Auction #1 - Alexander Henry 2D Zoo Designer Nappy Set.

For my first auction, raising money for the Flood Appeal. I am offering a designer nappy set made with Alexander Henry 2D Zoo Fabric.

The set is made of - 

1 x WeePantz Designer All In Two Nappy

 Made with gorgeous Baby Pink Minky and Beautiful Alexander Henry Designer Fabric.

1 x WeePantz Bib 

Made with matching fabric to the Nappy and backed with terry towelling.

The Little Details...

The size of the nappy is a standard WeePantz Small, which will fit bub from about 4kg until 11kg. For more information on WeePantz sizing with waist measurements please click here.

The absorbent snap in booster pad for this nappy is made from 420GSM bamboo fleece which is designed to absorb LOTS of liquid. There is also a "stay dry layer" that will sit next to baby's skin so that they don't feel wet like with traditional cloth nappies.  For more information on the nappy and what is in it etc. click here.

For those of you who haven't tried modern cloth nappies before, these are a great starter as they are very easy to use. You can read some more about Modern Cloth Nappies Here.

The bib is one sized. It will fit a baby from birth to be used as a burp cloth right up until about 2years (depending on your baby's head size, these bibs still fit quite comfortably around my son's 50cm head). The surface area of the bib is approximately 25cm x 50cm making it catch all of the drips.

The RRP of this set is approximately $45.

How This Auction Works.

1. Bidding will start at $20 Australian.

2. You can place a bid by leaving a comment on this blog post with your bid amount AND your e-mail address. Please ensure that your bid is higher than the previous bid.

3. Your bid must be in whole dollar increments.

4. This auction is open to everyone and postage will be FREE worldwide.

5. The auction begins NOW and will END at 9PM EDST on Monday the 24th of January 2011.

6. At the close of the auction, I will contact the winner (please make sure your bid comment contains your email address :] ). The winner will pay their amount directly to the Premier's Flood Relief Appeal and send me  proof of your payment via email. Once your payment has been received I will post your nappy set to you.

7. If you have any questions please contact me.

8. Thank you for participating and happy bidding.

**teddy bear not included**

Auction #2 - Doohikey Designs Owl Roll Call Designer Nappy Set

For my second auction, raising money for the Flood Appeal. I am offering a designer nappy set made with Doohikey Designs Owl Roll Call Fabric.

The set is made of - 

1 x WeePantz Designer All In Two Nappy

 Made with gorgeous Baby Blue Minky and beautiful Doohikey Designs Fabric.

1 x WeePantz Bib 

Made with matching fabric to the Nappy and backed with terry towelling.

The Little Details...

The size of the nappy is a standard WeePantz Small, which will fit bub from about 4kg until 11kg. For more information on WeePantz sizing with waist measurements please click here.

The absorbent snap in booster pad for this nappy is made from 420GSM bamboo fleece which is designed to absorb LOTS of liquid. There is also a "stay dry layer" that will sit next to baby's skin so that they don't feel wet like with traditional cloth nappies.  For more information on the nappy and what is in it etc. click here.

For those of you who haven't tried modern cloth nappies before, these are a great starter as they are very easy to use. You can read some more about Modern Cloth Nappies Here.

The bib is one sized. It will fit a baby from birth to be used as a burp cloth right up until about 2years (depending on your baby's head size, these bibs still fit quite comfortably around my son's 50cm head). The surface area of the bib is approximately 25cm x 50cm making it catch all of the drips.

The RRP of this set is approximately $45.

How This Auction Works.

1. Bidding will start at $20 Australian.

2. You can place a bid by leaving a comment on this blog post with your bid amount AND your e-mail address. Please ensure that your bid is higher than the previous bid.

3. Your bid must be in whole dollar increments.

4. This auction is open to everyone and postage will be FREE worldwide.

5. The auction begins NOW and will END at 9PM EDST on Monday the 24th of January 2011.

6. At the close of the auction, I will contact the winner (please make sure your bid comment contains your email address :] ). The winner will pay their amount directly to the Premier's Flood Relief Appeal and send me  proof of your payment via email. Once your payment has been received I will post your nappy set to you.

7. If you have any questions please contact me.

8. Thank you for participating and happy bidding.

**please note... teddy bear not included **

The Weekend...

This weekend is an incredibly long one in our house. Mick is a tradie so he has Saturday through Wednesday off for work so I decided that yesterday I would relax as well. 

As its my first market of the year next Sunday, I thought I might relish in my last weekend off, since I have finished my orders for the week :) So yesterday afternoon, I traced off and cut out this pattern, whilst watching Harry Potter with my family. 

My original plan when I bought this pattern was to make the mini dress. But when I measured myself, I needed to add 3" to the length for it to be the length it was on the cover, so I am making the"dress" from this pattern as it will sit at the mini dress length for me... Oh the joys of being 5'11"!! (I also measure a medium bust, large waist and small hips!... hows that for a weird body shape for you?!?!)

Anyway, so I hope to sew this up today... I also spent yesterday reading this book which I had half finished and lost. But now it is done and I'm onto the next one in the series. I am determined to finish them before the last movie comes out so I know what is happening. I am slightly addicted!

I've also been watching the Auctions very closely :) Make sure you go and bid on them to support this good cause :)

Auction Update

I just wanted to update to everyone about the auctions #1 and #2 that I am hosting to raise money for the Premier's Disaster Relief Fund.

