to market to market......

off to the Portarlington markets this morning, I found this jewellery stall.

so I had to share this with you!!

not many jewellery stalls really grab me. This one, I could NOT ignore!!

I absolutely had to have these wooden earings

they are by a Melbourne Artist who's business is called Owl and Fox

be sure to check out her blog at:

http://owlfox.blogspot.com/

an apron for Annie

so I have been some what obsessed with aprons lately, actually for a while now!!
the big problem was with deciding what to buy for my mother in law for christmas. in need of nothing, wants nothing! Suddenly it dawned on me. Annie is an apron wearer from way back. After seeing my sister in law in one of Annie's aprons that I wouldn't be caught dead in, that was it. a fancy shmancy apron, so you feel dressed up even with it on!!
I really want to keep it myself! which I figure is the sign of a good pressie. will she like it? who knows! I do, I think it's a great gift. So off to wrap it up now, an apron for Annie!

she's gone shirring mad!!

It seems I've gone completely shirring mad!

it is so addictive and everything just looks so

absolutely cute!

There are so many tutorials on how to do it, you really must give it a go!

I plan to have a whole range ready for the Tranquility Fair

in Ocean Grove on Jan 2nd 2010!

be sure to put it on your calendar, and drop by to say hello!

Fishing in the O.G.!

how lucky are we to live in the beautiful coastal town of Ocean Grove

Here is my husband, a wannabe fisherman!!

Nick from Ocean Grove Fishing Charters

took him out the other day to teach him a thing or two!

Here he is with a Mako shark he reeled in along with some snapper and a bag of flathead!

check out Nick's website for more info

http://www.oceangrovefishingcharters.com.au/

or call Nick on 0408 547 542

wedding anniversary!!

Happy 9th wedding Anniversary to us!!

looking back through our album wow! how things change.

my gorgeous old vw that was our wedding car, how I remember running it into my sisters car the day before our wedding. (I didnt tell her til she sold hers months later!!)

3 children later, oh, that waist line, I do miss!!

how young we were, what fun we had!

ahhh, cheers to us and the next 9 years!!

a little birdy told me.......

some new birdy hair clips

I've been working on lately.

once again, taking over the dining table!!

lots of new hair clips + accessories are on their way

we are having another open studio december 3rd 11-5pm

be sure to email me katie@5starbaby.com.au if you need more info!

the ever beautiful Daylesford!

nestled in country vic. is the beautiful township of Daylesford

if your headed for a relaxing (or crazy) girls weekend
this is the place to go!!
taking the time out to actually relax this time,
we visited the lavendula lavender farm.
I couldn't help but fall in love with the place.
It is truely heavenly!

fab giveaway from oz material girls

http://theozmaterialgirls.blogspot.com/2009/10/win-shabby-rose-lecien-fabric-gift-pack.html

check it out!! what a great gift pack to win!

well done girls on your 5th birthday!!

lets all eat cake!!

OPEN STUDIO

THE DAY OF OUR OPEN STUDIO ARRIVED

WE HAD LOTS OF VISITORS

LOTS OF PURCHASES

SOME BUBBLES

AND LAUGHS

A GREAT DAY, ACTUALLY 2 DAYS

THANKYOU TO ALL THE FAB PEOPLE WHO DROPPED BY

WE HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE OUR STUDIO OPEN BY APPOINTMENT

FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO POP IN AND SEE OUR CREATIONS

LOCATED IN OCEAN GROVE VICTORIA

EMAIL katie@5starbaby.com.au

IF YOU WISH TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT

sugar and spice and all things nice......

these shorts ARE what little girls are made of!

they are the sugar and the spice

available in sz 2-3,4-5,6-7

too gorgeous for words!

a few free hours on a friday!

with a few free hours up my sleeve,

its time to whip up a few treasures for our open studio event.

its getting closer, only, dare I say it, 3 weeks away.

we are also launching our new label

Plain Frocking Jane

you can have a sneak peak at

http://www.plainfrockingjane.blogspot.com/

our open studio will be held in Ocean Grove

email me

katie@5starbaby.com.au for an invite

toy story alien costume for our school concert

for Mr Muscles
Little Mr had to have a turn too!

hope it lasts the week until the concert.
I may have to hide it.
its quite a hit!

check out my space

just have to show off my huge sewing room!

so very excited by it.

a big thankyou to my wonderful husband for all the cupboards and well for building the whole room really.

I LOVE IT!

now, back to work!

spring has sprung!

it is official, spring is in the air...........

with my eyes forced closed, I was led outside by my little miss

worried to see what may have occured,

screaming with absolute delight,

look mum, look what happened to the tree.

It seems, its been a few days since we ventured into the backyard,

and what was previously bare, has turned into absolute beauty

to see the excitement on her face,

It really is the simple things!!

I do love spring.

check us out!

check out

www.plainfrockingjane.blogspot.com

the new label from the designers of

5 star, baby! + BOB & MABEL

follow our exciting new adventure

on our blog

our website to come soon!!

fresh off the press!!

our first order for our new label

Plain Frocking Jane

beautiful organic denim with linen feature

RRP $50

available in Sept. from 'Seababes' Barwon Heads

Tresure Hunt

We are having our first giveaway!!

below you will find a clue,

follow the directions, then head back to my facebook page

have fun!!

your next clue!!

decide which of the hair packs you desire below, pink or red!

now head over to

http://bobandmabelclothing.blogspot.com/

become a fan if you so desire!!

make a note of what is the very top photo on the page.

be sure to check out the other gorgeous stuff Mandy has on there!!

once you have done that

head back to

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/5starbaby

to see the last clue.

it will be up tomorrow.

makes it more fun this way!!

treasure hunt photo

Up on the shelf with the old, in with the new!!

