how to be alone

Take a four and a half minute break to watch this clip. It's so beautiful.





via Strawberry Lemonade, via frecklewonder.

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Mathilda's Market

As always Mathilda's was a great day. It was packed with beautiful stalls and eager shoppers. Roxy bought a sleepy cloud to add to her big collection of cute softies from Gifts Created, and named it Cloudy with a Chance of Rainbows. I think she must be Sarah's best customer! She also had her face beautifully painted by a fairy in colours to match her ballet clothes (she was on her way to ballet), and scored a lovely orange flower clip from Plushka. Katia made it especially for her after seeing Roxy wearing her overcoat in exactly the same colour when we were at Handmade Market in Canberra. Thanks Katia :)

The top and bottom photos show half of my stall and some of the Ooshkas I made. They looked so colourful all lined up.

So now I'll start preparing for the next markets, which will be a big weekend: Handmade on Saturday 11 September, and Mathilda's the following day - both in Canberra. Hang on, who am I kidding... I'm not organised enough to start my prep now!

Maybe I'll see you in Canberra?
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giveaway :: Better Homes & Gardens LIVE tickets

Australian magazine Better Homes & Gardens is going live in Sydney in October and I have a bunch of tickets to giveaway.

At the event you'll be able to wander around beautifully designed room sets and show gardens to pick up inspiration for your home. There'll be new home and garden products to try and buy, free seminars, and workshops for one-on-one hands-on advice. It sounds like fun doesn't it. Of course there will also be inspiring talks and demos from Better Homes & Gardens personalities, including Graham Ross, Tara Dennis, Rob Palmer, Jason Hodges, ‘Fast’ Ed Halmagyi and Dr Harry. 

These are some of the things that will be happening:

Make, Create and Decorate is a showcase of home decorating ideas, style advice, creative projects and inspiration to make your home more beautiful.  Presented by Better Homes and Gardens presenters Rob Palmer and Tara Dennis as well as other experts from the world of DIY, renovations, craft and interior design.

Love Cooking Theatre gives you a chance to see TV chef 'Fast' Ed transform restaurant cuisine into recipes you can prepare at home.

The Pet & Outdoor Living Stage will be the place for live demonstrations and talks on garden styles and landscaping from Better Homes and Gardens presenters Graham Ross and Jason Hodges and pet advice from TV vet Dr Harry Cooper.

There are plenty of activities to keep the kids busy in the Kidzone including face painting, balloon animals, a petting zoo and a craft area. So you can even take the time to sit back and relax with a glass of wine at the Hardy’s Wine Bar and grab a bite to eat at one of the three cafés. Or visit Garnier World, where the Garnier World Team will be offering complimentary hairstyles, massages and skincare consultations using products from the entire Garnier range. Nice one!

Better Homes & Gardens LIVE
Sydney Showground, Olympic Park,
15 - 17 October
Tickets: $15 advance sale / $20 at the door, concessions and seniors $10 advance sale / $15 at the door. Kids under 16 get in for free.
More info and ticket sales here.

Sounds good huh? I have 7 bundles of 4 tickets to give away. So you can have a girls day out, or take your family. All you have to do to win is leave a comment here in the next 2 weeks. Giveaway ends midnight Sunday 22nd August.
Edit: Rather than have this drag on I've decided that the first 7 commenters (who can make it for the event) will win the tickets. What are you waiting for?!
NB. the first comment on this post isn't an entry, so when the total of comments reaches 7 there's still one prize left.


Edit: Hooray! We have 7 winners. Christine, Shireen and Karen H, please email me in the next 3 days to claim your tickets - I can't contact you via your comments. Make sure you include your postal address.  lisa [at] the red thread [dot] com [dot] au
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oh, and I love these too

yellow jackets...

image: Anita Beaney
What a gorgeous shot. Great styling.

image: Anthropologie

Mustard, grey and navy look so perfect together.

Have a lovely weekend won't you.

So far I have done no sewing so I have nothing to show you that I promised. I'll to get onto it tomorrow. Show you on Monday.

Don't forget to enter the Bloesem giveaway.

And come and say hello on Sunday at Mathilda's Market if you're in Sydney. I'll be in my usual spot: stall no. 1, right at the entrance.

x
Lisa

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loving this :: cloth multi prints

It's my birthday this month and if I knew someone was going to spend $900 on me (as if!) this is what would be on my wishlist.

Cloth has just released these one off multi prints. Cut from the screen printer's table coverings, these artworks are the result of 10 years of overprinting. I can't tell you how much I love the first image - the fabric piece measures about 80cm in height.

image source: cloth

Have you seen the equally fabulous backing cloths - created in the same way - from Spacecraft?

image source: Spacecraft

Isn't is amazing that such a random process, totally free of intention and design, creates such aesthetically pleasing results.
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