Tis the season...

To be jolly, ie.

A) drinking margaritas for breakfast/brunch.

B) last minute wrapping of the presents.

C) playing ridiculous boardgames called smart ass with your grandma so that she has to say jackass and hardass, a lot!

D) swimming at the beach even if it's over cast and miserable purely because it's the christmas holidays and you drove this far anyway.

E) eating too much cheese platter...or not enough!

F) listening to the bangles, the beach boys and other manner of poppy brilliance on vinyl...

G) op shopping...enough said

This may or may not be my silly season thus far....

too rainy for words

getting ready to walk like an Egyptian!

i will post my super amazing finds from here after Christmas!

Being all crafty...like a fox

Not really like a fox, more like a little kid. The christmas fair at Imogens ArtSpace went off without a hitch. It was super fun with the crafting table and the musical entertainment, the mini markets and the cake stall. Even though it was a wee bit rainy and miserable we still managed to party, bare foot and on a sugar high!

our mini market stall

Nikki & Ash, Christmas-ing it up!

tissue paper Christmas wreath!

Imogens Art Space.

Bleeding Heart Markets

Just a wee re-cap of last Fridays market venture. The rained stayed away and I managed to buy one part of my sisters Christmas pressie. It was fun if a little slow but I had loads of visitors {thanks mum, cousin and other ladies!} so it was pretty fun all round.

My sisters handmade decorations, you can find her on etsy at TheFloatingWorkshop

Mini trees for your mantle or Christmas table! $35 each and can be found on my etsy.

New cushion covers made from vintage pillow cases and vintage zippers, everyone loves an icecream! Will so be on my etsy shop..

Art work and screen printed goodies by Nikki at UptightButDangerous

Dear Santa

I know I'm a little old for this perhaps but I truly miss writing a letter to Santa, telling him all about how good I've been over the year and how much I truly truly deserve that thing that I desperately want. So anyway, to make myself feel better because I know this year is going to be looking a little on the skinny side of things present wise I've made my own wishlist, picture style.

{I'm very aware that this is completely 100% self indulgent but please, everyone likes looking at pretty things! so put those judging eyes away and enjoy!}

Lovefoxxx Joking at Melissa Australia

rock on muppet fans, at threadless

Beautiful earrings by amerrymishap on etsy

If only it was cold here for Christmas I could wear these cute as mittens from BirdaKnits on etsy

Patricia Valery made this most amazing party dress ever...I do love it so

What could quite possibly become the greatest addition to my house...ever! This and other gems can be found over on etsy, made by lino cut boy.

uh, do I even need to give this any reasoning aside from the fact that It's the cutest flippin pterodactyl ever and I love dinosaurs! Thankyou ecoLEFTZ 

Loving the crappiness of this shirt, I'll be back Cairo Vintage!

I'll be honest, I could go on but I won't because it's waay past my bedtime and I still plan on squeezing in some reading time {nearly finished book #3 in the Game of Thrones series, if you're not already, jump on board!}

Christmas Markets!

Just a quick one before I head into town for the Bleeding Heart Christmas Markets today kids.

Don't forget, 

Bleeding Heart Gallery,

166 Ann St,

Brisbane.

And to get you in the mood, here's a sneak peek of what's to be expected from my wee stall...

I will also have treats from my sister Ash, timber christmas decorations and brooches as well as creations from my mate Nikki, from uptight but dangerous.

There are also 21 other stall holders and delicious coffee awaiting you so get on board!

Party time, excellent!

I love Waynes World, for all the trash and big hair and baseball caps.

This has nothing to do with my last two weekends though {which is what this blog is about} except for the fact that they were both mucho excellentay!

This first was an all round winner of a weekend that began with my sister, mum and I going to a handbag sale and then sliding over to the Kit and Nancy yard sale...hello awesome new YELLOW uni bag and kitschy vintage kitchen scales! I also then mounted a raid on my youngest sisters bedroom {which was mine before I moved out} because I knew my old cane kids rocking chair was still about but hadn't spied it in a while. I was on a mission to save it and save it I did, from an old computer monitor that was squishing it and god knows what else has made that wardrobe its home!

i am going to ROCK uni, yellow style!

now holds the more miniature of our cookbooks on the kitchen bench

all my saturday treasures.

Then it was all about the Christmas craft seeing as I have been asked to have a stall at the Bleeding Heart Gallery Christmas Market,
 Dec 2nd, 10am - 4pm
166 Ann Street, Brisbane.
 {if anyone was keen to pop by?}

me looking super attractive in my working hat and loving the fact that it was 1 million degrees, in the SHADE! {i was not in the shade..}

the trees

the helper Millie

Macarena!

Not really, more like Macaroons, but it was my first attempt and I feel as though it was worthy of a song.

Now this is going to be the shortened version of my epic adventure but only because I'm STARVING and beginning to slur my words here, my typing has hit a land slide and is quickly heading down hill.

Anyway, my family was having a pre Christmas, Christmas dinner and for dessert I decided to try my hand at the ever elusive macaroon. I won. Take that hard to bake sweet things!

Ta daaa!

It's getting to be that time of year!

I love Christmas, so much! I'm not even kidding. 

Last year I made {from scratch} gingerbread men for all my work peeps and other besties and gingerbread reindeer as gift tags for all my family. I also managed my first ever stocking and my market stall was full to the brim with handmade felt tree decorations and garlands.

Anyway, this year my sisters and I are joining creative forces, I can't give much away just yet but here are some photos from last years markets to get you curious!!

All the felties are made by yours truly, the ceramic decos by my sister Ash and the timber trees {painted green and gold} are done by us both {with some Dad help}. The timber trees have been a feature of our Christmas' since forever and we decided to give them a bit of a come back tour this year. They stand about 40cm tall and come with or without decorations {each branch had a small hole drilled into it so you can trim your tiny tree} and are painted green with the star being gold and a slight mist of gold around the branches as 'tinsel'. We love them and hope that they'll be a hit outside our family too!