tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48634656172692392262024-02-19T02:27:20.384-08:00guildmakercarly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-17430453888224446312012-01-10T03:50:00.000-08:002012-01-10T03:50:33.417-08:00stashbusting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">our girl turned 5 a few days ago. we had a little party beside a little lake and we made some little gifts for her friends. these were totally inspired by said birthday girl. i watched her wading through our stash of fabric pieces, felt pieces, wool pieces. i watched her as she chose and cut pieces of fabric in big triangles, adorned them with smaller pieces of other carefully selected fabric, cut edges off the felt pieces, then pinned them all together and asked me to sew them into party hats. alas they were not quite big enough for party hats, but flipped to one side and attached to a stick, they became beautiful party flags.<br />
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stashbusting party flags. <br />
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eco friendly, stashbusting party flags.<br />
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one of a kind, eco-friendly, stashbusting party flags.<br />
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the perfect gift for a little party by a little lake.<br />
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her guests loved them. and you will too. when you make one or two or many...<br />
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here's a tutorial for you.<br />
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1. peruse your stash<br />
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2. choose some fabrics. we used jersey for the flag and wool felt pieces to pretty them up<br />
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3. adorn with aforementioned prettiness. only sew them onto one piece of your flag<br />
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4. then sew the flag pieces, wrong sides together with a zig zag stitch<br />
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</a></div>5. go outside and choose a stick. a strong but thin but straight stick. you'll know when you've found the right one. wrap your stick in wool. use one color or many. stick the end of the wool down with a hot glue gun<br />
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6. cut 4 holes in the side of the flag for your stick. three holes through both flags then the top hole only through the back flag. weave through your stick, starting at the bottom, go in the front first, through the back of the second, the front of the third hole then poke the end in the hole in the top of the back flag<br />
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7. go forth and wave (and make many)<br />
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let me know if you make one!<br />
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</div>carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-25515066680495888382012-01-04T04:47:00.000-08:002012-01-04T04:47:52.882-08:00treasured gifting, or what to do with all those tumbled crystals<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
some treasured friends celebrated their birthdays recently. my girl and i made a pot of chai, a playlist (it's still all about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6zdyBGJhhQ" target="_blank">Lanie Lane </a>at the moment) laid some treasures in front of us and we got our craft on.<br />
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some wool felt, a bottle of glue and hundreds upon hundreds of tiny tumbled crystals that my girl has been collecting throughout the year (hidden in various sandpits, along ocean shores and other places of interest throughout her habitat). cut to size, name squeezed out in glue then she carefully chose each treasured crystal to fill up the letters. so simple. she loved it. i loved it.<br />
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we made a little <a href="http://guildmaker.blogspot.com/2010/11/wee-felt-treasure-bag-tutorial.html" target="_blank">treasure pouch </a>as well, filled it full of more hand selected crystals from her collection, wrapped them in her drawings with cards made from his paintings and sent them on their way, to the treasured recipients.<br />
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by all accounts, they were received with love and are, indeed, treasured.<br />
