SCORE!

Two vintage wooden crates for my market stalls.

Now only a new trestle table, two hand embroidered signs, a fabric flower pot (...you'll see), and a small collection of a previously explored product range to go...phew!

MONKEY & MUM JOINS TWITTER

Like many of our parents who do not understand the phenomenon that is Facebook, I did not understand Twitter.

I bit the bullet, popped my twitter cherry, and created my own personalised background while I was at it.

Like a parent who joins Facebook and gloats to the family hairdresser that they changed their profile picture without assistance, I too am gloating about my Twitter expertise. The only difference is I don't tell my hairdresser, I blog it!

Please come over and join me. This is all very exciting for me! xx

I LOVE OP SHOPS!

A trip to Wynnum today to visit the lovely Collective Store saw me scouring the many op shops that Wynnum is renowned for.

I cannot wait to play with some of these fabrics. I can already see the pieces coming to life! xx

STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES

I thought I was not meant to be exhausted until at least November! It is July and I am knackered!

This year has been wonderful, and full of some very exciting Monkey & Mum achievements - I am going to take five minutes now (perhaps my first five minutes of 2011) to enjoy them.

The new and wonderful Cultiver has opened and I have been lucky enough to adorn this beautiful store with some of my pieces. It is a step in the right direction for Ipswich, which of late seems to have had an emergence of arty folk and great cafes!

I am still stocking The Collective Store and having so much fun being apart of the great supportive community out there. Harry and I adore our trips to Leonie's store, and tend to spend hours getting lost in the handmade goodies and enjoyable conversation.

Leonie has been especially nice to me this month, and featured Monkey & Mum on the website and in her shop window.

Monkey & Mum also has some exciting advertising spots coming soon, with a spot in the next Peekaboo magazine, and a possible a listing in the 2012 Hello Babe - Mummy Tree Small Business Directory.

We are now on Twitter, Flickr, and Linkedin - so come and join me there too!

Add in my editing job which helps to pay the bills and feed our hungry tummies (unfortunately Monkey & Mum is yet to be that job... that's the dream though!) and you have one exhausted mummy here.

Now I just need to find the time to sew... and smell the roses.

PICTURED ABOVE: 'A Dozen Petals' available at The Collective Store for $28.