excuse me mister....

i have a bit of a thing for ties...I had over 200 up until 2yrs ago, when i had to make some room for fashion school study to happen in my sewing room...But i did manage to make quite a few bags...Here are some of them

my blue toned 'all tied up' bag

upcycled tie headband

some of my tie bags ready to sell

this one was entered in the Trade Aid upcycled competition

And now, after a bit of a break, I have started looking at ties again - not that i will ever get back to the 200 mark!!!! Only 5 at present! This gorgeously cheesy one I collected for a christmas decoration, for the frock stars christmas challenge...

ooohhh, how christmasy!!!!

And I ended up making a hanging ornament of a christmas tree - with a paisley purple and green tie...Just made 7 so yo-yo's and stitched them together in order from smallest to largest and there you have it - a cute wee tree! I added some ribbon and beads from my stash, and stitched a vintage clip on earring to the top for the star...So many possibilities with this project...

my sideways pic of my christmas tree decoration...

canvas creations

the kids and i dragged out the paints, dusted them off, and created up a storm.   Here is what we came up with:

this is my work in progress - mixed media with doilies

Tarn did this one, and decided he wanted to add a message

Gracie's flower with detail from my jewellery stash

Fun! my challenge was to not try and step in too much and just let the kids be creative how they wanted to...

10 years young!

and i'm not sure how we stayed sane packing in all that we have....but I wouldn't swap it for the world! So blessed to have 2 adorable tamariki and a wonderful husband to share life's ups and downs...
So we are off to the movies and out to dinner for Mexican to celebrate, whilst the kiddies are having a sleepover at Grannie and Grandads...

Never did like wearing white, so i went with bronze...

cows behaving themselves for this shot

And here are some of the pics from our gloriously happy day at Mt Hutt Retreat, just 10 short years ago...

ummm....what can i say?!?!?

Rakaia river bed with clouds gathering in the distance

some of our friends and whanau sending happy thoughts our way

A beautiful spot looking up to mt hutt for our ceremony

2 little forest faeries friends..

the start of our journey as Mrs and Mr!

 Awesome to look back 10yrs...Had so much fun creating my wedding dress and the forest faerie outfits.  A perfect, fun filled day - and now 10 crazy, adventurous, challenging, fufilling years on with 2 beautiful, amazing kids along for the ride....

a random pic of fireworks at the pier this week...