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Author: Libby

  • Handmade Upmarket

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    {images via Nina Ribena Makes} Well I survived a trip to the Handmade upMarket without too much of a dint in my wallet. I purchased some beautiful fabric from Moyou and met Amy who had also lived in Japan. My real find were these lamps from the effervescent Lisa of Tango & James and Canberra’s…

  • Handmade Market – Valentines

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    {pictures via RioACT} The Handmade upMarket is on again on the 7th of February and this time with a Valentines theme. I’m really taken with these pieces by Canvas Wall. I can’t seem to find much about them except an email address. This time I’m going and with good friend Rach who shares my love…

  • My Work Space

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    OK… so maybe not the best photo in the world but try and picture it! This was a built-in wardrobe that the woman who owned the house before us had converted it into a sewing nook. I thought it would make a nice space for my computer and persisted for 6 months but the ‘desk’…

  • A Trip to Spotlight

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    My gorgeous friend Rach and I decided to brave Spotlight this afternoon. It really requires a strong constitution as it is such a store of chaos and yet if you are willing to persist you can most times pick up a bargain. I almost became trapped in the rug department. I went armed with my…

  • No Time for Pouncing

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    It occured to me this morning, being Monday, that I didn’t do a pounce yesterday! So how did I fill my Sunday? I installed a web server and Joomla! CMS and walked through a very well written get started tutorial to create this…. a website for a bogus landscaping company. I still haven’t wrapped my…

  • Happy New Year!!

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    I’m just not in the mood for pouncing today so I thought I would share a little of my own home made goodness. Each year I make the boys a Christmas T-shirt ~ again not sure how the tradition started. Usually they entail a completely inappropriate image for Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere ~ think…

  • Sunday Pounce – The final one for the year

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    These little houses – called a Gingerbread Village are the work of Sam from inklore etsy store. Her designs are very simple, naive and original. This is a tea towel but she also prints on paper. I love the reusable gift bag and her store categories of carry, wear, eat, live. Need I say more.

  • Merry Christmas

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    Merry Christmas to All! I have had a text from Canada about all the snow and pictures from Seattle showing the same. The closest we are getting to snow is the sugar variety on the top of our gingerbread house. I wish I could claim credit or this work of art but this was a…

  • More Presents

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    Look what arrived in the post this week! These beautiful earrings are from my gorgeous Californian friend, who many years ago was my room mate in Japan. The earrings are by Simone Walsh who is based in Australia but cleverly has both a US and Australian online store. Somehow my friend bought from the AU…

  • Belated Pounce – Cards Cards Cards

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    Pouncing has taken on a very festive mood of late. I couldn’t resist including all three from a single pounce page as they were all cards – and nice too! It’s really fun doing a pounce so close to Christmas you can see what’s going to be in people’s stockings! These creations are from (top)…