Goodies from tiKKi and Pint

Divine size 2 shorts from tiKKi - in soft organic dark blue denim



Gorgeous little Ella from Pint

October Stocking

Well this month the theme is

RETRO!!!

We have 3 guest wahms this month - how awesome is that.

They are Guest Wahm K - who I've teamed up with to do a little set. Still deciding whether to split the lovely goodies into two packs, or leave as is - comments welcome.

The little set consists of a New Size 1 Auriel with a lime inner, and 'K' has made a little bib, singlet and the most lucious little wipes I've seen, with the most beautiful detailed stitching.



Our other guest wahms are the divinely talented sisters Megsie and Tikki

I can't wait to see what they have instore, but a little birdie tells me that Megsie will have a Pint dolly and Tikki some gorgeous clothes and maybe even something knitted.

Well it's nearly time

for our monthly stocking

We've all been busy little bees and as you can see some absolutely stunning goodies have made their way into the store to tempt you.

The hunt is progressing well, with Bek, Shane and Stacey stumping just a few of you with the Gossamer Dreams Hunt. More clues are going up everyday - except the 15th, please don't look for clues on the 15th, because we aren't putting any up.

Now what's on offer. We have three Guest WAHMs at the 15th Stocking. Tracy and Jill from Fairy Fabrics have done some fantastic dyeing jobs on clothing and sheets. Mandy is back with one of her gorgeous bags. Bek has some semi-custom up. Donna some dollies. Stacey has some lucious goodies including pads. Me I've just got nappies this time.

And here's a peek at the one of the sets.



See you tomorrow morning at 8am for a preview of all the items up for grabs at 8pm Queensland time.

September Stockings

And the theme for September is

Spring Hippy

Well it's again time for the Great Cloth Nappy Hunt and the Gossamer Dreams girls are having a special month in the store. Everyday during the hunt, randomly and without warning an item will go up for sale. It could be from any one of our regular stockists, or our Guest Wahms - and we have a few this month. But as always the items will be gorgeous and special.

If you haven't already signed up to hunt - you can go here - we have 150 sponsor in this hunt, and over $7000 in prizes, including daily prizes and of course first to find all the icons.

Don't forget our normal 24 hour stocking on the 15th of the Month - these preview from 8am and go live for sale at 8pm.

Gossamer Dreams is an extreme site this hunt, so be prepared to baffled and bamboozled as Bek, Shane and Stacey have gotten together to devise the hunt. If you are stuck you can ask for clues/hints here

And of course here is the first teaser

Just a little punk :)

A little bit PUNK

oops, it's August already! our theme is...

A little bit PUNK!

Can anyone tell that Lesley is the super-organised Gossamer Dreams member?? lol! Sorry to keep you all waiting for the announcement!

Now I need to get back to work so that I've got some pics to put up later on...

oh, and I almost forgot! anyone want to guess who our returning guest WAHM is this month??

Who is this little cutie? Shall we ask her name...


...oh! too late, she's gone...

Our July theme is

Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes

So keep an eye out for The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and can you guess
what this Fairy Tale this nappy is from?



And yes it did take ages and no I have no idea what I was thinking lol!!

The Frog Pond

Just a teaser of a newborn tasting plate, just some of the gorgeous goodies in the pack. Can you guess what they are?

And just because it turned out sooo cute. The Little Robot.

Ribbit...and other stuff

A couple of teasers

Branching out......



One of my favourite indie designers....A gold star if you know who :)

Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

that's what little boys are made of.....

The June stocking is geared towards those gorgeous little boys, that love to climb, get into mischief and play in the mud. Doesn't mean that the girls are left out though, cause we all know that girls can get into as much mischief as those boys.

And our guest WAHM is the lovely Mel from Beetlebums. And her first little set is here.



Fisherman pants, t-shirt and an Inside Out - how gorgeous is this little set.

You can check Mel's goodies out at Beetlebums

And the winner is ..................

Randomly drawn the old fashioned way by my gorgeous cherubs. Actually there were two drawn out - cause they both had to have a go.







