Meet the Parents was right ...

... apparently you can toilet train Mr Jinx!

How to Toilet-Train Your Cat

Just another ad

In the magazine world, where I work, we often remark that editorial is worth three times more than advertising. People trust the opinion of other people more than that of the company who's opinion is self-serving. It's easy to rave about a $1000 jar of Creme de la Mer when you haven't paid for it. Magazines get send thousands of products every week!

So when an ordinary person loves a product so much they have to tell everyone about it on their blog, it gets people's attention. Personally, I'm glad that bloggers are coming under scrutiny for what I essentially consider "cash for comment" even if the value is in free product rather than money.

Blogging moms wooed by food firms

Purple Fever

Just finished painting these displays for the clips - the right shade of purple paint turned out to be pretty hard to find! On the other hand, the right shade of purple ink (for stamping) was dead easy - I already had it from a previous project and it was still in the plastic.

Just in time for Christmas ...

Indy & the Ninja wrapping paper!

I do have a lot of petals made but no felt backing circles to assemble the clips with. I have stuffed up 2 circle punches already - I know they aren't designed for fabric - but they make better circles than hand-cutting. I ordered some die-cut circles from a seller on Etsy, but will have to wait for them to arrive.

I am wondering about this GO! Fabric Cutter - it has dies that allow you to cut fabric shapes easily. But it looks like you'd have to cut the fabric to fit the plate, and that would have a lot more wastage than handcutting as I am now. Plus, they don't have a die the same size as what I am using yet.

Snip Snip!

I just love these Softouch® Micro-Tip® Scissors from Fiskars. There is a lot of fabric cutting involved in making fabric flowers and these just make the experience a pleasure!

Yummy Fudge

I made this easy-peasy fudge for Mother's Group yesterday.

350g dark chocolate
397g can condensed milk
30g butter
150g macadamia nuts
a pinch of salt

Put everything except the nuts into a saucepan on low heat to melt and combine. Add the nuts and pour into a lined 20cm square baking dish. Refrigerate until set. Cut into small pieces. That's it!

A busy bee

Been busy making lots of hair flowers, hair rosettes and blossom snap clip sets. There is a severe lack of pink and red clips at the moment as I have only just finished sewing the flowers on those and they've yet to be assembled! With all the hair flowers, the fabric I've used for the petals is limited edition, so I'll only have a few of each. On the upside, there will be lots of variety.

Packaging

My hair clip backing cards arrived today! Yay!

Out with the old ...

As of today my old blog, de l'escalier (yes the one I never updated and attached to my soap shop where I never had any soap to sell), is gone. I'll blog here from now on ... well, at least, I will attempt to blog since I really wasn't good at doing it very often.

So far you might have seen my Etsy shop is still empty. There will be clips up soon! I am waiting impatiently for my backing cards which should have arrived Friday and still have not come! In the meantime though, I have listed 2 sets of 2 clips each in The Dish Forum's Dishavery to raise money for charity.

Here's one of the sets:

Kanzashi for Cuties!

Indy & the Ninja hair clips are especially made for cuties! Each Indy & the Ninja hair accessory is handmade from designer fabrics sourced from around the world. Our range includes hair flowers, hair rosettes and blossom snap clip sets.

Especially this cutie here:

Indy contemplates the consequences of being named after an action hero.

Indy & the Ninja hair accessories are handmade by Samantha Cheung in Sydney, Australia.

As an only child, Samantha grew up occupying herself with all things crafty. After the birth of her daughter, Indy, Samantha has done none of the things she thought she'd have time to do in her year off. Instead, she makes hair clips.

Indy would love it if you bought some, otherwise her Mummy might make her look like a porcupine in an effort to wear all the clips that have been made.

Samantha also enjoys making soap, baking cupcakes and just being a domestic goddess generally. Indy enjoys eating her toys and sneezing food in her her Mummy's face.

Kevin is the resident Ninja. Indy calls him Daddy. Kevin enjoys photography, playing with his dog, Pepe, and waving his toy lightsaber around in the dark.