My Creative Space....

It's a little sad that it often takes a decision to sell a property before you make the time and effort to clean up, repair, tidy, paint or renovate an area of your house or property.  Out the back window of our studio we used to look out onto a small courtyard area that was very plain and boring and not very inviting.  After just a little hard yakka from us, look at what we can see now......

We're thinking about all the lovely morning and afternoon tea's we could have had out here in the lovely sunshine, listening to the birds, while we took a break from the whir of our machines. 

Feeling a little bright and spotty?  We made this dotto fabric up into a floor cushion for the first time this morning, and it looked so good, we had to take a pic to share with you!  This little baby will be coming on a road trip with me (yes another road trip) to Canberra tomorrow for Handmade Canberra.  Shhh.....I haven't told her what time we have to leave yet.

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Pendant Lampshade & Renovation Update......

Remember last week I showed you some snaps of some pendant lampshades that Mookah Man was making? Well they're now all finished and up in the new kitchen so I thought I'd give you a squizz.


They're not bad are they? I've already put in my order for my house. I want a couple of new lampshades for my bedroom, I've just got to decide which Australian designed and made fabric I'm going to use. We've got a few customers patiently waiting for their very own custom lamp shades that will match some home decor items we have already supplied them with.

While I'm here I will show you a few more pics from Nicole and Mookah Man's house renovations which have been happening over the last 6 months or so. This is their new dining area with their mustardy coloured feature wall to match the new splashback.

That mustardy colour was chosen to match the colour of the lichen seen on the branches of the gum trees surrounding the house.

The new 'out and up' north facing extension makes the whole living area look enormous with it's huge glass windows that stream with sunshine over these winter months.

Ah well, I'm sure my turn will come soon. Who would want to live in the city when you could live on 4 acres of this on country coastal bushland?

Beautiful colours.....

Apparently it has been 10 days since I did a post, oh the shame! All I can say is that it has been super busy around here, with Nicole's partner's family out from the UK for 3 weeks, the ongoing extensions and renovations at Nicole & Darrel's house, the ridiculous amount of markets we have before xmas and over January to prepare for and the fact that I am off to Adelaide on Thursday for 5 days for an exhibition and to visit some relatives!

Have a look at these beautiful orchids that Nicole and Darrel recieved as a departing thank you gift from Darrel's family. Aren't the colours just stunning?


Oh and speaking of colours, Nicole has had a colour change from her traditional blonde highlights to......err.....something......rather red!



And this is the latest on the exterior renovations going on next to the Mookah Studio. Inside the new kitchen is installed, but waiting on the plastering to be done ready for painting.

Ahh....beautiful Dulux 'Woodland Grey', a colour I also have used on part of the exterior of my house. Blends in beautifully with the environment.

My Creative Space....not this week!

How are we supposed to be artsistic and creative while this is going on beside our creative space?


With all that cutting, hammering, sawing and the nail gun going 'bang, bang', it's a wonder we're even sane, let alone being creative. Not to mention the distraction of the bods holding the equipment!

By the way this isnt my house.....it's Nicole's. My house will get the big reno's next year... I hope. Will show you some more pics when the project's finished and tomorrow I promise to post about something creative!