My Creative Space.....

Well there hasn't been much creating going on at JK HQ lately mainly due to that time of the year that we all love - tax time. BAS and PAYG - gotta love it!

BUT i did manage to sneak a few hours in today and i thought i would play along with my creative space. I picked this pattern up on ebay and have been itching to use it for some time! Ive picked up a few chenille bedspreads on my op shopping travels lately so im diving right in today to have a play with this....

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Bring you the finished product(s) soon...

Hope your all having a wonderfully creative day!

Thanks for stopping by!
JESS

The fete craft stall...

Well the busyness of school holidays of over and its back to business as usual for us - so i finally have been able to steal a quiet moment while miss B is taking a nap to post.....

My son went into year one this year and at the start of the year we were informed that this year is a fete year - our school only hold one every two years. It is of course the biggest fundraiser the school holds and this year our class has been assigned the craft stall!!

I am excited to be able to create all sorts of goodies to contribute. So over the last few months i have started a 'fete box' which i aim to keep filling as i get a chance to sew and do some papercraft - and lets face it, you can never start too early!!

So i wanted to share just a couple of things that are starting to fill my box....

Not an original idea, as you all probably know but i think it will be popular with mums, are these 'art wallets' with space for crayons on one side and a pad of paper on the other...



fold it up and your armed with entertaiment for the littlies....


another item for the kiddies are these superhero headbands. I found this great tutorial over on the curlypops blog and the lovely Cam had kindly allowed me to use this pattern to make some to donate.








also some bean bags (filled with rice) - the kids LOVE to throw them around - i had about 20 of them zooming around my lounge room!




and some of these heart hanging ornaments...



and of course every crafters favorite friend - pincushions (which i forgot to take photos of - sorry!)

I have several other project in various stages of construction which i will share soon

But for now i'd love to put the call out to my readers for some suggestions and/or ideas??
I am a newbie to the fete thing so i am asking anyone - if you have had experience with fete craft stalls - i am open to suggestions - What sells well? What items are popular? What would you all like to see at the fete stall?

Any suggestion would be much appreciated!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jess

Catching up....

Well we made it through out bush camping weekend with all limbs still attached. We had a fabulous time despite the -5 degree temperature on the last night! BRRRR..... Maybe we should have rethought bush camping at Warwick in the dead of winter! LOVE being in the great outdoors though and thought id share some pics from the weekend...













Well i had a quite a few projects on the go last week that i haven't had a chance to share yet.

These invitations for a client that i managed to snap a few quick photos of before i ran out the door to deliver them...





Also some custom cards being sent off:




and you might remember me mentioning the impending arrival of some sewing books that i was getting for my birthday.....

Well they arrived this week! So keen to get stuck in to them....



i even managed to squeeze in the first project from 'one yard wonders' before we went away.

I have been meaning to redecorate Miss B's room ever since she moved into a bed. It is still decorated in nursery colours, So i made a start by revamping this photo board using the first project......



and the result

Before


after



the frame i picked up at a garage sale and the material was a flea market find....

Love to hear your thoughts...

Thanks for stopping by!

Jess

Offline..

Hi Just a quick post to let you know i will be offline for 4 days while we pack up the tent and head to Warwick for a few days of bush camping. We're in for a few days of camp beds, open fires, motorbiking (the boys), fishing and hopefully being able to bury my head in a good book (well fingers crossed anyway!).

This week has been busy but ill have lots to share when i get back!
The shop will be closed until Tuesday too..

Have a fabulous weekend and start of the school holidays!

Thanks for stopping by!

JESS

a fabric obsession...

i really cant help myself when it comes to gorgeous fabric and a sale! i told myself that i wouldn't buy any more fabric until i had used this big stash of yummy fabrics

but alas i was browsing etsy last week and came across the Fabric Closet having a moving sale and had all fabric on sale....

and these happen to jump into my shopping basket....



WHOOPS.....(but secretly i LOVE it!)

maybe i should spent more time sewing and less time browsing haha!

thanks for stopping by!

Jess

Birthday celebrations...

Well Little miss and i headed up to Handmade Heaven today, both to drop off some stock and have a poke around the shop. Liesa went all out and the place looked GREAT - balloons and facepainting, cupcakes and the shop jam-packed with handmade loveliness. Little Miss of course went straight for the balloons and kept changing her mind on what colour balloon she wanted - pink, no brown, no PINK! (we finally settled on pink - no suprises!) she got her face painted 'like a princess' while mummy got 5 minutes of peaceful browsing without making sure she wasn't pulling 'all the pretties' off the shelves at her height!

i recently set myself up a little space downstairs and although it is wonderful and a great work space, it is lacking in a little creative look. So i just couldn't help myself when i saw this wall hanging made by Lilly Cottage. Perfect for the bare wall in the studio - LOVE IT!



hanging on the wall in the studio....



Now im off i have a date with my recliner, a hot cuppa and our flat screen to watch the Maroons make it 5 straight series against the blues!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jess

Birthday SALE!

Handmade Heaven is turning one tomorrow and are have a MASSIVE one day sale to celebrate! Many handmadies are having sale on their products for tomorrow only. You can head up to Handmade Heaven and see Liesa and if you spend $20 (which less face it, is not hard to do with all those handmade goodies!) you receive a free Di-Licious cupcake and a ticket into the draw to win a HUGE handmade hamper.

i will also be taking 20% off my stock of clutches, cards and blossoms TOMORROW ONLY! and i think i will also be heading up there to buy myself some goodies....

these will be coming with me to stock up my space for tomorrow so they will be on sale at 20% off...










hope to see you there!

JESS