Full Time Bunny

Today was my first day as a full time Voodoo Rabbit after my forced retirement from the computer games industry. I can't say that I really miss the games industry that much, it could be very stressful at times and it just hasn't been in good shape since the economic crisis hit last year.

To celebrate my impending career change I decided it was finally time to purchase the sewing machine upgrade that I have been promising myself for the last few years. On Saturday Cloud and I popped into the local sewing machine shop and picked this little baby up.

It is a Janome Memory Craft 4900 and my first computerised sewing machine, which takes a bit of getting used to after only using mechanical ones since I was a kid. Case in point, you can crash this one, which I accomplished by swaping from a twin needle to a single needle and forgetting to change the setting. The machine gets confused and has a mini crash during which it will no longer swap from twin needle mode to single needle mode and hense the bobbin timing is no longer correct. Luckily Cloud is the kind of level headed person who reads manuals in this sort of crisis and we were able to reset the machine, disaster averted.

I will be using it to sew up a few items that will appear in the Etsy store in the next week or two.

I will also be shutting down my Not Dark Enough blog site soon, as I now have permission to post all of my sewing exploits here:)

Guest Blogger at Morphologica!

I have done my first ever guest blog post! You can check it out at the Australian Etsy Blog.

Thanks so much to Morphologica for letting me share my collection with her readers.

Now all I need to do is convince her to pay for my input with one of these!

bRain laser cut steel raindrop necklace

Wishlist Wednesday

I wish Ky & I could work full time on our shop. To do that, we'll need to find a million dollars under the couch. Join me on the hunt :D

Step1: Head to the couch (I really wish mine looked like this)

Beatnik Barry White Sofa by sprucehome

Step 2: Lift up the cushion (ok so shamless self-promotion but I do love our cushions)

Pixelated Patchwork Heart by VoodooRabbit

Step 3: Find lots of moolah (preferably real)!

I'm Rich 1954 Play Money by buygollymissmolly

Step 4: Open up our own Brick & Mortar shop (preferably next door to a tattoo parlour & a coffee shop)

Rudy's & Stum 8 x 12 Fine Art Photograph by PhotoGrunt

Licorice Allsorts Beach Bag

Here is a bag I made up last night. I have had it cut out since just before last Christmas with the intention of giving it to my little sister. Now that it is finished she may finally receive it. Combining the striped fabric with the black webbing and binding makes it look a bit like a licorice allsort, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

The fabric is from a fabric swap game at a sewing guild Christmas Party, not something I would have picked on my own. All of the lining, webbing, binding and zippers came from my stash.
The pattern is from the book "Making Handbags: Retro, Chic, Luxurious" by Ellen Goldstein-Lynch, Sarah Mullins and Nicole Malone.

I have also added in a zippered pocket to the lining which isn't included in the original pattern, there is a great tutorial on how to do this at u-handbag.com.

Wishlist Wednesday

Only one thing on my Wishlist today... to be at home playing this!

I have Plants vs Zombies on my i-phone and I am seriously addicted to it. It is basically a 'castle defender' game. You plant seeds for plants to grow and protect your house (and your brain!) from a mob of marauding zombies. The graphics are just too cute!

I'm not the only one obsessed by the game - check this out! Someone went to the trouble to handmake their own lawn ornaments set up like a Plants vs Zombie game :D

The image above was submitted to Boing Boing by Moose Gueydan. If you want to find out more about the game, head on over to PopCap. Be warned though - defending your brain is highly addictive!