Halloween Post - TV Edition for Big Kids aka 'grownups'

Heading on to Adult costumes for those of us that love Halloween and dressing up, we couldn't go past a personal favourite character from childhood... the stunning Maleficent!

Maleficent from wickedandwonder

and seriously? Have you seen Cinderella?? 

*jaw drop*

Cinderella from wickedandwonder

They are officially on my Wish List!! Go Look!! I'll wait here...

*sigh* Medieval party, wedding, heck - make up a reason, 

but wear beauty like these dresses at any cost!!

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For the Game of Thrones fans, can you really go past an incredible John Snow outfit?

We didn't think so :)

John Snow Cloak from PungoPungo

Now, we know that the John Snow is just the cloak...

but seriously, can you go past such a gorgeous photo/outfit? * soft sigh* 

Halloween Post - Star Wars Edition

As I was looking around for Halloween costumes for the Dragonetts and Hatchlings, I kept favouriting Star Wars costumes.

So here's a post dedicated to our favourite Star Wars Costumes...

Let's start with the Hatchlings - 

Love this for a little one!

Princess Leia set from SunnyCrochet

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For the Little Bounty Hunter in all of us

Boba Fett Crochet hat from Handmade75

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For the school aged costumers -

Obi Wan Kenobi from Kenickys

I am in LOVE with this seller!! A HUGE range of costumes... I had to hide my screen from the Dragonetts to avoid the "OOHH I WANT THAT ONE!!" lol

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And what is an Obi Wan without a Princess Leia?

Princess Leia from kellyscostumes

We are HUGE fans of kellyscostumes - they have been featured on here before! Some day, we might even be able to buy one of their gorgeous costumes!!

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Now Costumes for the 'Big Kids' aka us adults

Adult Star Wars Costumes from KatashaCostumes

Just fabulous!!

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And a fan favourite in the Jolly Dragon household - Han Solo!

Han Solo costume from magicwardrobe

Phew!!

And that's not including all the C3POs and R2D2s across the age ranges ~lol~

Where are all the pretties?

I'm so sorry everyone, for the recent lack of pretties to drool over.

My computer and I are no longer on polite speaking terms. Computer has turned into a curmuduny old blighter and reduces me to foot stamping teenager!

Currently, I am using my tablet, but it lacks a certain... ease of use let's say, for blogging in the format I use.

So bear with me, I'll soon have this figured out!

Cross Stitch Bliss!

I have been doing cross stitch since I was a very young girl. Starting out with those greeting card ones and working up to big 4ft ones (which I WILL finish before I die... maybe...only been 20yrs, got heaps of time...haha).

And being the eternal child that I am, the 'rude' ones make me laugh like a kid on poprocks and whizzfizz!

One of my favourite designer/sellers is Ark who owns SmallStitchShop on Etsy.
She is responsible for the Whatever Bitch Unicorn that is so popular

Whatever Bitch Unicorn from SmallStitchShop

The one I have my eye on next from Ark (I'm currently and extremely slowly working on a Cyberman *see below* from pickleladyfarm and I mean slowly! Argh!) is a quote from our favourite pilot Wash and his famous dinosaurs...

This Land

This Land from SmallStitchShop

Now. One of my all time favourite geek designers is pickleladyfarm. Her stuff is incredible!!

Here is the Cyberman one I am currently and slowly working on. Lovely pattern to follow and stitch.

Cyberman from pickleladyfarm

Another I have from pickleladyfarm is Police Box Bigger Inside which is also about 1/3 completed -lol- I really must finish things before moving onto the next obsession :D

Police Box Bigger Inside from pickleladyfarm

I absolutely LOVE this one and it's definitely on the ' To Buy' list! One of the most well known sayings of the new Doctor Who series - Don't Blink

Don't Blink from pickleladyfarm

Goodness, I can never die because I have too many projects planned -haha!! Next time I do a cross stitch one, I'll do one with the rude ones I love so much. This one turned into more of a geek post, didn't it hahaha!

BeesWax Wraps from Nicnak

We are moving away from disposable stuff here and looking at more reusable items. 

When you think of reusable in the kitchen, most people think about lunchboxes or Tupperware and the like. But what about cling wraps? I know that in a family of 6, we would use a LOT of cling wrap and to be honest, I never really gave it much thought - terrible isn't it!

So when a friend started making beeswax cotton wraps to replace her cling wrap, I had to learn more.

