My Mexican Donkey Pop Up Shop!

There's a distinct Mexicali mood round these parts! We have the My Mexican Donkey Pop up shop happening at Gleaners Inc in Brunswick all this month - you can find some gorgeous hand made Mexican items such as these:

You will find papel picado banners which are perfect for any feista, intricate hand painted ceramic candle sticks, milagro medals and mini sombrero brooches! 

Guests at the fiesta are some of our local designer who make Mexican themed goodies such as Betty Jo Design's sugar skull brooches and CLOCKS (too cool!), the sister outlaws' re-sew-cool sugar skull kits  and garlands (that's us), Curly Pops sugar skull cards and the beautifully made Frida dolls by A Little Vintage.
Isn't is just a treasure trove of colour? So get your flowers in your hair and swish your skirts into Gleaners and get your Christmas shopping!You'll find Lovely Liz who is the best shop girl in town. She may even be wearing this....

Finish things Friday

Another FTF (finish things Friday)because I'm trying to stick to some sort of routine; clearing the decks before the weekend...otherwise it just goes on and on and there is no weekend - in fact, there is no end.... so today, finally, the finished the sugar skull garland...

and made about half a dozen of these plaited leather necklaces....

and some crocheted hexie brooches....

But I couldn't resist....and I did start something too....

My Creative Space

Cutting, gluing and stitching - my creative space today is all Mexicali skulls in sugary sweet bright colours.

Like last year, I’m making some sugar skull garlands for Dia de Los Mertos (The Day of the Dead)from mostly recycled materials. This year I’m using lace flower eyes and trying to make them more decorative. The lace is coloured with fabric texta (thanks Pepper for that idea!).

Better get back to work…..

Are we there yet?

Sugar skull gingerbread we made today...

Now that we are almost at the end of blogtoberfest 2011, I have been reflecting on my thoughts back at the beginning, when we set out on this journey.

In the first blog I asked myself a few things.

Will blogtoberfest inspire my blog posts?

Well, yes it did. I spent more time looking at other blogs, found inspiration from comments that came in and had the incentive to actually hit that "publish" button.

Will it raise my posts to new heights of insight? 

Well...this was tongue in cheek but the truth is, no! Too much rushing around to get the blog done! Blogs were a little under cooked and certainly lacking in insight!

Will blogtoberfest put me on a slippery slope, sifting through the dregs of my everyday until I'm blogging about my cup of tea?

I think it has a little. Many of the posts during blogtoberfest, I wouldn't normally deem as blog worthy. But I don't think I drowned in too much boringness (at least I hope I didn't!)







As a reluctant blogger in the first place, I thought a bit of intense blogtoberfest action might cure me of my aversion for clicking the "posting" tab and, like an athlete in training, exercise that posting muscle.

 And yes - I do feel more comfortable in blogger mode.


But really, the appeal of Blogtoberfest is being part of the gang. Of community and connection.

And yep - this was the best bit. I found new blogs and bloggers and they found me. I enjoyed exploring, reading, looking, commenting. And I often asked "Are we there yet?" And now we're almost there....at the end of the journey...but I know we'll all still stay in touch.
posted by Julianne sister outlaw