Knees up for autumn

Today was a first hint of autumn and I took the opportunity to show off my new pair of knee socks I had been waiting to wear (these aren't my pins pictured by the way). I found the Sox Trot range like I had been given at this Canadian website but I think mine were purchased in a store in Brisbane (in Edward St I think?).

Sunday night tea time

It is a long weekend here in Victoria but today was a long one for all the wrong reasons. Yesterday's wild weather conditions in Melbourne led to considerable damage at the Lyssy May studio resulting in a lot of mopping up the floors and shelves (and the odd tear at some of the precious items that are now waterlogged such as a stitchery guide my grandmother gave me for my 15th birthday). However fortunately the stock and fabrics are all ok which I am thankful for and at least I have a nice dry roof to sleep under unlike some Melbournians tonight as the rain falls again (plus I cannot imagine how those in Queensland are dealing with the devastating floods when just a few inches of water is so awful to deal with).

It was nice however to come home to see what is in the fridge for a quick meal and a lovely Sunday night dinner of poached Daylesford Organics farm eggs with ham on toast has made me a bit more sunny side up tonight!

Too good to use...

A recent treat for my sewing box - a gorgeous handcarved and painted quick-unpick. Available at Mac Pelican (they had tape measures too!).

thaw magazine

Many thanks to Thea who discovered a lovely Ballarat self published zine - thaw - and let me know about it. I was thrilled to see a little feature of Lyssy May bags inside of the summer edition which are available at Blonde Vintage 425 Sturt St, Ballarat (thanks to Kim the editor for including them!). I recommend checking it out even if you are not local to the area - you can subscribe here for just $3 an issue.

new cardholder fabrics

New cardholders in laminated Japanese cotton available here.

big decisions from a little time

Today is a day I've been putting off - lack of storage plus a high amount of sentimentality spells disaster when deciding which childhood toys are to be kept, which are for charity and which realistically need to be binned - noooo!

Here are some of the ones that are just too special to let go so room will just have to be found.

my first cash register - if only a trip to the supermarket cost $3.95 these days

feminists look away - i was so excited with my carpet sweeper back in the day

I had forgotten how lovely this cardboard 'preschool alphabet' is - definitely a great decorator item to keep

Lyssy May Website back up again

Update: we are back in business - yay.

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Monday-morning-itis has hit lyssy may! There are problems with our hosting service at the moment and the website and email is down. If you need to contact us please call our studio 03 90043229.

Hope you have a better start to the day! x