r's adventure

you're invited...

I've just been looking through my downloaded photos and realised I hadn't shared the invitations I made for my best friend's wedding (#7 on the list). 

I was given total creative direction for the design and this did stump me a little in the beginning... soooo many ideas! I cut post-card sized invitations out of chipboard and covered the backs in black & white fabric and a strip of ribbon. I kept the fronts nice and simple, I love the cute embossed initials (my home-made lightbox will feature in another post :).

The fabric is the real star of the show... as well as being highly frustrating to work with! I picked up a couple of fat quarters for a fantastic price and it all looked fine, until I tried to accurately cover my chipboard pieces. The pattern although regular, was crooked... They are so great to hold, but then I am a fabric fanatic! hehe

Anyways... the bride & groom loved them, I can't wait to make more!

on blogging & plans

I have been a bad blogger... Work has been so busy and my head so full of filing & computers & extension codes that I am just slinking in the door at the end of the day and well... sighpants

I do have plans - to sew on paper. Dreams - a totally tactile, bright, funky fabric journal. Wishes - a free weekend.

I'm working on my 25 before 26 list... I'm up to #14... Any suggestions??

Andddd a random pic from the weekend... we are wearing little sheep headbands ;) hens party fun

finished...

Finally finished up my 24 book... it's not perfect but that's life ;)

My favourite part is the postcard: OUR LIVES ARE SHAPED BY THE THINGS WE LOVE. Too true...

wishes

I make a lot of wishes. Day-to-day i.e. I wish I didn't have to go to work... and slightly more random wishes such as the wishing rock on the outskirts of my town.

So when my birthday rolled around I knew I had to drop a bucket load of hints about candles... and then scrap it up for the latest TAIF prompt.

 

25

Yup... it's arrived... 25

A quick sneaky peek of a mini book I made last night. I say sneaky peek because despite my craft age-spurred frenzy I got frustrated with how my handwriting was looking (as you do) and gave up. There may or may not have been tears before bed. It had been a looooong day. I'll definitely finish my tribute to 24 and post up some pics soon.

Off for a special dinner tonight, looking out for some candles - lots of birthday wishes to be made :)

abc

And here it is, Number 4, a collection of letters I found on our overseas adventure... 

It all started with the 'f' - a lamp-post in Belfast. My favorites are probably 'h', 'i', 'n' and 'p' :)

oooh

It's been tricky keeping this one a secret.... I'm so excited!!

Cynthia asked me to submit my studio, ala the bedroom floor to A-gCa. Go and check out the latest issue with Rachel Denbow. Elsie Flannigan, Cathy Zielske and Uppercase. Loves it.

2008 The List... Perfect with paper from the MM Passport range :) 

it has begun...

a long weekend + 32 invitations + too much coffee = craft happy

w w w w w

A while ago I posted a collection of Who, What, When, Where, Wow. I've been spending a bit of time surfing the net (wish there was a cooler way to say that) and thought I'd share some link love.

Who: Tula Pink. I bought some of Tula's 'Flutterby' fabric, for a top secret mission, and stumbled across her blog whilst searching for fabric codes. I love her designs and if you scroll back a page, you can see her process. Amazing to see pencil drawn sketches turning into fabric like this:

What: you should be buying if you live in New Zealand? World Sweet World. 

A gorgeously crafty magazine for "makers and doers". Get out there and support New Zealand!

When: Saturday. A ma and rose road trip. To? Wellington for a visit to Swonderful (how much do you love the name?!). This super cute boutique stocks a wide range of clothing, cards, jewellery and other goodies. I picked up a creamy yellow Rachel Carley ceramic dish, it's a perfect button/bobby pin/earring holder :)

Where: would I wear a Ban.do? I'm not too sure the occasion but this lovely caught my eye.

Wow: A while back I won a challenge over at The Creative Type. And I was the super lucky recipient of 'Hand Job'... An AH-mazing book filled to the brim with hand drawn type. It finally made it all the way to NZ and it's even better than I remembered (I had been stalking it at my local bookstore in Belfast!). Thanks Patty! 

page mapped

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Having a page map sketch is a little like, well a recipe for inspiration. Take one sketch, add two photos, a dash of journalling, a few stressful moments and you have a cute layout to commemorate your San Francisco adventure. Happy days. Thanks Becky & Patty for asking me to guest design. Visit here to see the sketch that inspired this layout and check out all the other amazing designers!