Maddabling

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Wednesday Wishlist - Musicology

I love music. My Wednesday Wishlist is inspired by Music. Enjoy "Musicology" x

connected - art by woz

squirrellicious

NanLawson

Tanith

ableandgame

colerainecreations

AngelMaia

Bombus

Real Wild Child : An insider's tale from the Rage Couch

nowvember

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Father's Day and other things

Greetings gorgeous blog followers ! It has been a while since I did a general sort of blog post but there a few things that I really really want to share with you all.
A bushwalk, a Dickens Birthday, a fabulous art exhibition, fathers day and my latest esty finds.
Saturday Afternoon Bushwalk
Hubby and I decided to go on an outing on a gorgeous sunny Saturday and ended up going for a sublime coastal bushwalk, hoping to see some whales ! We had both forgotten the absolute raw beauty of our local coastline - we didn't see any whales but it was so nice to see the stunning scenery.

A very Dickens-y Custom DUST team Birthday Parcel
I have a brother in law who is MAD for Dickens. This year, I decided to enlist the help of two lovely DUSTers who helped me to make this a very Dickens-y birthday !
Vicki over at redeemdesigns searched for the perfect vintage Dickens book to make a repurposed custom journal and Rachel over at missisa made some lovely hand wrapped pencils in Dickens text from the novel Bleak House. I found some fabulous free digital Dickens images on the net and made a birthday card collage with the fabulous Dickens line : Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler and a corkscrew which seemed like an appropriate Dickens birthday card quote ! He loved his gifts very much "you can never have too much Dickens" thank you so much to Rachel & Vicki for making this happen !

Art of Beauty Exhibition - Art by Woz
I recently went to a fabulous fine art exhibition - Art of Beauty - Fine Art Exhibition by Warren Walker. I LOVE these paintings - such a beautiful exploration of femminity !

An inspirational and seductive collection - if you are in the South West of WA you will have the opportunity to catch this collection at Art Geo Busselton ( contact artgeo@artgeo.com.au ) September 8th - October 12th 2010.
Please take the time to read more about Art by Woz at his website :
http://www.artizme.com/

Father's Day
I love my Dad. I was incredibly lucky to win a Father's Day Blog Giveaway by Erin over at Inner Earth Soaps and coupled with a custom portrait of me & mine from the lovely Helena at Little Mo And Friends , I was able to give handmade gifts for Father's Day. I made a special card too using a vintage Collingwood Football Club Mobil Petroleum image - Dad was well chuffed with his Father's Day Haul !

ETSY Treasuries
Maddabling has recently been included in two fabulous ETSY treasuries curated by the talented ladies at SecretJewellz

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c8188c4523c8eef06d70cac/paper-chase

and Change of Season by Savage Kitten

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c8175396e556d918931102a/a-change-of-season
Thank you so much ladies xox

and lastly
Latest ETSY Finds

from Top Left to Bottom Right -
Voodoo Rabbit Apron
Faunfare Natural Perfume Oil
NewEarthSoaps perfume balm
JulieAnnJewels bracelet
PayleDragon doll
Realisation Creations earrings
Scarlette Rose Fairy scarf

Friday, September 3, 2010

Friday Friends - Dusty Divas Part 14 - Sunweeds

Welcome again fabulous Friday and Part 14 of Friday Friends! It's time to introduce a new Dusty Diva - the sensational Stacey from Sunweeds !

I really admire Stacey's keen eye for colour and detail and love her eclectic
button-y creations. How sweet would these blue fabric button flowers look in a country kitchen

and I love this guilt & calorie free bright birthday cake button flower bouquet

and these are perfect for girlfriends that are expecting - allergy free and everlasting !

Now time for you to sit back and relax, and learn a little bit more about this lovely Dusty Diva and the story of Sunweeds.

The Secret Garden of Sunweeds
My name is Stacey and I am the sole creator of Sunweeds. I am a stay at home Mum of
three girls 13, 11, and 3 years old and live with my wonderful husband.

I live in country Victoria surrounded by bush, gardens and both wild and tame animals.

Sunweeds button bouquets started with my Gran's button collection and my love of all things crafty.

My Gran lived with us when I was young and taught me how to sew and crochet as well as play a mean hand of gin rummy.

The bouquets came about with my interest in buttons... (I love the vintage ones) and the fact that buying fresh flowers is such a waste of money, yes they are gorgeous but last only a few weeks.

My bouquets can be themed to suit any occassion, my button supply is huge, which in our tiny cottage can cause problems sometimes......

I have many requests for custom orders that range from bridal bouquets,

baby shower decorations,

teachers gifts

and even goth bouquets.
I love to include recycled materials, and quirky items to make each bouquet unique.

I spend any spare time making things for family or friends.

I dont watch tv so have plenty of child free time in the evenings to play.
I have a huge craft to do list I may never see the end of, and when I'm not crafting I'm in my garden hiding from the kids.

Want to see more Sunweeds goodness ?

Visit the online stores at :

http://www.madeit.com.au/sunweeds

http://www.etsy.com/shop/sunweeds

Become a fan at :

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Australia/Sunweeds/112963225385497

Follow the Sunweeds blog at :

http://sunweeds.blogspot.com/

Check out some fantastic pics at flickr :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunweeds

or follow Sunweeds on Twitter at :

http://twitter.com/sunweeds

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Wednesday Wishlist - Fight or Flight

It's an age old human frailty - fight or flight. When we perceive a significant threat to us, then our bodies get ready either for a fight to the death or a desperate flight from certain defeat by a clearly superior adversary.
Enjoy x

pinkytoast

Hapslappy

deannacton