love my $5.99 camera. if only it wasn’t so expensive to get film developed…
Category Archives: handmade
melbourne
camberwell market / chasing the sunset / on way to the museum / mother’s day brunch
making shit happen
so. i am now officially unemployed.
it was going to happen one day or another; i’m a part-time sessional teacher whose position is entirely dependent on student numbers, which, unfortunately, are down this semester. hence no work for this 12 week term (at least).
it’s pretty shitty.
i’m not sure what to do.
i’m trying to be positive and look on the bright side, but it’s hard sometimes. i’m very romantic and all ‘happiness > money’ but there is something to be said about job security and knowing that you have enough money to pay the rent.
but i’m not going to get down about it: i’m going to make shit happen. you heard it here first.
my quilt
you can see that as this quilt gets larger, the rows become simpler (and the lines less straight; there’s a reason that this photo is so blurry…).
indigo
i couldn’t walk past these 1800s quilt panels… what can i say: i’m a sucker for textiles, and old things.
more at cloth & company
spots + flowers
apologies for the (relative) quietness around here lately.
i’ve been busy working two days a week, doing work experience / internships two days a week, completing a masters degree, and – what has taken up most of my hours – wasting time on pinterest / twitter / instagram.
AND, i’ve been making a quilt, which features some amazing nani iro fabric (though none of the above. soon to be rectified by the purchase of the first one. and perhaps five others).
if i’m very honest, i haven’t picked up a book for uni since before easter, AND i had last week off work. but still: instagram never sleeps.
priorities, people.
rhubarb cornmeal cake
japanese design
stickers
i still haven’t grown out of purchasing stickers.
at least now i know what to do with them all, thanks to stylesight
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and thanks for the little shout out, frankie! x
knitwear
okay; i just scored what officially is my best ever purchase from savers (dries van noten jacket in my size, begone: you look rubbish on anyway. vintage mannequin: why won’t you stand up properly? and countless pieces of clothes and crockery and bits-and-bobs: i love you, but eh, you’re nothing compared to today’s find)…
a knitting machine and ribber for $29.99.
a singer 321 memomatic machine with ribber and manual and all parts which looks to be in working order (i hope), to be exact.
happy, happy, happy!
fellow machine knitters will know that the singer 321 is pretty much your bog-standard model, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing when it comes to sourcing parts or getting it repaired. and i actually already have a singer 321 (albeit a slightly newer model), so tools and techniques (hopefully) won’t be a problem. but what i didn’t have until today’s find was a ribber attachment, and that opens up a whole new knitting world for me.
okay, you may think i’m incredibly geeky for gushing on about a knitting machine, but look at the picture above: knitwear rocks.
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image by jazzabellediary on flickr, from the best knitting blog ever fuck year fashion knitwear, found via pinterest, of course.
baked goods
on sunday, despite the plus 30c temperature, i baked.
these are (some) of my christmas treats made so far;
cranberry and pistachio biscotti from the latest donna hay magazine
shortbread from an old cookbook that belonged to my nanna (though of course no shortbread is as good as my nanna’s!)
toasted pine nut and almond toffee (which is jaw-breakingly moreish) from this bargainous book
and rosemary and thyme roasted almonds (adapted from here).
not seen:
these gingersnaps (the dough for which is maturing in the fridge)
a solid chocolate christmas tree (that still needs to be stuck together and decorated)
these snowballs (which i’ll make a little closer to chistmas)
these caramels (forgot to get cream so will make them tomorrow)
and this magic sauce (because even i need to eat something other than sweets all the time, and because it truly is delicious).
meanwhile, i have no idea what i’m going to have for dinner (and no inclination to cook anything). might be reaching for a tin of baked beans tonight, methinks…
wrapping presents
okay, i said that i was going easy on the christmas decorations around the house this year, but that excludes wrapping. i’m all for bright colours this year (though when am i NOT about bright colours?!)
magazine gift bow instructions here (found via pinterest)
free printable tags from gifted mag and eat drink chic
ps. this picture has made me realise that i have SO much more christmas shopping to do…