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</div>carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-91102104425552535472012-01-04T04:25:00.000-08:002012-01-04T04:25:21.234-08:00it's summer after all....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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i'm off to market on friday to sell some wares. some <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59253499/childrens-treasure-bag-ooak">treasure</a> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59266615/childrens-treasure-bag-ooak">bags</a>, some velvet headbands and some other random pieces still being made. i'm enjoying the process of making the same piece in different colors with different trinkets. it's making my studio all rainbow-like, which is an extra lovely bonus.<br />
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the few hours of making i had today were well and truly helped along by the 'shuffle' button on my ipod. there was dylan, there was ron sexsmith, there was rufus wainwright, there was those acapelicans, there was bjork, but the stand out was definitely clare bowditch and lanie lane. i sang as loud as a girl at home alone in the country can sing. i implore you to do the same.<br />
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</div>carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-34938801996716267662011-09-06T17:42:00.000-07:002011-09-06T17:42:03.815-07:00on dads<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Me and my dad have a thing going on. I understand him and he gets me. That special father daughter thing that people write books about? We have it. I treasure it.<br />
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He is a journeyman, my dad. He heads off places, experiences them fully, writes about them, then returns and shares them with us. Sometimes mum goes with him. Sometimes she doesn't. Sometimes he flies for 30 hours away and sometimes he drives 90 minutes away. Regardless, he is as inspired and eloquent about the sunrise and birdsong in rural Victoria as he is about the ancient back alleys of Italy.<br />
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He's about to head off again. A short, tropical journey this time. I made him a bag to put his shoes. A small stretch of time, 2 pieces of calico, a little thread, and some ribbon and he has a utilitarian gift (which he loves) I finished it off with a stamp of the Buddha's feet on the front corner.<br />
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<i>And these feet</i><br />
<i>They will take your weight, my love</i><br />
<i>These feet will drive your dream engine</i><br />
<i>Feet, baby, this is where the road begins</i><br />
Roadmaker, Red Raku<br />
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My small girl and her dad have a thing going on, too. Theirs is a love so powerful and fertile that I can see them growing within it. Strong and bouyant. She, the vine and he, the sturdy wooden fence. She, green and fresh, unfurling and fruiting as years pass. He, as strength and stability, with pockets to rest in when dormant and to unravel from with the sun's warmth. She makes him gifts, regularly. But this gift? This was a little bit special, this one. This was a breathtaking beauty, this one. I heard his big heart give a little 'boom' when he opened it.<br />
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I love the dads in my life.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">sometimes we skip school, appointments, responsibilities and shopping lists</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">bless these days</div></div>carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-39926115977254841552011-07-27T03:55:00.000-07:002011-07-27T04:49:51.585-07:00the special bag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">i've mentioned <a href="http://guildmaker.blogspot.com/2011/07/homespun-plenty.html">before </a>that i've been dyeing fabric with plants and leaves and flowers of late. a windfall (i.e. small ones picking flowers from the backyard garden of a holiday house we recently stayed in) saw me dyeing with marigolds. an oceanside walk bush saw me dyeing with another windfall - seaside banksia from aforementioned holiday. it was very windy in this holiday town!<br />
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well, one of those special projects came along recently for me. a special little treasure bag for a very special little lady of a very VERY special friend of mine. these two womenfolk bring so much happiness to me it seemed only right to use a piece of sunshine-y marigold-y goodness to make a little treasure pouch. i'm calling it the special bag. creative, hey?<br />
