Scrummy Yarn

When we were in New Zealand I bought some lovely yarn.

This is some gorgeous hand painted yarn for me (no plans yet)

and some merino, possum and silk yarn for a scarf for my mum. It has been started and hopefully it'll be done in time for Christmas (it takes much longer to make things when they are a surprise and you have to keep them hidden!). I've maybe done about 15cm at the moment and it's sooooo gorgeous and soft that I might have trouble giving it away once I've finished.

Ebay Purchases

Does anyone else have ebay phases where you go and buy a load of stuff and then have quite a long break without even looking on ebay? I've just had one of those phases (I may or may not be at the end of it), and this package was first to arrive.


I've also been really interested in the weaving buzz that seems to be going on now, and so now I can do some weaving (on a small scale!). It's wonderful that these Weave-It's were in their original packaging and I especially love the target audience (particularly the last one - not quite sure what it refers to, but can it really have been complimentary?)

Pretty Purchases

For our work Secret Santa, I got given money to buy some jewelry, so I went and had fun on Etsy (I can feel you guys getting envious already)


I love the way the wings slot into this so neatly (and I also want wings, personally I would love some big white feathery ones so I could fly around) but if I can't have that, this pendant is lovely too! It's from dasb56.etsy.com


Next is some mixed pendants, and they're all very lovely, from strandedgems

This one is called Love Birds, from Inspired Reflections and it's amazing how much of my stuff it goes with. It's also like wearing a sweet little piece of art around my neck!

Then there is this cute little pendant called Bookish, which is made from a scrabble tile and goes well with all the reading I do. It's from littleput


This final one was actually a gift from my sister for Christmas, but I thought I'd put it here too. It's a gorgeous brooch, and wearing it is like carrying a lovely piece of art around with me. It's called Jaala and it's by a Melbourne Artist, Nadia Turner at Wayward Harper.