Serendipity... Summer 2011/2012

Serendipity....The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident ♥



A collection of divine 100% linen and whimsical voile florals trimmed with cotton lace to float through the summer months ahead....

If you own a retail store and would like to stock our summer pieces - please email me at shellimorsedesign@tpg.com.au



To be released Oct 2011 - stay tuned xxx
 

 
 
 

 
 

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Thinking of Spring

Rain, rain, rain.....

Lovely for gardens, storages and farmers... but for our little family it means a Daddy away river gauging indefinitely, a leaky roof and a solar powered Mummy whose mood drops as soon as the sun goes behind the clouds - Believe me I try to stay sunny - just a quirky part of my personality that I have always had.

So to counteract all that gloom, I am focusing on creating goodies that are bright and light -  a mood lifter for sure. Lots of florals and cotton lace - pretty and sweet - I will carry this through till Summer I think and add in some voile dresses and tops with sleeves to protect our littlest loves from the sun - these florals continue to make me smile :)

Wishing you a sunny week - both in mood and climate xox

Shelli

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Princesses love to Party...

Who would have thought we would ever make it this far? Miss M celebrated her 4th birthday yesterday with 15 lovely little princess/knight friends and family - we had so much fun - Well I did anyway, I do hope the guests did too.

We made tiaras and played pass the parcel and ate lots of pink princess food that I am sure would rival the other recent royal bash - Thank you mum for your hard work and patience baking with Miss M while I was having a great time at a tech camp hanging out with robots and ipods etc...

I did construct the 'castle' however from Woolies sponges and alot of jam, cream and pink icing. I think I may come back as a renderer in my next life, at least bricks don't crumble like sponge does...

She is a bit wonky but was well received by the princesses... Even Matilda commented 'That is very pink Mum!!'
TIP - White chocolate is a wonderful 'glue' to attach to icecream cones and coat in edible bling.

I am hoping Mums camera holds a few more images of M's very special day - I managed to snap a few when I wasn't joining the fun...

My first attempt at floating pom poms seemed to work well, a few requests for a tutorial surprised me so here is good ole Marthas version - Mum said she used to make them to decorate floats and things for parades when she was a teen - now we have 10 of them to decorate our house, 13 foot ceilings may prove a problem - perhaps they will just stay in the yard until it rains!

Love Shelli xxx

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Latest Exploits...

Inspired by some incredibly talented ladies for The Sewing Sisterhood - I discovered I too could make a dolly, with a felty twist of course - We called her Maggie - she is 22 inches tall, kind and very sweet and really needs a little sister or 2. Don't you just love her smile?? You may just find some of her siblings in my madeit store shortly x

With the start of the school year and me being so unorganised I ended up having to make Master O a library bag - turned out quite well don't you think? Denim and RB stars - the denim makes it tougher so the books don't get damaged and the big man loves that he got to choose the fabric himself.

Last random creation was some bunting for our upcoming pirate party - once again my disorganisation meant I couldn't call on the talented Bree from ChikkieMoo Designs to create for me - I take my hat off to those WAHM's who make bunting - while the finished result looks simple enough - If your measurements or cutting arent spot on - It turns out pretty wonky - note I photographed it  from a distance. I still have 36 flags not attached to bias - yep over ambition will kill me one day. But, it's sure to look spectacular when it's all done xx

So ends my latest exploits - Have a fabby last week of Feb everyone and I'll catch you in March after the pirate extravaganza Arrrrr xx

Love Shelli

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What will 2011 bring???

'WOW' - almost 2 months since my last post - I really do need to get on here regularly and share what we have been up to, but I am so busy doing it I forget to blog about it.

Perhaps that's a good New Years resolution seeing as though the only one I made involved baskets of unfolded washing never gracing the back lounge for longer than a day - hmmm, there is nothing loitering there at the moment, but, the window seat in our room is another matter entirely.

2011 - Well who'd have thought my wee felty business would have evolved so much in 12 months, I am loving creating, imagining and playing with so many mediums now that it's sometimes hard to decide what to work with! Thank you to all of our miraculous customers, stockists, WAHM buddies and suppliers for their support - It would never have worked as well without you xxx

The latest passion is 'lightweight'  - both denim and voile - completely different I know, but the Moree heat prompted me to find something soft and different - enter Anna Maria Horner  ( I found some voile in our local quilting shop and fell in love) I hope you do too. The style is a simple one but this voile needs little else, just so buttery and soft you have to touch it to believe it!

Our resident roughy toughy Tilda is soo hard on clothes, denim reversible dresses, seemed a perfect way to stop her destroying more gear while she tries to keep up with Oliver, that and I have so much fabric, I really needed to use some of it to justify it's existence. - Then I can buy more shhhh :)

Which brings me to what I am up to this new 2011 year xxx
A bit of a run down so you can find me if you need me - or wonder why I haven't returned your emails etc :P

Monday/Tuesday - Shelli Morse Design - creating OOAK items and listing them in my madeit store until.... SMD website coming later this year thanks to Melissa at Where to Start Websites - I can't wait and I hope you can't either - Who knows what we will come up with by then.
Custom Orders will be limited slots each month and I will announce via FB or Blog page when they are up and running.

Wednesday/Thursday - New job - Woo Hoo!!! I am lucky enough to be a p/t Country Areas Program consultant - working from Moree DET office. For those of you who have benefitted from CAP either as students, teachers or parents you will know how rewarding and innovative this program is and just too good an opportunity to pass up. I will be mainly working in the areas of Visual Arts, Music and Science with initiatives all over the place geographically - so it should be a blast to coordinate with wee family and SMD - hence the limited customs :(

Friday - Release Teacher in our small school of 12 students - It's my 9th year there this year and our students and the community are AMAZING - So much like a big happy family it's a pleasure to teach x

Saturday/Sunday - 'FAMILY' :D - I spent a lot of time last year packing the kids and hubby off to the in laws farm for weekends, that this year I decided that the weekends were for 'US' - Oh, and the washing, cleaning, ironing etc... and the odd bit of sewing - If I just can't stay away, or if the kids are watching a dodgy movie etc etc ...

Phew... If you have gotten this far - I thank you from the bottom of my heart - please leave a comment to say Hi if nothing else - I promise to blog in the near future, I know you can't wait - Ha ha  :P

Take Care xox

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