sewing kits & a crafty kind of weekend

Greetings all,

All year i've been meaning to rehash my sewing kits for the markets, so here goes . . . they have an extra crafty touch - regular pins, needles, safety pins, cottons + twine, fabric buttons, ric rac, bobby pins, dolly pegs, ribbon & string, all sealed up in a folded style wallet. 
Stay tuned & follow NOW for giveaway excitement, might have something to do with the new Handmade Living. book launch in 3 weeks . . . I'm coordinating a cyber giveaway to my bloggie craft lovers in a fortnight.

 Pins, needles & safety pins to be added to the orange felt tag panel, i just didn't feel like heading out in the rain to get new supplies today. 
Oh did 2 new birds for the Christmas tree find their way into my studio, these are from Country Road while they had 25% off, i'll use them all year round.

 I spent Saturday night die cutting these shapes for garlands, a combination of Christmas & all purpose festive ones.  I bought 20 massive sheets of coloured cards & started chomping into them.  Tip: if you're watching that heart breaking puppy movie Eight Below & working with card stock, make sure your tears don't drip on to your creations!!  Ditto for a 9 year old who might be sobbing next to you - she really didn't like the leopard seal part, scary!!  Why do i watch that movie every time it's on television??  Paul Walker + gorgeous puppies, i can't resist.

My husband let me sew right up until dinner was served tonight, love him.  They all had juicey steak sandwiches, i got one of these pieces of lean grilled chicken & salad.  I lost 1.5kg last week, yippee, so salad it is.  Yes those are cookies in the image above, baked while dinner was cooking, they are for recess tomorrow (not mine, sigh).
Have lovely weeks, love Posie