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if you want your own piece of special, comment below and we can work together to make a little something special for you too! i can custom make your own piece, just for you, from marigolds or whatever windfall i happen to find that day. or perhaps you'd just prefer to win one? if you like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Guildmaker#%21/pages/Guildmaker/108030812601019">guildmaker on facebook</a> then you're in the draw to win a little piece of special. i'll pull a random name (out of a hand dyed linen hat) on the full moon in august. free stuff! <a href="http://www.auntycookie.com/blog/2011/07/26/crafternoon-delight/">it's</a> <a href="http://valariebudayr.typepad.com/jump_into_a_book/">everywhere</a> </div>carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-32102680790514546462011-07-25T17:01:00.000-07:002011-07-25T17:01:00.273-07:00honey joy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">i wash my face with honey.<br />
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it's one of my 'do less' approaches. bring less packaging into the house, use less chemicals in and around my home and beyond, less fuss in the mornings and evenings.<br />
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and the 'more' aspects? more support for the humble honeybee, more nourishing for my face, more fun watching my small girl wash her face with honey like mama.<br />
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crunch betty is hosting a little <a href="http://crunchybetty.com/honey-challenge">honey challenge</a> at the moment. wash your face with honey for 2 weeks and enjoy the honey joy! as i already do wash my face with honey, and so does my small girl, i'll get the lads in my house on the honey train too. what about you?</div>carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-68009082755140497162011-07-15T17:43:00.000-07:002011-07-15T17:43:11.708-07:00infirmsmall people are ill around here at the moment. some of the wintery bugs are lingering a little too long for my liking, one in particular settling in quite nicely to my son's lungs.<br />
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we're particularly enjoying these two at the moment - the original J. M. Barrie Peter Pan and Dinotopia The World Beneath by James Gurney.<br />
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both wondrous stories and beautiful illustrations. we spend as much time reading the story together as we do looking at the illustrations. <br />
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</a></div>our favorite local opshop has a blackboard out front, announcing its latest wares. recently it had 'homespun, plenty' written in pink chalk. 'great name for a band', i thought, as i went in to check out the plenty. there was another interested party at the homespun table, also checking out the offerings with a keen eye. he was dressed in a leather jacket with a helmet in one hand a skeins of wool in the other. i couldn't help remarking at what a beautifully ironic picture he made. he told me he knitted hats and entered them in the alice springs beanie competition every year. i decided he was ace. <br />
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we came home with a few bags of small skeins of various colors. upon opening them i realised they were not only homespun by a local lovely lady, but she had also naturally dyed them. only one has a label 'peach leaves copper mordant' which is a beautiful shade of green. there are other shades of green and some yellows and blues. i like wondering what they have been dyed with? perhaps <a href="http://www.permacouture.org/">this mob</a> could tell me. or <a href="http://www.indiaflint.com/">this amazing woman </a>could shed some light? i've been dabbling with dyeing naturally of late, boiling up leaves and flowers and the like in small copper pots and leaving them in the sunshine. so far only resulting in various shades of brown. ho hum.<br />
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</a></div>i'm no knitter, although my 5 year old son recently showed me how to double fingerknit. a revelation, i tells ya. we've been making ropes, necklaces and snakes ever since. i made a sailboat necklace one evening, strung it on some naturally dyed, double fingerknitted homespun and wore it with glee the next day. a friend shared my glee, so i made her one too. my daughter also glee-ed when she saw it, so i made her one as well, sewing her sailboat onto the front of a little blue upcycled dress. i had so much glee for my new sailboat necklace that i made a brooch as well. it's quickie crafting. my favorite kind. and <a href="http://www.auntycookie.com/blog/2011/06/29/30-minute-craft-genius/">her's</a> too, so it seems. </div>carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-22984547874747561372011-05-17T18:48:00.000-07:002011-05-17T18:50:16.430-07:00countdown<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Tl1fMrpr7PlFvqnXl4LneveYCIo_OglWqeKpPAwi3GsUDKxrvjZsg4L7bY4ATjyN_fSslf2XhKOSf0xRXb0oCUFQWA_zIUJm1tLTj-gBYpkirI2MlEeiCuEIvD3qYAq6fZp47JIWRSLI/s1600/DSCF9565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Tl1fMrpr7PlFvqnXl4LneveYCIo_OglWqeKpPAwi3GsUDKxrvjZsg4L7bY4ATjyN_fSslf2XhKOSf0xRXb0oCUFQWA_zIUJm1tLTj-gBYpkirI2MlEeiCuEIvD3qYAq6fZp47JIWRSLI/s320/DSCF9565.