A weekend of love..

It's been a delightful weekend of love all round.. everyone has really embraced the loving spirit. My hubby and I have shared a beautiful quiet few days together, with yummy food, late sleep ins and sharing our hopes and dreams for the future. We love to dream big and have spent the afternoon discussing our ideas for the perfect creative retreat, which includes my very own island complete with little row boat and the studio of my dreams. I just love to create these visions and put them out to the universe and on inspiration boards as I believe it's one step closer to bringing them to life.

These are all the fabulous things I'm loving this week:

My gorgeous new business cards! A big thanks to Phoebe and Jared for creating the beautiful design. I heart the round edges!

My very sweet new Mary Janes from I heart Billy

Yummy morning tea.. My homemade Valentine's Scones

I finally got a free moment to organise my tower of fabric.. I just wonder how long it will stay like that.

Image from weheartit
I've found my dream studio, now I just need my island.

With five more days left of my proceeds going to the Red Cross bushfire appeal I'm continuing to busily stock my little shop, keep an eye out over the next few days for more new brooches with come very quirky phrases. Here are a few of my favourites currently in stock..

A new design I've been working on the 'Jane Austen' cameo, more of these to come

I heart Wild Flowers

I heart Spring Days

I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend with your loved ones. Enjoy the last moments of Sunday, take a deep breath, smile and get ready for a new and amazing week.

Much love
xxx

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Shopping List Saturday.. with love x

Love truly is in the air today and I have been madly whisked away with it, I am indeed in love with love. So this little list started from my day dreams of great loves and beautiful couples..

1. French Couple Lulettes Valentine Lovers by noodleandlou
2. Just like heaven - print by MarmeeCraft
3. Circus Romance by abornysandy
4. Romance D'Automne by CafeBaudelaire
5. He promised the moon -print by dintashop
6. Autumn Kiss -Original Papercut Art by tinatarnoff

In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems.
You dance inside my chest,
Where no one sees you,
But sometimes I do,
And that sight becomes this art.

~Rumi~

What a delight it was to find such incredible and sweet couples hiding in the pages of Etsy. Sweet embraces, long gazes and and stolen kisses under Autumn trees. This is love..

Take a moment to brew a fresh pot of tea and pop over to the the fabulous Fancy Picnic to check out the other amazing Shopping Lists. The perfect way to begin a Saturday.

PS. Thank you to everyone who has bought brooches over the past few days from my little Etsy shop, I'm so delighted have now raised over $80 AUS for the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal and there are still six days to go. There will be plenty more items to purchase over the coming days.

Happy Valentine's Day, have a beautiful day sharing your love everywhere.
xxx

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My creative space..

My creative space this week will be very much in use as soon as I finish typing this. I'm busily making more stock to fill up my shop as I continue to raise money for the Red Cross Bush Fire Appeal. There are little brooches everywhere and I will be listing them in my shop very soon.

Tools of the trade..

Make sure you keep checking over at Handmade Help for the wonderful donated items and auctions, Cindy is doing an incredible job to curate and bring everything together.

Head over to Kristy at Kootoyoo to join in the fun and show off your Creative Space.

Have a wonderful Thursday
xxx

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Thank you and much more to come...

I'm so delighted by all the amazing people that are supporting Handmade Help, it is just so fabulous that friends from near and far are showing their love and donating so generously. Thank you so much to all the lovely ladies that have purchased brooches from my little shop. I am so moved by your compassion and generosity. I'm now running very low on stock and will be spending the next few evenings busily making many more brooches so I can donate as much as possible to the Red Cross Bush Fire Appeal. As of this afternoon I have purchased every brooch back in Mildura and have more on order so I be creating up a frenzy over the next nine days.

Brooch creation madness!

Please make sure you pop over to Handmade Help and check out the wonderful auctions and items these very talented creators are donating.

It's been such an emotional week for everyone in Australia and around the world, it was lovely to read Anna's beautiful blog Absolutely Beautiful Things as she shared some delightful little things that make her happy. It got me thinking about what makes me happy and I found this beautiful photograph early the other morning that made me smile.. This is where I would like to be.

Photograph from weheartit

Much Love, I hope everyone is having a beautiful Wednesday.
xxx

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Handmade Help..

There is so many wonderful people in the crafting and blogging world helping the bushfire relief. If you haven't already, please go to Handmade Help and get involved by donating a handmade item or taking part in some of the wonderful actions.

For the next ten days (the 10th to the 2oth) I will be donating all the proceeds of my sales at Sophie Isobel Designs to the Red Cross for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal. This includes custom orders so if you would like something special please let me know.

Thank you so much to everyone for your involvement and support

xxx

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Bushfire Relief Update

There are no words to describe the devastation and destruction that has ripped through Victoria over the past few days. As our local community here in Mildura rally together to help those affected by the bush fires, it is so incredible and heart warming to see all the online support for these Victorian towns and communities.

If you would like to help in any way please take the time to visit Pip Stafford's blog and to Meet me at Mikes for a comprehensive list of links and phone numbers to donate money, blankets, mobile phone chargers, blood and help for animals.

Cindy of Bug And Pop is organising a handmade auction with all proceeds going to the Red Cross to help out those whose lives have been devastated by the bushfires in Victoria. If you can help out by donating a handmade item/s head over to this blog post and leave a comment or email Cindy at bdesign_cc at yahoo dot com dot au.

Thank you so much for your support
xxx

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Writing, sewing and loving Sunday..

At last a cool change has come to Mildura after ten days straight of over 40 degree temperatures. I've spent the day enjoying the cool change, sewing some new brooches and pendants for my little shop and enjoying the afternoon at our monthly Poetic Justice Publishing writing workshop. We had to cancel it yesterday after it got up to 47 degrees so it was lovely to be able to catch up today and prepare for the local Big Screen Film Festival that we are a part of next month. Words and images always seem to flow freely on a Sunday and we are embracing the themes of Baz Lurmann's Australia and creating poetry and prose that resonates old world Australia.

A writer's stash

Notes and inspiration..

An afternoon with the Remington..

I briefly braved the heat yesterday to take a quick trip find some new fabrics and ribbon. I came home with a lovely little collection and have been busy making a new collection of brooches and working on a few special pendants too. I had anticipated getting a little more achieved over the weekend but the heat slowed me down quite a bit, so I'm looking forward to more creating in my spare moments during the week. Here a just a few of my creations which you can find in my Etsy shop now.

Lovely new fabric and ribbon..

'For the Soul' Terrarium Pendant

I heart Glue and Scissors (the perfect pair)

I heart Sketchbooks
I heart Philosophy..

I've also got a special little offer on in my shop at the moment, if your purchase is my 50th (I'm at 48 at the moment) you will receive a little extra gift with your order. Keep an eye out for more cute and crazy brooches during the week.

Well I'm off to cook dinner with my lovely hubby and get ready for another evening of the ever fun and frivolous 'So you think you can dance'. Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.

PS. My heart goes out to all the families affected by the horrific bush fires in Victoria. We are so blessed to have not been affected up here in the north west corner, I just hope that the cool change will help to ease the fires and brings some relief to the people of Victoria.

Much love and Sunday dreams
xxx

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