Hello Autumn...

I love autumn. I love the crisp, fresh air, the clear, beautiful mornings and the colourful autumn leaves. My husband and I went to Tasmania for our honeymoon 6 years ago and I absolutely loved it. Autumn and winter remind me of that trip.

I live in an area of Queensland that gets cold enough in winter to have a wood burning stove burning all night and some of the day. This year I have decided to make use of this. The top of it has a surface that you can cook on so I am determined to find recipes that I can use for this purpose. Last year I got as far as making scrambled eggs on the stove. I used freshly laid eggs from my lovely chooks and herbs from my herb garden.

We have been stockpiling fire wood all summer. I am really looking forward to it being cold enough to light the woodburner for the first time this year. It seems crazy to be thinking about this in March when it is still quite warm during the day but the evenings and mornings are getting cooler and sometimes even a little chilly.

To usher in the new season, I have taken up my newly aquired crochet hooks and am learning to make cosy necklaces and pretty hairclips. This necklace is my latest creation. I am planning to make myself a neckwarmer and mary jane slippers next.

Have a happy autumn....

February Market Days

The markets were very quiet during February. Here are some photos from my days at the Rivers of Life Market Baazar at the Tivoli Drive-in theatre, Ipswich, Queensland.

I was tickled pink to learn that one of the bags I sold is heading to Bega, N.S.W and another is heading to England.
I am having so much fun sewing and thinking of new things to make. At the moment I am trying to design a bag using the legs of jeans and vintage fabric and doilies. I will post photos of the results.

Red...

I have been craving red the last few weeks. Here are some of the red things I have been enjoying.

February Ten on Ten

 morning dishes

 capturing the sunlight

 on my way out the door

 a little shopping

 walking through town

 a visit to the library, opps my books are overdue

 thrift shop finds

 more captured sunlight

unpacking the shopping

afternoon sunshine

Markets on Saturday!!!

I have been busy at the sewing machine for the last few days getting ready for my first market for the year. I'm so excited! I love going to markets to shop and being at markets with my stall. Here are some gorgeous coin purses, handbags and sunnies cases I have made this week. I have been hunting high and low through all the Op Shops in my area for beautiful vintage fabric to use.

January 2011 Ten on Ten

I was too late to add these to the Ten on Ten Blog but it is still January so here they are. The idea is to take a photo each hour for 10 hours on the tenth day of the month to capture the beauty in everyday life.

 my morning reading

 rain

 avocado for morning tea anyone?

 loving the colours and textures of learning to crochet

 a trip to the mailbox

 creating

 wishing for an afternoon sleep

 finished

 my constant companion

inquisitive

Hello World...

"While everyone else is jumping on the bandwagon, I’m the one standing back. I’m the one thinking, considering, procrastinating, daydreaming. Then, when the bandwagon has run its course, I join the fun. " anon.

This just about sums me up. I'm a procrastinator. I have thought about starting a blog for ages and now I have done it. Actually anything I do is done slowly. I started a market stall 3 months ago, it took me over a year to think, daydream, talk to my friends about it (experience market stall holders themselves) and plan and then I did it.

So hello world...