An update about the finishing time. As a lot of us were finishing our auctions at midnight, Toni has recommended that we finish them a little earlier so that if our bidders were watching the auctions, they could until the last minute :) So my auctions will now finish at 9pm on Monday the 24th of January 2010.

Thanks to everyone who has already placed a bid, remember to keep checking back to make sure you are still winning :)

Okay a few housekeeping notes as well.. 

A note about PAYMENT...if you are the winner of an auctio, please make sure that all payments are made into the Premier's Disaster Relief Fund.  In order to have your winning goods posted to you, you will need to show proof of payment to the owner of the auction/raffle. 

If you make your payment by Credit Card you will have an email sent to you.  This email should then be forwarded to the owner of the auction/raffle so that they can verify receipt number (for raffle winners) and/or payment amount (for auction winners).

If your payment is made by internet bank deposit transfer, you can save a pdf file at the time of making the transfer.  

In the worst case scenario (i.e. receipt email has been deleted or pdf of bank deposit has not been made) you can take a snapshot of your bank statement on their computer screen and crop the appropriate area so that it displays only the donation information.  That way, you are still sending proof of payment, but not viewing sharing your whole bank statement

Now don't forget to head over to the auctions and bid. Also, head over to Toni's blog and check out the master list! There are lots of auctions and raffles going on at the moment!

My Creative Space

I've been spending a lot of time sitting at my kitchen table the last few days with this view...

I've been sitting and watching the kids play while I sew, like I said last week, and it is really proving to be quite productive. 

I've had a few orders, and with my first market for 2011 being next week I'm fairly busy.

So the kids have a movie or some music on, get to play with their toys and mummy can supervise as well as work :) Yesterday we did finger painting... more on that another day...

Now that the post is back up and running in QLD I also have to post this today, so I had better get moving!!

For more creativeness head over to Kirsty's.

Dont forget the auctions either.... Right hand side bar... I found out yesterday that so far we have collectively raised $45,000!! I feel so privileged to have the opportunity and ability to be involved in this :) Bidding is still open for a few days, so if you have been outbid its not too late :)

Tomorrow....

Tomorrow is the day (well tomorrow afternoon or night) I will be putting up the auction for the flood appeal. So I am working very hard at creating some super gorgeous sets that will be auctioned off...

A bit of a sneak peek here. I am working on 2 designer nappy sets. One for girls, one for boys.

I am also gazing today at the flowers that turned up on my doorstep yesterday evening from my mum, my sisters and their partners and kids as a belated birthday gift. Apparently the florist ran a day late on getting them to me.

Just beautiful.

My Creative Space

Today I am continuing on with orders from stockists as well as some from friends. And I am also preparing some nappies with matching accessories for the auction. 

I am busy creating time for myself to actually get work done during the school holidays. I feel like every time I go into the sewing room I cant really supervise the kids properly as they are in a completely different room with doors and walls between us. 

So yesterday I just simply decided to move the work to the kids. I set up on the kitchen table and cut some fabric then carted out my sewing machine and got more work done than I would have otherwise. AND the kids were entertained because they had all of their toys, and mummy. So it is definitely the plan for the rest of the holidays. As much as I am creating more work for myself to have to set up and pack up my machines every day, my work time has become more productive which makes it all worth it.

Cutting PUL for Aqua Basics Nappies

I've been nursing a sore finger too.. I busted open the skin on my knuckle when I was cutting through 4 layers of bamboo fabric at once. Perhaps I need an electric cutter, but then I'd probably cut my arm off or something most likely as I am a but of a clutz. Thankfully no blood got on the fabric, in fact it didn't bleed at all....

Today is also my birthday :) The kids have made me some pictures and my Mother In Law sent me a little package which made me feel very special. 

The day has only just begun, but I will most likely spend it working as I said before, lots of work to do and creating to happen! Hopefully I will also enjoy a yummy dinner tonight, that is not cooked by me :-p

Hope you are having a great day and those of you in QLD are safe and dry. 

Flood Auction Update

A few notes for all of you who are awaiting to see what I will be auctioning! I will be doing 2 auctions that will start on Sunday night. 

Both of the auction items will be things from the shop for babies. One auction will be girlie things and the other for boys. 

The auction will be included in Toni's master list that will be uploaded to her blog on Sunday Night.

For all of you who are in flood affected zones, please stay safe!

Queensland Flood Appeal Auctions

The devastating floods in Queensland over the last few weeks have been very close to my heart as not only did I grow up in Emerald, one of the towns that was heavily affected by the floods 2 weeks ago, I am sitting anxiously as my Brisbane based family is watching the water levels rise. 

So many people have been affected and I have read countless stories of people returning to their homes to find nothing left that can be selvaged. I think that as a community of crafters, we should be rallying our talents and our efforts behind these people and helping them any way we can.

If you have a craft based business or if you would like to help by donating and auctioning a handmade item for the Queensland Government Flood Relief Appeal then please head over to Toni from "Make it Perfect's" blog and reply to this post to express your interest in helping out. 

If you can't help out by auctioning off something handmade, please help out by supporting the various auctions that will be listed on Toni's blog or by donating to the Flood Relief independently.

I will be having an auction here on Monday the 17th of January where I will auction off an item made by me, I am unsure if it will be a WeePantz item or something else yet. I will have to let my creative juices flow on that one and get back to you all!

Thankyou for helping in any way that you can.