Anknel and Burblets

dreams come out my ears and go round my head and i read them.

  • To market, to market

    Activity levels have been upped a bit in the past week to ‘as high as possible’ due to the upcoming ‘my first ever craft market’ at Coatesville on the 2nd of December – and again on the 16th for a twilight market. There’s also a bit of a do up at The Cream of Matakana…

  • Lovely NZ improvements

    Today I finally got around to creating the new Lovely NZ homepage – which lists all updates. So people no longer have to trawl through each site, hoping for updates (when there probably haven’t been any). Now it’s easy to see all one the one page – and I even updated each and every one…

  • Seeking help from Japan

    I’ve been buying a lot of fabric from Japan recently – because I find it so much fun and I just love Japanese fabrics. Today I found a site that buys for you on Japanese Yahoo auctions but the fees are enormous. So, I thought I would put the question out there… is there a…

  • Another relaxing weekend

    Well I haven’t sewn anything since I finished the bunny while we were away last week – and I have had so much time for other things! The Michael Park school fair was wonderful. And I remembered the last time I went I was 24 – so only ten years ago in fact – just…

  • Sandy Bay

    It’s been raining a lot lately. Which is good because I love the rain. Last Friday we dropped the cats off in Greenhithe and drove up to Whangarei where we bought food for eight. Then off we headed to the far reaches of Sandy Bay. Upon arrival I walked along the empty beach to the…

  • This

    …is what happens when craft bloggers meet. They buy far too much cake. And then eat it all. (That’s actually a lie, we all had to take some home). Aunty Polly couldn’t believe her eyes at all the cakes to choose from. We had fun! Babychops liked playing with Lieveke’s toys. Now she wants a…

  • These

    …are now in the shop. More pairs coming in a few weeks.

  • Little Orchard prize draw winners

    The prize draw has been drawn and the winners are: The $30 gift voucher goes to Leta. A mixed set of 2007 cards each go to Marlene, Amy and Lianne. There was mention of a special bonus prize – it being the most voted item. The most voted item was the Lavender floral water –…

  • Ruby & Sol

    One of the best shops in Auckland – run by a very old friend – if you’re in Auckland you must must must visit. It’s full of amazing stuff and it’s actually affordable – such a rarity these days in shops of this ilk. Sherry buys her pieces from all over the place – some…

  • I want one!

    And so should you (maybe). www.guardian.co.uk 

  • Baby steps

    I am not sure whether or not I have mentioned here that my burning ambition for many years was (and still is) to be a shoe designer. Just now I want to be lots of other things too. Whenever I bump into someone I’ve not seen for years they first thing they will without fail…

  • Kawaii print fabrics from Sweden

    I’ve been quietly collecting some rather lovely pieces of linen from Sweden over the past few months. So this long weekend I sat down and made a few of them into zip purses of many shapes, sizes and colours. I am so in love with these fabrics – and so when Bernadette blogged about this…