28.1.11

a virtual coffee & my creative space...

afternoon all...
coffee in hand...laptop in the light of the sewing room...
i am here to have our *virtual coffee* atop an old ladder to show you *my creative space*...
don't think we've hung out in this room for our weekly virtual coffee together before...
i spend mucho time in here...sorting...sewing...folding...creating...
& this ol' ladder, dragged home from a second hand shop at the other end of our village...
gets mucho of a work out in here as well...seat for kiddos...space for fabric...photographic prop...
today she's your stool...no lovely cosy pink chair for you today...
we're in the room of chaos creativity & ladders....so climb on up...

anyhow...today if we were really meeting for a coffee in my creative space...
i would show you this gorgeous fabric that we picked up over christmas in ikea!!
well...my big girl...{eye like a creative hawk!} actually spotted it in the fabric section...
last batch....
of course she will *score* a cushion out of it for that find...
a linen with almost big hand painted white circles all over it...
5 whole metres of it!!
in fact...if we were really meeting for a virtual coffee in my creative space you may even score a cushion out of it...i love it soo much!


& if we were really meeting for a coffee, you atop that lovely ladder...
i would introduce you to these little guys...
polly & ollie...
*hope softies* we've created to post off to australia...
they will be wrapped with care & sent to the children of queensland australia...
hopefully many of the families living in brisbane & the surrounding flood-striken areas will receive
*hope softies* following the appeal for creative help from steph from *mon petit poppit*...
if we were really having a coffee i'd hook you up with her to make a few of your own this weekend...


& after i'd shown you her gorgeous blog...
i'd send you with your coffee in hand over to the inspirational blog that is *kootoyoo*...
to check out lots of other bloggers sharing their *creative spaces*...
each thursday i visit these wonderful people & oooohhh & aahhhh at their lovely spaces...
this week i've decided to at last join in....
& over our coffee you'd see that i have a serious small obsession with baskets & storage...


& if we were really meeting today for a coffee...
i would tell you i have a poorly kiddo home...again...
as usual...i blame it on the slight change in weather!
&
i had a hair appointment this morning...
a very sacred appointment...
so the hubster & i tag-teamed it this morning...
he stayed home with the gorgeous, very thankful kiddo till lunchtime...
& then i came home...feeling all *swishy* & *washed* & did the lunch...bath...fresh clothes thing...
how lovely is that...he got both of us at our best!


so now i need to do the afternoon snack...juice...dvd movie loading thing...
that means no more hanging out in *my creative space* gabbing about postage...& ikea...
hope you really think about making a *hope softie* for some little guys in oz currently living in an emergency shelter their families...
& thanks, as always, for listening to me go on over a virtual coffee...




& if this is the first virtual coffee we are sharing together...
& you are one of my lovely new readers...
i want to thank you for being here...
we usually share a great natter & all matter of beverages here every tuesday hosted by my very dear bloggy friend amy from *lucky number 13*...
love you to join us next week....







23 comments:

  1. Yor hope softies are so cute they can't help but bring joy to anyone who receives them. I will try to add a couple to this worthy cause as well

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  2. Hello, thank you for your lovely comment! Naturally, if we really were meeting for tea I would bake another cake, just for you.

    PS: my hair appointments are sacred and fiercely protected, too :)

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  3. Hello! This is my first 'coffee' with you and the first time I have visited your blog! It is charming and I will make it a daily ritual! Wish I could come have a real coffee with you! I am on my way to visit the links you have posted. Glad you hair appointment went well. I am getting mine done this weekend. Doesn't it make you feel better when you get a new do? Have a lovely day!

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  4. The softies are too adorable! The kids surely are going to love them. Enjoy the rest of the week, Kellie xx

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  5. Softie sweeties! Very cute and will be well-loved by some lucky young one.
    xo Cathy

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  6. Miss M, you rock! First, hair appointments are sacred too with me, just had one tuesday, 1,5 hours just for myself! And Polly and Ollie, you are going to a wonderful country, and you will be loved, it's great Miss M. made you, enjoy the journey to Oz!
    Also dear friend, that ladder, I love it! Although I would need a cushion to protect my behind a bit (it's big, so needs lots of comforting...) and Miss E. can always come with me to score some fabulous fabric, she has indeed a great eye for it! big hugs, from my house to yours, Maureen xx

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  7. Gorgeous softies and a brilliant idea! Thank you for my coffee and your wonderful hospitality. Megan xx

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  8. How lovely to meet you! It was fun checking out your creative space and seeing your hope softies. I hope to stop by again for a cup of coffee!!

