thanks

... for your lovely comments and emails following my last 3 posts. Your thoughts are so appreciated!

As you can see I'm having lots of fun with Hipstamatic, like almost every other blogger!
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hello and have a lovely weekend

So obviously I didn't quite get my blogging mojo back this week. But really it was more than that... I have a lot going on both personally and professionally. I was particularly snowed under with a few corporate design jobs (the ones that pay the bills!). And I made the difficult decision to pull out of this month's Finders Keepers in Brisbane for personal reasons. I'm so disappointed because I was really looking forward to it. Maybe next time...

When I was running the washing up water this morning I returned to the sink to find this huge sudsy love note from the universe (this is exactly how it looked - the photo isn't retouched or anything). Isn't it lovely! I hope your weekend is just as special. See you next week. Promise!

xx
L

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Lost and Found

Thanks so very much for all your concern and well wishes for Roxy. We really appreciate all your lovely comments and emails. After a week off school she went back today and is doing well.

Lost: I seem to have lost my blogging mojo after a week off. Today I have struggled with the idea of posting. I'm hoping to find it again really soon. Also my google reader is bulging at the seams with 1000+ yet to be read posts. I hate to think what the "+" refers to.

Found: A new (or possibly renewed) love of sewing. I had a lot of sewing to do in prep for Handmade last weekend (which was great) and I have lots of new and fun ideas for things I want to sew and sell. I'm hoping to get a couple off the ground in time for Finders Keepers later this month.

This new/renewed love may have something to do with my reorganised and very visible fabric stash.

My dad restored an old art deco china cabinet for us some years ago and it was in the lounge room with my great grandmother's Shelley dinner set and other bits and pieces in it. I wasn't loving it there so I decided to move it and use it for my fabric - which was previously hidden away, in a bit of a jumble in a cupboard.

I'm loving it now. What do you think? I had meticulously folded and organised all the fabrics in neat piles according to colour, but during the recent sewing frenzy things have become a bit more 'relaxed'. I know my fabric stash is tiny compared to some, but I'm finding it so inspirational. How do you organise your fabric, and where do you store it? Maybe you've blogged about it... post a link if you have one. I'd love to see!

I hope to be back tomorrow... once I locate that damn mojo.
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Not the weekend I had planned

After a trip to the hospital in the ambulance on Friday night, overnight in emergency and 2 days in the children's ward Roxy and I are back home. My poor sweetpea had a bad asthma attack and is still recovering from it. I'm also trying to recover from the stress and almost complete lack of sleep.

It might be a little quite around here this week, but I'll be back soon. I hope you had a lovely weekend.

xL
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colour me happy

Are you adventurous with colour? I have to say that generally I'm not. In my clothes or my interiors. I definitely like splashes of colour but I think I'm too fickle with it to be able to commit to anything on a large scale. I worry that I may regret my choice too soon. When I see interiors like this though I feel inspired to let loose a bit.

Image Source: Marie Claire Maison

While I love the images above and aspire to live like that sometimes, I adore shot below. It makes my heart sing. This is more my speed... for now at least. I love the way the artwork just 'pops' out of it's environment. It's like a hidden jewel of a secret waiting to be uncovered.

Paul Barbera via Oh Joy! via Bonnie.

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