tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934162058500252542024-03-01T16:39:44.163+11:00do a bitlamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-20504500847629331032015-12-02T11:26:00.001+11:002015-12-02T11:26:39.905+11:00Good bye do a bit....I am saying a fond farewell to my lovely little "do a bit" blog (I am a little bit sad). It has been so much fun over the years and I have met so many amazing creative, awesome people through this blog.... but it is time to move on! I am embarking on setting up my own screen printing textiles business using my name "lamina godman - designer, screen printer, maker".<br />
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You can find me at:<br />
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Website: <a href="http://laminagodman.com.au/" target="_blank">laminagodman.com.au</a><br />
Etsy shop: <a href="http://laminagodman.etsy.com/" target="_blank">laminagodman.etsy.com</a><br />
Instgram: <a href="http://instagram.com/laminagodman" target="_blank">instagram.com/laminagodman</a><br />
email: <a href="mailto:hello@laminagodman.com.au" target="_blank">hello@laminagodman.com.au</a><br />
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Thank you to all who have visited, commented or just had a browse through... it was always greatly appreciated!<br />
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Cheers<br />
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Lamina xxxlamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-18563454479132701342015-02-16T17:13:00.002+11:002015-02-16T17:13:46.977+11:00a little interview with Craft and the CatThe super lovely Alice from<span id="goog_976350114"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_976350115"></span> <a href="http://craftandthecat.com/do-a-bit-with-lamina/" target="_blank">Craft and the Cat</a> interviewed with me on her adorable blog. It was a fun little interview with questions about "do a bit", screen printing and of course, cats!<br />
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Her blog <a href="http://craftandthecat.com/" target="_blank">Craft and the Cat</a> has all sorts of fantastic info on crafty cat goodies that she has found! So much kitty goodness! Love it!<br />
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Have great day Lamina xlamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-91564440674648677522014-06-07T13:25:00.000+10:002014-06-16T17:07:55.675+10:00Aztec coin pouch tutorialI put together a little DIY Aztec coin pouch pack for the abcd social/ Etsy craft party on Saturday 7th June 2014. I had so much fun putting it together... love having a project to do!<br />
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So here is the Aztec coin pouch tutorial:<br />
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This Aztec design has been created with a hand cut stencil which is then used to hand screen print using eco friendly ink.<br />
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Materials in pack:<br />
2 x hand printed Aztec fabric - 55% linen and 45% cotton<br />
2 x interfacing<br />
2 x lining fabric - 100% cotton<br />
1 x 10cm metal zip<br />
1 x grosgrain ribbon for zip pull<br />
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What you will need:<br />
- sewing Machine - zipper foot <br />
and zig zag/general foot<br />
- off white cotton thread <br />
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Step 1:<br />
Iron (low heat) interfacing with the rough side down on to the back of the hand printed fabric. <br />
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Place one piece of printed fabric on the table face up - then place the zip - top side down on the top edge of the fabric. Then place the lining fabric (do a bit) facing down on the edge of the fabric.<br />
My lovely Mother -in-law likes to call this a "zip sandwich"! :)<br />
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Using the zipper foot - sew along the edge close to the zip. You will need to unzip the zip once you are about halfway and continue sewing.<br />
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Repeat step 2 and 3 for the other side of the zip. <br />
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- Try to line up the pattern as below<br />
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Using the iron, press both sides of the fabric so the zip seams are nice and flat. <br />
Trim any loose threads.<br />
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Open the zip ¾ of the way - this is important because if you don't you won't be able to turn the pouch inside out when it's finished! It can be a major disaster!<br />
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Place the hand printed fabric right sides together and do the same with the lining fabric - pin together.<br />
Tip: hold pattern side together, up to the light, to match the pattern up.<br />
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Using the zigzag/ general foot - sew together around the edge, leaving a gap at the bottom of the lining fabric.<br />
Tip: to make sure that you are sewing around the pattern side equally (curves can be a challenge to sew) Hold pinned pattern side up against the light of a window - use a tailors chalk or pencil to lightly trace the edge of the pattern... this will help when you are sewing :)<br />
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Cut a few notches around curved parts of the pouch - this will create a smoother curve once turned inside out. (you can use pinking shears for this too)<br />
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Turn pouch inside out through the opening and then hand stitch the opening closed.<br />
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Press the pouch with a warm iron and then add ribbon to the zip.<br />
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Enjoy! xxxlamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-78464725699030350372014-05-14T22:40:00.001+10:002014-05-14T22:41:51.260+10:00a little feature on frankie blog<div>
