Love Fridays ...... love handmade shopping

I saw this beautiful Mellimoomoo Storybook Journal on the Handmade Help blog last week, so of course I just had to snap it up quickly. After all, the proceeds were all for a good cause!

I'm saving this to give to a friends little boy for his second birthday next month, with a packet of crayons or coloured pencils, so that he can scribble away to his hearts delight.

The ever so lovely Megan also sent me this beautiful bright floral teatowel. I'm having visions already, of a gorgeous tea towel apron and some cupcake baking!

Megan also included this stunning card which was made by her friend Kelly, who is another Byron Bay local. Kelly doesn't have a blog but she does have a website here with her contact details. If you're ever around the area, she has a stall at the Byron Bay and the Bangalow markets. The colours are just magnificent.....

38 degrees celsius forecasted for today.... moving van arrives at 8.00 AM - ugh what a day to move house!

The home of Love Fridays.....

Mixtogether 2

I'm off to Amitie Textiles thisafternoon to meet up with some other lovely bloggers for Mixtogether 2....

The theme for today is 'Creative Journals'.

I made a covered journal. The journal is just folded A4 paper with a cardboard cover that I stitched together with embroidery floss. There's also a mini sketch pad in the pocket.

I used my trusty bias tape maker to to trim the pockets and the cover and to make the latch to close it. I used my trusty snapsetter for the snap closure.

I tucked some decorative papers and cardboard into the cover....

I've also included a matching covered A4 sketch pad.....

.....and my version of a pencil case (my version means that I still don't know how to sew zippers in properly and ran out of time to teach myself)! Hope my giftee likes it!