doona day

had a doona day today...we get two a year at work and i woke up feeling like today was one of those days! it drizzled all day and was quite fresh despite the 26 and fine forecast.

i rode my bike and dropped off some stuff at the op shop up the road (thanks to I Op Therefore I Am for letting me know the opening hours!) I came upon a whole box of Golden Hands craft books and various crochet pattern books. i sat on this chair in the opshop for about an hour flicking through with giddiness. all for 10c each! and then i bought two of the most beautiful, large cacti that are about to burst into flower and are as big as my head for $2!!!

it surely is the simple things....

(i will have to consult my secondhand copy of 'what flower is that' by stirling macaboy to determine what cacti they are exactly)

also (sorry, am a bit of a chatterbox tonight) we ate our first bowl of christmas cherries. yum.

books books books

more book looking...this one looks fun! icelandic knitting
check out the back cover - some lovely patterns.

drooling over japanese craft books

oh yes please! found at felt cafe

via Crafting Japanese

super cute

found this gorgeous bunny mobile whilst blog strolling the other day...she's crafty
this lady is super talented and i can't WAIT till her book comes out.
beautiful, contemporary baby things

gettin' back to what makes us happy

gorgeous

love these colours, shapes, lines, everything! oh yeah! potholders never looked so good. from a really great new blog i found mieke willems.

they seem to like a lot of the same stuff as me! take a look!

crafting

1st of december tomorrow - how did that come around so quickly? have to get a christmas card out to shaunn and jelena (friends from canada) tomorrow or there is no chance!

had an early morning craft attack and made a kitschy decoration for our 60's sideboard cupboard and then thought shaunn and jelena would appreciate it's silliness.

spent the rest of the day continuing on with making my rug, doing a bit of gardening and enjoying sneek peeks of sunshine. weather still seems to be dominated by dramatic skies, showers and weather no higher than 25. i love this kind of weather but it makes me scared - does it just mean we're going to be sweating our balls off in march?