I’ve added some photos from my inspiration folder as well as other treasures I have found.
I hope this serves as a mid-week-inspirational-pick-me-up. Most of the photos have click through links.
I hope you feel as inspired as I do! Will be back tomorrow with a fun new Destination Thursday! I’m forever dreaming of great places around the world plus the few I’ve been to. Should inspire you for some summer holiday making!
Bye xxx
I’ve been worknig on a side project for the past few months….and im so close to revealing it!
I’m often torn between making really fun glamorous things for MissMors and wanting to make crafty handmade things! So….what would be the best solution? Open another store ofcourse!
MissMors is always my priority as its my number one passion. But sometimes I feel like something a little craftier! I will be selling hand embroidered buttons, handmade pin cushions, embroidered items and loads of other cool crafty items! I’m also working on embroidery patterns and fabric designed by your truly!
I will be posting the opening date soon, should be in the next week or so!
XXX
I’ve been inspired by this blog to do a fun introduction post. So here goes!
This is me and my name is Karla…
I was born in Brisbane, Australia and moved to London Town 3 years ago when I was 19! Yikes! I love living in London there is always so much going on, but sometimes I really miss Australias weather! My Mum was born in Northern England and when she was 5 they moved to Australia! More on that in another post sometime!
I love to make pretty things for pretty girls and I sell them in my shop here!
I have 2 cats and they really are the best cats ever…we have had them since birth and they are brothers. We should have named them Murphy and Connor after the boondock saints! But we called them….
Alucard!
after the Hellsing character? (all Kurts ideas)!
He is super snuggly and wakes me up every morning for a snuggle! And he follows you everywhere which I love! But hes very bratty and likes to find my hair elastics and play with them…I have to keep them up high and out of sight!
And….
Wolfy!
I named him that because he looked like a snow wolf when he was a wee kitten!
No human on earth can pat little wolfy without getting licked. He really is like a wolf, the minute you pat his back or tickle his tummy he’ll lick you into oblivion ahahaha. He gets really grumpy with Alucard if he’s sitting on my sewing chair because thats his favorite spot!
They do everything together! They have never faught eachother just bundles of brotherly love!
This is my boyfriend…
Kurt!
This photo is really old but its my favorite one of Kurt. This is about 3 months after we met and we went to London Zoo! I call him Kurtis and I really dont know why. He is a super clever boy and has his own business making lots of clever things on the computer with really complicated programs! He collects kozik and kubrock vinyl toys. He reads a lot of comics and has pretty much every zombie movie ever made. And he is obsessed with Japan….even more than me!
I love
Macaroons! I had tried so many in Paris that I nearly turned into one!
Okay thats enough…..hope you are still awake! Going now to have some ice cream to soothe my sore throat!
Karla x
I’m so very excited about some hats I made this weekend for a new shop update! Oh they are so pretty and fanciful and spring like!
and as promised some new goodies from the Chelsea Vintage fair Frock me!
I got both of these from the same lady who had an amazing array of hats! Here is her website she has sooo many pretty hats I am definately looking forward to seeing what she has next time!
Okay going now, working on another range of bits and bobs for the store…my mind is in a really good place right now so creations are flying out!
xxxx
This was the first time I tried baking rainbow sponge cupakes, and I think they turned out okay. But I think I need to start using food coloring gel rather than the liquid. I’ve heard its must better and gives better colors, so I’ll be trying that next time.
I used the hummingbird bakery ‘vanilla cupcake’ recipe. It really doesnt matter which sponge recipe you use, but I must say the hummingbird recipe turned out really yummy! If your not so good with recipes you can always just use a packet mix!
You will need:
Recipe and ingredients for cupcake sponge and for frosting.
Cupcake liners
Food coloring (of your choice)
piping bag
zip lock bag
sprinkles!
Step 1.
Once I made up the sponge mixture, I divided it into 3 bowls. I made one pink, one green, and one that was meant to be purple but turned out a weird blue/grey color.
Step 2.
Get your zip lock bag, fill it with one color (put the mixture into one corner as this is essentially a piping bag) then pipe just a teaspoon on two into each cupcake liner. You dont want to run out of one color before you’ve gotten around to each case! If you have any left over go back over and see which ones could use a little more. Now repeat for all colors. I put the color just over each other, and it didnt have the perfect layered effect that I’d hoped but you could really play around with it. Like you could put all the pink on one side and it would turn out all randomized. You can really have fun so dont follow the rules with the layering too much!
Step 3.
Bake your cuppy cakes according to recipe and wait! Whilst waiting make your frosting. I made mint green frosting just because its my favorite!
Step 4.
Once cupcake are slighty browned and springy to touch bring them out of the oven and allow to cool. Once cooled prepare your frosting in a ‘real’ piping bag. I used an actual sugar cookie piping bag as they use bigger nozzles! Push all the frosting down into the nozzle, twist the rest of the bag around your haznd and apply pressure. Piping bags look really daunting at first, but they are my favorite to use now! Start on the outer part of the cupcake and apply pressure to your piping bag and go around in a swirl until you read the middle of the cupcake. Slightly push down and up to creat a ‘lick’ and whilst doing that take the pressure off the piping bag. It takes a little practice, but so much fun when you get the hang of it! Repeat for all 12 cupcakes!
Step 5.
