i never thought i would ever make another yo yo again - and neither did my aunty joybelle who tirelessly stitched them for me last christmas but i had an order for a tree so i made another at the same time for salvage. these turned out a little squatter than last years. i thought they looked like dancing girls.
merry merry!
i think i am too hot to think about a title. it is so muggy here even with all the doors and windows open. prairie decorated a little tree in her room yesterday - note the pink flower on the top right of the tree - more salt dough! she is working on a tree topper at the moment!
and a woodsy wreath that is about to go off to salvage
hot hot hot!
that says it all really! one of prairie's salt dough creations
and my evolving windowsill
ho ho ho!
i take days and days to decorate. i get so sentimental as i sift through the years. today i found this sweet decoration kay gave me last year for christmas - what a lovely surprise to find her. i don't know her era (kay?) - isn't she cute!
and one has to have pretty matches around at this time of year - quick spray of glue and voila!
prairie has two trays of salt dough ornaments baking so can't wait to see how they turn out. stay tuned!
my kitchen windowsill - my christmas treat leaning on the jug - from junker jane! her work is beautiful.
our advent wreath - antipodean with its dried flax flowers
i hope you are enjoying your countdown! x
i said i would be back the next day but it has been soooo busy! i have just uploaded 28 photos here for the extended version but i'll show you a few of my favourites here.
today we are taking prairie to the big clay day out which is a charming little fair at a pottery collective. the children paint pre made pots with glaze then leave them there to be fired. they are ready for pick up just before christmas. after that we are going to get our tree - yay!
so here we go. the gingerbread house. this is where the little snowman and the candies went to live. the house come unadorned and with a card full of candies but i made this one so people could get an idea of what they could do. it sold straightaway so now i have a photo there instead!
the candies
i love these cotton reels kay gave me to do something with - the colour is gorgeous as is the shape
my girls, who are hanging in the window
look at this fabric that kay gave me on the proviso that i made something for the window out of it - i absolutely love it
and this girl is a bit of a favourite
and a shot from the inside of the shop - i really like the different heights the girls are hanging from - and they gently twirl!
salvage is located at 537 mt eden road, auckland and is open 7 days from 10am - tel 09 6304054
its speeding up - its not just me is it? i can feel the silly season in the wind. well muggy piddly little breeze here! time to get the tree and settle into the build up!
last week was a birthday - a friend of tommys was turning 18. 18? so grown up! i felt this deserving of cake. what do you put on top of an 18 year old boys cake? pepe lopez of course. the legal drinking age here is 18 (too young if you ask me!) so inspired by the fact that i knew there was going to be some tequila floating about i thought about the namesake.
and the cake. a lemon cake on the bottom and a chocolate cake on the top. when i was baking the lemon cake it was dripping butter all over the bottom of the oven. what?! it wasn't until later in the day when i was caught in traffic that i clicked. i had doubled the butter! 4 sticks instead of 2. how bad is that. in my defence your honor there were 2 recipes on the same page for 2 sizes of cake. it tasted fine - not at all dry! i found the chillies at the local market. the kids all ate them - crazy young things!
now onto something i worked on in may and it has just come out now. it is in the latest issue (the kids issue) of homespun magazine (i did the mother mouse last year). please excuse the light or lack of!
and just when you think thats enough here are some clearer photos i took when i first made them but couldn't blog them.
the 'shroom house
the patched leaf - the back is dark green with cream polka dots
and the gnome.....
and they all hang off a felt log. michael had to keep that naughty gnome facing the camera with a stick! he kept wanting to twirl (the gnome that is!). there will be twirling on my shoot!
so thats it - you can go now and tomorrow i shall regale you with photos of the christmas salvage window that went in this very day! feast or famine round here!
for want of a better title. i am up to my eyeballs in goodies for the salvage window but no reveal till the window is installed! i was just searching for something and found this old doll of mine. she is from the 70s. i have never dressed her as i just love the way she is made.
i hear the whip cracking so better get back to it!
in pictures.
prairies pumpkin cupcakes - so delicious - and even some candy corn left over to decorate with
a little guy heralding the coming season
and my bubbling cauldron. i couldn't find the felt in the right shade so had to have a little experimental colour session. i will know for sure when i lift it out and rinse it
happy weekend!
just to prove (to a certain someone) that i have put down the crow-shay and picked up my work for the christmas window!
