Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Dec 3, 2009, 7:55 am
Hi! Counting down to the festive holiday, I don't know about you guys but I am looking forward to a break. I've just posted a garland tutorial over at whipup, there are 6 templates to choose ...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Nov 23, 2009, 7:58 pm
Hi! A quick hi! A bit of a nutty week this week. I have no new crafting, but I have a giveaway! Justine at Mixtape Zine has kindly given me a couple of copies of the latest issue to giveaway. I have a...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Nov 17, 2009, 9:06 pm
I'm always on the lookout for interesting retailers here in Perth. I'm not a fan of large shopping malls that sell generic stuff. I'll list my favourite go-to's for local gift buying, ...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Nov 17, 2009, 5:09 am
Hi! Sorry for the radio silence. I've not really had anything new to show you, until now! These are cuffs on the fly. Not finished, I need to add a button/s and loops for a closure, weave in ends ...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Nov 10, 2009, 7:19 pm
This always cracks Sondra and I up but I don't know if it amuses anyone else. Excuse the bad lighting, wobbles etc it was taken very quickly with my iPhone, man how to sell a video. The best "stin...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Nov 4, 2009, 5:26 am
Really. You didn't. You guys could work this one out. But I had requests, so here's how I do it. You'll need: PVA Glue - a white general crafter's glue that dries clear, important to...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Nov 3, 2009, 7:58 am
Lots. Working on getting a button wreath tutorial together for you guys, though I reckon you don't really need me to show you, I'll show you how I do it anyhow. I might also have a felt bead/b...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 29, 2009, 11:39 pm
Just dropping in to say hi and bye. Off to a retreat with my lady for the weekend. Got movies, food, a spa and that's about it. Oh a little crafting will creep in too. Nanny's coming to stay w...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 28, 2009, 3:32 am
Kirsty put a call out on her blog for participants in a redwork project that would end up as a quilt that would be displayed and then disassembled. The end result is amazing! An awesome collection of ...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 26, 2009, 8:49 am
Distracted Little Market Day went down a treat. BUT. There is a but. All of a sudden Perth decided it was summer and bought a 32C day with little wind. BLOODY hot when you're sitting under a tent!...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 24, 2009, 5:54 pm
Ok, we can officially say I'm sucking at Blogtoberfest! Onwards and upwards... These guys? What do you think they're thinking? I reckon they're all murmuring to each other, they know they...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 22, 2009, 8:36 pm
We can just pretend that I missed yesterday for Blogtoberfest can't we? I thought about it and then was distracted by finishing stuff for this Sunday. Then, I saw Tam's blog and I'm all "y...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 20, 2009, 9:01 pm
This week I am feeling it. WHIPPED. My own doing. Two markets equals double the EEK factor. I always get nervous in the tummy just before a market, but usually the day before, not bloody 4 days before...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 19, 2009, 6:36 pm
Mixtape Zine issue 11 is available now for pre-order. Get in quick, limited edition and new square format and it's full of goodness. It's also has my first ever article about stashing! So, yep...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 18, 2009, 7:00 pm
The ONLY way we could get Ted to wear his cap was distracting him with the words "Ted, want to GO", go is the word for walk. At this point you could do anything to him, he's too focussed on the "d...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 18, 2009, 7:37 am
I'm losing enthusiasm for Sunday Stash....this might be my last week for a while. This week a couple of colourways from Moda's Happy Camper range. Love me a retro print. Flickr group for Sunda...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 17, 2009, 5:39 am
Yep, it's official Blogtoberfest is kicking my ass. Or it could be that I work full time and have committed to two markets next weekend, on the same day as well as participate in Blogtoberfest, ye...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 15, 2009, 2:37 am
I'm no crusader for climate change it sort of scares the crap out of me, especially when I start reading this article about the top 100 effects of Global Warming. There is a bucket load of things...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 14, 2009, 1:39 am
Have you seen the whipup 2010 calendar? Get your copy. All the details on how to buy, the judges and the winners are here. I received one of these as a gift last year from Kath and it's a ripper. ...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 12, 2009, 5:56 pm
I totally ♥ this little dude. He was made for Sondra's birthday by our friend Gayle. Knitted from the Donna Wilson book "The Knitted Odd-bod Bunch" that I have yet to get my hands on. I have loo...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 12, 2009, 5:50 am
Ooops. I fell off the blogtoberfest wagon a little but I'm back on the wagon. Sunday Stash, also a day late! Put it down to a lazy weekend and 2 days off work this week and zoning out. This week ...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 9, 2009, 6:00 pm
ust in case you are wondering, there is a mobile friendly version of the blog. If you click on this little graphic
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 8, 2009, 6:50 pm
A while ago lovely Fran and I did a swap. She made me this rocking zakka cuff! Look at that embroidery, I love it.
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 4, 2009, 5:11 pm
That's what Ted reckons. This the face we get in the morning when we're getting ready for work.
