Sweet Fabric [Search results for NOT making me laugh] 

my smallest small with a BIG personality & BIGGER hair.

She reminds me of one of those bobble head dolls.

Thanks Angela & Poppalina.

You can see the standard Kirst mess is starting to creep back in.

Ah well, it was nice while it lasted.

I've been working a lot more than usual so I've dropped the ball a bit on the blog front...sorry. I'm planning on popping in for a cuppa tonight. Put the kettle on will you?

Waiting for me when I get home from work:

- Research
- Something to make me laugh
- The big girl's polaroid diary from 2001
- Mess left over from our printing date

On my desk...the players

Desks of the week: crafter, arter & maker.

I'm about halfway through Jessie's album. Are we in for the long haul Bricolagelife?

Jessie is out of town again.

This makes me laugh because my dad has a farm & I reckon if he saw me hand feeding a kangaroo he'd whip that air riffle out from under the little chap's arm & shoot us both.

This is a little something I made for a giggle & for you.

I'm hoping that I'll give Pickering (mine's safe for work folks - I promise) a run for his money & grace the back of toilet doors globally...nationally...locally...ok at least at Claire, Christie & Shazza's places because they encouraged me to take on this project in the first place.

I've been tinkering away on this for a couple of months...since you first got a laugh out of my noticing & beret shots. All crafty "disguises" have been fashioned by me, some especially for the project & some were just loitering about the house in various states of completion.

I dragged the little guy in to check out my "folio". He watched in horror as I flicked through the images & then we had this conversation...

Little guy: "Mum, this is terrible. Nobody is going to want this."
Me: "It's free buddy."
Little guy: "Even then Mum. Only your friends will look at it, because they'll feel sorry for you."

I'm confident that anyone who reads here regularly will enjoy the calendar & take it in the spirit in which it's intended. For any new-to-me folk who are saying to themselves "This girl's got a touch of the Warren Beattys about her." - well, there's something in there for you too. x

Get your free 2011 calendar here.

A very happy weekend to you all.

PS: Thanks Jod for the scribd assistance.

I thoroughly enjoyed Mark Booker. It made me laugh & it made me cry. I had to review a few parts because I kept drifting off & forgetting where I was up too. Consequently, he was really overdue.

I've made my apologies & paid the fine at the Library.

Now he's on his way to the little person who has him on reserve.

Reserve your copy for next year. Highly recommended.

Mark is a Softie for Mirabel.

Teeny tiny port glass with offerings from the walk home from school.

I had a lovely evening last night at The Aviary catching up with old school mates & laughing until tears were streaming down my face. Absolutely nobody can make me laugh like those girls can. It's really good to laugh until your cheeks hurt!

I'm completely on a roll with the redwork, filling every spare moment with a few more chain or stem stitches and getting a huge amount of pleasure from the small repetative stitches.

Hoping your weekend has been a cracker too!

This one makes me laugh.

1/4 of an inch
3 red buttons
62 cherry
a little bird told me
air: work in progress
Allsorts
Anna-Lisa
Aprons & Hammers
Art with a Soul
August Street
Beaded Lady
Betty in the Kitchen
Big Cats Emporium
Boobook Sausage Dogs
Bowerbirdz
Bridget's Flame
Bug and Pop
Cassandra Allen
Celestina Carmen
Cloud Cakes
Collective Elements
Cooking my Life
Cool.According.To.Kylie
Crafty Doodads
crafty remix: djbebe
Creating Nunde
Curly Pops
Daily dose of inspiration
Daisy Chain
Daydream Lily
Dear Fii
Design for Mankind
details homegoods
domoshar
doobleh-vay
Dragonflies eat Mosquitoes
Earl & Cookie
Edward & Lilly
fancypicnic
florcita
flutterby patch
etc etc
Glorydaze
going green
Growing Together
G.R.Y.B at home
Handmaiden
Hanies
Hanna's Life is Cool
her heart my hands
Hokey
Honi Design
Hop Skip Jump
if only i had chocolate
iSew
janene renee
Jelly Baby Blog
Jogirl's Journey
Journalette
Judy's Notebook
kerri's provincial patch
Kiddio
Kimberly Michelle
Kittys Kaboodle
Knit Owl
konnykards
Last Stop Muse
Laugh Out Loud Dolls
Lauren Williams Handmade
Leni and Rose
Lilli Boo
little letters
Loobylu
Made by Molly
Mainichi Design
maya*made
Meet me at Mikes
Miss Muggins
mon petit lapin
monda loves
musings from the fish bowl
No life without wife
no pod
One Girl
One Red Robin
Owlet
Peapods
Pigeon Pair
pink licorice life
Pint's Palette
planet treasures
Pot aux roses
Precarious Tomato
Project Incomplete
puddle wonderful
Recuperation of Nathalie Brault
Roots and Leaves
September Bird
Sew What
Shabby Chicken
Silly Gilly
Slip cover Diva
Starashan
Strawberry Kisses
Strawberry Season
Studio Window
Super Monkey
Swirlyarts
Taccolina
Teacups on Treetops
Teddy Bears Wednesday
Textilosophy Oz
turtle club queen
The Crafty Librarian
The Essess
Twenty Cent Mixture
Two Cheese Please
The acorn collective
The Bird Bath
The Lark
The Monday Project
The Natchbox
Thimbly Things
Thousand Threads
Three Buttons
tis rhubarb
Tissue papers
TreeFall Design
truth be told
tsk tsk
unbecominglily
vanilla pixie
whosies
wide eyed wonderfuls
you SEW girl
your cover's blown

