waiting for spring

We have just come into autumn, and I'm looking forward to spring already?! Seriously, I love winter, and aside from going away to the snow this year, I think we'll be having our inaluxe business meetings out on our new deck! Rain, hail or shine, it's going to rock! But it will be a few months yet - first we are replacing some old (just about falling out windows) and then the deck.... should all be finished in approximately 2 months - tops! Just in time for the cold!  Our deck won't look like these as such, but these are outdoor areas I'm particulaly fond of. All from pinterest

love + bank + interior

A friend of ours bought an old bank as a residence (built sometime in the late 1880's), so we are off to a 'bank warming' this weekend. The place is beautiful - he is going to have so much fun living there. On top of this I'm going to take a few days off for a bit of a break.  Below are some images I like, whose links I unfortunately can't recall.  And a song. Just because....

 

Take care, have fun and see you next week.  xo

big red tumble of love

It's my day off from my day job, which means I'm working around the studio, and catching up.... so much to do.  So much so, I found myself wanting a bit of adventure, and even though I have quite come to dislike sewing, I took out my machines, and well, they did not drive me bonkers with broken threads, empty spools, mish mash mess with my overlocker... it was surprisingly without incident. (I did have to change the thread though - that was almost enough to make me stop! - told you I dislike sewing).

The part about sewing that I do like is what you can achieve. I think this is what motivated me in the first place. I didn't like the sewing machines, but I loved making the dresses, cushions, etc.

I don't think I'm ready for dresses just now, but I did sew some cushions today.  This one "big red tumble of love" is quite huge. It measures almost 60cm square. Nice! Shown here with soft down insert, but I made more of these - smaller ones... I might put them in my etsy shop, but I'm not sure.... see what happens....