big call for a little girl, sure you don't bother me none (you sweet little thing you)

here it is. my wetsuit wedding. the original 2011 collection, still in it's box. complete with flower girls, bridesmaids, girl groom and bride. i hope they live happily ever after, under the sea.  

daisy cupcakes for breakfast

dear blog. i had a birthday yesterday and im not sure what to do next...

only 9 days till the parade, i have nothing to wear. I am now 25. perhaps another cupcake will pep me up! tomorrow the models will come to tafe and try on all the garments. dear models... please fit into my garments. i will be very happy. perhaps so happy that i will sing a little song.

perhaps i will also do a little happy dance... if you are lucky.

good night blog. sleep tight.

im sorry i made you cry today.

update cake:

1 cup of ive done two garments and have four left with only four weeks to go.
2 tsp of i need more neoprene!
4 grams of why won't the coverstitch machine work!
6 bars of peppermint chocolate
2 cups of i think i wasted this whole week and now its thursday!
1/2 a cup of oops thats the boys toilet...
and a pinch of salt.

lets just pop that in the oven and see how she bakes!

pink of perfection!

if you dont want to spoil your dessert

hello there wednesday august 24, how nice it is to see you. today you bring me sunshine and in return i cement your existence in writing for future generations of avid blogsters. as i get out of bed this morning after an over enthusiastic early night i feel a little bit of excitment brewing in my cardiac muscle. today i am too busy for breakfast. i'm a woman who can spare no time for such mundane doings. my love bug and i must venture out into the horrid rumble of peak hour traffic and find our way to the tea tree gully tafe. hair and makeup is an exciting adventure, especially when (unlike a good storm) you arrive un prepared. not to worry, im pretty nifty at winging it. i may or may not have broken a law or two driving to the photo shoot location. (if there are any police officers, or just someone who enjoys a good citizen arrest reading, i think i will emphasise that i did not break any laws.) however i may have told the photographer from the eastern courier magazine the wrong location and freaked out a little once i realised and then couldn't get hold of him/her.(him, but i didn't know that at the time.) so we have arrived at the secret rendezvous. dressed and bulldog clipped the models in place. taken a few snaps. and called it a wrap.

i would like to thank the people who made this all possible.
willis(dog)
sally(mum)
john(daddy)
sue(cheer squad)
polly(photographer)
greg/george/can't remember his name(chased by wild geese photographer)
sophie(groom)
emily(bride)
sir unicorn(unicorn)
hair and make up ladies(hair and make up ladies)
wednesday august 24(the exact day)
me(pretty snazzy)

i would also like to thank the people who did not do anything at all, as they didn't even know it was happening!
everyone else(you)

if you are comming to the parade and don't want to spoil the surprise close your eyes now otherwise keep them open. if you kinda wanna see but kinda don't then just close one eye.

the photo issue

i read an interesting article yesterday in my fortysecond addition of frankie magazine (frankie.com.au) called decision time - when it's hard to commit to dessert, let alone a life plan. if i had to give a title to my life it would have to read. decision time - run! run and hide!

i generally struggle when it comes to choice. i am continually weighing up the pros and cons even when it's between iced coffee or hot coffee. (a regular decision at tafe these days.) it puzzles me how other people can jump right in and know what they want! making the wrong choice is my specialty and it makes me mad! i get the hot coffee and realise it's watery and i hate it and WHY DID I GET IT! libby, i say, don't let me get this one again, it's no good. In the frankie article, rowena grant-frost says she wishes she had a waitperson for life, someone who forces her to choose in every situation. well no need, just get your self an elizabeth, or a storm, or an eve or a kelly. they are people who can remember all the things you don't like and warn you just before you make your choice!

i have had to make a lot of choices lately when no one has been around to yell STOP! you don't like that! when i'm alone i pretend i'm someone else. that usually does the trick! it is best to pick someone you like, someone you know, and someone who knows what they like. i tend to go for tv characters. perhaps bones, she always knows what is best, plus she is very logical.

i went to spotlight on friday. i went in for a ball of yarn. lime green in fact. so yes, my collection now includes lime green yarn. i left spotlight with, yarn, pins, magnetic pin holder, new bobbins, two tape measures, and fat crochet hooks.

now i have to create the idea behind my photo shoot. what to do what to do!! at first i didn't want it on the beach! now i don't know, i have found some nice photos and they are on the beach! or should i have it in a studio with a stark white backdrop with perhaps a string of mistletoe hanging from the roof. i found good photos of that too. or should i find a cool fish tank with some amazing coloured fish swimming around and have it in front of that! or is there another brilliant idea floating around out there that i have not yet thought of? today i am at home with only willis for company. if we had it his way i imagine the photo shoot would either be at a turkey neck factory or a gay dog bar. no, i have to decide this one on my own. me. or maybe i'll let xena decide. she generally gets it right. especially when gabrielle is around.

complete guide to needlecraft

a very big day was today

*saw super man

*saw a pirate

*fell in love

*arrived at tafe

*adopted a photographer

*selected a few models

*fell out of love

*solved the drink bottle mystery

*did some successful sewing

*made a plan to finish some garments tomorrow

*baked a quiche

i should talk about what is in my collection but i dont want to spoil the surprise!

a hint or two for you

ITTY BITTY, KIND AND PRETTY, THE CAT'S MEOW - IT'S HELLO KITTY!

i don't want to play any more! i'm going inside!

i've tried sewing, glueing (or is it gluing...) ironing, snipping, pleading! and nothing!! i can't get it perfect and i don't know what to do! Once i have worked out this portion of my collection then everything else after that is a cinch! (i hope) but i just can't get it! and what if i never get it! what if i'm trapped in this box of 'nothing is working!'  that i have models walking down the catwalk naked! i am at ease to know that at least the models will wear nice necklaces. i have carried out a few necklace tests. abracadabra!