40th Retreat Day Three- Part Two

Friday, November 25th
12.45pm - Off to Flinders we go. All dressed up and we know exactly where we are heading- the Op Shop (it's a good one we remember from last time we were here) and Tree (it's a good one too) and there's another shop we can't remember the name of.

It's a gorgeous drive through rolling hills with an ocean view as we chat, listen to some music and enjoy the wind in our hair, though it is a bit chilly today. We arrive and see lovely colourful sarongs billowing in the breeze.

We stroll past these, dum de dum and head to the 'oppy' that is C-L-O-S-E-D  on a Friday. 'CLOSED' I say hmmm. There's a cute basket left out front and on the shelf in the front window a cool glass jar with a green glass clip lid that would've been great in the bathroom! Not this time baby! Nevermind, lots to see.

Across the road is Plum. A french inspired shoppe with lovely ceramics, provincial homewares and cute cards of which I bought 2 to put in frames.

Next is Tree. This shop is dressed so beautifully. Everything is displayed according to colour so is very pleasing to the eye. Turquoise, pale pink, sky blue, lilac, lemon, naturals- it's really gorgeous. We wander for a while touching, smelling, looking and chatting to the lovely lady behind the counter who directs us to a market in Merricks. We had planned to go to a Studio Market after Flinders so are happy to pop another one in for the day until after more chatting we realise it's the same one!! Hee hee.

2.00pm - We were really hungry now and had not packed provisions and quite purposely so as the flyer for the market said 'Great Food' and I think you can count on a country market to have great food when it says it has 'great food'. I am actually excited by going to a market because of the 'great food'. TBC

Autumnal Crochet Bunting

The seasons are definately changing. The leaves on the liquid amber are already starting to change in patches, the sky is grey, the floor is cold and we saw mushrooms sprouting on the side of the road on the way home from school. Brrr, the cold is coming. But......... inside it's warming up with Autumnal Crochet Bunting on the Celebration Table. And, I love the word 'Autumnal'. I'll use any opportunity to pop it into a conversation.

So here's the Autumnal bunting strung up in the tree on our Celebration Table. It's made from the Rowan Cotton Glace I found in the op shop in Mornington that happened to be just the right Autumnal colours. Rich orange, burnt red and deep purple with a mossy green to bring them together. I wasn't sure whether to embroider 'AUTUMN' on it but I really wanted to so, I did! I like the little buttons too.

The Celebration Table is a place where we celebrate the seasons and somewhere to share our treasures we gather over the coming months. We just fairwelled our Summer table over the week end and are looking forward to what our Autumn table will become. Needs more colour and texture I think.



We made autumn leaves from paper and took off the outer layer of our 'seasonal tree' you can see to the right. We also had a little pile of acorns we'd collected on our school walks however, Little 1 kept eating them so they had to go. We have to be careful now what goes on the table as she can easily reach. In fact the whole thing may have to move, well see!!

Now the bunting was inspired by my favourite gal Lucy over in Attic 24 where you can see her colourful mini bunting right here and also by this pattern at Pink Milk . A combination of the 2 has lead to this and I want more.......lots more!!! It was so quick and easy that there is absolutely no excuse not to have mini bunting everywhere! Although right now I am having a go at crocheting Little 1 some snuggly wooly slippers and the more time I spend blogging, the less time I have to crochet.

I really need to wriggle on with our 40th posts Em. I'm up to Day 3, Part 2. I'll request some time from Mr Le over this long week end to loose myself in blog land. Ok, time for some hooky happiness to create slippers all snuggied under the doona. I might only last 5 minutes before my eyes close!!!

By the way, check out the biggest tomato we have ever harvested, what joy!!

Little Autumn Treasures....

 Inspired by the season, l have just finished creating some little wooden dolls.  They are now adorning the shelves at Epoche simply waiting for a child's imagination....

A real cushion cover...



a close up of the Noro Silk

 


the colors really are beautiful......

 


ta -dah.....

 


l just love it!

 And the next 'big' project (in between the small things of course)....

Hmmm, all shall be revealed in good time (cause it'll probably be a good stretch of time before l complete it!)



 a snippet!

  Love the bowls Le, they are addictive, aren't they?  Hmm, the crochet artist whose scarves, bags and necklaces we were enchanted by was Sophie Digard...absolutely exquisite designs!

Bowled Over

Em, you just can't help yourself! How's your RCI (repetetive crochet injury)? I was thrilled to see and touch your beautiful printer cover and it is by far the biggest project yet. The little forest children are so precious. I love the little mushroom girl's cap. Thanks for our little journey to the Sassafras Wool Shop on sunday. The Noro has so many gorgeous colour combinations it is very difficult to go past. Can you remember the name of those beautifully crafted scarves and necklaces we saw in the cabinet, I'd love to look them up?
Well for me, it's time to say goodbye to my little crochet bowls that have adorned my shelf for the last month. They have been sent off to the shop to be sold - hopefully. Though I would be quite happy to have them all come home again.  We enjoyed a little play at the park with them in the last of the summer sun before they were fairwelled.



 

Still little..

Even though l enjoyed working on my 'larger' project, the printer cover, l really am still obsessed with small...

Inspired by "The Children of the Forest", meet my little acorn boy and mushroom girl!

Spot the difference....

The best thing is,  l know l dont have to justify it..no reason, no purpose,no right, no wrong...just because!
And, l gave myself free time on a home day to make something for home..just because.  No -have to's, no -but l should, no-l'll just do that first and l liked it!!!!!!!!!!!!
I followed the pattern from The Royal Sisters granny square tissue box tutorial and just kept adding rows til l achieved the desired size.  I couldn't resist using the gorgeous Noro Silk Garden wool from the sassafrass wool store which l didnt deliberately go in to get, but which practically jumped off the shelf into my arms and said buy me, so what else could l do? ( I know, its one decadently decorated printer!).  I'm so pleased with the result,  a splash of color on the computer bench AND for the first time ever l made a crochet piece for the house that is larger than a..pikelet (hmm..thats the first word that came to mind when l was thinking about the largest item l've crocheted, so l'm going with it).  Yeah..now l'm thinking a granny square cushion, bring on the home day!  Oh, and a trip back to the wool shop....