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I am SO thrilled that my sweet little cats pouch has been featured on <a href="http://www.frankie.com.au/blogs/bits-and-bobs/long-lists-etsy-down-under" target="_blank">frankie.com.au</a> the other day! Frankie is one of my favourite magazines and I love their blog too! So happy! :)</div>
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lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-5397483496151641242014-01-13T08:33:00.000+11:002014-01-13T08:33:21.535+11:00***happy new year***Happy New Year! I am really looking forward to see what 2014 brings... I feel it's going to be an AWESOME one! <br />
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We had a wonderful Christmas and new year break... lots of relaxing! I am totally refreshed and ready to jump back into it all again! I had a total break from screen printing which was really hard to do, because I love it so much but I did get to work on a few other projects. <br />
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I whipped up an new oven mitt for the kitchen and made myself a new messenger bag! Love my new bag!<br />
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I also decided to dress kitty & bear up as robbers to make them look a bit more boyish for a friends little boy... they also could be off to the movies with 3D glasses on with bags of lollies! :)<br />
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Once our holiday break was over I went on a screen printing frenzy... it felt soooo good!<br />
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...and my new obsession... gold metallic ink! Love it!!!<br />
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I'm looking forward to getting some new things in my little <span id="goog_409362946"></span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/doabit" target="_blank">Etsy</a> shop<span id="goog_409362947"></span> soon!<br />
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Hope you all had a lovely time over the holiday season!<br />
Hope the new year is a fantastic one!<br />
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Lamina xlamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-57684849756989861042013-12-06T16:02:00.000+11:002013-12-06T16:02:04.978+11:00Etsy Pop-Up Shop SydneyIt's been very busy around here lately... lots of things happening especially as Christmas is just around the corner.<br />
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I am so excited to be apart of the first Etsy Australia Christmas Pop-up store in Sydney which is on between 28th November to 12th December at 74 Castlereagh Street Sydney! <br />
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So there has been a lot of screen printing, sewing and making frenzy going on around here and I'm loving every minute... writing lots lists and crossing lots of things off them! Love it!<br />
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I just love the whole process of making something for my little Etsy shop! Cutting out panels for screen printing... so much satisfaction in a big pile of cut fabric! I can never get sick of screen printing... I still hold my breath a bit when I lift the screen to see the print underneath... I think it's a miracle every time :) Sewing and more sewing... sooo satisfying when they are complete! Love it!<br />
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So these little darlings went for a trip to the Etsy Christmas Pop-up store.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: Aqua Cats tea towel - Copper Seedling pouch - Fuchsia Poppies pouch</td></tr>
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Then I went along to check it all out... it looks just lovely! So many gorgeous things made by some amazing creative people! So much inspiration!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: Etsy Christmas Pop-Up Shop<br />
74 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, Australia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: Aqua Cats Tea towel in the Esty Christmas Pop-Up Shop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: Copper Seedlings in the Esty Christmas Pop-Up Shop</td></tr>
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Not everything got displayed as they had so many things sent in but they do change the displays around so hopefully my Fuchsia Poppies pouch gets a showing!<br />
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I was so thrilled and proud to see my little things in the shop... it really made my day! :)<br />
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Find out more about the Etsy Pop-Up Shop <a href="http://christmaspopup.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">here</a>!lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-72379878116040484942013-09-13T16:27:00.001+10:002013-09-13T16:27:35.605+10:00made by hand: my rope vessel obsessionLast weekend I attended a little rope vessel making and decorating <a href="http://www.koskela.com.au/2-workshops-rope-vessels-with-gemma-patford-saturday-7th-september/" target="_blank">workshop</a> by the super lovely <a href="http://www.gemmapatford.com/" target="_blank">Gemma Patford</a> at <a href="http://www.koskela.com.au/workshops/" target="_blank">Koskela</a>. Gemma was so generous with her knowledge and gave us loads of tips and tricks! It was so lovely to sit around and have a little chat while crafting! SO much fun!! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: before craft attack... so inviting!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: crafting attack in progress... that's me in the black and white spots <br />
with a cool Koskela apron on :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: my "Gemma Patford" inspired little painted and gold embroidered rope vessel</td></tr>
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I think I may have a new obsession! I couldn't wait to get home and have a go myself! I had my fingers crossed that my sewing machine was up for the job! Phew lucky it was!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: rope vessel No.1 -attempting my first rope basket... <br />
