love, janie lou

shupdate!

 

New stuffins in the shop right now!

Bringing happy handmadeness to your shopping.

There are new purses in the shop! Here's a little sneak preview:

And this picture has nothing whatever to do with purses or shops or sewing but I spotted these faux flowers in Lauren's room and they looked awesome:

And finally, it is so super-lovely to chat to you through your comments here at this blog. Seriously, they make our day!

danielle. xox

Um, hello?

Woowee, it's been a while! It's been so long, in fact, that the charming folks at Typepad have changed the look and feel of the rich text page editor and we feel like strangers at our own blog. Nasty.

However, as we seem to have said once before, the beauty of a long delay in blogging means there is a lot to say.

First of all, the world's most adorable niece (as referred to in our last post) proved her supremacy yet again by a) having four very cute new teeth and b) loving the things we made for her birthday, even though children of such tender years are supposedly immune to the delights of new things and instead tend to focus their attention on the wrapping paper. Our niece enjoyed the wrapping paper and then moved onto the gifts. Evidence of her genius.

Secondly, there is new stuff in the shop! Yes, Lauren has been sewing her little fingers off to make a whole bunch (well, a whole bunch bar one; one sold before it could even make it to the shop) of new-old purses. They have all the cuteness and practicality of The Purses Mk.1 with the added coolness of flaps made from vintage doilies. Also, to Ruth-the-Awesome who left such a nice comment on our last post, Danielle says that some of her makings will be in the shop soonish. She needs to finish her novel editing but after the 14th of June she intends to sew like The Mad Stitching Woman of Alcatraz.*

Thirdly, Love, JanieLou is now on facebook -- and you, too, can become a fan! We know it's what you've always wanted... ::cough::

Fourthly (we'll stop with the numbers-ly soon), a picture of Danielle's column in print in the pages of Country Threads magazine. We share this picture not because we want you to go out and buy the magazine (although it is a good one) but because we're just excited about it in general.

Fifthly and finally, there are just so many great craft blogs out there that we keep discovering. We hope to make a list very soon so that you can enjoy the creative inspiration, too. Until then, however, enjoy the Autumn sunshine and the cool mornings. They are inspiring us... to drink cocoa.

danielle&lauren xox

*There is no such person, but someone should write a legend about her.

wednesday work-in-progress #3 and other things

The thing about having nine days between blog posts is that when we do tear ourselves away from guests and socialising, there's so much to say!

Wednesday Work-in-Progress :: Today's Wednesday w-i-p is really two finished works. This weekend it's our wee niece's first birthday and the fingers have been flying to make gifts for the adorable (world's most adorable, in case you were wondering) girlie.

Lauren stitched a teeny brown corduroy pinafore, just in time for a New South Wales winter. Doting Grammy bought little pink shoes for the firstborn grandchild (Danielle avows firstborns are perfect in every way), while Danielle made a creature (with matching corduroy appendages and a body from a thrifted seventies towel) to hug and squish and maul:

It is debatable whether this creature is a male or female. Regardless, its name shall be MillieKat.

Other thing number one :: Last week, we were thrilled when our very own Moo Cards arrived all the way from Great Britain. We love them! From now on all orders will include one of these little business cards (It's just like WeetBix cards: "Twelve to choose from! Collect the entire series!") and we'll carry them around in our purses and pull them out flashily like genuine professionals. Indeed.

Other thing number two :: Love, JanieLou is at myspace! Add us to your friends list to receive our bulletins and updates and join the fun!

Other thing number three :: Our wallets and purses are up and at 'em at Georgie Love -- so exciting! We grinned like schoolgirls when we read what Sally said about our purses:

Lordy, these are so gorgeous! Even writing this, I know these charmers are NOT GOING TO BE HERE FOR LONG. Which makes me sad because I like to look at them and work out which one I want to buy for myself, because like nearly everything on this site, I CANNOT RESIST.

Anyway, back on to the sheer, unbridled delight that is Love, Janie Lou's WALLETS AND PURSES. Made from a mix of new and vintage fabrics, buttons and zips, they are firstly PRACTICAL, secondly beautifully and sturdily MADE, but most importantly JOYFUL to look at (and presumably, use).

Thanks, Sally. JanieLou loves you, too!

Final other thing to end this giant post :: We are zipping southward for an extended front-and-back weekend, so you likely won't hear from us until next Wednesday. May your May days be full of sun!

danielle&lauren xox

zipping away

Today these babies (all but the brown gypsy wallet on the left; it's in the shop) head off to Georgie Love, an online store just for independent Australian designers. We were thrilled when webstore owner Sally asked us to make some wallets and purses for her, and are delighted to be part of such a cool business.

You can check out the Georgie Love store here and the blog here.

danielle&lauren

tuesday market day

New goodies in the shop!

In other news, we've had a big week and a big weekend with a swift trip interstate, and another big week full of familyness yet to come.

Pictorial evidence of exhaustion:

yay!

We're open!