purses, purses, purses

some newbies in my madeit store

i have been busy stitching up a frenzy! in total i made 12 zippered purses today. made from recycled denim, vintage doilies, laces & silks. they are all different sizes as i was not  too concerned about them all matching in size, more of a "lets just go with the flow & see what happens" kind of thing.  And its nice to see something a little bit different in my store aswell, although i must update my hand-dyed scarves. They are still available i just have not yet taken new pics to show the new laces i am using. maybe tomorrow whilst pauly & nina are at the footy.

 (yay!  day off family duties)

creative space

a while ago i purchased this gorgous print "the rabbit & the duck"  from Penny @ Pocket Carnival, for a friend who was expecting a baby boy. I thought this print was (still is) just perfect for a little boys room. For months i searched for the right frame and couldnt find one that would fit it nicely......baby Miles was born and I was under pressure to get this thing framed!  i ending up buying a white box frame and machine stitched the print onto some art canvas, then framed it. I love the texture that the art canvas has and with the stitching it makes it look more of a collage. i am very happy with it!

then a card.....the giraffe was scanned from a piece of  vintage wrapping paper (you may remember i made gift tags using this wrapping paper quite some time ago) then printed onto my fave paper (art canvas) & machine stitched it a ll together.

The gift was perfect for them! The Pocket Carnival  print is now hanging up on

miles' wall and the card is possibly going to be framed aswell. :)

 its a good feeling  when you put something together for someone special and they love it!

pop on over to kootoyoo to more creatives!

vintage cotton reels

today i was playing around with some of my nanas cotton reels. i am thinking of doing a bit of a mini moo buscard montage-y thing with them, i can't decide which is my favorite yet.

T is for terrific

the letter t, i made from a vintage table cloth for a friends birthday, i hope he likes it! if not i think i am quite happy to keep it for myself.

i heart vintage scrap journel cover, i made from new & used fabrics. i quite like this piece too

i heart tote bag, this started it's life as a pillow case, then i saw it had more use as as a tote bag in the same style as the journel cover.

as a creative person - i dont always like what i make, or i find it hard to photograph, or it just goes into the too hard pile, but the last 2 days of making & creating i seem to have been on a good thing. i really like what i have made this week. i feel like i have now found a style that suits me. (mum what do you think?)

necklaces, brooches & vintage pins OH MY...

you can find all these little lovlies in my madeit shop now

100% thrifted

the recipe:

2 pair thrifted jeans, 1 thrifted jacuard table cloth, 1 vintage lace table cloth, 1 vintage sheet and a bunch of thrifted zippers. there are a couple on madeit, this lot can now be found at a sweet lil boutique named EVE in Pambula.

new dress for nina. this weeks sewing will be making a few more dresses from this gorgous vintage sheeting. hopefully i will have enough made for the get together next saturday.

sew much to do

lots of sewing to do this week. i had an order come in from libby (destination unknown, i'll post it when i know the shop name)

plus i just remembered that Celeste from little waltz has organised a new crafty market in Oakleigh to be held 16th Jan WHOOOOOAAAAA i better get a move on, i havnt been sewing much lately just lots of fun times enjoying the festive season. i feel and look like i have eaten santa. detox in need of i think. this is a bit of a rant, i am going cross eyed from sewing and i am in desperate need of a hot cuppa (and a cookie) x

joy

just a quickie before i go and make my roast vegi salad for the festivities tonight. today nina and i spent most of our day making jewellery instead of cleaning the house after a week away and xmas.

nina found a bag of buttons i had been given for xmas and she came up with this FABULOUS necklace. all i had to do was tie the knot!!!

we've had a great day.

WINNER!

CONGRATULATIONS m.e

cathie from MelbourneEpicure

you are the lucky winner of my vintage bunting give-away!!!

Nina & are not the earliest of risers, as you can see from her sleepy face, pyjamas and my fuzzy photos. After a good cuppa coffee, toast & rice bubbles we put all your names into nina's little fabric bird basket and pulled out the winner. Nina asked who won and i said "m.e" her reply was "that's not fair i want to win!"

Cathie we will post your bunting to you this afternoon

(please email your address to jadeholi@hotmail.com)

& we would love to see some photos of where you hang it.

CONGRATULATIONS

XX jade & nina

VINTAGE BUNTING GIVE - AWAY

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it is the festive season

& i thought it would be nice to spread some joy.

I would love for someone to decorate their garden or home with this gorgous vintage bunting. Made from one of my nana's brand new still in plastic vintage sheeting! (yes you could imagine my happiness when I discovered this find in her linen cupboard.) Nina and I have hung ours outside in the garden between the trees for afternoon tea a few times. Measuring 230cm long with 7 flags being 28cm long & comes in a little matching draw string bag, that you could use for just about anything.

If you would like to go in the draw, just leave a comment and you're in! or post about it in your blog and I will put you in the draw twice (let me know when you comment) Nina and I will draw the winner the old fashioned way out of a hat in 10 days, Tuesday 8th December and post it to the lucky winner that day.

there are also a couple available at Mama Made That! on madeit