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  9. Hi there melissa, was just sitting down with a cup of tea - perfect to have a cuppa with you! I so looove the way you write! I really do. I just love coming here to your blog and i always feel so relaxed by the time i leave!!! How much longer do you have in england? Do love your softies, I have been making my own version - its soft, and its for babies, but not an actual character! It feels lovely to be able to do something doesnt it?
    Lots of hugs to you country gal!
    laura xx

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  10. I really needed that coffee...
    My little one was awake most of last night with ear ache and I'm all bleary eyed and hugged out this morning.
    We are 'hope softie' creating this weekend too - yours look so cute and I'm sure some lucky little child will adore them.
    Have a great weekend.
    x

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  11. I love your hope softies! They are SUPER adorable. And that is so sweet to send them over, my aunt and uncle live there so it is close to my heart. Your blog is lovely!

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  12. Ah, Miss Melissa, do you have any hot chocolate going? It's more my thing. You gorgeous girl for making those softies with so much love. And I'd love a closer look at that fabric! J x PS Can we do a virtual wine tasting some time soon? We had talked about it...

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  13. Love those adorable hope softies! Especially Sponge Bob's Aussie cousin. So cute!!!

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  14. Oh my goodness,
    I know my daughter
    {my artsy chick!}
    would LOVE making
    these softies and I think
    we will this very
    weekend. LOVE your
    new blog header. I'm
    due for an overhaul
    this spring....perhaps
    with my own photos,
    yippee! Just caught
    up on your posts as
    we've had illness here
    the past week and
    I'm behind. I'm going
    to try the jam-then-
    butter trick : )
    Happy weekend, dear
    blogging friend!
    xx Suzanne

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  15. Love your hope softies. I'm going to try and make a couple too... although I'm not sure how they'll turn out... I'm sure they'll be loved none the less.
    I know what you mean about baskets. My house is full of them and I currently have my eye on another couple at the moment. I've been making little chalkboard labels for the front of them... although the girls keep wiping the writing off as fast as I label them!! Hope you're little one gets better soon. This season is the pits when it comes to illnesses. Enjoy your weekend. Lx

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  16. Oh and I forgot to say... still no package :-( I had no birthday cards from my family in the UK either. We were hit by another big storm and so the mail must be so behind. It's not just the UK that suffers from snail mail! Lx

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  17. M- LOVE how you say you came home form getting your hair done "all swishy" ! Isn't that just how it feels after a cut, color or both? : ) love that. I hope your little guy is feeling better by now...I am over the sickness and being cooped up and long for green grass, bare feet and sunshine! BUt I guess we will have it soon enough. Your girl really does have a wonderful eye, that fabric is lovely and if I was really joining you for coffee this morning I would come with freshly baked blueberry muffins, some Valentine chocolates for the kids and a bottle of wine in hand and then maybe you really would send me on my way with a cushion! Thanks for coffee...love the softies, going to check out her blog now.
    and yes, virtual vino soon!!! XO amy

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  18. that's so fantastic what she is doing! so nice to meet you...

    xo+blessings,
    Anne Marie

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  19. Your little hope softies are wonderful. I know they will be a comfort to those who receive them.
    I just went to IKEA for the first time last week. I saw that fabric there and thought it was wonderful too!
    Blessings,
    Marcia

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  20. I love those softies! I went to Ikea for my very first time - I was so overwhelmed that I seemed to have missed the fabric section. My head was swirling!

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  21. I have had a lovely cup of coffee with you virtually...and joined your blog as a follower...have a great weekend!

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  22. That was the best coffee I have had all week, thank you!!!!

    You new header is fab!!!
    XOXO
    Kristin

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  23. Hi Melissa, I am actually drinking a real coffee when I opened this post. So cheers to you my love and thanks for all your support and sweet comments. Simone xx

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