watermelon love

just couldn't resist this op shop treasure...

weekend in the grampians

spent a lovely weekend with 8 other friends rockclimbing, bushwalking, picnicing, devonshire-teaing, chatting, watching footy, bbq-ing and copious amounts of laughing. weekends like these are hard to beat.

(i even managed to do some baby cardi crocheting on top of hollow mountain!)

incredible

one day i will lock myself in a white room filled only with wool, hooks and needles and i'll make myself something as crazy beautiful as these............

until then - looking at these will suffice. they are incredible.

marie-louise vogt via my other room via ii-ne-kore

this weekend holds mountains, crafting, strolling, finishing off baby cardigan and merriment!

prints for her room

just ordered these beautiful prints by fanja of le traine fantome and elisabeth dunker of fine little day

they arrived super quickly and with two gift postcards! thank you! i soooooo look forward to hanging them above her cot!

love!

getting to the 'feelin' a tad frumpy' stage of the pregnancy - more just because maternity clothes are so gosh darned ugly. i seem to be picking up a few awesome scores from target (big floral and black baggy t-shirt dress number in a fat lady size for $6.90) and kmart (great maternity leggings with a black and grey leopard print sorta pattern for $6.00)...............

saw these shirt dresses over at a cup of jo and thought they could fit a big preggy belly in very well at the same time as making one feel her normal, individual self.

it's like they only want pregnant to look like stretch fabric cows in no other colour than burgundy and charcoal.............

pram mobile

crocheted around a bird bell, threaded on some felted and wooden beads between the yo yo's and tada! something garishly bright that jingles - hopefully she likes it!

cold n' cosy

had lici visit from canberra to see the bump.........she couldn't keep her hands off it! I guess we've known each other since we are 12 and it's just a tad surreal for her :) I still sometimes look down and can't believe it! we went for a winter bbq at maroondah reservoir and it was beautiful and very very fresh!
spent a raging saturday night........kee picked up some antibiotics for his ear infection and i went to town with my new jumbo size clover yoyo maker. this thing is addictive! i'm making a mobile to hang from bub's pram and will thread them with felt and wooden beads and a few bells. it felt so lovely to be making this out of fabric i bought in tokyo and fabric i've been stashing for years.....i do love making little things for her. it's strange - it feels like a tangible way of loving her.

even though we haven't met her yet, we love her lots.

airey's inlet and beyond.....

had a lovely weekend along the south-west coast of victoria with family....

but this week has been a busy, long, emotional and exhausting one and it feels like years since we were on these beaches.

once again looking forward to a restful weekend full of cups of tea, crafting and a bit of nesting

xxx

tokyo on request!

mum has asked for more photos from tokyo - so of course i was happy oblige!

yo-yo delusion

why is it in times of stress or trouble, one tends to think of outrageously time consuming and laborious craft projects. one deludes themselves into thinking something can just be 'whipped up' and that all of the usual crafting obstacles will magically melt away and you will transform into some goddess of home made goodness?

it's a big mistake.

so instead of that giant sized quilt i'd LOVE to make for my daughter due in november (who already has a charmingly suitable quilt from kee's childhood) i may just give into temptation a little and make a kitschy number like those pictured above.

(image found here)