My little bossy girl has her own blog...follow it here. http://evedaily.blogspot.com.au/

Update but not of fabric and some vintage interiors.

As you may or may not know, I'm in the final throws of a Certificate IV at Tafe in 

Fashion Design. A whole world has opened up, a world I've wanted to be part of 

for a very long time. I'm flat out and apologise for not having much to say, well 

I have lots but no time to say it in. 

Running a small business, studying full time

and being (single) mother take up pretty much every second I have. 

But I keep saying 'it's only one year' and that year is almost over. I have a 

work placement to complete with Sally Smith, and three final big assignments. Then after the Christmas

holidays I'll be back to my usual stuff with lots and lots of ideas for sewing with and for 

selling vintage fabrics. 

Recently I did manage to get a bit done on the website, 

a bit of streamlining, it far from how I'd like it but that has to wait till next year. 

 I've removed most of the sub categories in the 

belief that you might more easily stumble on something new 

and interesting as you browse though all the fabric and I think people get bored of seeing

the same old thing.

But if I get feedback that it's not working, it's an easy change back

or I might go a completely different route. 

Thanks for reading, thank you for choosing me to purchase your

fabrics from and for helping me grow my business. I feel very grateful

to still be doing what I love and not feeling like it's work, 11 years down the track.

If you want snippets and random images of that I am up to

please check me out on Facebook (vintage fabric addict).

I try to stick to sewing and fabric but often get distracted.

Cheers Elizabeth

And now for some lovely vintage interiors.

thecoolhunter

If you are going to procrastinate do it properly.

If you don't already subscribe to thecoolhunter.com.au rss feeds then you really should. 

It's the most amazing, inspiring lot of images and ideas in art, fashion, architecture and lifestyle plucked from all over the world, 

you just want to immerse yourself completely for a half an hour or more and come out refreshed.

It's the one thing that pops into my inbox that I wish would pop in more often. 

I love to talk about myself!! I've been tagged.

Hey well why not I say!

So I've got five questions from Monique that I have to answer about me.

I like to join in so here goes:

1. What is the one thing you cannot stand?

People who don't share their emotions.

2. If you could go back to your childhood, what cartoon or TV show would you pick to be your favorite?

The Adams Family

3. What's something that you have done or would do that would surprise a lot of people?

I danced in a Go Go Cage at Kings Cross.

4. Do you believe in ghosts?

There is one in the room now.

5. When you go to a store, what's the one thing you just can't help buying more of?

Hang on, is this a trick question?

6. What's the funniest story you have on your significant other?

Confusing a tube of KY jelly for a tube of toothpaste!

 7. What is your proudest moment of being a parent?

The last 4 733 538.9 minutes. (9 years)

8. If you could go back and relive one day of your life, which would you choose?

Probably the day my parents offered to send me to a private school, I chose public.

I'll be back with a few people who might like to join in. I must get some work done!

Have a great day.

Here's something fun!

I Love PiP's cute envelope project and while cooking these tripple choc muffins I got a little something ready to send off in the mail right now!

the new window at pips looks great and I really wish I could see it in person. 

Time to get to work. Vintage Fabric Buttons

Somehow by actually having a holiday I got behind in everything else. A little stressed I am tackling the jobs one by one. The first list item is to get these newly made Fabric Covered Buttons on the website. Bossy and I made these yesterday, she loved it so much I'll employ her again.

I'm about to create a new category called Covered buttons but for now they are in my 'More' category. Very easy to find in my catalogue  right at the bottom.

Hope you like them as much as we do: 

I love my website! It's so easy to use and get around and You can now subscribe to every new listing and new blog post made over there, it's quick and very easy. Just look for the RSS symbol and be the first to know. 

I hope to make regular blog entries there more about fabric than about my life, so it's only for the fabric addicts. See you there.

What's up for 2010?

Big thanks to my loyal followers, I appreciate you all for hanging in there when there's not been much to read here lately. No I've not been off lying about eating Lindt chocolates all day  - well I have been doing that a bit, (I tell you Lindor balls in this heat when the interior turns to liquid.... Simply Divine!!)  but no, mostly I've been: playing with and taking Bossy Girl about, getting older (birthday), waiting for things to happen (my mechanic is not back from holidays and I can't venture too far without repairs), planning and worrying about the future and trying to get my new web store stocked and functional. 

 www.vintagefabricaddict.com

I'm still not sure if it even works, obviously there have been no sales. But I'm figuring it's because no one knows about it yet.  When I'm done with all that I'll be back. 

