too cute not to blog

Available in the shop now :)

White Christmas

A very tiny groan can usually be heard when a custom order comes in but this one made my day, it was so lovely to take a break from the other birds, to stop and have a think about how a design will work rather than being on auto pilot.

Handmade Nation on DVD!

I just ordered a copy, so excited I could explode! Want one? Get it here.

Thea & Sami Open Day!

So excited about this! Are you going? Make sure you RSVP!

My creative space ...

Back to the stitching drawing board after the big weekend, now it's time to get ready for the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market!


And keeping watch over me is Olivier Levasseur, the French Pirate Octopus from Sophia at Marelle. I hope with all those arms he makes quick time of that pile of granny squares he's lounging on because I haven't picked up a crochet hook in months! Olivier won't be staying long... unless I decide to keep him :)

For more spaces or to show off your own check our Kirsty's.

Tissue Cosies available now!

Hand-embroidered Tissue Cosies
because it's nice to reach for something that makes you smile when you need a tissue

There are four hand-embroidered tissue cosies available in the shop now! Tissue cosies are a new edward & lilly product launched at Finders Keepers on the weekend and these cuties are all I have left till December. You can check them out here.

Finders Keepers Brisbane

Finders Keepers was a huge success! I had a fabulous time nestled between Chi and Jen.


Lots of friendly BrisStylettes, Brown Owls, family and friends popped in to check it out, to give me a little break and to say hi.


It was super busy on the Saturday with lots of selling, talking and laughing. Sunday was a little quieter, perfect for catching up with Kim and Renee, the gorgeous Selvedge House gals, Hayley and playing swapsies with Simone.


The new product, hand-embroidered tissue holders went down a treat - a few of these will be in the shop this week!


Thanks to B for keeping me organised when I was slightly brain-dead setting up, family for minding the stall when I hit the wall and the big love for keeping me sane this year.

Special thanks to Sam for being so hard-core sneaking a beer up to my stall on the Saturday night, teehee ;)

More market news coming soon!

I'm playing here

I'm playing here all weekend so if you're in Brisbane pop by and say hi.

Keep an eye out next week for a shop update!

edward & lilly at udessi

photo courtesy udessi

I'm so pleased to announce that edward & lilly is now represented at udessi online gallery shop. Check it out here and a bit about me here. If you haven't seen udessi before you really must head over for a browse, there's loads of amazing artists and crafters whose work is just stunning. The perfect place for Christmas shopping.

3 Quick Questions: Jetta's Nest

Chantico for Day of the Dead

I look at A LOT of images every day, both blog hopping around the crafty world and at the day job in the art world. It's rare that an image will be so different to the hundreds of others I see in a day that it will make me stop for a second look. That's what I like about spending a few minutes in the world of Jetta's Nest, I always know Sam will upload something unlike anything else I've seen that day.

Sam happily took some time out from her busy BiDM preparations to answer 3 Quick Questions...

Bloomin' Buttonhead Brooches getting ready for market

What inspired you to start creating?

I've been around creativity my whole life. Sewing, drawing, painting, embroidery, cake decorating, photography and more, there's a strong creative gene in our DNA!

Jetta's Nest dolls

I remember very clearly being about 4 years old and asking one of my Aunts to draw me a picture of Cinderella just like the one on the front cover of my Golden Book (she's a great artist and was studying photography at the time). She told me that all I needed to do to be able to draw it myself was practice... so that's what I set about doing. It most definitely was a defining moment for me because I've drawn something just about everyday since!

As for sewing and my appliques, my inspirations are a fairly common one. The lack of fun, bright and most importantly, child appropriate clothes for little boys left me with only one choice when my biggest boy was born... make my own!

Pirate applique shirt

If you could spend more time on one thing what would it be?
Most definitely it would be painting. I'm one of those people that really needs to switch off to paint... any distractions and my moment just cracks into a million pieces. When my boys are bigger and a bit more self-sufficient I'll be able to really get back into it and I can't wait, although I'm pretty sure it won't be like in the pre-kid years filled with loud music and cold beers.

Turn off your TV - Single card on Etsy

What's next for Jetta's Nest?
I wish I knew! Everything that's happened so far for Jetta's Nest has been such a surprise and I still get blown away nearly every day that people like the stuff I make.

I've got some new brooches in the pipeline... a mini gallery series if you like, featuring my art and some gorgeous native Australian timbers and I'm also playing with some ideas for some colouring books and maybe getting some of my applique designs out into the big wide world in pattern form and way too many other things to mention!!

Gigi, Xiola and Coconut Ice Lola Buttonhead Rings

Thanks Sam for being so fabulous!

For more Jetta's Nest (and believe me, there's a whole lot more!) check out these links:
Jetta's Nest blog
Jetta's Nest on Etsy
Jetta's Nest on madeit
and at the BrisStyle Indie Designers Market.