Blinking Flights

how to find new flickr faves and...

1. world metro map PILLOW, 2. his rose garden is immaculate, 3. 1976 Ondori Simple Cross Stitch 4, 4. for miss ethel..., 5. needlefelted peach rainy cloud, 6. Art Wall, 7. ♡heart, 8. It's true., 9. Gnome And Mushroom Bee Modern Two

Sometimes when I'm bored on the internet, I like to go to flickr, and click on my 'favourites' in the 'you' menu. I pick a picture I love, and then I go to that person's flickrstream and click on their 'favourites'. And I pick a favourite photo of theirs and look at that person's flickrstream, and check out their 'faves', and keep searching and looking and I always end up with a whole bunch of awesome new faves in my stash.

This is exactly what I did yesterday afternoon, and even though I've had a tummy bug, a terrifying antenatal class and an emergency visit to the midwife (everything is a-ok, and was more panic related than anything physiological!), I ended my afternoon on the lounge with a bunch of felt, and a needle and thread sewing some stuff which had been in my head for a very long time, and which had gotten there via one such flickr expedition a few weeks ago...

These are my lazy, soft, freehand, but satisfying tributes to my following flickr faves:

Mobile by The Future Project, picture by Maayanpearl.

And to this awesome picture by Maggie & Sparrow which isn't sharable but it is cool- and it's the word that I like so much, but I've come up with my own...

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flickr love

1. toys on wheels, 2. Blue children decoration, 3. Girl on a Swing, 4. Kanga, 5. sprinkled pluses baby quilt, 6. Circle of Friends, 7. A happy place, 8. A happy place, 9. alleluja

1. Untitled, 2. Triangles, 3. handmade folk art magnets, 4. Blossom baby mobile - by PukaPuka, 5. Awesome mobile not just for babies, 6. Golden Sunset Mobile, 7. The Blanket, 8. Scandinavian Tomte, 9. edit

Check out all these lovely flickrstreams!! :)

B.

 

Flickr Faves

I don't do Flickr Faves too often any more, but I do like it, and when I read one of Mitsy's twitter posts this morning, it reminded me... so here it is, in all its Autumny-orange glory- a completely subconscious choice which I wasn't aware of until I looked at the finished mosaic!

1. Surprise in the Tree: cute cats, 2. love chart pouch, 3. small embroidery book, 4. Retro Glasses Frames, 5. Angel Suzie, 6. Helichrysum 'Burnt Orange' Strawflower (Macro), 7. Paper Butterfly Earrings, 8. class, 9. Love is All Around Us - detail

Some very inspiring photo streams to be found amongst this lot. You can play along too at Art Mind, and be sure to check out La Pomme! Some very cool stuff to be found there as well!

Goodnight!

B.

Flickr Faves: "double plus cute"

1. We Are Each Other, 2. Kitten, 3. practicepiece1, 4. To borrow

I haven't had a lot of time lately, but I do love looking at everyone's flickr faves, so I thought that while I do have the time (I've come up with a great plan for that-- it's called "ignoring what you should be doing, and smelling the roses"), I might join in again this week-- I like finding new photostreams to admire! Pop over to Misty's blog to see the rest.

Happy Hump Day!

B.

Flickr Faves: Summer Goodness...

1. Beaufort 03: Le Vent souffle où il veut - Beach Art in De Haan Belgium, 2. ah, se a magali visse essa foto..., 3. para adoçar sua vida, 4. Little Fluffy Clouds

Wow! November already... although the weather here has been thoroughly loopy... hot, cold, freezing, boiling, but today was lovely and warm but fresh & breezy, and I'm really enjoying daylight saving. It's so nice to sit around with the windows open, to wear skirts and have my new fabrics dry in an hour or 2. I'm no beach person, but I think this is my favourite time of year!

Pop over to Mitsy's to see everyone else's mosaics, although being in the Northern Hemisphere means that her theme is a lot cozier than mine.

B.

Flickr Faves!

1. Free Birma, 2. there's a slight chill in the air..., 3. panda girl and skunk boy., 4. Pure dream...

Not sure what the theme is exactly this week-- just some faves from around the place. Check out all the other pretty mosaics at Mitsy's!

Happy Wednesday!

B.

Flickr Faves: I wish!

I'm getting very good at posting this Tuesday meme on a Wednesday... I don't mean to, Tuesdays just seem to be hectic around here... Anyhow, here it is, a wish list of awesome relaxing things that I could be doing or appreciating such as watching videos, reading books, cooking food, practicing painting pretty dolls, or at least looking them up on the web... but I am not. I am sewing. I have taken over the lounge room, including one of the lounges. I have a table, my machine, my embroidery thread strewn all over the coffee table, pattern pieces falling off the ironing board and floating around various crevices... since there is no dinning table, it makes eating a rather interesting time!