a little tricky at first but easy when you know how!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: rope vessel No.1- so happy with my first little attempt! It's now being used by <br />
my little man to house his found coins in!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: rope vessel No. 2 - painting rope with watercolour</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: rope vessel No. 2 - completed - I just love it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">: I bought 100 metres of rope... Yikes!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: rope vessel No. 3 - painting newly bought rope with bronze paint<br />
...totally experimenting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: rope vessel No. 3 - sewing... sewing... sewing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: rope vessel No. 3 - 15 metres of rope later... <br />
I am so thrilled with my new rope basket!</td></tr>
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I have a feeling there will be quite a few rope vessels being made around here! LOVE it! :)<br />
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Hope you had a wonderful and creative week!<br /><br />Check out what others have
been up to here at "<a href="http://www.alittlebirdtoldme-craft.com/2013/09/made-by-hand-link-up_12.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4fc5c2;">Made by Hand</span></a>". lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-28948354194735926502013-09-05T22:53:00.000+10:002013-09-05T22:53:08.187+10:00made by hand: screen printing goodiesThis week I went to a fantastic little get together "<a href="http://blog.stephbond.com/2013/08/sydney-abcd-social-winter-warmer-sept.html" target="_blank">Sydney abcd Social</a>" meet up at the <a href="http://www.3weeds.com.au/" target="_blank">3 Weeds Hotel</a> in Rozelle which is organised by lovely ladies, Steph from <a href="http://blog.stephbond.com/" target="_blank">Bondville</a> and Lisa from <a href="http://www.theredthreadblog.com/" target="_blank">The Red Thread.</a><br />
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I had such a wonderful evening catching up with, and meeting other lovely creative women! It was so much fun talking and chatting about all things creative. We also got to contribute to the goodies bags, which everyone received at the end of the night! I decided to do some little fabric packs for everyone! So I got stuck into some screen printing... any excuse!!! :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: I just had to screen print some fuchsia seedlings!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: folded up 28 little lovelies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: packed them up!</td></tr>
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I had so much fun screen printing, folding and packing up these very special little fabric packs for the goodies bags!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: Oh My Gosh the gorgeous contents of the goodies bag!</td></tr>
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The goodies bag is such a wonderful way for everyone to share what they do! I just love it! I was blown away with the contents of the goodies bag I received... soooo many lovely and creative things! It felt like Christmas! The delicious food treats didn't last long at all, they were very quickly gobbled up by my little boy and my partner. I have a terrible dairy allergy so I was happy to hand it all over to them! They were very happy chappies :)<br />
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It was such a lovely evening spent with so many talented, creative and inspiring women! :)<br />
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Hope you had a wonderful and creative week!<br />
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Check out what others have been up to here at "<a href="http://www.alittlebirdtoldme-craft.com/2013/09/made-by-hand-link-up.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4fc5c2;">Made by Hand</span></a>". <br />
lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-51903823404311412782013-08-30T14:17:00.000+10:002013-08-30T14:18:30.518+10:00Made by hand: lately I have been...I'm linking up with Christina Lowry Designs "<a href="http://www.alittlebirdtoldme-craft.com/2013/08/made-by-hand-link-up_29.html" target="_blank">Made by Hand</a>" weekly creative, show and tell! I need a little kick up the creative blogging butt :)<br />
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So lately I have been busy....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: cutting 158 slightly rough (on purpose) rustic spots</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: screen printing my lovely rustic spots in fuchsia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: I am slightly obsessed with fuchsia and copper together... soon to be cushions!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: screen printing lots of custom orders for lovely customers... Love!</td></tr>
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I am loving fuchsia at the moment... just can't stop screen printing with it!<br />
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Hope you are have a lovely creative week :)<br />
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Check out what others have been up to here at "<a href="http://www.alittlebirdtoldme-craft.com/2013/08/made-by-hand-link-up_29.html" target="_blank">Made by Hand</a>".lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-40570844582623756122013-05-25T12:45:00.000+10:002013-05-25T12:45:12.831+10:00my creative space: screen printing and makingThere are some new little babies around here! I have a new little niece and a dear friend had a little boy! So I have been doing a bit of screen printing and making! Too much fun!<br />
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For my gorgeous new little niece I screen printed a seedlings onsie and a fuchsia cats onsie! You forget how small they are in the beginning! So adorable!<br />
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For my friends sweet little boy I screen printed a "Paper Planes" onsie and I had to make him a funny little Mr Sock Monkey!</div>
