"Easy As" paper flowers :)

Happy Sunday ...

Today I've been making some fun paper flowers, that are not only an ideal way to dress up and decorate gifts but are oh so wonderfully - "Easy As" - to make.

I like to make them from recycled white tissue paper, (after carefully removing the wrap so often used by department stores on new purchases) - but vibrant colours work well for kids birthday parties, and restricted or limited mixed colour palettes help give a co-ordinated look to presents under a Christmas tree etc ....

.... If you'd like to try these out for yourself, see a wonderful tutorial for similar tissue paper flowers on the Feeling Fuzzy Blog <here>

But be warned ... try stopping after you've made just one :)

Terrific Tuesday

Today has been a Terrific Tuesday ... why ? Well apart from being the first Tuesday in November and a day when a little old horse race called The Melbourne Cup stops a nation ... I also made some fun "easy as" fabric buttons :)

Using a simple button kit that I purchased from The Haby Goddess (here) it really was as "easy as" 1, 2, 3 to make these adorable fabric covered buttons (with absolutely no sewing skills required ;)

Fabrics shown are from my Perfect Pink Collection and include : (from top)
Disco Dots - Hot Pink
Country Checks
and
Spring Blossoms 


I hope you had a Terrific Tuesday too, and if you placed a bet on The Melbourne Cup, I hope you backed a winner!

Fun in the Tropical Sun

New 'Lionfish Party' colour palettes now available
- let the fun in the tropical sun begin :)

Lionfish Party Pink : Shown with companion design French Stripe

Lionfish Party Aqua : Shown with companion design French Stripe

Lionfish Party Sunshine : Shown with companion designs: 

(From Top:) Shabby Stripe - Petite and Shabby Yellow Grande :)

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Feels like Summer :)

Just a quick note to say THANK-YOU :)

I really appreciate all your lovely comments, and continued support of my original textile designs :)

We have enjoyed a wonderful break over Easter
- enjoying beautiful blue sky's and warm sunny days.
I'm happy to say after all the rain, it finally feels like Summer - Yay! 
I look forward to reading all your holiday adventures, and catching up with the latest news on your inspiring blogs soon :)
Take care, Kris


Paper Daisy - Summer Yellow 
- White organic daisy in a variety of sizes, repeating on a sunny yellow background 

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If I Could Be ...?

Detail The Water Parterres - Chateau De Versailles

I loved reading ..."If I could be ..." 

on the Brandi Girl blog here 

who was herself inspired by her friends blog here

So, I too, decided to play along :)

.........

If I were a month I’d be December
If I were a day I’d be Friday
If I were a time of day I’d be Evening
If I were a planet I’d be Earth

If I were a sea animal I’d be a Star Fish
If I were a direction I’d be North
If I were a piece of furniture I’d be Antique French 

(and probably found in a Market :)



Detail Les Puces - Paris Saint-Ouen

If I were a liquid I’d be Spring Water

If I were a gem stone I’d be an Opal
If I were a tree I’d be an Oak
If I were a tool I’d be a Paint Brush
If I were a flower I’d be a Wild White Rose

If I were an element of weather I’d be a Gentle Summer Breeze
If I were a musical instrument I’d be a Piano
If I were a color I'd be French Blue

If I were an emotion I’d be Happy

If I were a fruit I’d be a Bright Green Apple
If I were a sound I’d be Jazz
If I were an element I'd be Earth

If I were a car I’d be a White Mini Cooper

If I were a food I’d be Fresh Bread and Butter
If I were a place I’d be a village somewhere on the Mediterranean

(I'm dreaming of a trip to Menton as I type ;)
If I were a material I'd be Old Faded Linen

If I were a taste I’d be Vanilla
If I were a scent I’d be Gardenias

If I were a body part I’d be Eyes
If I were a facial expression I'd be A Smile
If I were a song I’d be Folk Music

If I were a bird I'd be a Finch

If I were a gift I'd be a Painting
If I were a street I'd be a Tree-lined Avenue
If I were a city I'd be Paris
If I were a door I'd be Art Deco inspired

If I were a pair of shoes I’d be old Brown Leather Boots

Detail - Door in Paris

If you could be .....
what would you be?


(If you play along please leave a comment below with your blog link - It's always so lovely getting to know you too :)

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The first of the month

As it's the 1st March, I've just made a new photo calendar for my desktop ...

Please feel free to use this image on your desktop if you would like to :)

I photographed these cute little locals by the Broadwater, near Main Beach, on the Gold Coast, Australia.

If dragonflies are more your style check out the March Desktop Calendar available online from the National Trust, or why not make your own using a family picture etc ...

Wishing everyone a Marvelous March...

........

P.S - Have you ever said or heard: "pinch and a punch for the first of the month?"

According to wiktionary the origin of this saying is as follows:

"Originating from old England times when people thought that witches existed. People thought that salt would make a witch weak, so the pinch part is pinching of the salt, and the punch part was to banish the witch. The witch would be weak from the salt so the punch was to banish her."

A bit of blogging fun :)

Detail of the Louvre, in Paris - home of the "Mona Lisa"


I was quietly catching up with some of the blogs I follow, when I came across a game (here) 
If you would like to play along, here are the rules:
Bold the things you’ve done and post on your blog!



1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain – do small ones count?
9. Held a praying mantis 
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris - I love Paris <3
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch – quilting, knitting, crocheting
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning – only once, but once is enough!
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables – love home grown veg
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill – guilty on this one :)
24. Built a snow fort - umm does a snowman count?
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon - I wasn't designed to run - lol
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - England, France, Scotland - but still to visit ancestral towns in Sweden, Ireland, Wales, and Portugal.
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language - trying to learn French
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangeo’s David
41. Sung karaoke – only once, but once was probably enough - lol
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted – many times as a child, by the artists in the family.
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Been in a movie - well tv, does that count?
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia – someday.
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy – I still have my favourite book, the first one I could really read all on my own "Frog and Toad are Friends"
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle - yes saying slow down, slow down.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper - several times for my design work.
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone 
99. Been stung by a bee

Okay – who else wants to play?

Now available at Spoonflower

Now available @Spoonflower on a wide variety of natural and organic fabrics, are the following fun Kristopher K fabric designs :)




(Designs from Top) 

"Winter Floral" 

"Barnaby Bear" 

and 

"Spring Floral"



(Designs from Top) 

"Summer Floral" 

"Dragonfly Dance - Red" 

and 

"Dragonfly Dance - Sun Yellow"


(Designs from Left) 

"Paper Daisy - Fruity Small" 

and 

"Barnaby Bear"

Fabrics by Kristopher K - are available online @ Spoonflower
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