She uses her own bees wax from her backyard and washed cotton squares of differing sizes. As beeswax is naturally antibacterial, its a great addition to our kitchen instead of chemical filled plastics.

So I had to try it!

We bought frogs, cupcakes and two different stars and off to school they went, with Dragonmumma a bit worried that they wouldn't come home. But it was great! The kids loved the prints and the ease of use (Dragonett Lad not a fan of cling wrap) and a quick wipe and they were ready to go the next day.

Since then, we have gotten some more - the bugs ones are awesome!!

A definite Winner Here!!

Covering a bowl

Helping bread to rise

Different Prints

BUGS!!!

Available Range

You can buy your own at Nicnak (Facebook page) or just have a lookie-loo and tell 'em Dragonmumma says hi!

Welcome Back!!

Hey Fellow Interneters!

As is CLEARLY obvious, I took a long break from my blogs while I was off baking and raising sproggletts and dealing with life in general.

But I am again feeling the lure of my blogs, so will be resurrecting them all again!! WOOT!!

So to start it off for 2015, here are a few things I am currently drooling over!!

From the Store Silly Duffa's comes the most gorgeous skirts!! Here is Over The Rainbow...

I am also catching up with the times and I'm on Facebook now, so I'm adding Facebook links if I have them too - Check out the stunning photos on Silly Duffa's FB page!! 

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Then we have NiceRiceShop's lovely geeky short Marvel Comic Heroes Skirt

I have this fabric! It's gorgeous!! Can't say I'm a fan of her photo skills, but hey, It's her store :D But that skirt is beautiful!


Well, that should do it for the first post back! I have HEAPS all hidden away in my Pinterest (OH MY GOODNESS!! PINTEREST!!) so will be updating every few days :D

See you all soon and Happy Buying :D

A Stunning Kid Outfit

Now, if you read my last blog post, you'll know that I closed my store in protest of what Etsy has chosen to become. I now only buy from sellers I 'know' now.

But, I have recently been poorly and bored, so I went wandering in the dress section.  And I came across this stunning outfit!!

This Girls Ruffled Pants Halter Back Set  is stunning and is very much on my "If I Had Money List" from seller sanguinetticlothing

And on a personal, parental note - if this was my child, this photo would be pride of place - look at the joy on that little face!!!  aaaaawwwwwww

Etsy has reached a New Low

As regular readers will know, I regularly get most, if not nearly all, my finds from Etsy. It has been touted for years as the place to get handmade crafts made by the actual artists themselves. It promoted itself as anti-reseller...

WELL - they decided that all those hardworking, honest crafters and artists are really not worth it. They went against their very own policies (not surprisingly LOL) and FEATURED a reseller on their Front Page. When the shit hit the fan, not only did the reseller herself say she was a reseller, Etsy then turned around and said she WASN'T.

Get all the goss at the following links

Regretsy "the etsy featured reseller ecologica malibu"

Well, after all that (and deleting ALL the comments on the Reseller Feature - OF COURSE) they posted this crap....worse bit is that they expected everyone to suck AND swallow!!

Etsy Announcement on Obvious Reseller is Obvious

Well, suffice to say, I shut down my store with Etsy and sent a nice email to let them know why :)

Not that they will care.

THEN, SpecialMe, a Regretsy Forum Regular, made and posted this Beautiful Treasury

LMAO!!

So, it now looks like Etsy is NOT really there for Handmade Artists, but for the $$s of Resellers. Self Confessed Resellers at that!!  Never mind that they shut down stores that had people helping with ONE aspect of the process when the seller/artist made everything else themselves, as long as you pay big, that's the bottom line now.

Now, I am on the lookout for a new platform to buy handmade, ethical items......

let me know if you find one!

P.S. if you want more, head to the Regretsy Forums

A New post for a New Year

Took a bit of a break, but back with some special items to show off.

JewelRenee is an artist I met on the Regretsy Forums and I was immediately drawn to her illustrations.

Honestly, she is amazing! I just wish I had more money and a Landlord who allowed me to put pictures up!! As it is, I have her Hellephants and Balloon Fish on my desk and on my Photo Gallery Sideboard. Now, I will soon have this gorgeous Hairy Frog Fish!! Not only is this my favorite fish, this particular Hairy Frog Fish is special to me as well. This artist drew this just for me!!

FOR ME!!!

Can you believe that?

WOOT!!