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 4, 2009, 4:56 am
This week's stash comes to you from the LAB* as this is an apple strip I'm to over-fabricated to find something new in the stash this week. I can't remember where I got this and I don'...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 3, 2009, 5:32 am
Today I spent a few hours cutting fabrics for apples. For kits and finished apples. There's a sort of process. Firstly I select sets of four different complimentary fabrics, wading through the sta...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 2, 2009, 6:17 am
Yeah I'm sure I'll get tired of the "tober" references. See this? I completely ripped Bel off. See her super sweet hair clip organiser. Well I don't have hair long enough for clips, but I ...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Oct 1, 2009, 12:00 am
This could be complete madness, well if you ask my lovely Sondra she'll say it is (hi honey!). I've signed up for Tinniegirl's "Blogtoberfest 2009". Blogging once a day for the month of Oc...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Sep 29, 2009, 8:18 am
I admit to having a thing for Japanese washi masking tape, any excuse to use it. It's all over Etsy and for any Aussies that want to buy locally, Lark Handmade sell it. I'll also have some a...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Sep 27, 2009, 6:22 am
Howdy! This week brings some Japanese fabrics that have lived in the stash over two years, I think two of them came from Calico & Ivy and the first fabric pictured from Reprodepot. Other stashers and ...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Sep 24, 2009, 2:05 am
Just a little snippet from a project that will be published later this year. That's all I can say for now. Bit quiet here this week. It could be the thought of gearing up to cut out, fuse, sew an...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Sep 20, 2009, 7:54 am
This week a metre of Liberty Tana Lawn from my lady, a surprise from Amitie. Other stashers and flickr group. Hoping to get a tutorial up in the next few weeks for a button wreath like the ones I...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Sep 16, 2009, 6:00 pm
It was a roller coaster of a ride! I had my initial idea and carefully chalked out my square, screen printed the doily pattern on.....here's where it went pear shaped. Went to heat set the ink and...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Sep 15, 2009, 8:04 pm
Yep, I know it's Wednesday. Anyhow. Try this on for size. All from Reprodepot's awesome collectible section. Thanks to all the peeps that came out to Perth Upmarket this past Sunday, it was a ...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Sep 11, 2009, 12:16 am
I'll preface this post by saying I am by no means an experienced HTML coder and the process I'm about to explain works for me. It's my "fudge, make it work" version. Anything I've show...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Sep 6, 2009, 7:44 am
Hi! This Sunday comes to you from Amitie via Belinda. I asked Belinda to go do some damage for me at the Stitches and Craft show and this is some of what she bought for me. Yum. Other stashers and the...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Sep 2, 2009, 5:55 pm
I saw Jenny's Green Tea and Sweet Beans block of the month quilt and knew that I had to join. Complete, hand pieced, madness. I've almost leapt on the sewing machine a couple of times, but I&#...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 31, 2009, 8:18 pm
This is Miss Piggie on the back of the sofa, her current snoozing spot in the evenings. Sondra and Miss P play "finger of doom", the finger creeps up the sofa and Pigs goes from sweet snoozy kitty to ...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 30, 2009, 8:04 pm
Well, almost. It just needs a label on the back. I think I enjoyed piecing all the hexagons together more than actually finishing this. The deets, hand pieced hexagons, these are tiny. Overall finish...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 30, 2009, 3:52 am
Love me a little faux bois. Here you have Joel Dewberry and one of the Lush prints by Erin Michael.
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 25, 2009, 3:18 am
Hi if you're visiting from Sew,Mama,Sew! I have finally uploaded the apple template. Link to template. If you make any, please consider adding photos to the group. Enjoy!
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 24, 2009, 6:49 pm
Slowly getting there, here's 8 of the 9 hexagons. I have 1 more to make, then it's on to quilting them. Somehow! Doll quilt swap blog. On a different note, have you seen "Parasol" by Yasmi...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 23, 2009, 6:47 am
HA! It's Sunday, means Sunday Stash and I'm not bloody late. Here we have a little of the much hunted down "Lush" by Erin Michael. Like lots of others out there I wish I'd bought more. I d...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 23, 2009, 6:47 am
HA! It's Sunday, means Sunday Stash and I'm not bloody late. Here we have a little of the much hunted down "Lush" by Erin Michael. Like lots of others out there I wish I'd bought more. I d...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 20, 2009, 5:45 pm
I can't speak for you other crafters but I know for myself I always have a list in my head of projects and techniques I'd like to try. I'm going to put them here as a reminder, I'll up...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 19, 2009, 8:22 am
Late again. This time some reproduction prints from Windham Fabrics, the Sunbonnet Sue Collection. I'm a sucker for a reproduction print, particularly small scale, which I think most of them are? ...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 17, 2009, 2:42 am
Hi! I know, I missed Sunday Stash again. I have a good excuse, I was busy uploading products and stuffing around at the online shop. Yep, I've done it. Check it out. I wont give you a barrage of p...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 12, 2009, 2:41 am
So far this is what I'm thinking. I'm thinking embroidered tea pot in running stitch, screen print the doilies, and either embroider or applique the tea cup. That's the current thinking. I...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 11, 2009, 8:31 am
Here we go, late again. This week a print I've had for a few years now. I have no particular use for it, I just love it. Other stashers and the flickr group. And now for some random pet humiliati...
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Nicole V. posted an article on Craftapalooza - Aug 10, 2009, 9:10 am
Sunday Stash....it's coming....Seems I've gone and signed myself up for another group activity, seems I can't get enough of them at the moment. I think it's more that I need to make ti...
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