I wanted to get outside of my comfort zone and tell you about someone I greatly admire. I read a lot of blogs (when I can), but being the insular person I am I rarely leave comments and prefer to 'lurk'. One blog I often read is written by Leslie and it's called
Onegirl.
I dare say you've probably already heard of her and are a fan of her blog and wonderful work. It must be a 'slightly emotional day' (ahem)...but I just felt the urge to say this is a lady whom I have never met but who I adore reading about and who I think would be a wonderful person to know. We go through her highs and lows on the blog, she doesn't take life too seriously, is so grateful for the peeps she has in her life (including her gorg little girl! - so, so cute!) and who always seems to stive to live a better day, one step at a time. I hope I have her right :) - in any case, its a blog I would highly recommend written by a lovely lady. And look at her Oobees! Isn't the one above retro heaven?? I absolutely love it - if you love retro and you've got a little one, consider 'layla le oobee'...she's available for sale
here.
I've had a busy day getting ready for a normal return to operations day tomorrow, considering I am around 90% better and the flu has moved on to some other poor person. Above is a hilarious side shot of the banana cake I made today - it's a primary school snack favourite at the moment (stacked with bananas - I squish four into this cake!) so I have been making it every Sunday. The recipe is from the book called
Cookery the Australian Way (yes - hilarious title!). I got my copy for my 21st from my Grandmother and I have to admit it's become a staple in my limited supply of recipe books...
One of the highlights in an otherwise average flu week - Justin bid on this for me at auction and proudly brought it home. It's an original Weeping Rose print by Tretchikoff - whose works I collect. This is a huge print and signed on the rear and thankfully in it's original frame and behind glass...have to figure out where to put it now...
And in the workroom situation we have the arrival of one of my favourite textile pieces. I found her years ago and she is a part of my own textile stash. Now she's proudly (finally!) displayed on one wall and may be framed when I get around to it. It's an original Finnish weaving by the renowned Maija Kolsi-Makela and is called Ku Ku. She is complete handwoven and just divine. She simply brightens my day!
clipped from kootoyoo.blogspot.com
clipped from kootoyoo.blogspot.com
As you know I don't often get time to read blogs etc - or do anything outside of family and business and holidays etc! - but I do try to put a little bit of time aside every day or two to catch up on Kim Kight's True Up blog. Her tag is 'all fabric - all of the time' - and she sticks to this motto! Day in day out she lets us know about all things modern and vintage fabric and delights in teaching us all about make, manufacturer, weaves etc. And she's the loveliest person to 'chat' with, to boot - and it's her 1st blog birthday today!
I dare say you've probably already heard of her and are a fan of her blog and wonderful work. It must be a 'slightly emotional day' (ahem)...but I just felt the urge to say this is a lady whom I have never met but who I adore reading about and who I think would be a wonderful person to know. We go through her highs and lows on the blog, she doesn't take life too seriously, is so grateful for the peeps she has in her life (including her gorg little girl! - so, so cute!) and who always seems to stive to live a better day, one step at a time. I hope I have her right :) - in any case, its a blog I would highly recommend written by a lovely lady. And look at her Oobees! Isn't the one above retro heaven?? I absolutely love it - if you love retro and you've got a little one, consider 'layla le oobee'...she's available for sale here.
I've had a busy day getting ready for a normal return to operations day tomorrow, considering I am around 90% better and the flu has moved on to some other poor person. Above is a hilarious side shot of the banana cake I made today - it's a primary school snack favourite at the moment (stacked with bananas - I squish four into this cake!) so I have been making it every Sunday. The recipe is from the book called Cookery the Australian Way (yes - hilarious title!). I got my copy for my 21st from my Grandmother and I have to admit it's become a staple in my limited supply of recipe books...
One of the highlights in an otherwise average flu week - Justin bid on this for me at auction and proudly brought it home. It's an original Weeping Rose print by Tretchikoff - whose works I collect. This is a huge print and signed on the rear and thankfully in it's original frame and behind glass...have to figure out where to put it now...
And in the workroom situation we have the arrival of one of my favourite textile pieces. I found her years ago and she is a part of my own textile stash. Now she's proudly (finally!) displayed on one wall and may be framed when I get around to it. It's an original Finnish weaving by the renowned Maija Kolsi-Makela and is called Ku Ku. She is complete handwoven and just divine. She simply brightens my day!
Another one of my facourite blogs is True Up - all things modern and vintage fabric! I found Kim on her other personal blog after she gave birth to the gorgeous little Otto and have followed True Up from the start. It's a wonderful blog about all things fabric - there's great weekly themes, some great interaction with readers and Kim's always on the beat with fabric forward designs, history and the 'who is who' of the fabric industry worldwide. A fab - and highly recommended! - read...
The lovely blog Good Gracie is a wonderful read if you love fabric and craft - and who doesn't? We have been enjoying adapting bag patterns to see what bags we can produce - and producing a funky shopping bag is definitely on the list. There's a fab tutorial on Good Gracie if you've got some fab fabric or a teatowel, a sewing machine and a love for our earth :)