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>we're off to melbourne soon to meet our newest family member. my youngest sister is bringing another being into the world sometime next week (or so we are hoping cause that's when we've booked flights!). we're counting down the days here, one autumn leaf at a time. a little bit inspired by <a href="http://www.littleecofootprints.com/2010/12/24-nature-play-and-eco-craft-activities-christmas-countdown.html">little eco</a>. one leaf a day comes off and the smalls get a little more excited each day.<br />
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me thinks billy would like one of these made for him:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from <a href="http://www.oliverands.com/book/">here</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/34248428/perfect-for-christmas-wooden-armoury">from here</a></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>and his mama might want to make him one of these<br />
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</tbody></table>i daresay billy will accumulate a few of these in his time<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/leemeszaros?ref=pr_shop_more">here</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>and just cause it's so damn beautiful (and sort of on topic) a set of these for inside bear-time<br />
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</tbody></table> but when it's all said and done, billy, can bear do this?<br />
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</div>carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-84613437582322731412011-03-16T04:03:00.000-07:002011-03-16T04:03:06.346-07:00gifting, by request<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">i received and delivered on a custom order recently. <br />
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a hat and bag in red for a 4 year old and in blue for his 2 year old brother.<br />
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i made a little felt mouse finger puppet as well to thank them (and their mama) for their custom.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgtEL3U7GE-zj-sGEWE-JMxmnYyWBzx4SxiUeY7EibpArpgKifH8BU8jxMDjE5PB-OVYpN9qcjl1_ZljPZ5WRpJE7Be31ZhrMY9G8CGN-c4Tup0UGSUEKRptD4Os52fq-PMKtIs0j1Lj3/s1600/DSCF9107.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgtEL3U7GE-zj-sGEWE-JMxmnYyWBzx4SxiUeY7EibpArpgKifH8BU8jxMDjE5PB-OVYpN9qcjl1_ZljPZ5WRpJE7Be31ZhrMY9G8CGN-c4Tup0UGSUEKRptD4Os52fq-PMKtIs0j1Lj3/s320/DSCF9107.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>i hope they like their wares. </div>carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-55700801164214481252011-02-14T04:15:00.000-08:002011-02-14T14:39:31.416-08:00on becoming a milliner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rnnDzRtyXYTMlbp7bbIYAJOKP1eWAVjk9KPbHCOo26j06mgc3ZbNRcrtj7QQbMFqc48DRrC0FaaKeXM2gKTbV7Ez-D5YGn5imno5TmkEW-qPFlK-f-2yUOLqav2yg2ZMzHzthNtRAfnp/s1600/IMG_0695.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rnnDzRtyXYTMlbp7bbIYAJOKP1eWAVjk9KPbHCOo26j06mgc3ZbNRcrtj7QQbMFqc48DRrC0FaaKeXM2gKTbV7Ez-D5YGn5imno5TmkEW-qPFlK-f-2yUOLqav2yg2ZMzHzthNtRAfnp/s320/IMG_0695.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>among other things, i make <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/guildmaker">hats</a>. they are concentric and a little buckety and embellished with loveliness. they are for small people. but i am no milliner (although, give me time)<br />
seems other people make <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=20356242&catId=ACCESSORIES-HATS&pushId=ACCESSORIES-HATS&popId=JEWELRYACCESSORIES&navAction=jump&navCount=54&color=029&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&templateType=D">hats too</a>. real life milliners. strikingly similar to the ones i make. concentric and a little buckety, although with much more striking fabric than i (in this instance, anyway).<br />
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maybe, by default, i have fulfilled that life long dream of becoming a milliner?<br />
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<i>later that day.....</i><br />
