Bargain Buys...

Hello Hello!!

So sorry I haven't blogged in a while but I have been pretty busy the last 2 weeks with a whole lot of stuff. Firstly I hope everyone had a great Easter. My weekend didn't turn out the way I had planned to so there was a lot of wasted time but it also meant a lot of relaxing time too, which is nice. 

I do have some exciting news. I could be doing my first market soon!! Why am I so hesitant?? Well...I kinda don't know if I have been accepted yet and the markets are only 2 weekends away. Eek! So I am just thinking in my head that I'll be doing it and have been making some stock as well as researching display techniques. I am still totally undecided on the layout and colours but it'll all come together in the end...hopefully. 

You've all seen the little beanie stand that I've made but since then I've acquired some more display stands!

First of all I was in Sam's Warehouse just browsing the stock. Although I do think I was looking for something specific at the time but I can't remember now. Anyway I saw this little stand on a bottom shelf and there was no price tag or a label on the shelf. So I carried it around the shop looking for whatever it was I was looking for and got the counter and told the girl this didn't have a tag on it. To my luck she said that I can have it for FREE because their brushes come packaged on these and they don't use it.

I couldn't believe my luck! I was tempted to ask her for another one but since it's kinda bulky and can't be folded up I thought I would stick with the one and see how it goes. I plan on using it for hair ties. Exhibit A.

Then the other day I found out Reverse Garbage is still up and running in Sydney. I wanted to go there ages ago but I thought they had closed down. Turns out I was wrong! I had seen on their website that they had mannequins of all sorts and then I spotted the child ones. PERFECT! I could see in the picture that the smallest ones were $10..eh not too bad. I could afford to buy one and use that. 

So we got there yesterday and I spotted a pile of them. Got one down and it looked more of an older toddler size form but thats all I can find so I pretty chuffed with that. Went up to the counter to ask how much they are......

Get this...

$5!!!! I couldn't believe my luck. I was going back to get another one for that price! One my second travels I had another gander through the body bits and pieces and found a smaller form again!! Probably around a size 0 -size 1? The smaller one has been bashed around a bit and needs a clean but I was happy to take it!

You can see the size difference between the two in this pic. I was so happy to find the smaller one as I might be able to use it to display some singlets :) Below is a pic of the larger form with a girls size 2 stretchy shirt and a boys size 4 top.

 

So thats just a small update of whats going on at BBHQ. I've started on a couple more hot air balloons which I hope to finish soon :)

TTFN xx

Who wears short shorts!?!

Hello hello!

I am a weeee bit excited and happy to share this with you guys tonight.

I posted earlier in the week on my FB page that I was considering ditching the typical diaper covers and going with a shorts design. It took me a bit of time searching on Etsy to find a pattern that I was happy with and ticked all my boxes. What were my boxes??

    - A design that suited both boys and girls TICK
    - Something that looked simply enough for me to actually sew TICK
    - A design that included a range of different sizes TICK
    - Affordable! TICK

So yesterday while I was at work and had some spare time I purchased the pattern from Amanda at Tenderfeet Stitches. I LOVE some of her other patterns but think I'll need a bit more practise before attempting them.

I didn't take any progress pics as I was too involved in getting the pattern right! But here is the end result! A cute little pair of shorts which are a size 6-9months.

The front slightly dips down so you can tell the front from back but I was going to add a little ribbon tag at the back just to make this a little easier. So instead I added a little pink bow to the front of the shorts! I think it's meant to be because I felt they went from cute but plain...to perfect! Here is the top I made the other week that matches the shorts. 

Something else that excted me today was that I figured out how to take reasonbly decent photos on a really crappy weather day! For those of you not in Sydney we had a pretty big storm come over this afternoon and it felt like 8'o'clock at night. 

Perfect to take pictures...err not quite! So I tried the whole difusing the flash thing with paper and other sorts of white things. But then I grabbed by cardboard with is cover in foil and reflected the flash onto the ceiling! While the pictures didn't come out perfect I have some before and after shots for you to compare. The 'before' was taken on a sunny day in my craft room and the 'after' was taken on a cloudy stormy day in my craft room. Neither have been edited yet. 

 I suppose there is pros and cons with both pictures. The 'before' had better colour in regards to the pink yoyo's however I think the overall picture in the 'after' is better, more vibrant and just a more professional product shot. I was able to edit the after shot to get the pinks more to real life.

Here is the foil piece of cardboard. I orginally used it to bounce light around when taking pictures of my hair accessories but it just got too fiddly so I put it away for safe keeping. Turns out that was a good move! Now I can take photos of my clothing in any kinda of weather! Yay!!

I'll also be uploading the Tooth Fairy templates soon to the blog so that everyone can access them! I tested them on my printer and I think they turn out pretty good considering. I also saw this other cool template somewhere to leave from the Tooth Fairy which has details about the child and a tooth chart to mark which tooth or teeth were lost! I'll have to adapt it!

Hope everyone has a great weekend and that this yukky weather goes away soon. I might just have to get out a jacket soon otherwise!!

TTFN xx

Ruffles

Yello!

Just a short blog entry from me this Friday night as 1. I was back to work this week and so buggered 2. Had a killer headache all day and so buggered 3. I need to work on orders but I am so buggered! lol

Anywho!

Here are two little tops that I have been playing around with this week! Got a bit of positive feedback from friends and sidekicks so I think they might be alright :) Something different to come out of BB! 

I do have some other ideas and embellishments that I want to try with singlets and tees but these were the first that I got to. I have seen other tops which look beautiful and I was like..hmmm I can put my twist on that. Turns out they are nothing alike but I think mine are pretty and eye catching while still not being too big or over the top for a bubs to wear. Do you think that too or is it just me??

Before I finish up I have to share this gorgeous pic that Kylie from Daylight Imagery took of her niece before she starts school this year. She is beautiful and I'm so lucky to have a cutie like her wearing my clip!

TTFN xx 

Hope everyone has a great Australia Day long weekend!!