12 Favourite Blogs - tober day 12

Bainos Banter
Curlypops
Kraftypanda
Lucybowler
Onepairofhands
Ooty
Bimbimbie
5orangepotatoes
littlechrissy
maytheclothbewithyou
Theenchantedcloset
Missmuggins

Of course there are oodles more. I picked the first 12 I read today as they are on my regular reads list. Tomorrow I will probably catch up with another dozen or so. You know how it goes dont you? Cant fit them all in in just one day or we would never get any work done:)

Cheers!
Melanie

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market - tober

The very first market at The Old Cheese Factory went well for its first day.

Plenty of people came through and a few awesome people bought some nunde stuff THANKS!! And no, it wasn't my mum. I do know that 2 dear friends did buy something which is very sweet and yo guys are first to ride around with me in my BMW when I get rich.

I cant show you pictures because I was working in the Cafe. I was flat out. If I sold as many bags as I made coffees I would be driving us round in that Beamer already.
My daughter manned the stall and poor thing was so sun burnt because her bad mother didn't take sunscreen or cover. Bad mother!!! Who knew the sun would shine, I mean sheesh, this is Melbourne. Ya just never know. Its like you need to take your entire seasonal wardrobe with you round here.
Next Market is 2nd saturday in November. Here is the application form if some of you clever clogs want to set up stall there. PRESS HERE

Or just come and have a cuppa
For those of you, specially Elsie and Pam and anyone else I may have missed, Im sorry I didnt get to chat or if I didnt even see you at all. I was just so busy making cuppa's.
See ya at the next one!!
cheers
Melanie

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Creative Space- tober 1 day to go until market

My creative space is a mess, chaotic and fabric is flying everywhere.

Did I tell you I am in love with this little ripper. Yes I said little ripper. I sound like an Aussie from the 50's but I am in love with it all the same.

I can not imagine making so many bags without it.

I also love my Vanilla chai, get some, even if you don't drink it the smell in your creative space is aromatically awesome. I have to drink it because I took this at 9.30pm and I was still sewing. No coffee for me past 7pm or I get hyper.

And Look! 1 bag of 49 almost finished. Yes 49 bags...... Not a round, even Stevens 50......Forty nine!! I have no idea why and my obsessive compulsiveness is not dealing with that I can tell you.





and finally a boy bag, as designed by Master nunde 8, complete with skulls of course. If it is to scale it is going to be huge unless they are teeny tiny trees.

Well girls, Im tired. I was going to say something more bogan then but I realize you are all far more refined than me so I refrained. Oh and hey, any tips on setting up a market stall? I am worried I will forget something.
Cheers everyone
Melanie

Oh I almost forgot. for loads of peeking at other creative spaces check out Kootoyoos for the ever growing massive list of creative people

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Work - tober Day 7 ,2 days until the market

No time to blog, working my sausage fingers to the bone.
Have a great day
Melanie

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BOOM- tober A front row seat view

My step dad emailed me these pics from the sinking of HMAS Canberra. Cant get a much better view than this. Lucky John. Thought I would share them with you.

BOOM!!!!

BYE BYE

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