Saturday shopping wishes.

Here are a few things I've been eyeing up on the interwebs lately. I probably would have been smarter to list these BEFORE my birthday, as a sort of wishlist, but maybe it could be considered a wishlist for Christmas? Hah. More like a 'If money grew on trees' list....

Ruffle tank by 'ellainaboutique'. I love this woman's simple tops with cute detailing. She makes great 'basics'. They're the type of tops I hope to, one day, be making for myself.

Frida brooch by 'Cara Carmina'. Perfect size, perfect colours, super cute.. what more can I say? Would look great on the ruffle singlet.

In fact, these would look cute with the brooch and singlet, too. They are the 'Handmade moccasins' by local Kiwi seller 'Spirocreations'. I  pretty much LOVE all of the shoes/boots that this lovely lass creates. They would be perfect for my over-average sized feet (they're custom made) and look so darned comfy.

'Ruffled collar dress w/ pockets' by 'Ananya'. I would need it made a little longer, to cover my knees, but this dress would be the ideal Summer frock. Comfy, light, spotty and super cute. Her other dresses are great too, love the colour of the green one.

This one is right near the top of my list: the 'Angel' dress by 'CAST' (aka Catherine Stonely). I would love it in a bright colour (blue, I think) or in black. It would need to be custom made though, to account for the fact I'm slightly out of her size range and because I would need it to be slightly longer. This is one I actually plan to buy when I have some dosh.

The 'Shape brooch pin' by 'cristinapires'. So big and bright. Would also love pretty much EVERYTHING else in her shop. She is incredible.

This one is the 'cereja wood woven' from 'Iram-inal' designs. Love how big and chunky it is. I can just picture is with a plain singlet and a bright floral skirt in the Summer.

This one would be mine-all-mine if only it had the dimensions in the description and they were BIG. I have seen some of her other work in real life and the brooches were very small and delicate. That, unfortunately, doesn't work for me.
It is the 'rimu veneer doily brooch' by Chloe Jansen.

I love this "Sao Paolo" Neckpiece by The Funk but, as a fabric hoarder, this is probably something I would make myself.  I have been toying with the idea of making fabric jewelry for awhile and this sort of thing is something I had planned to attempt. There are a lot of tutorials online for making braided necklaces and it's not a 'new' idea, but a great way to use up smaller pieces of fabric!
Here are a few other braided/knotted/fabric type necklaces that I really like :

Origami necklace by Homako

The Zia necklace by Anonymous agent

Michele braided silk necklace by Coumon (all of this shop is wonderful)

Knit knot necklace by wonderwonder

Have a lovely Saturday everyone!

Free shipping!

For the next week, in my Etsy shop, I am offering FREE SHIPPING (shouting cause that's exciting..) to all addresses in New Zealand and Australia. I'm feeling generous, so now is the perfect time to snaffle up something you might have our eye on.
Simply put the sale through as normal and if you are paying by Paypal I will refund the shipping cost and if you are paying by internet deposit (in NZ) I will email you my bank details and simply skip the postage.

Easy peasy lemon squeasy.

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Weekly round-up

I can't believe it's already time for another weekly round-up! Man, time flies!
This week has been a little more productive than last, or at least I have a few more finished projects to show for myself.

I'm sad to announce I had a wee accident with my digital camera this week, which ended in it dying a very painful death. While I will miss my dear Sony dearly, it was a pretty good excuse to upgrade to a slightly newer, flasher Canon model I've had my eye on for awhile now. Having a more expensive camera I decided it was probably time to start taking better care (hmm.. did I mention the wee accident involved a falling camera?) so I whipped up a wee padded case for my new friend. After another wee accident (this time the finger kind) I now have a cute little case in fabric that matches my nappy bag. Sweet.

I am working my way through some WIPs for etsy, and these skirts were meant to be in this weeks update, but will have to wait for next week due to a lack of model. So pleased to have them finished though!

I did, however, manage to get pictures taken and all set and ready to add this bag and five special brooches to my Etsy shop this evening (well, it's after midnight so I can only juuust say I did it this evening!). The brooches were my little secret project from last week. They are wee appliques done from sketches I made of some of my Nanas (bless her) teacups, onto teacuppish floral fabrics and popped into thrifted mini embroidery hoops. I am quite fond of them, personally, and I hope you like them too!

I also managed a bit more on the yoyo quilt and finished up the wee pants for Otto. No knitting going on at the moment as it's just too darned hot.