Lets run away with the circus

I have been featured in a few Treasurys recently, so I decided it was time I gave something back. Having been taken to see Circus Oz on the weekend, I admit I was certainly inspred by all the wonderful things I saw. Also looking through Etsy and short listing items made me remember again just how wonderful Etsy can be.



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Treasury win!

Seems the Brimless Cloche is a favourite:



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Super exciting new hat blocks!!!!!

My super exciting new hat blocks arrived in the mail. A very retro pill box and a lovely doughnut brim. I can't wait to make myself a madeline hat

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What a great day to be featured in a treasury!

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USA A Okay

I've returned from my overseas adventure feeling inspired and jet lagged. I also discovered the awesomeness of Airbnb . Since my return on the weekend I've put in an order for a new hat block and am looking forward to rolling up my sleeves and tackling some winter hats. Yay!

Inspired by my love of vintage jewellery, and the amazing peices I was finding on my trip, I couldn't resist buying some to bring back, which I will shortly begin selling (photo's soon)

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Photoshoot continued....

Here are some more lovely photo's of my lovely model to feast your eye's on....

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Sunday Lazy Photo Shoot

Sunday saw me doing a photo shoot with the angelic & stunning Ruth. The results were great and I am very excited to see the outcome. Here is a quick sneak peak of the new Brimless Cloche  & The Circus Girl's hat

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Stanley the Wonder Cat

I received an early birthday present on the weekend. His name is Stanley. I think the picture explains far more than i ever could...

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Spots and Dots

Lots of bows, lots of spot and cuteness galore.

& here for your viewing pleasure is a photo of my market stall last week.

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Three little piggies

It's that time of the month again people... The North Melbourne Market is on this Sunday. I'm looking forward to it and am very excited to be debuting some great vintage scarf turban knot headbands in a variety of colours and designs, along with some other cute hair accessories and hats. Come and visit... I may even have candy for you

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Valentines day cards of awesome

I love Etsy... You can always find the best stuff there. Here is my selection of non-vomit inducing valentines day cards...

'Valentines cards for real people' by Cheshirest

Some of the coolest Valentines day cards I have ever seen

Hipster Card - So I... ableandgame $4.00	Geek Love Card maddesign $3.50	I Love You More Tha... bjoytomac $2.50
Cat's Cradle Gr... badbooks $3.50	Back-Alley Hooker G... sweetperversio... $4.00	I Love You in Binar... TheWallaroo $3.50
Funny Valentine'... NeatThings $4.50	Hungry For Your Lov... SPOONandSAILOR $4.00	Valentine Card- Int... Dawn2DuskDesig... $15.00
Hello Lover (Letter... SweetDee $12.00	Why Won't You L... Juliapott $4.50	T-Rex in Love OrangeTwist $3.95
Harry Potter Card S... MarsupialMenag... $9.00	You Really ARRRRR M... JulieAnnA $4.00	I Want to Fork You ... sweetperversio... $4.00

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Inspiration? A how to guide

As most of you can probably work out, 2011 started with a complete draining of my inspiration. Where did it all go? Perhaps it disappeared prior to 2011, but with the mad Christmas rush I failed to notice it skip away, like a naughty child playing hide & seek.

In late december I had a brilliant idea for some cute hair accessories. After doing a quick search of etsy among other places and finding no one doing similar I purchased some supplies and went on holiday. Upon my return I did a trial run, and just before I uploaded some photo's discoverd that someone else out there had the very same flash of inspiration over the Christmas period too.

Of course it is only natural for these things to occur.

So I had a break, and yesterday was feeling in the mood to try something new. Gocco- something I loved but hadn't tried for years sprung to mind. As luck would have it, someone out there in Melbourne had the opposite thought and had advertised their Gocco machine for sale at a more than resonable price. So that is how late last night I made my way home from Brunswick with my own shiny new (second hand) gooco printer.

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Brownies!!! Yum, yum

I have the urge to cook a big, big batch of brownies today.  But I'm at work & it has been so hot of late that I dread turning on the oven.

So here is my famous (with friends) brownie recipe.

200 grams Butter
200 grams Dark chocolate
1 cup Sugar
1/3 cup Plain flour
3 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
Hand full of Walnuts/pistachios (optional)

Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees.  Line rectangular tray with baking paper.  

In a saucepan place butter (chopped into cubes) with the chocolate (broken up).  Melt over a low heat, stirring continuously.  Once all melted let cool in saucepan.

Break eggs into bowl and beat with electric beater.  Slowly pour in sugar till all combined.  Add vanilla essence.

Pour eggs into saucepan with chocolate sauce and mix.  This will be very runny.  Add flour & nuts.

Pour into tray and place in oven.  After 10 minutes rotate tray.  Brownies should be cooked between 23-30 minutes.  The key to these brownies is to remove them from the oven when they are slightly undercooked.  The top will look cracked and broken but a skewer will leave moist crumbs (not wet batter).

Let stand for a further 10 minutes in tray.

For extra evilness try with Betty Crocker pre made Chocolate icing.


Eat!!!!

This has been included in the 'Sweets for Saturday' Link Swap. Yay!:






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Where did January go!

Despite all best intentions I seem to have gotten 2011 off to a terrible, terrible start.  I would love to blame it on my on going Tonsillitis (seriously 5 weeks now), the shock of getting Engaged (which apparently ends in marriage) or misplacing my motivation in Tasmania.  But really I've just been slack! 

So I started myself off with a simple easy task of making some silk pom pom & leather headbands.

What are fabric pom pom's you ask, here is a better photo than i could take: 

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The Return

Well here I am back from my holiday, feeling nice and refreshed and Tonsilitis-ee.  As I'm moping and feeling sorry for myself you will just have to make do with checking out these awesome new  Etsy Treasury listings featuring Moi: Here & here

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