woke up this morning feeling fine...

the day started off on a much better note...i put on my best crafting top, tackled my 'frizzy expanding' hair with pins and embraced the day. i realized that my business cards would help maintain an air of mystery about me with the lack of information printed on them...and all was well in my little world...

that is until Miss Margery had a wobbly at me. it was lucky i was wearing my safety goggles at the time, or i think i could have sustained a very serious injury...
i still haven't located all of the needle, but as i sat at my table, watching my second 'sick' sewing machine in one week, i realized i am at a crossroads in my career (oooh, you have no idea how many years i have waited to say that word, not 'crossroads', the 'career' bit), actually, it is more like a 'T Junction'. i could turn 'left', walk away from a life of sewing on a machine, throw in the towel with dottie angel and admit defeat...or i could turn 'right', pick up the manual, take some deep breaths and start reading.

i think, dear readers you would have been proud of me...i read the manual (well, page 21 and 59) and i changed the needle and i even cleaned out the bobbin case...Miss S. Machine will recieve the same treatment tomorrow, let's just hope it isn't too late for her...

i can't ramble on anymore because it's 'show and tell' (yipee)...i have been in a whirlwind of excitement since last night, when at midnight my man proceeded to 'fix up' my door. i do know that i could have fixed her up myself but this was before i started reading manuals, so i hadn't yet mastered the drill well enough to actually attempt to put a hole in my lovely door, she is way too precious for that...i told him it was of the utmost importance that she was done for today's 'show and tell'. he felt that my small readership might understand if it didn't happen until next week...then he glanced up from his work (yes, he works a nocturnal life) and saw that 'look' that speaks a thousand words...with a deep sigh (totally exaggerated if you ask me, a bit like my hair today) off he went to do a bit of this, some of that and lastly this while i very helpfully took pictures along with lots of 'oohing' and 'ahhing'...(i know... he's a good man)

she now resides in our bedroom, where i can admire her at all times while perusing my japanese craft books that i tend to do late at night...

and so with no further ado i shall unveil my "i love you more than life it's self " door...dressed and looking beautiful right beside my granny's dressing table and my mum's stool

and lastly we have our guest appearance, now please bear in mind that she is shy, not very confident and is worried about making an appearance on my blog and in my little shop...so i give to you Flossie, my first apron dress, made from a cotton nightie and a bed sheet from the thrift store, put through some dye and embellished with odds and ends from my stash of fabrics...you can see her close up here and here...

tomorrow comes and brings with it, 'top tips' ~ Tif