...that although i share many
...with you lovely people & friends...
...yet it makes up a HUGE part of *who* i am...
...& how i spend my days...
...amongst the 18 pinnies i have made for audrey's *ballet concert debut* this weekend...
...i have also made some gorgeous french sun dresses & vintage fabric-ed patchwork cushions...
...these cushions give me soo much pleasure...
...so with a house full of
...& therefore a *gorgeous gang* of kiddos swarming in & out...
...i took great delight in creating these & seeing them in one of my fave little *duck lane* shops...
...you know england...the countryside...& our adventures...
...didn't really *include* the *creation* of a buisness for me...
...as i set about packing up our life on the gorgeous beaches in sydney...
...perhaps thats why it fills me with such ridiculous joy...
...it's been the *icing* on our *life-abroad-cake*...
...big lushious full to the brim kinda icing...
...to think that i...an aussie *salt-in-my-hair* kinda beachgal of 3 lovely salty kiddos...
...can use my love of all things vintage...
...to create pieces i adore to be sold in a gorgeous little english country village store...
...in duck lane...
...seriously makes me smile...
...ok... i know it's actually *now* called henry street...
...but that is the luxury of being foreign...
...{i completely ignore this small , god knows how many years ago change}...
...i can & always will... call it duck lane...
Melissa, these are GORGEOUS!!!! Wow, nice work!! I wondered where you sold your creations, how fabulous to have a shop carry them :)
ReplyDeleteReally good friends of mine from Uni used to live on a street called Duck Lane! And, another coincidence...my mother has that beautiful green Minton china in the shop window next to your cushion :)
Thanks for your very lovely comment today...it IS hard to stop summer reading once you have started, I totally agree! Once you start buying books, that is also hard to stop LOL! I haven't heard of the Book Depository, will check that out :)
Have fun with your house guests :) xoxo
The pillows are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited you shared some of your sewing! The pillows are gorgeous. And that shop looks like such a lovely place. Congratulations on your business! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your sewing projects. They are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab shop, and even lovelier cushions! Karen x
ReplyDeleteWhat a perfect little shop! It should be on the cover of a book or something! It is just so precious! And your work is amazing!!!! So happy for you!
ReplyDeleteOh your cushions are gorgeous, Melissa, I love love the fabrics you used. Pure happiness!
ReplyDeleteHope your week is off to a lovely start. Sending some sunbeams your way. xx
Melissa, I think you asked what book is in the last picture of my Ten on Ten post. If so, it's called Hush, Little Dragon by Boni Ashburn. It is absolutely ADORABLE! We love this book!!! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Melissa, your work is just soo gorgeous, and the little shop is so adorable!! I would love you to keep sharing more of your sewing projects for sure! I do hope you are having a lovely time with your visitors! The weather has been nice lately in england hasnt it? Hope it keeps up for you! Posting my lovely award today... I waited till today - well, you will see why!!!
ReplyDeleteHugs to you, Laura xxxx
How exciting that everything has worked out how it has. Being able to create your gorgeous pieces and sell them in Duck Lane - just perfect. Hope your Aussie visitors from home are having a ball.
ReplyDeleteAlison
Beautiful work. I'm impressed with the level of patience it takes to piece all the cases together. Perfect for my imagination to fly through rural England.
ReplyDeleteOh Melissa, I am so pleased you shared some of your beautiful creations with us! I was hoping you had an Etsy store that you hadn't told us about though!!! I am sooooo in love with that first patchwork cushion, it is divine and it makes me want to hop on a plane so that I can visit that gorgeous store and buy it! Your eye for putting fabrics together is just perfect and very much my taste:) Thank you so much for sharing, I hope you will share some more! Happy Tuesday sweet girl ~ Tina xx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous work Melissa! An aussie girl selling her craft in an english country store - well done!
ReplyDeletePam
Hi, just came across you through Karen!
ReplyDeleteLove your cushions, truly beautiful!
Beki xxx
Melissa-
ReplyDeleteYou make me want to come visit, walk along those streets, peek in all the little shops and buy one of your beautiful pillows! So pretty, you are one very talented mama!
I think you need to do a whole house tour in pictures, I want to see all the cuteness where you live!