Leaving it to the Last Minute.... What's New?

Wedding is THIS saturday, promised bag three months ago, finished five minutes ago.
Cutting it close? Um... just a little.
But here it is..... TADA.....

Fold over clutch made of cream shantung satin (from the stash).

Recognise the button? from my favourite op shop and mentioned in this post.

Flower close up.

I am really happy with how it turned out and I will try and sort out a pattern for it next week if you would like to whip one up.
 The wedding as I mentioned is Tomorrow. I am a bridesmaid and my dress is Fluro Coral/Pink/Peach. I literally glow while wearing it and my newly bronzed skin does nothing to help just accentuate. I have a lot to say about the whole situation BUT I love my friend and have to show some grace... is that the right word? And am now focussing on having a great day and not the dress. Not the dress.
Anyhoo, if you have any ideas on how to dye a foofy polyester bridesmaid dress ( we are having a dying ceremony next week) I would love to hear them.
Have a great weekend,
Mel

Blogtober Day 23

How do you get out of a rut?
Seriously I'd love some help, the last few days have been very Meh. I have some projects that need finishing pronto and it's just not happening.
My motivation on a scale of one to ten is.... minus..... maybe... two....

That's all...
Sorry, I will definately tag this as gratuitous whinging.
I hope you have lovely plans for this weekend. I myself are going to test my lack of body strength by taking a polercise class. Yes that's right legitimate pole dancing as an areobic work out. It is a combined birthday bash with one of besties Kate who is down from Bundy.
I think I will have sore arms and legs for sure but hopefully more so, sore abs and cheek muscles from laughing so much. Apparently you wear heels while exercising, so I went to buy some high high heels today ( I usually just wear flats) but no luck. Which i think is good, less chance of breaking my ankles maybe?
Anyhoo, I will share the hilarity with you tomorrow.... but probably only in words.
Bless,
Mel

Blogtober-Day Five

I am very influenced by subliminal advertising. Or The Ottobre Debate.
I have to admit it. I blog surf and find all these things that people are doing, what people are using and think, "Oh I really need that"
Ottobre.
There are a lot of people who use Ottobre patterns and get very excited about using them (which is all good) and so I thought, hey I should use them too.
Fair enough but to order copies in Australia you pay upwards of $22 plus postage for them and if you subscribe directly to Ottobre you get six issues for around AUD$100 per year. (that is 4 child and 2 women issues).
I am still undecided as to whether or not I will subscribe. $100 is a lot of money and if I worked it out I would realistically only spend $40 a year on commercial patterns, not including opshop found patterns. So if I were to subscribe I really couldn't justify buying any other patterns commercial or otherwise.
I do wonder if the principle that applies to cook books "you will only ever cook eight to ten recipes from that cook book" (about 25%)., would also apply to pattern books. If so that makes for very expensive patterns. But then the clothes are so cute and fashion forward and the woman's sizing doesn't stop at size 16 (yep I am at size 18 at the moment....bloody hormones) and the clothes look proportioned and lovely and.... I could go on.
So I am still having the internal discussion about whether or not I should subscribe, I really want to but at the end of the day would I really get that much sewing done?

What do you think?
I'd love to hear your thoughts, also is there anything your undecided on? Maybe I can help you decide.
Bless,
Mel

Oh and if you want to check out Ottobre yourself click HERE

A week that was....

I'd like to show you all the pretty things I made,

tell you all the interesting things I did,

let you in on some secrets and surprises but...........

I got the flu and did nothing.

Okay, well not nothing.

On Monday, Zoe got a recognition award at school.

On Tuesday, I learnt about the different stages of childhood development.

On Wednesday..... I don't remember...

On Thursday, Koby seemed to be crazy all day, oh and a not so nice old biddy at one of my favourite opshops told me my son was NAUGHTY and should be CHAINED UP.

On Friday, I grumbled about Thursday.

And today, I learnt how to properly look after children and keep them safe.

I've eaten to much fast food, not enough good food and my sinuses are so blocked up I can't taste anything.

I just wanted to say Hi. I hope that your week has been better. I have had my whinge so I am off to bed.

Hugs (from a distance so you don't catch this yukky bug), Mel