craft drawers

any every house i've ever lived in i've had some sort of 'craft drawers' - everything from the bottom shelf of a coffee table (a-la-vancouver) or my dad's chest of drawers from when he was 6 (a-la-doubleview).

i am very excited about setting this all up when we relocate to melbourne...found these excellent ikea drawers via a very lovely blog called kirin notebook and they look like just the boy for the job!

gorgeous!

i won't be so brash as to say i'm going to 'quilt' anything this year....i mean the afghan is a big goal seeings as i don't even know how to crochet (although my omama ensures me it's easy).

found this subtle, gorgeous quilt pattern via Hyena in Petticoats and i'm definitely going to keep this one on the backburner....

happy new year!

i don't really have many readers so i guess i'm wishing the universe a happy new year!

this year is going to be a pretty big year. first year of marriage. moving to melbourne. new job. more craft! I have some specific and non-specific goals for 2008

specific

• crochet my first afghan blanket (oh it's going to take me a long time to even decide on the colours)


• buy and illustrate/paint/decorate some blank matryoshka dolls


• take the handmade pledge


• keep on bloggin'

non-specific

• ever-continual expansion of my culinary knowledge and obsession


• do as many road trips/weekends away exploring my new state


• continue taking as many photos as i have done in the last year


• be more generous, kind, open, loving than ever before

oh my!

came across these prints (which are currently out of stock) at Ork Posters and think this may be the perfect reminder of K's super casual but super excellent proposal whilst we were in Brooklyn, NYC. I can see this framed and hanging in every place we'll ever live....definitely purchasing this once we settle in, in Melbourne.

one last thing

i got back into twine this year....especially since i have started to boycott wrapping paper (unless it's recycled of course!) and this looks like the perfect twine accessory! made by the small object

oh, to nest!

we are moving to melbourne in february and as we have been travelling hobos for a while now, i am so excited about being able to have a house and to be able to buy things in aid of decoration!

found a site called cut and paste which has many cute things and will definitely help with the handmade pledge i am about to make! they stock lots of gorgeous hand made things! including this print by ashley g.

(after posting this i realised that my subconscience must be running wild....the above image appealed to me so much and after looking at it, it is of a man, woman and 'child'....nesting indeed! damn that clucky feeling! eeeep! i can't help it!)

best christmas ever

well folks, that would have to have been the best christmas ever. an extended celebration spanning from the 22nd - 28th and it was LOVELY! Instead of rushing around like crazy, we had days designated for different parts of K and I's family and it was beautiful. not to mention HOT. it was 44 degrees on christmas day and 45 degrees on boxing day....

i've only been blogging for 2 months and have to say, after witnessing everyone's pure genious (craft genious that is) i am already looking forward to the year ahead of continuing on with everything crafty. plus, taking the handmade pledge and delighting in sending my friends and family handmade things. sometimes craft gets hated on....people just need to give it a chance!

check out these cute trees - there is a tutorial at the small object

although now christmas is over it seems like there is nothing between me and the day K and i are getting married. it's seriously soon.....i have major butterflies in my stomach.