<i>seems the direct to the anthropologie site links to their home page rather than the specific hat i was referring to. if you search 'jewelry and accessories' then 'shop hats' you'll find the Mail Kaleidoscope Hat by 'acclaimed milliner Albertus Swanepoel' on the first page. </i> <br />
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</div>carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-24651704645978882892011-02-10T00:29:00.000-08:002011-02-10T00:30:11.939-08:00dear universe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIXJk-spz3rpxWrbfh1bL96QvLuxrDDlkitfpPrd__P_EbC6bgnhx9ZJW_ugqM2focUxcns0YPLGiWFVfJ51nMXcLlzNbDMc7TPPxzDDNtb-4Qe8_KqkWtqd0p5zV_c2TE2hepsXxIiqv/s1600/child_universe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIXJk-spz3rpxWrbfh1bL96QvLuxrDDlkitfpPrd__P_EbC6bgnhx9ZJW_ugqM2focUxcns0YPLGiWFVfJ51nMXcLlzNbDMc7TPPxzDDNtb-4Qe8_KqkWtqd0p5zV_c2TE2hepsXxIiqv/s320/child_universe.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br />
thankyou.<br />
for listening.<br />
and for delivering.<br />
may i be so bold as to ask if you could, alongside delivering on all the requests of late, also provide me with a detailed plan of how to balance all that i have with all that i need and all the new that you offer me, that would be equally appreciated.<br />
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if you could also send me an address for correspondence, i will be sure to fashion you the appropriate thankyou card, from all-natural materials of course, for your efforts of late. <br />
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<i>image from <a href="http://www.josephinewall.co.uk/child_uni.html">here</a></i><br />
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</div>carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-26207696937102149062011-01-14T17:15:00.000-08:002011-01-14T17:15:14.486-08:00grey skies are gonna clear upor are they?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBujvlSEJzVnnEuHonnyzgBkotAU9_IvuB1eWyLQIh536HJfPclOLfVXWPNo5mC7p5X6PcCEh68dMTFiwjgdC0OCROV07awLfUihBw6iq8F_TqrsRmLC8DCu2QeGWE1dBK14GmpcJ5RLe/s1600/IMG_0736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBujvlSEJzVnnEuHonnyzgBkotAU9_IvuB1eWyLQIh536HJfPclOLfVXWPNo5mC7p5X6PcCEh68dMTFiwjgdC0OCROV07awLfUihBw6iq8F_TqrsRmLC8DCu2QeGWE1dBK14GmpcJ5RLe/s320/IMG_0736.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>but mostly we accept it and play.<br />
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my heart is with those who are suffering through this force of mama nature. cause while it may be soggy around here, we still have a home, a livelihood and our lives. feeling very blessed.carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-22347027285886600452010-12-27T03:06:00.000-08:002010-12-27T03:06:32.776-08:00merry merries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHij9acIvgxApGoAQX9zSIDc7t0kjjwPTqS_8LOdxE4nn6Oci61xR3eRf6AttdHYrXCShFjV6whwMRS3QbbqHCrG92KwFURk-6fSpNb2JWkEVQZ2RLpyqiSeRwP1J-_J1CU_0dtIQv1zQ/s1600/DSCF9073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHij9acIvgxApGoAQX9zSIDc7t0kjjwPTqS_8LOdxE4nn6Oci61xR3eRf6AttdHYrXCShFjV6whwMRS3QbbqHCrG92KwFURk-6fSpNb2JWkEVQZ2RLpyqiSeRwP1J-_J1CU_0dtIQv1zQ/s320/DSCF9073.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>hope you're having a lovely festive season. we've come south for many family and friend festivities. in fact, it's a festival of festivities that isn't quite over yet. one more to knock off tomorrow and then home again home again jiggety jig.carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-20657939604137683712010-11-26T03:35:00.000-08:002010-11-26T03:35:12.794-08:00the post in which i make excuses for not making christmas giftsi'm a maker.<br />
it's true.<br />
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however, this holiday season i am also:<br />
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a newbie etsy shop owner with christmas orders<br />
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a mover of house some 1700 kilometres up the coast<br />
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the partner of a very special person turning a very special 40, and<br />
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an interstate-travelling solo parent for the week prior to and after c-day<br />
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so i'm making in the wee hours to fill orders - something new to me and definitely worth another post when the experience is complete - and to sneak in a handmade with SO MUCH LOVE gift for my very special person without him seeing. soon my supplies for making will be packed and ready to move from one home to the next, my very special gift will be gifted and i will head south with the small folk to celebrate the festive season with family and friends.<br />