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I am so happy to have some little people to make for again... love it!<br />
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Hope you have had a wonderful creative week... check out what other creative
people have been up to at <a href="http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/my-creative-space-reconsidering-materials/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4fc5c2;">my creative space</span></a>! lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-20141484578673062472013-05-17T17:58:00.001+10:002013-05-17T17:58:18.578+10:00my creative space: daring to be messyI am currently doing a six week online painting course <a href="http://daringadventuresinpaint.typepad.com/" target="_blank">"Daring adventures in paint & life"</a> with Mati Rose McDough, which has been amazing so far! I really needed to get out of my comfort zone and embrace a bit of painting chaos!<br />
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I have to say, it has been a real challenge for me to let go of my total need to be precise, neat and tidy which screen printing demands!<br />
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The first few weeks we have been working on making lush backgrounds. The first week I wasn't really getting it at all... I was "over thinking" where I was putting the brush and paint and getting quite frustrated! Luckily you can just paint over what you are not happy with! Phew!<br />
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But once I started using the other techniques such as a scraper and brayer... it was so much better, as I had no real control on how the paint was going to turn out! I like that the control was out of my hands! I've started really enjoying getting messy and not thinking to much about where the paint was going.. just going with the flow!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: Background one - Turquoise, white and emerald acrylic paint</td></tr>
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After quite a few more layers of paint... I accidently dripped paint water on the wet paint and dabbed it off with a paper towel which revealed previous layers of paint... I did a bit of scratching too! I love it!</div>
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I then had to get a bigger canvas (20" x 20")! I NEEDED to make a mess on a bigger scale... of course! This one has still a long way to go but I'm really loving it so far! :)<br />
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I am really happy with my efforts so far... after quite a lot of layers of paint! It has been a really interesting process for me and I am so happy that I have finally let go of my perfectionism and embraced messiness! Hooray! <br />
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Hope you have had a wonderful creative week... check out what other creative
people have been up to at <a href="http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/my-creative-space-creative-lighting/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4fc5c2;">my creative space</span></a>! lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-33722550138741067852013-04-12T07:33:00.001+10:002013-04-12T07:33:41.718+10:00Lovely lovely fabric swapI was so excited when I received some lovely packages in the mail from my <a href="http://www.lesliekeating.com/2013/02/handprinted-fabric-swap-iii.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4fc5c2;">hand printed fabric swap III</span></a> swap partners this week! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: Love this woodlands print and card from Kerry-Anne - <a href="http://amelioratemakebetter.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Ameliorate<span> v. to make better</span></a> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: gorgeous print form Kelsey - <a href="http://lovelyandenough.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">lovely and enough</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: Lovely triangle print and card from Melissa - <a href="http://ahappystitch.com/" target="_blank">a happy stitch</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: very cute print from Amy - <a href="http://www.craftyshenanigans.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Crafty Shenanigans</a></td></tr>
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I feel very lucky to have received such gorgeous fabric from my talented fellow fabric swappers! I can't wait to make some wonderful things with these lovely prints... just need to find some time now :)<br />
lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-11053282553324732072013-04-11T17:36:00.000+10:002013-04-12T08:59:24.482+10:00my creative space: hand printed fabric swap IIII just love the <a href="http://www.lesliekeating.com/2013/02/handprinted-fabric-swap-iii.html" target="_blank">Hand printed fabric swap III</a> that Leslie Keating from <a href="http://www.lesliekeating.com/" target="_blank">Maze and Vale</a> organises! It's so much fun to participate in! I love designing and screen printing a special design for my fellow swappers!<br />
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I had this little "Seedlings" design (thanks to Steph from <a href="http://blog.stephbond.com/" target="_blank">Bondville</a> for the name x) whirling around my head for a while and scribbled it down in my sketch book.<br />
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I then created the "Seedlings" design in Adobe Illustrator and printed it out, so I could cut out the stencil! It was a little bit tricky to cut out all those stem parts! I do rather love cutting stencils! :)<br />
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Once the stencil is cut out, I got stuck into screen printing it... I just couldn't wait! There is nothing like seeing your design screen printed for the first time, it always gives me such a thrill! I had so much fun screen printing these fat quarters, two in emerald green ink, on off white linen/cotton...<br />
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...and two in charcoal ink, on oatmeal linen/cotton.<br />
