stuffing cobber dolls

i feel very blessed sometimes that i have a daughter who loves to craft and help out. she actually did a really good job at stuffing cobber dolls with pollyfil. so maybe my new label should be "mama & nina made that"

mama made that!

the scribbles of a new logo for my new name

MAMA MADE THAT!

(registered-with certificate in mail box within 19hrs!!!)

(if only i could be that excited about my ebay & madeit purchases-2wks still waiting) sorry...

i wanted to somehow relate this one back to Holi Goddess, but without being too swirly. i have spent days trying to perfect birds, owls, trees, nothing, words, blurbs & in the end i remembered my favorite saying "less is more" its like a good pizza, huh? so i concentrated on this one bird which does have a lil swirl on her tail and put her in all sorts of Holi Goddess logo spin offs. i must admit, i am kind of over the whole bird & owl thing and tried to avoid it, but after scribbling around with this lil lass i kind of felt quite connected to her. she is still evolving & i am starting to get a lil stressed about the whole thing of designing a new logo as it is so permanent

(like the design i had tattooed onto my upper arm 18yrs ago)

to be continued..........

COBBER's now @ MADE IT

"My Mate Cobber"

these little guys are now available at my MADE IT online store for $20 with free post.

or from Trinity Rose Florist in Edithvale.

Each Cobber is made from vintage fabric & has its own number.

cobbers have arrived

Cobbers make fabulous friends for your little ones.

designed for lots of cuddles, the skittle shape is easily tucked under the arm for safe carrying around & with a Steiner approach of being genderless they will entertain for years

measuring 35cm x 15cm, varying in size slightly by a cm or 2, makes each cobber a true individual.

made from vintage fabrics with new calico backing & polyfil

All Cobbers are hand made with lots of love & dedicated to my nana for her fabulous collection of fabrics & “COBBER” my grandpa.

ps. just have to get few happy snaps of nina with her cobber & they will be available on MADE IT, hopefully 2mrw. x

cobbers!

when my nana went into a cared facility, i decided not to let all her fabulous linens go to waste. i boxed up everything, the linen, teatowels, pillowslips, table cloths, doilies, fabric, curtains THE WORKS. she was (still is) the kind of lady that would darn a sock before throwing it away. my favorite pieces in this mountain of cloth would definately have to be her amazing collection of half aprons. the fabrics are amazing and knowing nana, clean & crisp as a red delicious.

i have gazed at all these fabrics for a while now, used some of them and some i just cant bring myself to cut. UNTIL NOW................COBBERS are here and they will be in the masses, due to the apron quantity

WHY cobbers?........that was my grandpas name. NANA & COBBER, so i think that it is very fitting that i make these sweet lil lovies out of my nanas aprons and name them all COBBER!!!!

share the love

remember to share mum, i want to do drawings too!

so i did, i drew some pics for nina & she painted them in. my favorite is the "browned owl"

ahhh...the dilema

Holi Goddess, if you are not familiar is my first born baby, born in 2003, what was a retail concept store in Mentone Melb, where we sold natural fibred clothing, and all things bellydance, yoga, meditation, tarot, chakra, healing jewellry, crystals, organic products and so on................i closed my store just before xmas so that i could concentrate more on being a mum. the long hours of ordering, making clothing, bookwork, teaching bellydance classes, supervising the Akasha Healing Centre (where classes and workshops were held) emailing, web control, marketing just became too much for me and i was candle lit at both ends running out of wax FAST! i have alot of background experience in clothing design & production, marketing & so forth but now i am finding myself quite lost in this new craft world. trying to define a new style is quite testing.

NOW............. i fill my days with kinder runs & entertaing Nina (my first real born) and sewing.

holi goddess will always be with me YES! but as i continue to find my crafting feet i am coming up with new ideas, products, logos all kinds of stuff and am getting quite lost in it all. but thats not to say that i am completely frustrated, i love to sew, craft, paint, make jewellery (which i also make for Mystic Turtle).......

The Holi Goddess logo (incase you were wondering) is based on a henna tattoo design, hence the colour. HOLI which is my middle name, is also based on the Hindu Festival of Holi- festival of love, light & colour.

MAMA MADE THAT! is one of Ninas most common phrases if she is ever asked where did you get that from. So a new name was born to accomodate all the kidi stuff i now do. The picture came from hours of fiddling around on the computer with a photo of the bag that i made for my mum. not quite sure if i like it yet, needs more work or i'll come up with something else.


this was just another logo that i was playing around with from the same photo. although i think it works best for holi goddess. it has that indian thing going on.

i would love some feedback as to what you think i do best............i currently sell my wares at Trinity Rose Florist which is proving to be quite successful, so i am getting $ back for all my hard work. I aslo have stuff on MADE IT and EBAY, which just kind of tootle along. you can find links to these 2 online stores in this blog.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.......................thats better, so now you know my dilema, which really isnt one at all because i love what i do.

many blessings & thanks for taking the time to read whats on my mind.

have a wonderful happy smiley day

x jade