PixieLouFelt

Best Friends Forever With or Without the Tattoo

2011-05-09T02:30:00.000-07:00

When you're 50 you can drink alcohol and eat chocolate biscuits before breakfast. The three of us have been friends since Year 9 in high school. We were all each others bridesmaids and even when we haven't seen each other for awhile it's like we just talked yesterday.

We had a weekend away in the city after 37 years as friends and the talk of the weekend was that we should get matching tattoos (our husbands spent their time suggesting what would be appropriate). We may be wild enough to break the alcohol and chocolate biscuits rule but the tattoo was a little beyond us in the end.

In the end we all got a matching overlapping hearts pandora bead........I think we will still be happy to look at that when we are 70......not so sure about looking at a tattoo in 20 years.

Survived The Floods

2011-02-19T19:07:00.000-08:00

Things have finally started to settle down now after the January flood. We moved out because we knew our house had 70 cm of water through in 1974. Luckily we moved unnecessarily.

We came home thinking we would find a muddy mess but thankfully the water stopped about 3 metres away from the house. If you kept walking across that 3 metres you would step off into 9 metres of water. For as far as we could see it was water. The first photo shows the bottom of the driveway. It came up another 9 metres from there.

Still trying to find things that got packed so quickly, moved and then moved again. We certainly were some of the lucky ones.

Look What I've Got!!!!!!!

2010-05-11T02:44:00.000-07:00

I finally got the van I have been waiting for. I know a lot of people (even people in my own family) think vans are daggy but I love mine. It's not a serious van but it's perfect for me. Fits everything for the markets. It had it's first workout last Saturday at the Rockton markets. I have put a photo of the gorgeous old house, the van (and me) and the stall.

The market was great and I got invited to take part in a fashion parade for local designers........I won't be modelling! My clothes on a runway. A bit exciting for me. Will let you know how it goes.

Louise

Colour, Colour, Colour

2010-03-01T02:25:00.000-08:00

Warwick is a country town about one and half hours from where I live. There is a new shop that has just opened called Spiritual Awareness. I met Chris, the owner, at a market we went to in December last year.

She asked if I could make some things for the shop when she got it up and running. We delivered some felted soaps and silk scarves on Saturday morning. As a lover of colour I just had to share the photo of everything together.

What a difference a photo makes!

2010-01-15T00:31:00.000-08:00

A friend has three beautiful daughters and they offered to do a photo shoot with some of the vests I have made. They took them out to a farm with lots of interesting backdrops. Rosie took the photos (she is only 16 years old) and Emily and Amy did the modelling.

I think you will agree that they did a fabulous job. I didn't even recognise some of the vests they looked so amazing.

My Latest Obsession

2009-12-02T15:34:00.000-08:00

I made these flowers on the weekend. Of course you can't just make one. We have had the family debate over what type of flower they are. I say they come from my imagination so they can turn out however they want. David even went out to count petals in the garden. Apparently they are not day lilies. Too many petals!!!!!!!!!!

The Finished Wrap ( at least I think it's finished!)

2009-11-14T12:33:00.000-08:00

Finally finished the Valedictory Wrap. I will post a photo of me wearing it to the dinner on Thursday. Maybe even lucky enough to get a photo with my son who loves the wrap so much!!! Also finished embellishing the vintage slip last night. He is completely creeped out. That's what you have children for......isn't it?

The Valedictory Wrap - a teenage sons worst nightmare

2009-11-13T02:10:00.000-08:00

I haven't listed anything new in the shop for weeks because I have been busy working on what has become known in our household as "the Valedictory Wrap". My oldest son finishes Year 12 next week and one of the events is the valedictory dinner. I decided to make myself a wrap to wear over basic black. Sounds normal to me....but completely disturbing to a 17 year old boy. Why can't you wear a normal dress like other mothers?????

When I produced a black vintage slip I bought off etsy and started sewing on lace and sequins it was almost more than he could bear. You're not wearing that to valedictory are you? What could I say? but yes. This all comes from the boy who wore a white pinstripe suit and white shoes to his formal. Is he really qualified to pass judgement on my fashion choices?

These photos show the first stage of the wrap. Still more work to do.

Desperately Seeking Studio

2009-11-04T02:32:00.000-08:00

Here is the perfect example of why I need a studio. Usually 2 folding tables find their way into the lounge room and occasionally 3 have to be squeezed in. No one can see the television. No one can move around the tables.

We have a double garage that hasn't had room for a car to be parked in it for the 9 years we have lived here. A perfect place for a studio. I just have to convince the rest of the family.....and hire a skip to throw out all the rubbish. Some people are convinced there isn't any rubbish in there but I know better. Maybe I will get my way this holidays.

My First Market

2009-11-03T01:20:00.000-08:00

Tuesday, 3rd November

My husband finally managed to convince me to take the plunge and go to our first market and I have to say once again he was right. We had a great day. Met lots of other people who love felting and going to markets. After several small disagreements about set up and where to put everything we eventually came to terms with the fact that we had completely different visions of what the shop should look like and as usual I got my way. And I have to admit that sometimes he was right (not that I admitted that to him).

The markets were at a beautiful historic house in Ipswich. Our shop was in the garden near a beautiful old Jacaranda tree. They are at their best at this time of the year.

David is now planning where we will go for our next market. Hopefully the lights on the trailer will be working by then. I want a van with PixielouFelt painted on the side in green and purple. May have to work on that.

Does anyone have any suggestions for getting husbands to clean out garages? Let me know if you do cause I want a studio ( not a loungeroom).