food addictions and I know most people I talk to rate chocolate as their number one. Me, I do cake, anytime, anywhere, iced, non-iced. That doughy, baked goodness gets my vote everytime. Actually I can hear a cake calling me now.......

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It's been a while since I cranked out an illustration, so voila, this is what rainy days are good for!Wouldn't you just love it if your bed took flight? This was a recurring dream of mine as a kid. After watching 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' and Alladin on his magic carpet I dreamt of faraway lands from my shared surburban (complete with chalk line down the middle) bedroom.

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I wish I made these, however, I cook everything on flat out so they would have burnt bits aroung the edges if they were mine. These are my big sister's cookies. She is starting a new cookie venture, as she is crazy good at it and she came to the market on the weekend with some of her cookies and sold out in 2 hours. Umm, yeah, they were that good. People came back for more and were buying in

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This is collage number four in my ongoing collage series. This particular collage is an extended or over the top version of my first collage. I'm loving these collages as they give me the freedom of doing a bit of over the top crafting. In other areas I have to show a bit of restraint, but with the collages I'm just giving myself full reign to whack as much or as little things on them as possible

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I've been sewing and printing these scarves for the past couple of months now and I am absolutely in love with them. I make the grey ones with a beautiful slubby 100% linen with a wool blend on the back, which is super soft and not scratchy at all. I must have looked like a complete nutter when I went to buy the wool, as I was rubbing all these different fabrics on my neck and cheek. There is

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Bought a new chair today to save my aching back. Being hunched over the sewer for hours on end, the dining room chair, albeit a 1960's designer delight, is not so delightful on the back. Bought the ugliest chair because my back said so. I sat in about 20 different chairs each of varying degrees of ugliness, but bought one that, if absolutely necessary, I could happily drift off to sleep in if the

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Ah, a crafter's lot is never done. I've had many things on the go the last few weeks and thus nothing has been completed or blogged about for that matter. Another collage is taking shape in the form of vintage clothing patterns, fun, fun. Went to the Finders Keepers markets this past weekend at the Carriageworks in Eveleigh. Wow, was this market packed. I'm talking shuffle packed and I can't see

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Here is one little happy market goer, sporting my 'I'm All Ears Hat'. How cute is this little munchkin'? We couldn't stop taking photos of this cutie. Those cheeks are just begging to be squeezed.The market seems to come around so quickly and as per usual I'm sewing like a maniac in the last week to the lead up to the market. I took my textile collages to the market and there was much oohing and

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I was invited to participate in the Canterbury Art Exhibition giftshop this year. Although I won't get to check it out personally, as it is in Victoria, it sounds like a great art show. I love Brendon Mogg's work and his works remind me a little of my textile collages, which I'm still obsessively sewing. So those crafty people in Melbourne go and check out the Exhibition which starts on 1st of

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A couple of posts back I was awarded two blog awards, which I kept reminding myself to blog about and then I kept forgetting which I attribute to crafty collage obsessing. Veronica Darling's Crafty Adventures kindly awarded me the proximidade award. Thank you so much Veronica, I love the sentiment of this little award.Proximidade is described as follows: 'This blog invests and believes in

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