Here she is, my old treasured sewing maching.

It was my great grandmothers.

I learnt to sew on this baby!

It is knee operated and truely beautiful

my mum told me she would have it serviced for me,

bring her back to good working cond.

new wiring and a complete overhaul, She will have to wait.

Ive always been blessed with everyones offcasts. in the last 3 years,

I have loved to death 3 sewing machines.

and now I'm onto mums old one, which I'm sure I will also put to rest.

So instead, of having my old banger fixed,my mum, the compulsive shopper,

comes home with this new machine.

WOW!!

can I really be trusted with it?

WOW!!

I am so blown away to be simply given a new machine. I dont know what to say

THANKYOU MUMMY!!

It will be used everyday, that is a promise!

let them eat cake!
yummo, choc-chip cupcakes,
apple cupcakes
peanut butter + choc. biscuits
this is whats left after 7 children gorged themselves after school today!
so you can imagine how much there was to start with!
you can also imagine how many I ate,
but we will keep that a secret won't we!?!

ok, so I am organising our giveaway for when our facebook fanpage hits 100 fans

the sooner we all recruit, the sooner the giveaway will be on.

you will need to be following here,

or become a fan on

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Ocean-Grove-Australia/5-star-baby/83133602893

its going to be a good one, so tell all your friends!!

5 star, baby! + BOB & MABEL open studio

we have just ordered our invitations for our annual open studio event!!
come by see our studio, our creations, and meet us!!

be there to help us celebrate the launch of our new label
'Plain Frocking Jane'

details to come.....
in the mean time, check out
http://bobandmabelclothing.blogspot.com/

cheerio xx

more made it specials!!

another project headed to madeit

check it out!!

http://www.madeit.com.au/detail.asp?id=21112

girly gathered skirt

sz 5-8 $28

sneak peek

available october!!

can you hold on that long?!?

I so love the 50's
when I came across this one,
I simply couldn't resist the urge to share
enjoy xx

did you know,
when you give yourself a haircut,
mum will give you a new headband out of the box.
keep that in mind!!
hairdresser of the future

here birdie birdie.....

gorgeous birdie tee

available from

www.babiesandkids.com.au

right NOW!!

not many left, get in quick!!

I Madeit!!

here we are, finally I have sorted out myself, amazing I know, I have just listed my first things on www.madeit.com.au

follow my link to my storefront:

http://www.madeit.com.au/storecatalog.asp?userid=1367

I will be enthusiastically listing more each day when I get that spare nanosecond!!

let me know what you think................

Happy Happy Birthday big miss 6

my attempts at cake decorating!

the gorgeous flags given to my 5 star by my gorgeous friend Mandy from
BOB & MABEL
http://bobandmabelclothing.blogspot.com/
after many attempts, could only manage to photograph this much of the 7m of flags!!

ready for my Ella to discover all her pressies tomorrow

Happy 6th birthday

gorgeous girl!

gorgeous new summer skirt available sept. from

Seababes in Barwon Heads

email me for orders for the t-shirt

cute printed bird with love heart sewn tail

available in long ($40)or short sleeve($35).

can't wait to give this one to my little 5 star, who is turning 6 tomorrow!

katie@5starbaby.com.au

PLEASE stare at my hair

did someone say hair accessories?!?

gorgeous headbands

button pony tails

alligator hair clips (that hold even the most stubborn hair!)

Happy Birthday

just had to show off this gorgeous hat I bought for my husband's birthday tomorrow.

I got it from 'Blue Suede Shoes' in Pakington st. Geelong

the most fab. mens wear shop, with the best ever service.

anywho,

Happy Birthday Pab!

dreaming of summer!!

Here we are, we are freezing, we can't feel our toes, and I am making summer clothes. Its making me feel even colder!! Crazy Lady that I am. here is a peak of what I've been up to.........

these are gorgeous short made from organic cotton from the fabulous jay at

www.organicfabriconline.com.au

you can also check out my photos on my facebook fan page

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Ocean-Grove-Australia/5-star-baby/83133602893

my cheeky 5 star babies!

pictured here in designs for summer 09/10

available from

www.babiesandkids.com.au

or email

katie@5starbaby.com.au

for more info.

we are very excited to announce a new online stockist of our children's clothing range. be sure to check it out!!

www.babiesandkids.com.au

http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=83133602893#/pages/Ocean-Grove-Australia/5-star-baby/83133602893

check out this weeks specials

very limited quantities
first in will be best dressed


email me for more info
katie@5starbaby.com.au

new specials coming soon, stay tuned

wonders why one can never get all the great supplies in the one place. We were all over Melbourne in search of our printing supplies, only to come home and have to have them posted to us anyway! But a fabulous day for us not so Plain Jane country bumpkins!

Great coffee, and FABULOUS company, plus a few more ideas to inspire and keep us from our household duties!!

No more time to chat at present! No more coffee with the girls for a few weeks (boohoo). Time to work.

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a big thankyou to Jay from www.organicfabriconline.com.au who has featured a skirt on her website that I made for her. It is always nice to know people are happy with their purchases.

Here we go, my first ever blog. what can I say, it's been as mad as ever in our house this week. My lovely husband has been away fishing for the week, great for him!
In the meantime, I've been busily preparing some new ranges for the Wallington Primary School Strawberry Fair on Sunday March 1st. It suddenly dawned on me the other day, Its just over a week away, I need to get a move on. I'm having a market stall there. Please drop by if your in the area.
I will work on getting some photos up of some new ideas as soon as I can work out this whole blog thing!!
I'm not really computer savvy to say the least.