A new adventure

I decided to up skill myself and enrolled in a class I have wanted to do for YEARS- a Flamework Glass course! I had an absolute ball and cannot wait for the next lesson on Thursday (it's a 7week course).
Hopefully this will mean a whole new craft adventure for me!! (I'm not sure Mr Honi shares my enthusiasm for bringing another craft into our home- especially one that involves fire and molten glass!)

Negleted

If this blog were a child, I'd be hauled into the slammer for neglect with my child sent to a foster carer who would tend to the child like it deserved. Luckily this is only a blog, however but oh how I have neglected her and you dear readers.
I'll give you my usual spiel – work is nuts. But I don't want to go on about that. I've realised I need to either shut-up and get on with things or leave my job. But I don't want to leave so I will just shut up. I will however take less 'to heart' (a frustrating trait to mellow) and I have also stopped the late hours. The dizzy spells, daily sickie tummy, nausea, headaches and blurred vision were my bodies "slow down" hints.

There's been loads of crafting – jewellery making, gardening, knitting for Born to Knit – I even ventured into the world of Video Tutorials and have made several knitting and crochet basic lessons!! They've even been watched too! I did them for a few friends and was delighted to hear that 2 people have now learnt to knit from them!

So why haven't I blogged – well, bloggging seemed to consume me for a bit. I've been a little obsessed with Pintrest and Instagram (find me as honidesign ) as it's so easy to share. Couple of clicks and I've posted. Will I be back – yes I will for sure. Maybe I'll actually post more over at 'From Shirley Withy Love' – they label under which I've been selling my wares. Speaking of wares, I'll be selling some more of my jewellery soon. I'll let you know more about that when it happens.

For now, I'll sign off with a 'see you shortly' because I'll be back, I promise

EDIT: Here is the link to my Tutorials!

Glitter Shoes

Wow - has it really been TWO MONTHS since I last posted??

I'm fickle with my social networking these days - at the moment all I really have time for is Instagram - which I love!! It allows me to post pictures of what I've been doing directly from my mobile. You can find me on Instagram under honidesign

Anyway I thought I'd post some pictures of one of my latest projects - transforming a friends pair of shoes that had been ruined by an ink stain..Here are the shoes before - Brown suede..

(BTW - i have noticed that a LOT of my 'crafting shots' have a glass of wine in the background!!)
And here are the shoes after!! Like a Blue Dorothy shoes, glittering like stars.

If you have a pair of old shoes that you like but are damaged, or you no longer wear them - i can transform them for you! Either like the ones above, or a variation of the fabric covered ones I made a while ago (image here) Just shoot me an email ( honidesign @ gmail . com - minus the spaces) if you're interested!

Sunday Frustrations

A little multiple choice game for you this evening dear readers.... Tell me, which is worse:

A. Spending $170 at Lincraft only to realise you've bought insufficient fabric for not 1, not 2 but THREE dresses

B. Buying crapola pins that put awful holes in your new (but insufficiently long length of) fabric

C. Having your cat tear through not only the instructions but also through your lovely, neatly re-traced patterns

D. All of the above

ps - am TOTALLY addicted to Instagram at the moment (which explains the lack of blog posts).....if you're on it too then find me - i'm honidesign xx

Sunday Crafternoon

Sunday afternoon – spent making Easter crafts with the uber inspirational Kelly Doust at the most wonderful craft shop in the WORLD (Calico and Ivy in Balmain) surrounded by really lovely, talented girls. I indulged in the afternoon tea; delightful orange cake and macaroons and earl grey tea served in the most divine Vintage tea set. To top it off, the rain fell dreamily on the tin roof. I was in absolute heaven! Kelly sharing her wisdom with the group Tea and craft - GORGEOUS Heather Bailey felt in the background Macarons and Kaffe Fasset fabric The Easter Finger puppets i made Me with Kelly A HUGE Thankyou to Amy and Sarah and Deb at Calico and Ivy, and to Kelly. I had the most wonderful afternoon and I left feeling so inspired and energised to create beautiful things!

I’ve had the time of my life…….

On Saturday I went to the National Blythe convention in Sydney and had the most magical day! I was surrounded by beautiful dolls and very clever, talented and wonderful peeps. The work that people had put into customising their dolls and outfits was just incredible (see below for the “mini me” competition) and gave me some inspiration to custom my third girl on Sunday. I received a heap of goodies and bought a gorgeous wig for Trixie. Once I put the wig on her – I knew she had to have some work done. BEFORE: She was ‘cute’ as Nicky Lad on the far left hand side AFTER: but I think she’s quite beautiful now. I’ve sanded her face, given her brand new eyelashes, new make-up and I carved and painted her lips (this was VERY daunting!) Her hot pink glasses are now worn by Violet (in the middle of the trio picture) I have a LOAD of photos over at Flickr – I took so many photos and have forgotten who owned each doll so I apologise for not crediting the owners of each of these girls! I’d like to extend a big thankyou to all of the organisers for such a wonderful day – I had the time of my life!

Sydney Blythe Meet Up

My Girls are all dressed ans ready for the Sydney Blythe Meet up tomorrow!! I am very, very excited!!

Will hopefully have a laod of cool pictures to show you after the meetup. Hope you all have a lovely weekend!