Sprinkle with desired sprinkles, allow the frosting to set for a while say 30 mins to and hour ( you can eat them straight away but frankly i like the frosting to get a little more solid) then make yourself a nice cup of blackberry and apple tea and its nom nom cupcake time!
Well enjoy! I’m off now to plant my seedlings to start my veggie crop! I’m really excited about growing our own veggies yipppee…I just hope I inherited the green thumb that everyone in my family seems to have!
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Since stumbling across some photos of Catherine Baba wearing differently styled kimono pieces I’ve realized what a clever clever idea! So versatile, girly and superchic! I’m going to hunt down some vintage ones on ebay/etsy and also try Camden markets. I’m going to buy what ever lengths and cut them down to just past the hip and wear over skirts and other such goodness! I do have one kimono style robe but I’m a little scared to attack it with a pair of scissors just yet! I’m going to team it with big necklaces….and I’m not sure what else I think ‘Piling it on’ comes to mind!
Catherine Baba is the ultimate inspiration
I think it also a natural progression to wear get inspired by robes too. I guess the whole underwear as outerwear pops to mind!
How cute would this be over a little tea dress?+heels and socks!
Also the latest from Vivienne westwood…I love.
Also keep your eyes peeled! I am working on two fashion accesory tutorials! Hopefully they will be up in the next week or so
xxx
Sometimes I think of some really great things to make either for my shop or just for my own use. Sometimes these ideas can take months to come to full fruition because I get so doubtful of my abilities. But alas, last night I made a great discovery, an idea I had for making hats that little more realistic and relevant to the 1940s style that I often chase. Deep down I knew I could do it, but I get so scared of failing, that I don’t end up doing it! But after figuring out a very good foundation for making hats I feel way more confident to trial out some others ideas I’ve had for years months!
Also, I’m starting to get pretty excited about Valentines day. My boyfriend and I are pretty big on spending quality time together. But Valentines just makes it a little extra special. I’m thinking some old romance movies, cupcakes and snuggles! Here are some tutorials that I’ve found and will be working on before Valentines. Also some valentines inspiration pictures…..plus loads of cupcake ideas! Gotta love those cupcakes. x
I will be making a lovely pancake or crepe breakfast on valentines morning….how romantic to add little hearts to the tea bags!
I will be starting on these tonight! I’ve seen these around before, but this tutorial is really simple, well in theory!
Remember painting with carved potatoes? This idea is fun+cute!
Kurt LOVES my devils food cake and my cupcakes (Yes that is red velvet up top but it was cute and I wanted to show you!) but he cant stand chocolate cupcakes! SO, I’m going to make a cool devils food cake and I’m going to try out this amazing idea for rainbow cupcakes! I think I’m going to do cream cheese for the frosting!
This is the cake version of the rainbow phenomena….but this is the best one I’ve seen yet!
And these because they are just so darn cute!
X
I’ve have some exciting ideas and goals to achieve this week, I don’t want to say quite yet, but I’m pretty excited! Sometimes I decide on a certain direction in life/ hobbies/ styles then a week later I’ve been inspired for somethnig completely differant. I find life so much easier if I KNOW what I’m meant to be doing otherwise I get all sidetrack and dont manage to get much done! Okay….that was a bit of a ranty rant rant!
So here are so pretty images I came across this week…Enjoy! x
This girl is Clever!
I LOVE this artist…so amazing.
This is the most inspiring craft area!
I NEED to go back to Paris…its so romantic and pretty.
Love little vintage rooms.
Buttons! I went a little button mad this weekend and won a whole load of vintage/new ones on ebay.
I’m going to go thrifting this weekend and search for more and more! I love!
I’ve been thinking so much lately about all the things I really want to spend some much time on next year. Of course there are so many, but I’ve decided 2010 will be the most productive year yet!
This year I started my Etsy shop, which I love, but I haven’t nearly begun to really explore my creativity! I have so many ideas, most I which I forget before I get to a pen and paper ,thank-you fish brain! But its also trying to find more and more time to make these things plus all the other things I enjoy doing in life for example Baking! I did, however, gain much better sewing skills this year I’ve actually made a few bags in recent weeks and even sold one on Etsy. I took up knitting again, and on the weekend I had my first go at needlepoint! I loved it! So next year will be about learning more and more skills and becoming really good at things. Last night I even sat down for hours drawing a picture, and I think it actually looks nice!
Here are some things I will be Buying/looking at/loving next year to help me on my little way:
1. I’ve been eying off this book for a long time, But I think I’ll need a beginners book or watch some you tube videos first!
2. Become as good at embroidery as Jenny Hart, yes this is probably impossible! So amazing!
3. I want to make a patchwork quilt for our new bed, It’s between log cabin or just plain 5″ squares.
4. Fabric buttons! I started making these a few weeks ago and they are so much fun! On the weekend I stitched a little heart on to some calico and made it into a button. Will post photos later.
Well, thats just a few things for now. I’ll surely put up more projects when I remember what they were!
x
We went and bought a real Chrsitmas tree last night, along with a holy and evergreen wreath. Poor Kurt had to Haul-ass but luckily the garden shop wasnt too far away.We put the tree up this morning, and I just love having a real tree. I’ve never had a real one before I guess living in Australia with all the hot weather limits that. The smell is so amazing, the lounge is jsut filled with this amazing fragrance! I made the felt bauble decorations, and they arent perfect but I’m happy with them. I’ve also tried a DIY project that I got from another blog, I shall blog about it later this week.
Here are some photos for now.
x
