Green

Little Bird Tree Decoration (Green), originally uploaded by edwardandlilly.

I completely forgot to blog this little bird in a new green and white colourway. The felt is hand dyed wool so it's lovely and soft. I'll be doing a couple more for the shop over the weekend or you can leave a comment and order one directly from me. The pricing is the same as the other birds in the shop.

P.S. The give away is being drawn on Sunday.

New Finds

After all the excitement of give away day last week I felt like the real winner having stumbled across some amazing blogs. So, I thought I'd share my new found blogs for the week each Friday. I'm not going to give you a run down of each one, you can go check them out for yourself.

Linaloo
threaded basil
mojo & co

Maybe three is enough in one go, I'll save the others for next week ;)

One for the Brisbanites

BrisStyle, a collective of artists, crafters and designers from the Brisbane area who sell their wares on Etsy are having their very first market. The market will specialise in quality handmade goods including handbags, jewellery, funky footwear, babies and children’s wear, soft toys, graphic artworks and vintage re-creations to name a few.

So if you are looking for gifts that are unique and well-made with a little soul and a lotta style, then The 2008 BrisStyle Christmas Market in Hamilton is the place to shop!

Hamilton Town Hall, Cnr Rossiter + Racecourse Rd, Hamilton Brisbane

Saturday 13th December 2008

9am - 4pm

For more information on The BrisStyle Christmas Market stallholders and BrisStyle http://www.brisstyle.blogspot.com

Show & Tell: Top Five

The top five items on my 'To Sew Before Christmas List'

1. Little Birds for the shop and for gifts.


2. Meet Me At Mikes Christmas stocking stitch along. Pop over there for the pattern to stitch along too. I'm hoping to do both embroidery designs before the 25th.


3. Lounge pants for BF that I started in March and never finished using the pattern from Amy Butler's In Stitches.

4. A sleeping mask for Mum.

5. Something for my sister, I have no idea what. Any suggestions? If you know of an amazing pattern or idea please leave a comment and point me in the right direction!

Show & Tell is a new meme over at Craft Blog. Want to play along? Go here.

Eye Spy... something in my garden

Water Dragon, originally uploaded by TriPodRoD.

Yes, I am a few days late with this post and no, I didn't take this photo but it's such a great shot I couldn't resist it and given that my unit is at Roma Street Parklands I like to think of it as my garden. Water dragons are soaking up the rays throughout the parklands at the moment, a quick morning walk will reveal dozens of these funny little faces.

Thank you Curly Pops for this week's theme and BugandPop for hosting EyeSpy.

Baby Quilt

The baby quilt is finished and with its new owner. There are photos of the full quilt here, it was overcast the whole weekend so the natural lighting doesn't really do the colourway justice.

Also, for the knitters out there Sandra is having a give away I think you'll like.

Now, back to Christmas sewing...

Flickr Friend

Candy Cane Catbutt Pendant from Out of the pink sky

I could not resist posting this Christmasy coloured cheeky cat for this week's flickr friend. You can pick up more cool designs in her etsy store.

Saturday Shopping List

I've scheduled my blog to post this on its own while I'm doing some real shopping at the Christmas market at Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.

1. Balloons Raku Pottery from Pacarro Pots
2. trees2 OOAK from feed the dog
3. hamble from yellow monday
4. Luna Ring from white metal

Shopping List Saturday provides an opportunity to promote the wares of fellow etsy sellers. Are you taking part? With Christmas fast approaching you should be! Head on over to Fancy Picnic to sign up.

Baby Quilt Work in Progress

Baby Quilt WIP, originally uploaded by edwardandlilly.

Just popping in for a little baby quilt update. After a number of nights, a million pin pricks and calluses to boot I finally finished the hand quilting. I've also attached half the binding so should have the finished quilt posted here by the end of the weekend.

Blog Giveaway

Want one of these little birds on your Christmas tree this year?

To mark 150 posts and to let you all know how much I appreciate you stopping by I'm having a blog giveaway. Just leave a comment letting me know which colour bird is your favourite. The winner will be drawn randomly on Sunday 14 December and will receive a little bird in their preferred colourway in the post before Christmas.

Want two? Mention this giveaway on your own blog and if you win I'll throw in an extra bird. Be sure to send me your blog link so I know!

I will ship anywhere in the world so international readers comment away.