A quick clutch

I whipped up this little baby last night to take out. Once again it's the pattern from Bend the Rules Sewing, just altered to make it how i wanted!

I wanted to reinforce it a bit so it would be easier to hold, so I popped in the piece of plastic that comes at the bottom of those green enviro bags. Worked a treat! It's nice and bendy, but sturdy too! I'm thinking about taking the ric rac off and putting in some plain white cord though. I think that maybe there's a little too much going on?

I got loads of compliments on it though. One of my friends even asked me to make her one. As her 21st present! That's an easy, fun and cheap solution to the problems I have with choosing good presents for people that aren't my mum or sister.

I've been busy with a big project recently. But sadly, it's a secret one. So no posts about it till after Christmas! But it's a doozy, I promise.

Hope you're enjoying the nice weather if you're here in Victoria!

- Jemma


(Please excuse my chubbo arm and smelly looking t shirt. I wanted to give a good size reference!)

Just call me Nona....

This is a pot of spaghetti sauce with 1.5kgs of mince, 5 cans of tomatoes and a jar of tomato paste.

Should see us though a few meals!!!

- Jemma

This is... My current reading material.

This is.... my first this is!

Theme this week by My Champagne Dreams.

I got these beauties the other day when Jessie was down.



My plan is to at lease START one of the before my holidays are over.

I'm not sure yet if I've been added to the This is blogroll. Hopefully yes.

If not..... I'll be back again next week!

- Jemma

Tagged

My lovely sister at The Crafty Librarian has tagged me for my first blog game!

The rules:
- Link to the person who tagged you.
- Mention the rules.
- Tell six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about yourself.
- Tag six other bloggers by linking to them.
- Go to each person's blog and leave a comment that lets them know they've been tagged.

I've decided to omit passing it on. I don't actually have any blogger friends yet really, so I don't have anyone to ask! But, if you read this then consider yourself tagged. If you want to do it, then just tell me and I'll link you at the bottom of this post!

Without further ado.

6 unique things about me:

1. I collect canisters, almost obsessively! I might do a week of my canisters soon? There's plenty of content!

2. I have at least 5 pairs of purple shoes. Minimum.

3. I'm terrible at laundry, everything is covered in fluff.

4. I have never seen or touched snow. I want to though!

5. I've given my car a name. It's Norman. If you ever saw him, you'd know he's totally a Norman.

6. I love buying doona covers. What fun!

Just leave me a comment if you want to play along!!

- Jemma

First Week Gone Already

My first week of Holidays is over already! How sad.
I've just gotten back from a few days in Lorne, and it was lovely! The weather really put on a good show. Not quite warm enough for swimming, but great just the same. We spent most of the time just wandering the main street and eating. Nice!




One of the best things while we were away was my awesome Oppy find!!!!
It's the best, an excellent vintage sewing box. It just makes me want to buy lots and lots of different cottons. One for every spool! The views were pretty good too ;)





This next week I plan on getting a lot of crafting in, hoping on some improvements overall. And, I also the have the very bold plan of getting all the things done that we didn't have time for when we moved here 6 months ago. A place for everything, and everything in its place! But lets be honest, I'll probably just lie in bed and watch DVD's.

On another note, IKEA cannot beat me! I've just finally finished putting together the most unnecessarily complicated little set of drawers. I just had to have it, they'd put a little sewing display up in IKEA and the drawers had little letter stickers on them. Just too cute!

Hopefully I'll have lots of good updates in the next few days!


- Jemma


{Ed. Did I mention the box was $4?}

Brown Owls and Holidays

I've already had a largish gap in posting, oh no!



Last night I went to my first ever Brown Owls meeting! It was awesome fun, I had my first experience with embroidery and it went very well I think. We made a little sausage dog CD envelope and I love it.

As of yesterday I am on Holidays from work for 2 weeks, and I'm mega excited. I haven't had a break in over a year. So this is very nice. I celebrated my first day by going to 8 (!) various patchwork shops in the Hills around where I live with my sister and mum. It was a great if very very tiring day.

Since Jess is only here from Sydney for a few days we're making the most of it, so today we're getting back into it and going to Amitie, Patchwork on Central AND Ikea. I'm tired just thinking about it.

I've just now put myself down to join "This is..." and I'll also hopefully get lots of crafting done next week. So expect some good photos.

I'm off to Lorne tomorrow for a few day, so wish me luck with some nice weather!

- Jemma

Dinner?

I've decided to openly solicit you for your recipes!

I'm sick of having the same things week in week out for tea.

So, what are you favourite recipes?

- Jemma

Share Your Stash

Day 4 !



This one make me wish I could sew clothes.

An oversized shirt maybe? With a big belt...?

-Jemma

Share Your Stash

Day 3

I was hoping to post another nice navy and red fabric in honour of the first person to comment on my blog (who isn't my sister), Bird Bath!

But sadly, I had none.

This is just a guy that I got from spotlight, that I'm particularly fond of for 2 reasons.



1. It was shamefully cheap.
2. It's pretty!

Had enough?

- Jemma

Share Your Stash

Day 2!

This is another find from the wonderful Op Shop.


Not sure what I could ever make out of it really, since it's such an unusual pattern. I just think it's pretty.



The photos don't really do it justice, it's actually a very dark navy blue.


Ready for more tomorrow?

-Jemma