a happy halloween

last night we watched our Amelie up on stage being the cutest little ballerina in her end of year concert. it was heart melting. of course my camera battery died before the concert started..luckily my camera-clicking friend was right next to me to capture some cuteness for us.

today as we melt (yes here comes my season of moaning about the heat) the kids are all excited about a party tonight with our friends and wanted to have a day of spooky making. i did a little pumpkin carving without stabbing myself and the kids have made scary-yummy red back spiders with chocolates licorice straps and jaffas. now we have the afternoon siesta and tonight we play under the almost full moon.

my creative space

piles. piles . and more piles. on my kitchen bench (place of most creating.. either food or printing)....and in my head.

when im finished with the piles inside i sit outside and watch the prayer flags put on their shadow show. and i smile at the bottlebrush tree in the corner. a perfect christmas tree. im sure i say it every year. but its just getting more and more beautiful.

creative spaces at kootoyoo

missing

oh what am i to do? Veda is away on camp. i miss her terribly.
i made delicious laksa for tea.
i love waratah flowers. i wish i could grow one in my garden. i tried once and failed.
my sister was making hazelnut biscotti last time i spoke to her on skype.
today i bought a block of hazelnut chocolate, thinking of her as i did so.
tonight i will eat a lot of it.
x

:: this afternoon....

::last night.... ::this morning....

me

i was looking through some of my old sketch books and this picture pulled at my heart.

spring rainy making stay at home day

i love these grey days with sprinkling rain. i love the new delicate leaves on the trees and the bottlebrushes ready to pop their flowers out. i like being awake early enough to make muffins so when the kids wake they walk into a warm kitchen that smells of sweet banana.

i love the relief i feel when i say to the kids you can stay home today. sindri has a bad cough that needs a day of rest anyway. and then i like the slow rhythm of a day with no plans..

and i like to see my corner getting full of colour and girls and elves peeping around corners, as my making for the daylesford market consumes a lot of my head space and more and more of our home space. today i have plans to print tea towels. or pieces of nice linen/cotton that can be used for any thing....like wiping dishes or wrapping up dolls or sitting on tables or hanging on walls or having a tiny picnic upon.

visit kootoyoo for lots of creative spaces to visit . and happy grey day to you.

freedom

i love that these eleven year olds are still happy to swing from trees, play dodge ball and bounce on the trampoline falling on top of each other, and then laughing so hard at everything and anything. so the birthday girl (and us) recovered from the birthday weekend and now im in making mode. if only i could lock myself away for a month i could do so much and have a whole lot of fun. but life..well my life...isnt like that. so i will weave my making with my family and hopefully come out with some beautiful things and happy family and not exhausted me in the end.

Happy Birthday Veda xox

Today our sweet Veda is 11! . I feel like the luckiest person in the world . Now the day is almost over after so much laughing and playing and cooking and eating. She's in the lounge room making jewellery with her best friends. They have laughed so much and have such wild amounts of energy. I can't help but laugh with them. They are beautiful girls. And here is me on the right , Veda on the left...around the same age. ..not 11, more like 6. but still cute. So maybe I will get a little sleep tonight ..if not there's always tomorrow :-)

gum nut

in my creative space...a beautiful May Gibbs alphabet book full of her adorable gum babies. I like to think that once upon a time I may have been that adventuring gum baby. and in the printing department....these little elves appeared. i have my own little helpers ironing and stuffing for me. and now i try to relax in preparation for an eleven year old slumber party happening in my lounge room tomorrow night. wish me luck :-)

creative spaces at Kootoyoo

the day before

the last day of school holidays.

i always have a slight panic attack about sending the kids back to school

as much as i will enjoy the quiet

i will miss them being here. safe with me. sheltered from all the unnecessary stuff that goes with being at school.

so today we have made stilts, planted vegies with their Pa, organised a last minute friend to come visit. later we will need to buy new school pants and probably shoes for legs and feet that are growing too quickly

and tonight we might bake a cake. a heart shaped cake for our beautiful wonderful children.

printing princes and princesses

my (lack of) creative space

would it be bad if i ignored that roll of screen for my gocco over there, and also the screen i made that didnt work and is in the bin and go and order some ready made screens online?
tonight i might print in my studio that used to be my kitchen before i buried it in fabric and stuff. im so impatient its not funny. but sometimes its fun.
creative spaces here :-)

edit... i made another screen (this time with the mesh facing the right way ;-) and it worked perfectly ........ happy happy me.