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hence, in this moment* <br />
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my sisters will get <a href="http://spoonfulzine.bigcartel.com/product/spoonful-subscription">a spoonful</a><br />
my parents will get <a href="http://www.everten.com.au/product/bodum-canteen-medium-twin-wall-glass-set.html">cafe au lait</a><br />
my little nieces and nephews will <a href="http://www.madebywhite.com/home.php?cat=277">wear these </a><br />
and the bigger ones will <a href="http://www.mytinydream.com/?cat=31">have quite a year</a><br />
and the in laws will <a href="http://www.oxfamunwrapped.com.au/">buy goats</a> <br />
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*<i>open, and likely, to change with each setting sun</i><br />
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and your list?<br />
please do share. carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-29524878715788489442010-11-17T17:08:00.000-08:002010-11-17T17:08:39.248-08:00on being treasured<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEVUi2fUmWJHWK9yngYKTJBCJCaI75DKU7vy7wvfMEQKuwotEEW5HiUUZgJCMtvfR4BanAizFr-xefhP2cAtPQJMslrn05WDfB5BAJz54GFDFsf5qVXO6dKMY0-ep2Wlsn289az_twOp5/s1600/P1080129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEVUi2fUmWJHWK9yngYKTJBCJCaI75DKU7vy7wvfMEQKuwotEEW5HiUUZgJCMtvfR4BanAizFr-xefhP2cAtPQJMslrn05WDfB5BAJz54GFDFsf5qVXO6dKMY0-ep2Wlsn289az_twOp5/s320/P1080129.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br />
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i opened my etsy shop a little while ago. listed some of the pieces i've made over the past few months and felt wonderful that they were out there for folk to browse and buy. then i went to bed.<br />
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the next morning i awoke and had a note letting me know that one of my pieces had been<a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4cbc362fdad56d9168bdf5fa/pounce-on-monday"> 'treasured'</a> - included in another etsy members' treasury. a treasury is a thematic list of favorites that etsy members put together for their own viewing pleasure and for publishing on the etsy site. <br />
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it was a warming, bouyant feeling. a little wee hee kinda feeling. treasured. shucks. i knew these pieces were beautiful. but to know that others did too? shucks.<br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4cd7fbda97f56d91eab31729/through-vintage-eyes">two</a> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4ce2388033ef8eef2aa0784a/green-thumb#4ce238a3facc6d9191fc1147">more</a> treasures have been 'treasured' since then. the feeling is still warming and bouyant and i treasure that fact that folk are looking. and liking.<br />
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you, too, can put your own 'treasury' together at etsy. i'm currently putting one together for my lovely lover's upcoming birthday. leather satchels and chai kits. go on, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/new">make one</a>!carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-67863855275204479312010-11-12T19:24:00.000-08:002010-11-13T04:38:24.362-08:00local craft fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEispz9a8HomEiKAx0vkyvhodc6t2XVqTcNoV5cmjoOLVCW6Akszm0aB-QQ85iSql1zFiMj3KeQXcrVXKu32Vr0j1qvWw_PEMWksq9F6TjMFeBKQ7l8Oe0W5H1qH7djLTD_yTCSUcMCZx/s1600/DSCF9028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEispz9a8HomEiKAx0vkyvhodc6t2XVqTcNoV5cmjoOLVCW6Akszm0aB-QQ85iSql1zFiMj3KeQXcrVXKu32Vr0j1qvWw_PEMWksq9F6TjMFeBKQ7l8Oe0W5H1qH7djLTD_yTCSUcMCZx/s320/DSCF9028.JPG" width="231" /></a></div>out riding this morning, we headed for the local craft fair. our local it's an old school, tea and biscuits crafting establishment. the fair is a showcase of work as well as an opportunity for association members to sell their wares - embroidery, silk painting, felting, doll making, quilting, pottery and more. we filled our pockets with these little hand sculpted 'uns, among other handmadeness. the <a href="http://www.caloundratourism.com.au/see-and-do/events/exhibitions/christmas-craft-fair.html">caloundra art crafts association</a> annual christmas craft fair today and tomorrow. if you're local, swing past and support the the ladies. carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-80760071315540349262010-11-04T06:14:00.000-07:002010-11-04T06:14:51.324-07:00wee felt treasure bag tutorialwe're currently shacking up in a beachside resort while we look for more permanent digs. as well as it's fair share of 'weekenders', there are some other 'residents' here. our small folk have become part of a little posse of small folk who live here. yesterday we were invited to a birthday party for one of aforementioned posse. a wee treasure bag was stitched this morning then passed over to the smalls to fill. they chose four found treasures, "one from each of us, mama". simple. happy. from us to you.<br />
