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My creative space (Sept 22)

My creative pursuits this week have been accompanied to a grunge-laden soundtrack because i discovered that Nirvana's Nevermind was released twenty years ago. This has completely left me reeling, how can it possibly be twenty years ago?!? The cold and unwelcome feeling of getting old has hit me. Well, not so much unwelcome i guess, as so many good things have come with those years. But time marches with such a steady inevitability that it scares the shit out of me. 

Anyway, I have completed and given away the crochet squares for 'crafting for a cause' and finally put my mother bird design onto some wallpaper notebooks. 

And i have a new camera to play with too... It takes a good photo without me having to really know what i'm doing at all. Love that!

More creative spaces over here.

My creative space (Sept 8)

Crocheting granny squares for this with the help of some video tutorials. I've been doing a little each night in front of the tv and my progress is surprising, two squares done and another started!

Making notbooks from vintage wallpaper. 

As always, heaps more creative spaces over here on the 'our creative spaces' blog. It's nice to see what other people are up to... 

Small and random things

It really is the small things that make life a tad nicer don't you think? My current and quite random list of small yet not at all insignificant things: 

* crochet as meditation

* new music so very very very far removed from what i usually listen to

* a quiet moment on my morning walks

* the old lady who smiled so kindly as she stopped to watch my daughter skip down the grocery store aisle

* pretty wallpaper ready to cut up

* red nail polish

* the dog sleeping on a blanket rather than sprawled in the middle of the floor to be tripped over

* this dvd series which i've watched compulsively over the last few weeks

* black faced sheep, so much more quaint than regular sheep

* an empty laundry basket, of course this was only a fleeting moment

* pictures of libraries

What would be on your list of small things? Leave me a comment or if you're so inspired, play along with me on your blog and leave me a link. I think small things are important.

 

Crafting for a cause - join me?

You may remember a while ago i posted about the lovely Amanda from Melbourne who was rasing money for the Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund. (wow that was actually a year ago!!) I posted off a parcel of Moonmum goodies to sell at a fundrasing market... again this year Amanda is continuing her support of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia but in a different way, by putting together some woollen blankets to send over to the women of the hospital. The winters get very cold in Ethiopia so the women of the hospital always need blankets and shawls to keep them warm. 

Essentially the hospital provides medical support to women who suffer from a horrendous complication during childbirth which often leaves them with a still-born child, incontinence and ongoing medical problems. While the condition is treatable in developed countries, in Ethiopia these women are shamed and outcast from their families and communities. Click here if you'd like to read more about the amazing work undertaken by the inspirational Dr. Catherine Hamlin and the hospital.

 

So... I'll be attempting to dust off my crochet skills and contribute a couple of squares to the blankets. Also, through The Square market which i help organise here in Bendigo, we'll be hosting a drop-off point for contributions at our next market if you'd like to help out too! It'd be great if you can knit or crochet a 25cm square in 8ply wool. If knitting, please do the squares in garter stitch.

Market day is Saturday 17th Sept at the Bendigo Town Hall from 10am - 4pm. Click here for full details. There will be basket in the front foyer near the main entrance.

 Edit 8/9: I have been watching the Meet Me At Mikes granny square video tutorials to get my crochet going again, they are so clear and make it super easy!

My creative space (Sept 1)

Dining table / work space... lots of bits 'n' pieces for finishing off.

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