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They turned out just gorgeous! I was so excited to pack them up and send them off to my swap partners who live in New Zealand, UK and two in the USA! I hope they like them :)<br />
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I couldn't help myself... I screen printed some seedlings for me too and I made a cushion! Love it :)<br />
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Hope you have had a wonderful creative week... check out what other creative
people have been up to at <a href="http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/my-creative-space-framing/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4fc5c2;">my creative space</span></a>! lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-81293613125593416582013-04-04T22:43:00.000+11:002013-04-04T22:43:06.847+11:00my creative space: kitty luvs bear on showOh dear.... it's been a few weeks since I've posted... it seems I have been on a little bit of a break :)<br />
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A few weeks ago I created my "kitty luvs bear" Gocco print at a <a href="http://doabit.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/my-creative-space-gocco-workshop.html">Gocco workshop</a> at Sweets Workshop for the Gocco exhibition at <a href="http://www.sweetsworkshop.com/" target="_blank">Sweets Workshop</a>! I also Gocco printed some plain, one colour kitty luvs bear prints, with the intention of painting them with watercolour! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: playing and testing out watercolour ideas</td></tr>
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I really enjoyed playing with watercolour ideas for my Gocco prints! I printed out kitty luvs bear on plain card so I could have a good old play without wrecking my precious Gocco prints! Once I was happy, I watercoloured the good Gocco prints... holding my breath :)<br />
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I am so happy with how they turned out and was so proud to see my little print hanging up in the Sweets Workshop Gallery!<br />
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I also made some "kitty luvs bear" cushions for Sweets Workshop too, using my new screen from my <a href="http://doabit.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/my-creative-space-emulsion-workshop.html" target="_blank">emulsion workshop</a> I did a few week ago! Love it!<br />
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It is such a great little exhibition and so many wonderful Gocco prints on show! I am so proud to be apart of it! The exhibition is on until 16th April!<br />
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people have been up to at <a href="http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/my-creative-space-the-make-do-studio/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4fc5c2;">my creative space</span></a>!lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-22473914987964036842013-03-15T10:15:00.000+11:002013-03-15T10:16:10.781+11:00my creative space: emulsion workshopI finally got to do a screen printing emulsion workshop on Saturday at <a href="http://www.screenprintinggear.com/index.html">Peter Leis</a> in Leichhardt with the lovely Susie from <a href="http://flowerpress.blogspot.com.au/">Flower Press</a>! Wow... what a great day we had, we learnt so much! Love it!<br />
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It was quite a process, but Shivaun from Peter Leis was fantasic and took us through it all! We first applied the emulsion to our screens, quite easy once you get the hang of it! The screen is then left to dry. It all had to be done in yellow light as the emulsion is UV light sensitive.<br />
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Then we prepared our art work. I decided to do "kitty luvs bear", my cats design and some "do a bit" labels. I crammed as much as I could on my screen! Once the screen has dried the artwork on the screen and then placed out in the bright sun for exactly 5 minutes so that the images are burnt into the screen.<br />
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Once the 5 minutes was up, we then washed the screen out - it took a bit of washing/blasting! And then voila... our screens were done! It was so exciting to see my finished screen!<br />
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I couldn't wait to get home and test my new screen out and do some screen printing!<br />
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I LOVE my new screen and "kitty luvs bear" look pretty cute in fuchsia, I think! :)<br />
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Hope you have had a wonderful creative week... check out what other creative
people have been up to at <a href="http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/category/my-creative-space/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4fc5c2;">my creative space</span></a>! lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-84926267665522429032013-03-12T10:47:00.001+11:002013-03-12T10:54:52.703+11:00Fuchsia cats pouch feature on EtsyToday my little "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/113448330/fuchsia-cats-grey-pouch-screen-printed?" target="_blank">Fuchsia cats grey pouch</a>" was featured in the Etsy Finds email newsletter "<a href="http://etsy.me/YeYysp" target="_blank">What a wonderful world</a>" your daily shopping guide! <br />
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I am so excited to be part of the Aussie Invasion! It has made my day :)lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-89483107584105587792013-03-06T10:22:00.000+11:002013-03-06T10:24:42.169+11:00my creative space: product photographyI feel extremely lucky to have been asked by Etsy Australia to partake in their Professional Photography Workshop with the very talented <a href="http://heidiadnum.com/" target="_blank">Heidi Adnum</a> on the weekend at <a href="http://www.theschool.com.au/" target="_blank">The School</a>.<br />
