hello new stockist...

I'm very excited to introduce you to Gozi & Pop's new stockist Fresco Flowers & Homewares.  Fresco is owned by the lovely Guida whom I had the pleasure of meeting just recently.  Full of gorgeous fresh flowers and beautiful homewares and soon to be cafe.  

Shelves full of lovely goodies

I love the pineapple cushions

gorgeous candles in beautiful packaging

Fresco is located at 615 Balcombe Rd, Black Rock, Victoria

click here for map/directions

Open 7 days too!

3 times lucky today...

I put on a pair of jeans today which I haven't worn for ages and 'what's this in my pocket?'  I pulled out $20.00!

I was the only bidder for 3 books on eBay today and won them all for only $1.00!

Driving down a suburban street today I saw a heap of stuff out the front of a house on the nature strip being left for hard rubbish collection.  Something really good caught my eye and I had to stop.  I couldn't believe it, I had only been looking for something like this on eBay earlier in the day.  I knocked on the front door of the house to ask and the lovely owner said "you can have it - take it - I'm cleaning out the shed - it's yours".

I've only just got it out the back of the car and need to clean off the cobwebs and it's dark but I couldn't wait to show you this really cool trestle style work bench.  It's sturdy and in really good condition.  What a find!

It really has been my lucky day :)

new this week...

New fabric word art I finished this week

My photography skills need working on, I haven't captured how bright and colourful these fabrics really are.

I love these song lyrics, can you guess which song they are from?

(and you can tell everybody this is your song)

Click here for the answer!

padded upholstery...

I didn't do much sewing until my kids came along and then I suddenly felt creative when it came to decorating their bedrooms.

One of my very first projects was inspired by a picture I saw in a magazine of an upholstered tallboy.  (I have kept the magazine - Home Beautiful Aug 2002!)

Here is the finished result of my daughter's bedroom:

I had bought a little nursery wardrobe in raw pine which I painted white.  I then bought a variety of pretty fabrics, some wadding and a staple gun.  

It was a fairly straightforward job.  I cut the fabric and wadding and attached it with a staple gun,  making sure to stretch the fabric evenly, and turn over the edges of the fabric.  I unscrewed the knobs beforehand and also painted them, then put them back on over the fabric.

It made such a difference to the room.

This is my little Pop jumping for joy - so many years ago now!

Here is another example of what you can do

with a tutorial I found here.

Note: You need to have drawers that do not go in flush to the cabinet.