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Indie Parade and branching out into brooches

I got a message on Etsy from Indie Parade informing me that they featured the lady in lace dress. Lovely!

I started working on some brooch designs yesterday. To be honest, I've been stuck in something of a creative rut lately - finding it difficult to work up the motivation to make more garments. The change was great. It was my first time making them, but I'm really happy with how they turned out. I used second-hand yarn, scrap fabrics (those tiny tiny clothing leftovers that I didn't know what to do with) and other random things I found in my 'making things' box that I haven't opened in years. The brooches are small abstract combinations of colours and textures. They will be up on Etsy and Madeit shortly. As soon as I've finished a few more and taken pictures, I'll post them here for a giveaway! Watch this space.

Etsy showcase

I've booked a slot for the Etsy Fall Fashion Showcase tomorrow. On the Etsy homepage, there's a banner link right up the top for the showcase, in which will be a pic of my top item and a link to my shop. It's my first bit of paid advertising, so I want to put my best foot forward, so to speak.

Since my Madeit shop has been incredibly lonely these past months, I've moved most of the stock there to Etsy.

small/medium bit and bob top


small spot the spot dress

small piece of me dress

small lady in lace dress

small uni blues top

Hopefully it pays off!

Father's Day

This was Tim's present. I was so excited about it, I love it. It was a custom order from westbyron.etsy.com. She went out of her way to get it to me by Father's Day and included a little extra gift. So incredibly pleased.

We decided to make a day of the Melbourne Aquarium, because Tim loves living creatures and we've already exhausted the zoo and children's farm. (I promise I won't be making a habit of the crappy quality phone photos.)


The jellies creep me out, but they somehow enticed me to inspect them closely.


Mr. Scuba Diver wasn't as interesting as the lady who talked before him. She explained how the 7-gilled sharks were like 1987 cars and the 5-gilled ones were like the new models. The 7-gilled ones were incredibly wussy and on the dopey side, such that they needed to put a big yellow stripe in the tank below the tunnel, so the sharks would stop bumping their heads. Too cute.