Sketching for a gocco
Yeegads – a busy weekend. I think I emptied a tank of petrol with all the running around we’ve had to do. Amelia and I dropped in on Christina and Paul for a cup...
May 2009
When you’re bored in the car…
…everyone take a role and sing Danny Boy Muppet-style – personally, I love being Beaker. Also, while we’re on the Muppets, I’m sure you know the Mana Mana song – but have you seen...
My Creative Space today is COLD
This is the stuff that I pulled out of my bag (apart from the laptop) from last night when I got to go and do some stitching in a place where the ducted heating...
Baby, it’s cold inside
Our heating is broken, and it’s warmer sitting outside in the overcast gloom than it is at the kitchen table. I feel like we live in the olden days – at least –...
Stacks of Library Books for Smart Dummies
Oh how I love the library! I took the girls there on Saturday morning and while Amelia read a story to Lil in the childrens’ section, I went and found the “writing and publishing”...
Good stuff by subscription
Photo from yesterday’s Age – by Rodger Cummins. Subscriptions! So good. Sign up once, and then it just keeps going and going. I subscribe to a couple of magazines and a couple of zines,...
Happy Mother’s Day
Bizarre cakes found on the Cake Wrecks blog (via @aussieellen on twitter). Because I haven’t conducted extensive market research, I can’t safely say that there is a huge segment of the visitors to loobylu.com...
My creative space – with lollies
All my photos for the “My creative Space” project seem to be yellow, and badly lit. That’s because my creative space continues to be the kitchen table (which you can see also doubles as...
Dolls for the Casa Bernabe Orphanage
I have just signed up to make a doll to contribute to Craft Hope’s second project, which is to supply as many dolls as possible to the children at the Casa Bernabe Orphanage in Nicaragua. “The...