We celebrated Christmas within the immediate family yesterday evening, once E had finished work and made it to Mum and Dad's. E arrived with her Christmas sack (that is, a green shopping bag!), and started pulling gifts out. There were a large number with my name on them. This is very exciting however I only had one with her name on it and was starting to get a bit concerned. Her presents for me were lots of smaller, useful items, and it was lovely to open them one at a time.
I received lots of nice useful items from E. The apple you see is made by
Craftapalooza, a local Perth producer. I see them regularly at markets, and I love their apple pincushions. I kept telling E that I would buy one once we had more room for a sewing machine, craft etc. Obviously she decided to take matters into her own hands and I now have a lovely apple of my own!
To complement the apple, E also gave me a book, called
The Crafty Minx. For once, it is Australian so directions and materials should be self explanatory. I hope. The projects in the book seem fairly straightforward, so I will hopefully find it full of inspirational ideas and a good start to making my own items. You can buy such lovely fabrics from local screen printers, and it would be nice to be able to turn them into beautiful items. There are also some lovely ideas for blankets and scarves using old woollen jumpers!
Making items out of wool reminds me of a Victorian label
Maiike. They make lovely toys, blankets, scarves and other goodies out of recycled wool! Such beautiful products! I have seen them at
Remedy in Fremantle and Leederville. Such lovely produts, they are also very inspiring.
