Count your blessings ... Lorraine Daley + son Bryce + Batten Disease ...

Earlier this year, Lorraine Daley appeared on The Circle as a deserving recipient of a Steal Her Style makeover. Lorraine’s son Bryce is battling a terminal illness (Batten Disease).

Batten Disease is a terminal illness that affects cognitive skills, it causes blindness, seizures, and destroys the muscle mass of the body. Onset is usually round 4 years old.

Lorraine’s one wish is to get Bryce out of the house, which she can’t do without a fitted-out car to hold a wheel chair. With the help of the Children’s Charity VARIETY, Lorraine’s wish came true.


For information on Batten Disease visit

The Daley family live in S.A. so if you can help in anyway Lorraine has a Face Book page ... there's other families living with this insidious disease that could need your help too ... so please check out the Batten Disease web site.

If your kids are running round squealing and healthy, the bum of the cake you left in the oven a smidge too long is burnt, you stubbed your toe, the washing machine isn't spinning, the front yard needs mowing ... take a second and remember how lucky you are ... pass the tissues please!

Underduds chandelier = speechless or hysterical = what more is there to say?

by Pipilotti Rist ...

see more on the person responsible here

Eric Bana Time Traveller = blub no more = remember Poider ???

Oh lordy me ...

talk about a major blub ...

those tears will dry up ...

when ... 

you take a squizz at Bana as much loved Peter / Poider here

Pass the tissues please!

Still on the chain gang = surprises = scouring for jump rings = all fun!

Another chain created ...

while inspiration and motivation have remained my friend ...

gorgeous, surprise gifts keep me elated ...

scouring for jump rings is entertainment! 

Junk Love = sorting old tools, rusty metal, nuts and bolts = relocating ...

Did I inherit my love all things metal, old, rusty ...

like these?

There's a heaps more I'm sorting ...

in this soon to be relocated lot ...

with visiting rights!

The Artful Bird : Feathered Friends to Make & Sew = new book = YOU must see ...

Intwerweave Press has a new book out ...

Owl.

Mixed media wing variations.

Lark.

Crows.

Woodpecker.

Peacock.

Order from Interweave here

I know, you're excited and thinking ...

how are you ever going to thank me for this heads up ...

it's OK I adore spreading good news like this ...

hope your day is as bliss filled as mine!

Playing + Sorting + Pondering = my creative self ...

Playing ...

sorting ...

and pondering!

My Jump Ring Saga + Lo Bue workshop ...

Keith Lo Bue workshop part 2 ...

Keith wore this necklace on Saturday ...

on Sunday Keith arrived wearing this treasure ...

partially made using the same wire we were working with ...

the coils are my attempts at jump rings ...

making the 'S' loops was easy peasy ... 

this bit of twisting was created to hold the only jump rings I'll ever make ...

never ...

never, again  ...

fortunately for me Michael came to the workshop with jump rings made ...

and was happy to sell me a heap of them ...

phew ...

I'm indebted to Michael!!

Not only do I dislike the making of jump rings ...

I was unable to grip the ringclamp to hold the coil with my left hand ...

then use the jewellers saw in my right hand at the same time!

These are Michael's creations ...

he was so darn was pleased with himself ...

TaaaaaaaaDaaaaaaaaa ...

this is my creation...

the chain I left the workshop wearing ...

at the end of the Lo Bue weekend everyone's work out on display!

I'm inspired, motivated, bursting with ideas ...

today ...

hands, neck, shoulders, arms, eyes are pleasantly wrecked ...

I rest, I ponder my creative path!

On the Chaingang with Keith Lo Bue = and loving it ...

This weekend the illustrious Keith Lo Bue has my undivided attention ...

teaching me how to turn dark, grubby, steel, re bar wire ...

into amazing chains like these ...

Keith is the most generous tutor you could ever wish for ...

showing us example of chains from chain gangs of yesteryear ...

explaining how a millimetre difference in the gap in pliers...

makes some tasks impossible ... 

he works with us, never for us ...

describing and guiding us to complete our own project ... 

this re-bar wire will soon be my necklace ...

learning to make jump rings ...

took me to the end of my tether ... 

the only way I'll ever create a jump ring creation like this ...

I'll tell you tomorrow after the workshop is finished !!

Hope your weekend is as blissful as mine!

Check out more Keith Lo Bue magic here

or on his brilliant Stuffsmith blog here!

Emilie Faif = New York / Paris fabric sculpture = my New York state of mind ...

It's not that I'm unproductive ...

it's simply that I start off to only check my emails ...

then one thing leads to another ...

like the ♥Much Love-Anna♥ blog today ...

with Emilie Faif's fabric sculptures ...

especially me currently being in a New York state of mind ...

New York, Paris, fabric, sewing, creating, time wasting ...

bad luck about the Janome behind me ...

vying for my attention!

Emilie Faif has captured me for way too long this morning ...

I dare you ...

 go and become entranced by her creativity too ... over here

Two hours later ...

Magnolia Square Sydney = shopping gorgeousness ...

Entering Magnolia Square at Randwick today ...

a white on white on white display ...

Bride and Wolfe with their loveliness ...

fashion ...

more expensive fashion...

heaps of kids clothes ...

Taaaa Daaaaa ...

the wonderful Natalie from Rebound ...

where I had to have the 'Songs of Praise' notebook ...

we were ecstatic to meet Carmel of 'Feed the Dog' ...

 check out her ... 

"one person creating everything slowly by hand"  blog here ...

her works are ACE! 

we had our usual Magnolia catchup at Dames and Diva's ...

who'd sold out of two sizes of their beautiful shoes ...

great to catch up with the gorgeous Mattt and his super bags ...

of which we own and love ...

have you met miss jones ...

we droooooled when we found her stunning bone china creations.  

SOooooo my splurge was ...

a fab chain necklace that had my name on it from Missie jewellery ...

Songs of Praise notebook from Rebound ...

bone china buttons + a tiny bird that perches on the rim of anything you choose from have you met miss jones. 

It was sensaish to see more Sydney retailers rock up!

What's on your wall = "Snow Scenes' = where "it" all began ...

Somewhere, amongst the hoardes ...
 in a 'safe' place ...
 there's a couple of dozen more of these! 

Snow scenes were the first things I ever collected!

This could be my dream meme ...

there's no blank walls in my house! 

See more walls over at Wendy's  ...

My Creative Space = loving a mag or 5 ...

Look what the postie bought me today ...

my creative plan ...

gone ... 

and loving it!

Checkout more Creative Spaces at Kirsty's.