News
Good news*...
after spending all week on it, finally having a tidy craft room
Believe me, this is tidy - as in, you can actually see my desk.
Bad news...
having to lug 8 huge bags of stuff to the charity shop. I think the bossy old women assistants there, hate me now.
Good news...
getting the hang of zips.
Bad news...
Realising that the machine zipper foot you left on your desk has vanished. Spending 2 plus hours looking for it, before accepting that it's probably long gone in one of the said bags. Having to fork out £9 for a new one. ~_~
Good news...
getting these lovelies from Hillary, thank you Hillary. I think I love you : ) I have immediate plans for that fabric and look at that cute pincushion, it makes me very happy. While I think of it, does anybody else's kids push down all the pins in your pincushion ? - drives me nuts.
Bad news...
none.
Good news....
finally getting my hands on this book, illustrated by one of my favourite illustrators.
Bad news...
none.
Good news...
it's Friday. YIPPEEE ! YAHOO ! YAY !
Have a brilliantly great weekend everyone.
*Good news/bad news theme, taken from this book, - great fun to read with a classroom of kids doing the 'yays' and the 'boos' in the appropriate places.
: )
i love that "good news, bad news" book. my son's preschool did a very cute play based on it a while back. also loooove brian wildsmith...must e-bay myself a copy of that! lastly, in total love with your fabric cabinet. so great. happy friday!
and p.s. my kids always push down all the pins on my pincushion. argh.
Posted by: meg | September 22, 2006 at 02:13 PM
I want to come poke around your craft room!
Too bad about the zipper foot. :-(
Posted by: Jan | September 22, 2006 at 02:15 PM
Now that you mention it, I used to always push my mom's pins into her pincushion! I think all kids probably do this.
Posted by: Kim | September 22, 2006 at 02:18 PM
The craft room looks great!
You're funny about your kids, but if you think about it, those pins look awfully tempting...
Have a great weekend!
Oh, how I wish I could visit that charity shop you're taking your stuff to :-)
Posted by: Adriana | September 22, 2006 at 02:34 PM
It's amazing... your craft room looks great now!!!!
Congratulatins... now,new projects!!
yupi!!!!!
lucky charity shop!
Posted by: Verito | September 22, 2006 at 02:42 PM
Your craftroom is super wouldn't that be great to actually have one...I'm afraid I have to wait until one of my children leaves the nest. Wich Hopefully will not be the case for a long time because I love having them around!
And about the pins... so that's what probably happened, never understood why all my pins and needles always ended up inside the pincushion ;)
Posted by: Marieke | September 22, 2006 at 02:53 PM
My girls used to push the pins and needles all the way in.
The craft room looks great. What/how are those round canister things hanging behind the machine?
Have a beautiful weekend.
Posted by: teresa (maggiegracecreates) | September 22, 2006 at 03:12 PM
my boys run off with my sewing machine feet - maybe that's where yours went? my craft 'area' is such a disaster it's ridiculous - but it's not all my fault, i swear! :)
Posted by: KIRSTEN | September 22, 2006 at 03:56 PM
Um, yes, my daughter pushes down ALL of the pins into my 3 pincushions.. drives me ape crazy too! Good news, I am taking off work on Monday so I can sew up old Olive and Archie without my pins being pushed down. Bad news, I never have enough time to get all of my WIP's finished so I can start with a clean slate... oh well....It is Friday after all!
Posted by: Beth | September 22, 2006 at 03:56 PM
It looks great- I love the armoire with all the fabric- yummy.
Posted by: kelly | September 22, 2006 at 04:12 PM
You just gave me a fun memory - of pushing all the pins down in my mom's pincushion as a kid!
Posted by: Hedgehog | September 22, 2006 at 04:15 PM
oooh it is a nosey parkers dream looking at all those photos of your craft room.
And sorry, but yes, it is a stated law of nature that all pins must be pushed into pincushions as far as they can possibly go.
Posted by: caroline | September 22, 2006 at 04:16 PM
I've been reading craft blogs now for a while (having branched out from quilt blogs!) and I was admiring your craft room...looks great! As I went along reading the good news, bad news, I started thinking of that book. I just found it and read it to my 3 year old daughter at the library a few weeks ago!
Cathi in Ireland
Posted by: Cathi O'Neill | September 22, 2006 at 04:32 PM
YES!!!! What is it about pushing the pins down? Though in fairness I remember doing it to my mom's pin cushion as well. Thanks for sharing the pics of the craft space. I am working on mine (evermore) and appreciate the inspiration - esp about tossing so much stuff out.
Posted by: AmyDe | September 22, 2006 at 04:34 PM
I can't get over the cuteness of that monkey fabric. Wow. And am entirely too envious of the pincushion.
Posted by: madmommy | September 22, 2006 at 04:53 PM
Love your craft room! I have big plans of tackeling mine this weekend.
Posted by: beki | September 22, 2006 at 05:09 PM
Good laughs on all counts. I have two zipper feet for my machine. 3 years ago while working on last minute Halloween costumes I 'misplaced' the zipper foot. I drove all the way to Albuquerque (2 hours round trip) to buy a new one so I could finish that day. Of course, I found my original the next morning. I also have a spare disk for securing the thread spool on.
I used to think I must have dropped the pincushion upside down until one day I noticed a flower pattern in the pushed down pins.
Posted by: kathy | September 22, 2006 at 05:29 PM
Your room looks beautiful and tidy! The colours of the fabrics are amazing!
I love that book! And yay! It's Friday! {so many exclamation points}
Posted by: Veronica TM | September 22, 2006 at 06:09 PM
Ahaha, yes, my three year old loves to push all the pins into the pincushion. At least the pins have heads, but she pushes the needles in as well and I have to pry those out.
Your craftroom looks great and I am quite envious of that glass fronted cupboard.
Posted by: Donna | September 22, 2006 at 06:50 PM
all of your photos make me smile!!
Posted by: lisa | September 22, 2006 at 07:10 PM
That fabric stash is amazing, and the monkey fabric is making me swoon! Happy weekend!
Posted by: laeroport | September 22, 2006 at 07:16 PM
I love your craft room! I dream of space like this...love the storage...
Ouissi x
Posted by: Ouissi | September 22, 2006 at 07:47 PM
Hi :). I lurk here.
But I had to comment, while my kids *do* push all the pins into my pincushion, they do it so they can make faces and pictures on it, so I don't mind all that much!
Posted by: nicole | September 22, 2006 at 09:25 PM
ah... that machine zipper foot situation happens to me all the time. yikes...
Posted by: christy | September 22, 2006 at 10:03 PM
Great clean up job. It looks fantastic! Especially love all the little critters that watch you sew and that amazing fabric cupboard. Well done on the marathon!
Am I strange that I wish I got to search through those charity bags before they were sent away?
Posted by: pyglet (dani) | September 22, 2006 at 10:03 PM