Anyway, Here it is, in all it's glory!! Frog Fish Illustration

Here are a few more illustrations from JewelRenee... linkies under the pictures

Balloon Fish Illustration

Mama Black Bear and Cubs Illustration

Deep Sea Angler Fish

Sea Horse 'The Conversation'

Gorgeous!!

So GO!! Buy lots and support this amazing artist!!

Oh No! Our First Bad Seller Review :(

I'm sad to say, we have our first Bad Seller Review :(

I know, I was hoping it wouldn't happen either!!

Our Very First Post on this blog was about The Little Mermaid. We showed a gorgeous handbag by

NinasCustomDesigns

that we were very interested in for my daughters 6th birthday. We were also very interested in one of her Little Mermaid Dresses.

Well, we ordered a dress and handbag for Christmas.

Baaaaaaaad idea sadly!!

The handbag is gorgeous - very well made, handle shorter than pictured, but *meh* can live with that.

Dress was AWFUL!!

Our Advice here at DragonMumma's Envy - AVOID!!

Sewing is abysmal. Trim is replaced with whatever the seller thinks works - without any consultation. Trim is missing - apparently "forgotten". Seller then ignores any other contact she doesn't like. We requested a partial refund (we are not sending the dress back a week before Christmas and at Aussie Post Prices for her to not do what we paid for originally - seller accepted that she had messed up, but was only willing to change a few items and not to actually do what we had originally paid for) but seller then chose to ignore us.

So, might want to avoid this particular seller. What a pity.

CATCHUP!!!

lol, we have been totally slack in updating this blog - when we discovered Treasuries on Etsy, well...suffice to say, they are easier by FAR than this blog!! But I haven't neglected this blog altogether, I have had items sitting in my favorites bar just waiting for their chance!!

And Here goes!!

HELLEPHANT!! * by a Regretsian Forum Reader and Crafter Extraordinaire Princess Bohemia Strapless and sold by Etsy Reseller and Regretsian Forum Reader BBAmazeballs

I have informed Hubby that he ~IS ~ to buy me one for Christmas,

or I will refuse to believe that there is a Santa :P

*Hellephant was made popular by Regretsy website

Then we have Carved Wooden Animals by Etsy Seller and TeamApril Member Jupiterschild

and finally today (because my Internet is shaped - will do more next month)

SQUEEEEEE!!

Waldorf Inspired Doll - Nixie by Etsy Seller and Teamapril Sunkisseddolls

Calling all cat owning Whovians!! (well, even just Whovians really!!)

While wandering icanhascheezburger (or lolcats as some call it) I came across this....

*please hold your jaw, so as not to hurt it on the desk when it drops and get someone you trust to hide your credit cards before looking!!*

 From tardisbuilders forum

W A N T W A N T W A N T W A N T W A N T!!!

*deep breath*

W A N T W A N T W A N T W A N T W A N T!!!!!

Lets Party!

Costumes are the word of the day!

Now, here's a tip - the Name of the Item and the Sellers names are links you can click to see their actual shops - please check them out!

Lets get to it!!

This post is a big one - if your computer takes it's time to load, this one might need you to go get a hot cuppa or something - Very Picture Heavy!

Gorgeous!! Little Piggy Costume from Etsy Seller ANeedlePullingThread

My favorite Movie The Fifth Element!! Lee Loo Dallas from Etsy Seller threemusesclothing

Another Favorite - Star Trek - Star Trek Original Dress Uniform from Etsy Seller correenscdesigns

Monet Inspired Waterlilies Fairy Dress from Etsy Seller Deconstructress

The Next Version - Star Trek - The Next Generation Star Trek TNG from Etsy Seller BeccaBuckle

Scarlett Fantasy Gown from Etsy Seller and Perennial Favorite here -  RomanticThreads

Red Long Braid Wig from Etsy Seller Puppycatmeow

Tinkerbell Fairy Dress from Etsy Seller Spookykittencouture

19th Century Colonial Child's Dress from Etsy Seller Pecansandies

Pirate Ship Stroller Costume from Etsy Seller mapletree2000

Historical Period Child's Costume from Etsy Seller kellyscostumes 

Scarlett O'Hara ~ Gone With The Wind from Etsy Seller Bbeauty79

Dracula Gothic Renaissance Gown from Etsy Seller zachulascrypt

So Bright, So Happy, So WANT! Clown Costume For Toddler from Etsy Seller DIPdesigns

A Classic!! A Simple Classic!! Batman & Robin Costume from Etsy Seller stitchingembroidery