Welcome Home...

Ok, so it's been a really, really, really long time since I've posted anything on here. Like almost a year ago. That's practically stone age here in blog land. But I think you'll forgive me... I've had a few things going on.

But, I'm happy to say that even though the blogging may not have been happening much, the crafting has continued - oftentimes at full speed! All of which I will hopefully and eventually upload and share with all of you crafty kids over the next little while (especially now that I've remembered my blogger password!) but to get the ball rolling I've got some pictures from my most recent and proudest creation ~ a sewing kit for Kaya's 6th birthday last month.


I was inspired by a French children's sewing kit which, as beautiful as it was, was really just too pricey for this crafty mama. And so in true mini macs style I decided to make my own, with a few glamorous extras! And even though I had to stay up till 1am the night before (or should I say the morning before!) the birthday girl's birthday... I was pretty pleased with the results and Kaya absolutely loves it, which is the most important thing!

We've already started a few projects from her other present, See and Sew and there's been a few requests to learn how to knit and crochet...

Let the crafting begin!

cupboard crazy...

Kids wooden cupboard hutch - purchased for $5.50 (together with smaller white cupboard) on Ebay. Vintage wallpaper on the back... too cute!

Vintage mini kids cupboard bought on Ebay (together with top cupboard) featuring wooden laminate panel sliding doors and vintage brown and orange flower wallpaper inside cupboard.

Mini kids cupboard hutch bought for $25 from Savers, Brunswick.

I went a little kids cupboard-mad over the last week, and definitely have my work cut out for me! All three need a good sanding, a new lick of paint and some extra cute details... But for a total of $30 for all three, I couldn't resist!
Having finished the play kitchen, I was really itching for a new little project that didn't involve crafting or sewing, and would require a few sneaky trips to Bunnings...
And seeing as the kids already have their play kitchen and with limited space in my teeny tiny townhouse, I'm toying with the idea of doing them up and selling them; or using them as props for any future markets I might do.
Better get cracking then!

i made it!

This birthday crown was created by me on the eve of my daughter's 5th birthday party from wool felt and some purple bias binding! I'd never made a crown before but it was so super easy and fun, and more importantly she loved it and wore it for the entire party...

A Little Afternoon Crafting...

When you have a crafty mama, I guess you can come to expect, well, just about anything! So when I showed my daughter some new plain coloured undies that I'd bought that afternoon, I'm sure she knew that surely I couldn't just leave them... well... plain! And she was right, as the next thing I said to her was: "wanna choose some applique patches and we'll sew them on the front? huh? sound good?"
So in under an hour, we had 10 pairs of totally unique and cute undies, and not a Hi-5 or a princess in sight...

It's been a little quiet around here...

I've been a little quiet around this here blogging land recently... but in real life I've been really busy with birthdays, new jobs (yes plural!) and lots of new projects! Also, Stacey from Polka Dot Daze invited me to join her polka dot swap so there was some busy crafting going on this past week or so... I was a wee bit nervous about making something for the swap as I wasn't sure if what I made was going to classify as "good enough" - kind of like everyone bringing caviar and champagne to a party and all I brought was vegemite sangers and juice pops, know what I mean? But once I got into the swing of things, it was actually loads of fun creating a fun combination of colours and, of course, polka dots and I hope that my swap partner (ssshhh... not giving it away just yet!) really likes their package! Here's a little sneak peek for now...


Some new projects are coming along, including some new colours in the Gemma Dress line (check out the yellow sunflower dress I made for Kaya's 5th birthday featuring vintage cotton broderie anglaise), vintage baby sheets that I'll be re-working into gorgeous quilts, and too many more whirling around inside my head! Now to just find the time...

Party Fun...

It was this gorgeous girl's 5th birthday party today! We decided to hire out our local "community house" which meant that we had heaps of room for the kids to run around in, and we didn't have to clean up our house beforehand!
I know that for some people it's not possible to do so, but I decided early on that I wanted the food to be as healthy and nutritious as possible, whilst still being fun and tasty. For snacks we had rice crackers, dips, vege sticks, organic popcorn and fruit; and for lunch Mr. Mac kindly slaved away all yesterday making sausage rolls and mini-quiches, yum! And the cake you ask? Well keeping with the healthy and yummy theme, last night I whipped up a delicious chocolate and zucchini cake, which the kids loved and none of them were wise to it's ingredients!
Oh and the birthday crown she's wearing was made by moi, and seeing as it's not her actual birthday till friday I'm sure she'll be wearing it all week...

Gemma Dress

Have I told you that I also do custom orders? Well this little beauty is called "Gemma" and was made for my dear friend Katey's recent fundraiser for the Kawasaki Disease Foundation. The dress is named after her beautiful little girl Gemma who sadly passed away from Kawasaki Disease a little over a year ago now, and was modelled at the fundraiser by her two beautiful little girls Jazz and Amber. She gave me complete creative control over the design of the dresses, she just asked that they be purple!
This dress will retail for AUD$50 (in the shop soon - different fabrics/colourways will be available) and 10% of sales will go directly towards the KD Foundation for future research into this terrible disease.

The KD Foundation also take donations, so please try to give what you can to support this great organisation that supports so many families affected by this horrible and preventable illness.