May Madness The Halfway Projects

So I have taken some photos of my halfway projects, here you may be able to see why I am a sometimes blogger and would love to be a constant blogger

I am so obsessed with handsewing, especially on my dummy, I just love building dresses, the problem may be if I sell them the time it has taken will make then along the lines of $$priceless$$

I adore this sleeve

the most relaxing craft I do

more hand sewing, these are little fabric russian dolls, which are addictive, they are so small, 4'' tall, about 6cm, fabric hand sewn bodies

and painted bead faces

the possobilities are endless.  Its a great way to use all your very little bits of pretty fabric

more pretty fabric for a line of bags Im making, 8 in all

handsewn, machine sewn, screen printed, embroidered, I love these

who thought I would have such paitence for hand sewing when I used to be a speed demon, ohh the changes I have made

and this is why we dont paint at 5.30am, anyone notice a problemn here??? yep, that is not how you spell Patience!  What a bumber, Im still not in the mood to try and fix it yet, just hide it from myself for a while

My favorite place to be, on a very quiet day, thinking up things and making them real

like these shrine books I did for my exhibition over a year ago and never finished

I had carved out the fronts

and now I have done Labrynths further in, so you can sit and meditate and follow the path with your finger

it is truly relaxing

cord material waiting to become little girl pants

a line of hand decorated tights awaiting cuffs and elastic

half mulched gardens I will one day get back too

and this wonderful picket fence that I salvaged from the Homestead, I took the battens off the old fence, de nailed them and cut them down, renailed them to new wood

and got a man to help me rehang them in front of our house

what is it about a picket fence, maybe it speaks to the old souls in us, I love it

so now Im weeding the side gardens to finally get them planted after 5 years! woops

yeah it will be nice when they look a little different to the lawn

my winter veges are getting there too, they look so lush, especially when in summer it turns into a desert in my garden, poor plants dont stand a chance

working in lots of seaweed and poo

while still taking time to smell the flowers

then running back inside to referee Miss 3 with the poor new kitten Louie, for some starnge reason he cannot get enough of this girl

possibly 15 books on the go at one time!  We all love variety!

daily washing of olives, curing in salt brine, its gonna be a yummy summer! with lots of yummy olives!

and then there are the daily surprises of 3 year old curiosity with have me standing still speechless, which she can translate to "what the bleep are you doing!!!!!!"

I adore planning so this party is so exciting for me

garage sale ing for new plates and cups

researching tasty treats

with such amazing books, arent cook books just so beautiful these days, I adore them



so just a few half ways there things

cant wait to see the finished projects I bet!!

yeah me too

thanks for watching

xxx

Sheree

May Madness

I am feeling so busy and its one of those times when everything is at a half way stage so I feel like I have nothing to show you yet, but soon, ohh so soon, there will be masses.  How is everyone placed at the moment, there is some intense eclipse movement coming up with this new moon on Thursday, 3 eclipses to be exact, and I am feeling the pressure.  There are alot of people I have found who are not even aware that they are effected by the moons movements, some people arent at all effected and have calm lives, while us other people live in a wave of constant change with the ebb and flow of the world.  If I could bottle how I felt two Wednesdays ago, I would be set, it was an amazing day, and people even said I looked different, thats when you know its real, when it shines thru the outside.

Shining on the Outside

So thats what I want to concentrate on and help other with too, there are so many art e-courses online but I am having trouble finding a female soul searching happiness based one that really connects with me and where I am right now.  I have been doing so much of my own work for the past few years and with amazing results that I thought it was about time to share with more of you and not just my close friends.  And free too, why does everything cost so much, I understand we all require money, and I congratulate everyone who is making their living thru this wonderful service but along with doors opening when you have money, there are alot here that are closed because you dont have any!  I want to keep my door always open to all of you.  Stay tuned, I hope to start next week!, I say hope because as soon as I promise something my time for it evades me, any one else finds that!

One of the projects that is taking alot of my time is the planning and getting everything made and ready for a fun day.  Its the time of year when I thirst for fun and tea both together in one glorious day. Its the Annual "Mad Tea Party" hosted by the beautiful Vanessa Valencia from 'A Fanciful Twist'.  Im so looking forward to this year, I love what I have planned so much, and hope you will too

This year my party is at a 150 year old haunted house, Im sure you remember it from many posts I have done like here

The gate is open, it beckons us in..

Plain and silent today, but ohh you wait!

spring flowers will be there although its Autumn??

and it may rain off and on...

but secrets lay behind this door

stories that may remain hidden but may also be told

Im sending wishes of a beautiful day to everyone taking part..

pure dainty prettiness as well as complete madness, what a mixture, sounds like me before an eclipse!!!! eekk!!

Visit here to join the fun and have a party too

Im off to take half way thru photos of everything Im working on, be back soon!

Hope its sunny for you like it is for me!

lots of love

Sheree

xxx

Full Moon Snippedy Snip

With the full moon yesterday i couldnt resist doing something new and big and bold

So I let go of the mermaid length hair

and welcomed in the new mermaid tail styled hair

Im in love

and feel so light and free

come on, who's gonna snip with me!

xxx

Sheree