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Along with some other lovely creatives, we were guinea pigs to see if professional photography would help increase traffic and sales to our Etsy shops. I have been desperately wanting to improve my product photos for ages and I was so excited when this wonderful opportunity came up!<br />
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We had an amazing day, first Heidi went though some camera and lighting basics and then we got stuck into setting up our photography shots with lots of help from Heidi!<br />
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It was such a fun, interesting and inspiring day but REALLY hard work too! I learnt so much... loved it! So here is the before photos of my Etsy shop:<br />
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This is what my Etsy shop looks like now...<br />
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And I also used a chalkboard background too, which I love too!<br />
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It's amazing what a bit of professional photography can do! I am SO happy with how my shop looks now!!! And the new photos have definitely helped with the increase in traffic to my shop! It makes me realise how important it is to have good professional photos!<br />
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It was such a wonderful opportunity and experience! I really hope Etsy Australia decide to do some more professional photography workshops, I would definitely go again!<br />
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Hope you have had a wonderful creative week... check out what other creative
people have been up to at <a href="http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/category/my-creative-space/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4fc5c2;">my creative space</span></a>! lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-40688754415482093432013-02-28T09:16:00.000+11:002013-02-28T17:00:36.437+11:00my creative space: gocco workshopOn the weekend, I got to take part in a fun Gocco workshop with my fellow blogging and creative friend, Jo from <a href="http://bubalablog.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Bubala</a> at <a href="http://www.sweetsworkshop.com/" target="_blank">Sweets Workshop</a> which was run by the lovely Emma and John! I was SO excited to learn all about Gocco and OMG it didn't disappoint... it was so much fun! I can totally understand why people go a bit nutso and slightly crazy over Gocco! LOVE it!<br />
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I had SO much fun... I just love learning new fun things! Here is my day in pictures :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: preparing my "kitty luvs bear" illustration <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">:: burning colour no.1 on the screen, using the RISO Gocco machine... very exciting!</td></tr>
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I am so thrilled with how they turned out! Emma and John were so lovely and helpful, such a great little workshop! <a href="http://www.sweetsworkshop.com/" target="_blank">Sweets Workshop</a> will be having a Gocco exhibition on the 23rd March and "kitty luvs bear" will be in it! I'm so excited! <br />
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I didn't have any suitable fabric for the lining, so I decided to make my own! I love the fact I can make fabric if I need it!<br />
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I thought confetti! I traced out the panel, sprinkled some confetti until I liked how it looked (this took a while!) <em>FYI</em> - <em>I placed the screen on top of the sprinkled confetti and did one pass with the ink and squeegee on the screen so the confetti bits stick to the bottom side of the screen and then you can screen print the design on to other fabric.</em><br />
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Woo hoo... a lovely new bag! I am so HAPPY with how it turned out!<br />
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He decided that he wanted a bunny and got very excited when I pulled out all my wool! He chose orange and green.. the bunny had to be orange with a green body! I was also under strict orders not to do any knitting when he wasn't around, as he wanted to see Mr Bunny being made! So sweet! So there was no knitting at night in front of the TV for me!<br />
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He loved watching the process and was very excited when I was knitting the different bits, especially the arms and legs!<br />
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I love Mr Bunny, he turned out really cute, even if he does look like he's eaten way to many carrots! Too funny I think!<br />
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And of course Mr Bunny needed a pet carrot, so I crocheted (pattern <a href="http://sheepdogsfleece.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/mini-carrots.html">here</a>) this funny little guy!<br />
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It's such a wonderful feeling to be able to make something for my little man that he totally LOVES! It makes me a very happy and proud mum!<br />
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It was so wonderful to have Kirtsy and her lovely friend Kate come over... I love any opportunity to talk about anything crafty! Kirsty took loads of wonderful photos too and made all my bits and peices look fab :)<br />
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<br />lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-22627285835356292002013-01-31T08:19:00.002+11:002013-01-31T13:54:00.666+11:00my creative space: paper snowflakes and screen printingI have been having great fun cutting out paper snowflakes... but they weren't turning out like snowflakes really, more like very interesting patterns! You never know what you are going to get until you unfold it! Love it!<br />
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I have been doing this while I sit with my little man as eats his lunch and dinner... so I have made quite a few! Excuse the very bright clashing colours as I have been using kids construction paper, which we have a lot of!<br />
