Winking Kitties for Sarah

This was a custom order for Sarah and both items turned out so much cuter than I expected.  The polkadot lining of the pencil case really makes the kitty fabric pop.  That pencilcase alone will be the reason I'll be trying to track down some more Winking Kitty fabric in the future... any takers?

Renaissance

It is time for a new beginning, a restart, if you will.
I had thought to decommission this blog in favour of ONLY handmade, and both businesses sure have kept me busy over the past month.
But a new logo, and new tagline have inspired a new place to journal my adventures in making everyday pretty.  And it's not just about making something out of the everyday and ordinary, but about seeing beauty in the everyday things too.

So I leave you with this, taken for Mothers' Day 2011. It's not a 'nice' family photo in the conventional sense, but I love the craziness of it (and it was one of the better ones that Ruggedy Wilderness Man took!) in the spirit of finding beauty in the ordinary.

New logo

mabel & daisy have grown up! What do you think?

Change of address

I want to thankyou all for your company on this adventure in sewing I've been taking over the past 18 months.  It's been lovely getting to know you.
In recent days I've developed an interest in supporting handmade, buying locally, fair trade and organic fibres.  In order to pursue this, I will be discontinuing the Sew Me Naomi blog. 
However, If you would like to follow along on a different sort of adventure, my new blog will be here:

http://only-handmade.blogspot.com

There will also be a website coming soon where you will be able to support 'undiscovered' artisans, cottage industries and fair trade ventures with people from impoverished communities.
I am still selling under the label mabel & daisy, and am hoping that by branching out into this new venture, mabel & daisy will be able to focus more on vintage and girly lines rather than just 'anything Naomi feels like making.'  You can follow both mabel and daisy and ONLY handmade on Facebook for special offers and sales:
http://www.facebook.com/mabeldaisy
http://www.facebook.com/onlyhandmade
Thankyou, lovely people, for you support, and I hope to see you soon over here:

Repurposed Shorts

Here are some shorts I made for Miss E from an old spaghetti-straped pyjama top I was given.  I cut them out intentionally leaving the trim around the bottom of the pyjama-top as the bottom trim on the short legs... and saved myself sewing extra seams!  I am all for being lazy saving time!
Have you tried repurposing garments?  I found a really interesting article about it, albeit with UK stats here:

I am sure there are heaps of other articles out there, as well as how-to's.  It is a really fun challenge, and gives me a kick to be saving the environment, and all that.

Sew Me Naomi Sews Again

It's been a very long time, my friends, do forgive me.  They say beware of Greeks bearing gifts but since I'm not Greek I hope that you'll forgive me even faster when I tell you that I'm offering FREE POSTAGE worldwide on the first three orders I have for HANDBAGS, MESSENGER BAGS or BLOOM CLIPS today. You'll find the handbags and messenger bags here in my shop, and I haven't shown the bloom clips on the blog or shop yet, so here are some photos:

Email me at mabelanddaisy@gmail.com to order!

Little Handbag for Little Girls

It's been a long time since I last posted and an awful lot has happened... we've successfully moved out of our house (packing into ten 44-gallon drums which was a challenge and a half!) and are now in Cairns awaiting our flight to Gove on Saturday evening.  My mum has been holding up the mabel & daisy fort making bags for me, and we had fun yesterday trialing the HD video function on our new Canon 550D, in the park with Miss E.  Here's a little video for your viewing pleasure!