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these treasure bags are easy to make. here's how i go about it.<br />
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<b>time needed</b><br />
a cup of tea and a peppermint ball<br />
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<b>materials</b><br />
a small piece of wool felt<b> </b><br />
a glass<br />
a pencil <br />
embroidery floss<br />
sewing needle<br />
scissors<br />
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<b>firstly</b><br />
choose a glass about the size of the treasure bag you will be making. fold your felt piece over and place the glass on top. use your pencil and draw around<b> </b>the bottom half of the<b> </b>glass, leaving the top of the circle open.<br />
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<b>then, </b><br />
draw a line from one side to the other. i like to make mine a wave, but you can make it any shape you like.<br />
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<b>then,</b><br />
cut them out. you need two pieces.<br />
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choose your floss. take three of the six strands and thread your needle. start with an anchoring knot on the inside of one of the pieces. <b><br />
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stitch your pieces together. blanket stitch your way around the bag. start and finish your blanket stitch about 1 cm from the top on each side. nice clear blanket stitch guide <a href="http://www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/2007/09/tutorial-hand-sew-felt.aspx">here</a><br />
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stitch some handles. choose a different color floss, take three strands and thread your needle but do not knot (te he!) the end of your floss. stitch a simple running stitch across one side of the bag and then the other. once you have stitched all the way around your bag, knot the ends of the floss together to form one handle. <br />
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thread your needle with the other three strands of floss and repeat the running stitch handle, but start your stitching on the other side of the bag. you'll then have two handles, one on either side of your bag.<br />
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<b>then,</b><br />
fill with treasures, pull the handles so the opening gathers, and you are done.<br />
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simple. happy.carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863465617269239226.post-10518208053203110442010-10-20T04:43:00.000-07:002010-10-20T04:48:54.323-07:00in business<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4e4rSHMxvwc-u6qUTEIp8D7kiQbgFWJSKnTvHvIqy_82k7FpSp5iN2244FyjuoB_UXlQ5u5mSqSvk0oDtmbhEmzzeANCYm3FM8dYX7OHRbmJtYdoDs_inP_P0bl1jpWCXHmWPdU1Zm99/s1600/doily+treasure+bag+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4e4rSHMxvwc-u6qUTEIp8D7kiQbgFWJSKnTvHvIqy_82k7FpSp5iN2244FyjuoB_UXlQ5u5mSqSvk0oDtmbhEmzzeANCYm3FM8dYX7OHRbmJtYdoDs_inP_P0bl1jpWCXHmWPdU1Zm99/s320/doily+treasure+bag+1.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br />
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the guildmaker <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/guildmaker?ga_search_query=guildmaker&ga_search_type=seller_usernames">etsy shop</a> is up and running. i let out a little shout of glee when I posted the first piece, a little skip-a-di-do-dah for the next, a little jig for the next and so on. after having bought a few things on etsy, been inspired by all the aceness on etsy, spent hours (and hours) browsing on etsy and referring most people i know to etsy, it feels right to begin selling there. <br />
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within hours, one of my childrens' treasure bags was featured in a treasury (thanks, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/ThePeachTree?ga_search_query=thepeachtree&ga_search_type=seller_usernames">PeachTree</a>!, you're a treasure!) and someone hearts one of my skirts. hearts and treasury? makes a girl feel good inside.carly garnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17714241723810748751noreply@blogger.com2