I have lots of plans for 2010 including Kayaking! Kindness, Further Education and of course lots and lots of Vintage Fabric.
Here is some that I'll be loading into the store this week, hopefully.
I wonder what you've been up to? 

Do you think it's going to be a good year?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm Ok You're Ok

Well I've been feeling a little low of late I guess it's the comedown after all the up of the new room and I've been spending Way too much time reading about other people's lives and have been left feeling inadequate and boring. Yesterday I wasted a whole day being down and then snappy at people. I hated myself. I didn't meet the handsome cowboy, or cover the old cabinet in old mags that looks amazing, I don't have 4 kids who I home school and in my off times work as a freelance journalist, bake pies and casseroles for the family while crafting goodies for my Etsy store at night (made that one up but it's not too far from the truth). I just survived that's what I did, that's what I felt....Yesterday.

Today, with new resolve I turned up the music and got active.

Funnily the thing that  got me out of the gloom was wrapping presents for my bestie Marg and her kids, long overdue pressies for the kids but the parcel will arrive just in time for Marg's birthday.  That gave me a really good feeling!!!

I've moved on and kept going and in fact I snapped out of that self pity when I also remembered that I have also not just survived a terrible plane accident nor have I just had major back surgery. In fact I'm doing very well and I know I'm very very lucky!

Vintage Vegas care of Uncle Jack!

I'm not sure how I came across Uncle Jack Very Vintage Vegas Blog - possibly via Retro Renovation while I was oogling her fantastic kitchen, bought from Nuns, but I'm glad I did. If you've been to Vegas you probably didn't think about the locals at all. I know I didn't, I didn't even check out any of the thrift stores (a regret I'll take to my grave!). Uncle Jack lives and works in Vegas, he's a Real Estate Agent and he loves Mid Century Homes and all their fabulous features like cement blocks and rock walls etc. Here's how he introduces his blog... 'Very Vintage Vegas is a multiply edged joke of sorts. It describes where and how I live. It plays on the CAPITAL V in my last name. It pokes fun at the fact that “OLD” in Las Vegas is 1950. It implies the “urban core” and “downtown” and “close to the strip”. VeryVintageVegas is bold and colorful on purpose. It’s inviting and accepting. It’s fun and energizing. And at the same time both the blog/website and Uncle Jack are deadly serious about our clients, our market, our neighborhoods, and our housing styles. I’ve had a great time over the last 17 years helping about 1000 home buyers and home sellers. Vintage Vegas has been completely misrepresented over the last many years. 99% of the Realtors in Las Vegas have NO CLUE what’s been happening in the middle of the valley. I’ve been promoting downtown, helping people clean things up, fighting grafitti, starting neighborhood associates, and so many more things for over 20 years. I take enormous pride in what’s been accomplished. And, I firmly and faithfully believe that what I call Very Vintage Vegas will be the best appreciating real estate in the entire valley during the next 10 years.'

So if you want to look inside and out of these fabulous houses, sometimes before they have been styled for photo shoots (check out his Worst-MLS photos), or his series on Concrete blocks (the best), or his decorating tips with lots of links then hop over to Uncle Jacks.
You can tell Jack loves his town and I'm impressed with that. Go Uncle Jack!!
All photos (taken) from his web site.

Hello are they there yet?

Well if there end up being photos here you'll know I'm back if not then you'll understand where I've been. Feels like it's been weeks I've been trying to get photos up here. I get all the writing done all the photos collected and 'attached' but will they load, no. The whole blogger network just jams. What's going on! why me? .....who knows and who cares really, it's computers and I'll be damned if I can work them out. It will come back, always does, meanwhile I'm getting on with other things hopefully the sort I can write about later. (so nope no photos!! hopefully I can get this thing sorted and be back with more vintage fabric and some shots of my new studio real soon). Ciao!

Experimenting!

Image by atibens via Flickr

Trying out this new thing today, while I type about fabric and room additions it's suggesting content I might like to blog about, since I hardly sit and just surf the net then I'm interested. Lets see if I've worked out how it works. Here are a few links for Craft, lets see where it takes us.

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OOOh this is fun! But I'm not sure it's what I'm after. Maybe I just need to get to know it a bit better.

Try the Next Blog!

Do you ever use the 'next blog'button at the top of these blogs?? I have and it sure is fun.... if you are a little bored and want a little travel. It will take you somewhere in the world, you know not where and you will meet people who are, like you, just plodding along, or maybe they are in a war or very very poor and it will fascinate you. Try it, press the 'next blog' button, just up there - sort of left of center.