new today :)

Lesson of the day: do not attempt to move folders on computer!!

Oh god…I just almost lost ALL of my sewing pictures from the last 2+ years!! Hundreds and hundreds of photos!!!!

I NEVER back up, so if I hadn’t found them, I’d be broken-hearted!! I had clumsily dropped them into my Wallpapers folder!!

Don’t I just feel like an ocean goddess today? :)

New necklace came in the post today! From Decentartworks - a lovely lady in Germany.

Love it so much!!

Dolly’s new dress :)

 Dolly’s ONLY dress, actually. I asked Maisie, “should we make Dolly a dress?”. Maisie hugged herself, “Brrr, dohd.” So a winter dress it was.

With arm warmers. They were meant to be sleeves, but since I measured nothing, they ended up too tight

bit of a weirdy photo of Maisie - hope she doesn’t mind

Lola skirt

“Listening to Copacabana, (”her name was Lola, she was a showgirl…” and then this skirt happened

You know, sometimes the less thought that goes into a new design or garment, the better!!”

New listings today

midnight designs

Design ideas at midnight. Must be that ‘new thing’ going on with my body: having trouble sleeping mid-way through my cycle.

Am buying a book today to keep beside the bed, so I can sketch my ideas. actually, I sketch now, on anything, so I don’t lose the ideas in the chaos of today.

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School hols are going along really nicely!! makes a difference that Lily is a ‘big kid’ and mostly a lot of fun/easy to hang out with.

Today should be pretty blissy - just the two of us for hours on end: shopping (boring grocieries - nappies, washing powder and the like) and a relaxing visit to the library. And some creating in the middle of the day.

Oh etsy…

can you tell etsy is my new obsession?

Dandelion wall decals…
Just imagine that being your bedroom. It would be almost impossible to hold onto any negative or stressful thought, wouldn’t it? Just looking at the picture makes me feel lighter.

Of course I can’t do that here, or any place I rent. But I could buy a huge piece of mdf or similar, paint it my choice colour, stick stuff on it, then slot it behind the beadhead. Or couch, or on the wall to my left (though I wouldn’t now, because Maia’s painting is there

eeeeee! Etsy!!!!!

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade MonsoonsAndMangoes.etsy.com

Yes, yes, all very exciting now. *stay positive, Nikki!!! Stay positive!!!*

inspired

Etsy really is an amazing place. So, so, so endlessly inspiring. So was Sunday Arts on ABC, particularly Del Kathryn Barton!!!

On the way to me: circle tags cut from pretty paper. I had planned to use them for swing tags, but read (too late) that they are just 1 1/2 inches in diameter, so not as big as I imagined. But…now that I have been inspired along those lines, I can make myself some.

And a special present on its way elsewhere.