1. Big 'ol moon head Kokeshi, 2. chocolate biscotti, 3. viking art by sandra monat, 4. jane austen love

I do enjoy it though, and when I'm ironing the toys out just before the stuffing, I often catch myself smiling and even grinning-- I make cute stuff sometimes! With Mathilda's coming up in one and a half weeks, I'm getting a little stressed about having enough stuff. I sold out of blinkies on the weekend, which was not expected... eek! I have made 28 in the couple of days, but have no idea what to expect as I've never even attended a Mathilda's before... I figure it's better to be over prepared than underprepared!

Anyhoo, enough about me, pop over to Mitsy's to check out all the other mosaics, I really love the clouds that she used in her picture-- fabulous!! And I feel her 'no reading time' pain!

Ok, well once I find my camera under all this fabric I'll take some photos of what I've been up to! (I'm serious... I saw it a few days ago, so I know it's here... but where?!?).

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Flickr Faves: crafty goodness

1. sneak 60, 2. Vintage Stash: Ferns + Butterflies, 3. Kinder Doll Restock!, 4. xstitch is hard: an informal poll, 5. And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet, 6. Playing again with Mondrian, 7. hello hello hello, 8. Koala Sleeping, 9. Mots d'Ipomée...

I know! It's late... and I've been missing from my blog for the last little while, but I can assure you that there is a very good reason, and that's that I've been sewing and printing like a mad woman. I've also been taking some time to actually live my life and spend time with my fave people and cat... I was recently informed that I had been missing from my actual life a little too often since starting this toy-selling-caper... and it's true, I get up in the morning and I start sewing, and sometimes I'm still at it at 11pm... even when I'm doing nothing, I'm usually doing something, like hand-sewing faces, making tags, looking for new fabrics, staring into space, thinking up new ideas. Anyhow, I have to try and obsess a little less, and stop being such a darn perfectionist about things that probably won't matter-- lying awake at night doesn't solve problems, it generally creates them!

Anyhow, enjoy my crafty faves, they are inspiring me. I'm very much into the idea of a koala softie at the moment, but still stuck on making my afro girl pattern work-- and I'm in the middle of a sheep dog, which I'm loving-- fingers crossed... these things take time!

And I got my stall number for Mathilda's in Sydney-- I'm right near the door, so hopefully you'll spot me right away-- more on that soon! I'll be doing a giveaway in relation to that market.

Don't foget to head over to Mitsy's blog as always and check out the other flickr faves for this week-- and you can join in if you like. You just need to make a mosaic using Big Huge Labs from your flickr favourites, and then pop your name on the Mr. Linky thingo. Easy!

Happy Wednesday!

B.

P.S. Speaking of favourite people-- Happy Birthday Eleni! You rule! xxx.

Flickr Faves-- Weddings

Well... this was the mosaic I got ready to post last week, but time ran out and it didn't happen. Weddings are funny things, stressful, expensive and time consuming... and for an anxious recluse such as myself, I'm perfectly happy to live vicariously through friends and relatives on this count. Not that I'm anti-wedding, but I have enough trouble getting my market table ready each week! I picked a photo from the 1950s through to the 2000s. So fun to see all the different fashions!

1. 1950 Wedding, 2. 1960-5 03 00C, 3. 1970 Sarah and Nigels Wedding, 4. I pronouce you Man & Wife, Wedding April 5, 1980, 5. Sandras Wedding, Rotterdam. 1990, 6. Manny andKaren Wedding 2000_019

Don't forget to check Mitsy's blog for a very pretty crafty flickr mosaic this week-- plus check out everyone else's pretty pictures.

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Flickr Faves- the dust storm

Well, I'm running a little late with my mosaic this week-- blame it on all the hard work I've been doing in preparation for Mathilda's Market, and getting stock up a little for Christmas... plus, I needed to do some fabric shopping up in Sydney yesterday...

I know the web has been flooded with pictures of the dust storm that Sydney and it's surrounding areas woke up to this morning, but there are some really fabulous shots and I couldn't resist collecting some for this week! It really felt very odd waking up to a neighbourhood covered in orange dust, with no one about, a very eery feeling, the air is still so thick that I can't see Mt. Keira (not too far from my house). The worst part is that we are almost out of milk and have nothing for dinner... going to need to venture out into it (although it isn't so colourful anymore!).

1. Filtered Orange, 2. Foliage, 3. IMG_1783 - Dustday in laundry2, 4. birds of dust

I will post some of my own (slightly less amazing) photos later on this afternoon! Don't forget to check Mitsy's blog to see everyone else's efforts for the week!

B.