Sweet Fabric:
music box

Finally back online! It seems our disconnect had nothing to do with storms & everything to do with the Foxtel guy. Apologies for not popping in to say g'day last week.

In the space this week I have the beginnings of a custom music box order. It's really all about the music box at the moment...I've got 5 on the go this week. I've really enjoyed the stretch with this one. I've used a comination of water colours & freehand machine embroidery to achieve the look that the customer was after.

Visit my favourite creative space ever right here. It's a really special one...go...go...go.

Just a little housekeeping note...I've ditched JS Kit. I'd received a number of emails from people having trouble loading the site & more & more of you seem to be having trouble commenting so I'm back to bloger which in my opinion is just about the worst commenting system going around. We'll see how it goes. I think I'll miss the chat.

Don't forget to pop in & add your link if you're playing along this week.

& heading to Canberra with Shannon and a few Aunty Cookie music boxes too.

"You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run"

I'm so running ... running from the disaster that is our abandoned life in the old house & hoping that The Date & The Smalls might have everything done by the time I get back ... I fancy myself as very clever.

I'm excited about...

- catching up with Nan.
- just worrying about myself.
- laughing.

See you here or on Sunday here.

Hot
-Red
-Finishing up & posting Music Boxes. My music box shop.
-matsutake I think I'm going to like it there. Found via whipup (also pretty hot).
-tinkering around with a bit of html.
-Fiona's puppy for softies for mirabel.

Not
-Red
-Electricity taking up to FOUR weeks to get connected! What is up with that?
-too many hours kneeling on the floor, sitting at the sewing machine & typing on the keyboard. All this makes for a pretty creaky OLD me.

More of what's hot & what's not over at Loobylu.

It's been a while since there were any music boxes in the space but it's just like riding a bike.

See...circles in the music boxes too?

Visit last week's favourite space here.

Don't forget to pop in & add your link if you're playing along this week.

I've finally managed a little shop update.

I've pushed myself beyond my normal "warehouse" comfort zone & actually put a few of the music boxes up in the shop.

I've been making quite a few online purchases lately & keep checking in on a few of my super favourite girls in the hope that they might announce a shop update & allow me a little piece of their crafty action.

Today, I've taken the lead from the wonderful "storefront" girls I've been buying from & I'm hoping the aforementioned might follow.

There is a selection of tradional windup music boxes & MP3 ready versions too.

Music Box Shop

The fabric used for this music box is by Melbourne fabric designer Lara Cameron.

Have a wonderful weekend.

I'm working on a little music box shop update but I want to make sure that the pictures tell the story.

Do you see the speaker below the "floor" of the music box?

Why I think these are good...

Music and/or stories have been excellent sleep cues for my smalls.

I like the idea of using a "superseded" piece of technology in a new way.

I'm proud of the fact that the speaker & the MP3 player can be used outside the music box.

Happy weekend.

A mixture of vintage, thrifted and lovely Melbourne girls (Lara & Shannon) too.

Music boxes: MP3 ready & traditional windup too.

I'll be the noisy one at Mathilda's tomorrow.

A selection of my finest produce.

The hexagon faker fabric is my weekend favourite.

Hope your weekend has been relaxed and lovely.

Finally, the MP3 music boxes are reaching the point where I am totally happy with them.

I had a flash of brilliance (or maybe not - you decide) on the run a couple of weeks ago. I thought it would be lovely to read a favourite story and save the MP3 file onto the player. I took this idea one step further & have recorded the letter I wrote to the big girl the week after she was born.

I wasn't really sure about it but I gave it to her & when I came back to check on her I noticed her now 12 year old eyes were filled with tears. She absolutely loved it! I think this is a "treasure forever" kind of thing & only wish that I had the idea when the smalls were born. I would have written a letter every year & by now she would have 13 letters to listen to.

Maybe I'll write a little retrospective for each of them...

I'm wondering if you guys can help me out with the whole music box caper?

If you were to buy a music box would you prefer:

a) Traditional wind up
b) MP3 music box with MP3 player & speaker
OR
c) MP3 music box with speaker (& wire) only. This would only be an option if you already owned a shuffle or pebble sized MP3 player.

Thanks in advance.

in progress.

I found that my cheat sheet wasn't that helpful. I've re-written now & the making is getting faster.

Loving this fabric made up as a music box.

sleep tight.

Tin can music box made for PANDAs good night - Night Out Night Off. It plays Brahms Lullaby.

Posted (late) to Ms Cookie.

All my babes went to sleep with plinky plunky music playing in their rooms & Lullaby is my favourite.