Case Closed!

I stayed up late last night. I had every intention to go to bed early too. After the girls were tucked into bed Hubby put the cricket on and I sat down to sew. I was kindly offered a cup of coffee and against my instincts I said yes (I'm a tea girl). Well, i was up for hours!

When i finally decided to toddle off to bed I could hear some noises. I took a look out my front door and here it was........

I've been wondering what was happening to my nectarines out the front! The parrots have taken most of my orchard's fruit out the back but the tree out the front has been untouched until a few nights ago. The photos are awful I know. I'm blaming the screen door (and my haziness).

Can i also just mention what a grubby eater it was? Slurping, sucking, burping (yes it did) and at the end of it's meal the seed was just thrown on the verandah floor! No manners at all! I had a look this morning at the aftermath and it's not pretty. Possum poop everywhere!

I suspect it's a member of the possum family that's residing in my studio roof. They come out every night and scamper across the tin roof. They're very noisy and they drive Obi up the wall but I can't help but love them. I'm a sucker for anything cute and fluffy.

I hope you all have a nice weekend......I'm off to clean up after my little fiend *ahem* I mean friend!

Alisa x

Amelia Giselle and Haidee Lucinda

Aren't these images beautiful?

My darling sister took photos of the girls over Christmas. I love them all however these two are my favourite. I'm truly blessed!

Alisa xxx

Time for some new headpieces

I'm pulling out my roses, hydrangeas, lace, beads and dye to start a new range of headpieces for brides. I haven't made these for a while and I'm excited to get back into it. I've got some new lovely trims that i can't wait to use!

P.S My tweets are just waiting for their legs (I ran out of wire and living where i do it takes a while to get resources) I promise it won't take too long until they're in the shop. They are looking GORGEOUS.....even if I do say so myself :)

In the mean time HEADPIECES!

xxx

Vintage doily neck pieces

Hopefully in store by days end :)

My love

My darling hubby. I'd be lost without you xxx

A way to contribute

Noodle and Lou have just posted about a wonderful venture called Craft Hope. They have created an etsy store that crafters can donate goods to in order to help with the huge crisis in Haiti. All sales go towards Doctors without Boarders. It's such a fantastic idea! I can't imagine the horror that everyone is going through over there and the sense of helplessness. It's so sad and somewhat surreal. My prayers are with them all :(

At a loss :(

Tonight i found out that i have been knocked back yet again for a Market. I usually shrug it off and try to keep positive but this time it hurts. I sometimes wonder whether I should just pack it all in. I've had my label for nearly 10 years now. It was quite successful in the beginning however after having the girls I just couldn't do it all so I stopped. Now I am trying to re-establish myself and it's HARD. The handmade market is enormous now. And I'm such a little fish.

What to do :(