Gone, Like Frank Sinatra

I have been gone. For a while. I blame all the wonderful blogs I have been into and full time work. How do these other people do it?! If you're wondering what I've been reading, get a little bit of The Pioneer Woman, The Blogess and Bakerella into you.

Seriously.

You won't regret it.

I have been craving stability in my life, so I cleaned out the pantry, and the fridge. Whoops, that meant I had to go shopping. Damn.

Hopefully this afternoon I will be making something yummy from Bakerella, and/or Pioneer Woman. I just can't decide! Too much good stuff :)

In the meantime, I should post this photo for you:



I mean, seriously, YUM. Those are Bakerella's "Snickerdoodle Cupcake/Cookies"!

Window shopping...internet style.

So, on a hot day when all you want to do is dunk yourself in a fish tank, I decide to stay home. Why? Possibly the impending doom of the storm cloud lingering over my roof. Possibly the fact that there is study/sewing/cleaning up to do. Possibly that I don't want to move because then I will have to do something.

I thought I would do something productive with my time and update here. But! I haven't done anything remotely crafty in the past couple days. So? A little tiny bit of window shopping...



I want this. I don't have anything to do with flannel or amy butler, but I want it. To sit on my shelf and purr at. I can't justify it at all, except to say maybe I'll need it in the winter? And maybe it won't be on the shelves then?

So...about that new year...

I feel like I kind of let you guys down with that last post so here's a sneak peak, an invite into my brain right now, with the new flat.



From L to R: The fabric is from the Cloud 9 "Beyond the Sea" collection; chair & sofa are Ikea; laundry is from Chez Larsson; card file organiser is from lovelydesign; recycling boxes + kitchen are from Design Sponge.

Stay up with me :)

How was your Christmas? Mine was beautiful. Christmas lunch with the family, then a 3 hour drive to the middle of nowhere, then a gorgeous 2 days in the bush, with nothing to do but drink wine and eat dips. Gosh, you had to be there to believe it :)

Now? We have to pack up in anticipation for a new place. And a new year. Gosh, it's gone so fast.

Hopefully next year I will be brimming with posts and, well, less mess...

Fabric lines I want!

Just doing a bit of window shopping to pass the time...






All from Heather Bailey's Nicey Jane line.



From Patty Young's "Flora and Fauna"



From Cloud 9's "My Happy Garden".

Where have I been?

There are a million different excuses I could give but in the end, nothing sticks. I have been too hot to craft recently, and life keeps getting in the way. Hopefully I will pick up a bit of speed coming into Christmas.

I am interested in doing this.
all you have to do is just post a picture of something the color of that specific day on your flickr photostream or your blog and then link back to this blog so that people can see a list of other people who are also doing the color week. every day that i put a picture up i will post the list of names linked with their photostream or blog. and i will make a link list on the side of my blog also.
:monday: yellow
:tuesday: green
:wednesday: pink
:thursday: blue
:friday:brown
:saturday: orange
:sunday: red
:monday: black or white