Make It Perfect

.Leanne’s Awesome FREE Art Prints.

I know this super cool girl and her name is Leanne. Last week she sent me an email telling me that she had stayed home from school one day to work on an assignment but got sidetracked doing creative stuff instead (oh, I know EXACTLY what that is like – she is my kind of girl!!!). In her time of distraction she started designing and putting together some awesome art prints featuring inspiring quotes and sayings.

Leanne doesn’t have a blog (but don’t you think she should!) and told me that she wanted to share the love asked if I would be interested in popping them on my blog so that you could all have them for FREE! I told you she was cool!

So, here are my favourites…from Leanne to you.

There are so many things you can do with these…
Print them out and make cool greeting cards
Stick them in pretty frames (wouldn’t a wall display featuring a number of these together look cool?)
Use as desktop wallpaper on your computer
Make into a calendar for 2011 – awesome Christmas present you can make now!
Print them out in postcard size and use as postcards or add to your inspiration board

I’m sure you can think of a gazillion more things to use them for! I’ll be printing quite a few out over the coming months and will be sure to share my creations with you.

These prints have been tested and print out great in A4 quality – we haven’t tried any bigger yet, but I think they would be fine. To get the image ready to print, click on the print and a slightly enlarged version will come up. Drag that to your desktop and print!

We would love to see what you do with these prints…feel free to email through any pictures or ideas.

Oh, and leave a comment to tell Leanne how very cool she is 🙂

{PLEASE respect Leanne’s effort in making and designing these prints. She has been generous enough to share them for free with us – that means no selling or claiming them as your own. If you blog about or want to share them with your friends, please link back to this post so that credit can be given to Leanne.}




July 13, 2010
Make It Perfect

.More Pretty Necklaces.


So, you can tell when I’ve been watching TV at night times because there is less sewing and more crafting going on! I can’t watch TV without doing something else…usually it is hand-quilting but I don’t have one ready to work on at the moment so this week has brought a few more Citrus pOp necklaces to the store.

I’m going to be using my Made It store as the main Citrus pOp outlet. I’ll leave what I have on the Etsy store for now, but new items will be listed on Made It. It seems that is the place I am getting more interest and traffic and I don’t want to be keeping track of two stores! If you prefer to shop on Etsy though, I’m more than happy to set up a custom listing for you over there for any items you see in my Made It store.

This week I’ve had a few requests for, and sent out a few wholesale orders to boutique stores across Australia. I wasn’t really sure how to respond when I was contacted – I started Citrus pOp as a little hobby because the hairpins and necklaces are pretty and fun to make. I didn’t know if I wanted to go down that road but I’ll give it a try and can always say no later on if it’s not working out!

Anyway, I do love these necklaces and want to keep them all for myself…if you see one or two mysteriously disappear from the shop then it is highly likely that they have made their way into my jewellery box 😉

July 9, 2010
Make It Perfect

.she’s done it again.


And she thought it was funny until it wouldn’t wash off in the bath. Then she started crying and saying over and over again, “Oh Mum, this is terrible! What are we going to do?”

So vain…

July 9, 2010
Make It Perfect

.Flannel Slumber Party Jammies.


I think sewing pyjamas must go hand-in-hand with winter! After making a few Sprout dresses I realised how lovely flannel is to sew with and wear when it is chilly.

So, without wasting any winter time I chose some flannel to make Oscar and Lil a pair of Slumber Party Jammies each.


Oscar was cute. After he had worn them to bed, he got up the next morning and told me that they were so warm and comfy that he wanted to wear them all week and then I could wash them. I sewed up a pocket to embellish his top which he has been putting little pieces of lego in to go to bed with!



Lil got a big flower applique on her top. I wasn’t sure how well the flannel would applique, but it is great – kind of feels velvety against the stretch fabric for a nice contrast. Its comforting to know that my kids are going to bed all warm and snug.

I still need to share my flannel Sweet Dreams PJs and then maybe I will be finished with my pyjama craze for a little while? Or maybe not…


SUPPLIES:
Make It Perfect, Slumber Party Jammies pattern
Michael Miller, Haul It in Turquoise (flannel)
Michael Miller, Polka Dots in Ocean (flannel)
Riley Blake, Summer Song, White Songbird (flannel)
Riley Blake, Summer Song, Orange Bloom (flannel)

July 8, 2010
Make It Perfect

.A little birdie told me… .

I’ve got a couple of cool things that I’m sure will interest most of my readers to fill you in on today…

#1. Happy Birthday to Patterns Only!


One of my Make It Perfect stockists, Patterns Only, is celebrating it’s first birthday. They have heaps of promotions (including free postage Australia wide) and giveaways going on for the month of July so head on over and take a look at what they have on offer.


#2. Janelle Wind’s Week of Giveaways!!!

Who doesn’t love a good giveaway? One of my favourite fellow Aussie designers, Janelle Wind is having a week of giveaways to celebrate the release of her first book, Pieces of Me. She is only up to day 3 so head on over and enter away (I know I have!). Her book is just gorgeous, I’ve ordered my copy and it should be here any day!

July 7, 2010