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I took one of my favourite one (tough choice) and scanned it into my computer, mucked around with it a little bit in Photoshop ie. tiding up and resizing for a pouch size. Printed it out and then cut the stencil for screen printing!<br />
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I screen printed the design on some panels emerald green linen/cotton and blue cotton. It's always so exciting doing the very first print... hope it will turn out :)<br />
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I'm so happy with how they turned out and can't wait to make some pouches!<br />
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<br />lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-74111767358567904262013-01-26T18:03:00.002+11:002013-01-26T18:07:21.349+11:00my creative space: doing, dabbling & potteringI'm a bit late his week due to a little lack of creative motivation! It does happen to me sometimes and I don't like it at all when it does! But I have been dabbling in a few creative things this week trying to reignite the creative flame...<br />
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So you see I have been doing, dabbling and pottering around but just in slow mo! I tell myself that I should just enjoy this slow phase because I know it's going to be one busy and crazy year! <br />
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Hope your week has been a creative one... Check out lots of creative people <a href="http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/my-creative-space-more-of-the-same/" target="_blank">here</a>! :)lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-31206807045873047612013-01-17T07:04:00.000+11:002013-01-17T07:04:23.358+11:00my creative space: bunny purseI have been itching to make some thing cute for ages! Today I was suppose to be making things for my Etsy shop but instead I decided to make a fun little bunny purse/bag for my little niece's birthday! I got the idea from <a href="http://byelke.com/2011/09/bear-bag/" target="_blank">by elke</a>... they are so cute, I just couldn't resist making one! <br />
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I raced off to spotlight fabric store and bought some lovely yellow pinwheel corduroy and yellow spotted seersucker! My niece loves yellow!<br />
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There was not pattern available on "by elke" so I drafted my own ... it was pretty easy!<br />
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Then I got sewing... I held my breath the while time, hoping it was all going to turn out ok and luckily it did! Voila,... a very cute little bunny purse/bag! <br />
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Oh and I added a little pom pom tail too! :)<br />
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I'm so happy with how it turned out! I love it so much... it will be hard to part with but I know my little niece is going to absolutely love it!<br />
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Hope you are having a great creative week! <br />
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over at <span style="color: #4fc5c2;"><a href="http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/author/kootoyoo/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4fc5c2;">my creative space...</span></a></span>lamina@do a bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262455180696949074noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-493416205850025254.post-972045733757282013-01-10T10:01:00.001+11:002013-01-10T10:28:00.571+11:00my creative space: my creative spaceThis week I have some very exciting news! I had a VERY special visitor come and snoop around my place on Wednesday... the gorgeous Kirsty from <a href="http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/author/kootoyoo/" target="_blank">My Creative Space</a>... Woo Hoo!<br />
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There was lots of chatting and photo taking for a post which will be posted on <a href="http://justbaustralia.com.au/author/kootoyoo/" target="_blank">My Creative Space Tour - justb.</a> early February! Very exciting! It was so wonderful to finally meet Kirsty, she also brought along her lovely friend Kate from <a href="http://www.oneflewover-oneflewover.com/" target="_blank">one flew over</a>! Great fun! And of course I couldn't help myself, I screen printed and made Kirsty a special little "Feather arrow" linen pouch, which she absolutely loved! It's always so much fun to hang out with fellow creative/inspiring people! Love it :)<br />
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Also, I can now reveal a few things that I made for Christmas. I knitted a cute little bunny softie and made the little dress too for my lovely sister in-law who is having a baby girl in May! I am so excited that I will get to make some girly things... Woo Hoo! :)<br />
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I also colaberated with my wonderful mother in-law <a href="http://makeminemini.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Norma</a> to make this gorgeous little pouch for a dear friend of hers for Christmas, who loves all things Paris/french and she apparently absolutely loved it. The gorgeous image on the pouch is from <a href="http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Graphics Fairy</a>. <br />
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I'm slowly getting back into it all this week! It was great to have a little break but now I am looking forward to getting creative.... I have SO much I want to do :)<br />
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Hope you are having a great creative week!
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There are lots of creative people over at <span style="color: #4fc5c2;"><a href="http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/my-creative-space-keeping-it-current/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4fc5c2;">my creative space...</span></a></span> </div>
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