You may remember that on the 13th of February I did my first market stall.

After being a bundle of nerves at the thought of it, I had a fantastic time and was determined to do it all over again soon.  The next one was going to be the Swannanoa Country Fair on March 6th (last Sunday) but because of the devastating September 4th earthquake encore on February 22nd, lots of events planned for that weekend were cancelled (and rightly so).

I hadn't been listing much for sale lately because I wanted to save stock for my market stalls, but because we are now heading rapidly into Autumn, there won't be any more until Spring.  

So, here are some shots of what I have for sale...

Along with my perennial favourite red dotty oilcloth, this rosebud one is my favourite at the moment, I just love it.

The frame was already gold on this print, and while I am a silver girl (or white gold will do, hehe), I did think this looked ok left gold, and figured someone might like it...

Here is another chalkboard that I painted the frame on...

And a frame that I put chicken wire in...

And embellished with a couple of handmade linen rosettes that I hope Jami would be proud of :)

On the subject of fabric, I made this raggy heart-shaped wreath using a few of my favourite natural coloured fabrics, with a few pops of red thrown in.

You can see more of the heart shape better on this one...the 'rags' are shorter and narrower.

After the success of my Christmas Raggy Wreaths, I decided to make some 'Summer' ones.  

 Since starting a blog and getting hooked on an ever-increasing list of great other blogs, I have learnt that in the USA it seems to be quite a common custom to decorate for each 'holiday'.  We don't do that in New Zealand - well, we decorate for Christmas and that is about it.  Maybe some decorate for Halloween but that is an American 'holiday' anyway, not a NZ one.  So anyway, I thought I might try and change that, one front door at a time, with these...

Of course, I may have missed the boat on that somewhat, given that it is now Autumn.  I am not a fan of Autumn colours so don't see an Autumn one in my range at all....never mind, 'only' 6 long cold months and I can bring out a Spring one!  The Summer ones will keep...

Finally, as this post is long enough already, I did this wee phone table quite some time ago. 

This is the second one I have done - the first one was purchased by a lady who makes jewellery (Little Pearls for Little Girls) and she wanted it to use as a place to display her wares at markets.  I was thrilled that one of my creations would be out in public and seen by lots of shoppers!

Here is a link to a photo on her facebook page which has my phone table stool in it

Showing this off at

That is it from me for now...tomorrow is a painting day for me so hopefully I will be back soon with some new finished projects to share :)

xx Karen

No painting for me this week...too hot and too many things to do before Christmas...plus the kids have finished school.   I still had an urge to make something, and while it should involve butter, sugar, eggs and the oven, it involved fabrics, pinking shears, bias binding and my sewing machine!

They were all for sale here but are selling fast!

The other pretty that I whipped up today was this wee cutie...

I thought it was a really nice way to give a new purpose to some pretty things from the past, that don't necessarily fit into 2010 life...

Well, that is probably it from me for 2010...

so I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  

Thanks so much to all of my readers, especially the ones who make regular comments...

Cassie, Sandy, Lenore, Allison, Pam, Jami, Sonia, Sharon, Anita and Kim & Christine, what talented and inspiring ladies you all are.  Thanks for your support and encouragement, I love it.

Of course too, thanks so much to the lovely people that have purchased my creations this year, or entrusted me with their furniture to give new life to :)

See you after the holidays!

xx Karen