Adventures abroad

What a week! We've been holidaying in Melbourne. We had the fortune to house sit for my parents who are adventuring in far off lands, so we had a lovely base to call home for week while we explored and rediscovered all things Melbourne. So the week began with South Melbourne market and an afternoon with old friends and their new baby. Then preparing all night for Market day...




I had such a lovely day at Mathilda's Market. So many lovely stalls and products out there!! It was really great to chat to people, old friends and new. Thanks for making the effort to go in the pouring rain, for saying hello and for the lovely feedback! I suppose the best thing about a market is getting to chat to people and finding out what they like and why... as opposed to guessing from my loungeroom based on my owlets and their preferences!

So the rest of the week was reserved for Owlet activities..


The aquarium...

The farm...

Morning tea...

The zoo...

We also managed to squeeze in a play with some lovely families and catching up with more old friends. Then home again, breathe and flop! I love wandering, but its so good to be home where the air is clean, the sun is shining and the loudest sound is the hum of the fridge or a bird flying overhead.

My creative space

Its action stations at owlet headquarters this week! I'm working on the dining table for various reasons:

* so that my family doesn't forget what I look like.
* because its close to the food - very important lately!
* its light and sunny
* its warmer - its cold in Hobart this week. Hello Autumn!
* the owlets don't seem to mind me pottering away while they do stuff so I seem to be able to cram in more creativity. Bonus!

So all the bits I need have moved out here with me and dismantling the crafty stuff each mealtime is keeping me tidy and organised. My trusty old brown and orange Husqvarna seems to like the change. Ironing board is in the foreground - tossing up whether we've outgrown the cactus print cover or not... I'm a tad chuffed with myself today as I've just finished a little apron dress I've been meaning to make for years.

To market, to market

Owlet will be at Mathilda's Market in Melbourne on Sunday, March 15th at Hawthorn Town Hall. Come and visit if you are around!! Here are some bits and pieces I've been working on...


Pants... these are corduroy with printed and ribbon trim.


New skirts


Capes and crowns. There's been a bit of interest in these. I'll be working on a hand-dyed option after the market. Then of course, there's hairclips and aprons to keep me busy in my spare time... I'll post more snippets of what you can expect to find at the stall as the market approaches.

Look at them learning...

This unschooling business is so much fun! We get to the end of another week and I recap the things we've done and its really quite amazing how much learning two owlets can fit into what seems just another ordinary week... Of course they are learning all the time, but I'm always amazed when I wonder if we're doing enough and then sit down and remember what we actually did...

* Watched the Life of Birds. Discovered Audrey has a fascination with bones and fossils.
* Did some reading on dinosaurs.
* Excavated a dinosaur (well little excavation kit), working for two days straight with only meal breaks - very serious business!
* Visited friends in town and had tea parties in fancy dress. Discovered Audrey can draw bows very well.
* Had a picnic on the beach with friends and stayed the whole day playing in rock pools.
* Trawled around op shops and the tip shop finding fabbo books, toys and resources for our days.
* Visited old and new friends down south, for a play and to eat freshly picked blackberries.
* Had a picnic in the botanical gardens, lying in the sun and reading books, rolling down hills and hiding in trees.
* Finished reading Little House in the Big Woods. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
* Spent numerous hours working out how to read, count, add, subtract, write, draw and what, when, how, why, who?
* Many more hours daydreaming, playing, telling stories, listening, running, climbing...

Ahh freedom!

owlet helps out

I'm donating all proceeds of most of the items in my etsy store to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal as part of Handmade Help. If you'd like to buy something handmade and also donate the item, I'm throwing in free postage! I'll send the item in to Handmade Help, who are collecting for people who have lost everything. I'll also forward the proceeds of the sale to the Red Cross. Its like giving twice!! If you'd like to hang on to the item, that's cool too, you've given donated to a really worthy cause and that's awesome :)

My creative space

My creative space has had a little use this week, but its all tidy now waiting for some lovely friends to come and sleep for a short while.

Such a crazy week. Last weekend was spent crafting and listening to the radio for updates on the bushfires which just put everything in life into perspective. Trying to use every last spare minute to prepare for markets while wondering if my time would be better spent creating stuff for people who need it. I'll be passing on what I can...

my creative space

Jumping in late, but I feel like playing this year. I'm playing along with kootooyoo's game, my creative space.
Here's my creative space... A tiny bit of sewing before I go to sleep. This pic is also a shout out to my Dad who's magic numbers appear on the clock. You know when you see a certain sequence of numbers everywhere? No? Maybe its just him. And me. Mine are 11:11. Will try to be more creative next Thursday and will also try to post on Thursday... *sigh*