On my desk... is posted on a Wednesday. It's just a shot of your desk & maybe a bit of banter. Let us know what you're working on or what interesting bits & pieces have crossed your desk during the week.

There is a wonderful blog here - sharing the desks & creative spaces of really clever creative folk. I only found out about this blog after the Wednesday thing began...

Our Wednesday gig is just a bit of fun.

Comment on this post if you decide to play along & I'll add you to the link list.

This list will be updated frequently so feel free to join at any time.

There is no obligation at all - post when you feel like it. Just super casual & a bit of fun.

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I responded to a request from Kami this week & it really got me thinking & then I found this...

The value of the collective and the community in the continuation of successful practice

Presenter: Carole Hanson Epp
Verge: 11th National Ceramics Conference
Brisbane, Australia 10th - 14th July 2006

...Only through active involvement will we as practitioners see the growth and development of these organizations and the artists they support. Attendance at events, membership, financial support, volunteering of skills and time, are all means towards common goals."

What does this mean for me? How can I nurture the relationships I've been building with this craft community & particularly the Melbourne girls?

Support the community in which you hope to prosper whether financially or otherwise. Get around - have a chat.

If you enjoy a blog, admire a piece (or collection) of work, got inspired, had a laugh, shed a tear, made your day, touched your heart - support them!

Buy their work, leave comments, shop in their store, celebrate their wins & take an active interest in their journey.

Everyone has to buy stuff sometime. Before you head to a nameless, faceless, bigger than Ben Hur store owned & run by a man in a suit you'll never see - consider buying from someone you "know" & who you KNOW will appreciate it.

Put back what you take out and then some.

I'm trying really hard to live this rather than just think it. A community is a powerful & wonderful thing. So to all who take the time to post, make, create, share or care - thank you.

This post has been rather more deep than my usual drivel so I'm going to finish on a totally tacky low note...

Mike Brady in the Brady Bunch Movie: Alone, we can only move buckets. But if we work together, we can drain rivers.

Found photos hosted by Bricolagelife.

Jessie had a good sense of humour. I admire that & I appreciate it.

Some other girls who've given me a giggle this week:

Claire (and joke submitters)
Mel
Steph

I know there were more & I love you all for it. There really is nothing better than a good laugh.

This post originally titled "Christmas bites".

I gave myself a laugh & then thought better of offending the nearest & dearest.

I fashioned these the other day in order to please the wheat free, gluten free, no tomatoes, no capsicum, no this, no that, no the other eaters in the family. They were very well received by all but the vegetarian (but she's used to fending for herself).

It's a scorching day in and around Melbourne today so I thought some of you might appreciate these little tastes of Australian Christmas.

I just chopped up the cucumber & scooped the seeds out then topped with turkey, cranberry & brie. Delish!

The beach has totally zoned me out. As a classic speedster, always multi tasking it's a complete break & absolutely lovely.

I did just want to pop in & say...

I'm wishing you all a safe & happy holiday. May the pretty drinks be plentiful & the company delightful.

I understand that the emoticon is a necessity of faceless communication (& I've been known to throw in a :) myself every now & then but I admit, I'm not a fan.

I've got a fabulous book filled with gold & one of the pieces of advice is...

Don't use emoticons ;-)
they're just annoying

BUT I reckon when you've got your tongue planted firmly in your cheek it's probably OK. I made myself laugh if nothing else.
8-) = wearing glasses
B-) = wearing cool shades

My research did lead me to these characters of note. One a super model & the other a super woman:

:-.)

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