Krissy



Jodie

So if this is you - please contact me at cherubskiss at gmail dot com - with your name and postal address and sometime over the next couple of weeks, a small selection of goodies from the Gossamer Dreams girls will be headed your way. Please let us know if you have a girl or a boy.

flower power!

There's a very sad story about how "flower power" has ended up, lol! I created it for a particular application, which, for one reason or another didn't work out the way it was supposed to :o(... (ok, if you must have the truth, it was my own stupidity, but it's still tragic!)
I invented a lot of new swear words when I realised what had happened, but sadly even amazing new swearwords won't create an extra inch of fabric where it just doesn't exist! Anyway, I thought I'd show off the flower anyway! It's just not on the nappy it was supposed to be on!

Cooking up some colourful!

A little something thats *not* pads ;)

Ladybug, Ladybug

fly away home ..............



Gorgeous newborn Raphaels - Hand dyed bamboo velour in raspberry with bamboo velour inner. And a cute little 100% cotton ladybug print, with a red velour inner. Very lush and snuggly - both have bamboo boosting.

Back with more later in the week.

Donna is having a hiatus this month - as it's Birthday Month at the Bits for Bots household.

We'll also draw the winner from the send in a list of ideas - it will be randomly drawn so everyone has a chance at winning :)

Welcome to May

And the theme for May is

HAND-DYED

And we are absolutely stoked to welcome Sara from Willow and Moo as our guest WAHM for the month. Sara does gorgeous dyed garments, blankets - well practically anything you like. Her colour, design and workmanship are all outstanding and we hope you enjoy her wonderful goodies as much as we do.

And here is a sneak peek of what's to come from Sara.



a gorgeous twirly skirt, hand dyed in all the colours of the rainbow. This skirt will be available in the size of your choosing from size1 to size 8

Sara also has a etsy store - Willow and Moo
be sure to stop by for a visit to see her divine items.

poised on the edge of the galaxy...

okay, so Buzz Lightyear and Zurg were too hard to draw, lol, but you have to love the LGMs (Little Green Men), right!?

Fantasy Constellation

Gorgeous Set from Possum Pouches

Want to win some goodies?

Well we'd love your thoughts and suggestions for some themes for Gossamer Dreams? What would you like to see?

Throw those suggestions at us and go in the draw for some surprise goodies from the GD girls.

Just leave a comment (making sure that you have a way for us to contact you) and we'll draw the winner just before the next month's stocking.

One for the boys (or the girls)...

...and something for Mum...

April Theme

Well the Gossamer Dreams Girls were kept super busy in March with the Great Down Under Nappy Hunt and are well and truly exhausted. Stacey and Bek didn't let the team down with twisted and evil nappy hunts, wonder what they are cooking up for the September Hunt.

But onward and upward and to that end the April Stocking Theme is

Outer Space

The first offering in the blog is from me - a gorgeously stunning piece of fabric that I picked up recently, that ties in beautifully with this month's theme. It's an OOP Michael Millar fabric. I could only get 1/2 yard, so these items will be OOAK and marked as such. They are the cutest little Tots in Space. This one is a fitted Auriel, with lemon bamboo velour inner. Keep your eyes peeled for more Gossamer Dreams Goodness over the next few days.



How cute are those tots?





Stocking is Wednesday the 15th April at 8pm, with previews going up at 8am. Don't forget the items are yours when you get them into your cart - we give you time to checkout. Alot of these items there are only one of, so it's still first to the cart :)

"galumph" went the little green frog one day...

a joint effort...

Abundance

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Green speaks to me of natural beauty
- of the joy, the chaos and the abundance of nature.
Heres just a tiny peek of something designed with that vision.

Toad-ally yours

Something for the bigger cherub :)

Lime Delight

Who can resist a pack of soft and squishy newborn goodness :)



I'll have a couple more nappies, some Frog's Legs and something for the girls as well.

It's not that easy being green

I love Kermit the Frog's rendition of that song. Anyone remember?
If you can't remember all the words here's the frog himself.


Green is such a cool, calming colour. We like it so much we have devoted an entire stocking to it!
Our stocking will take place on the 15th as usual - just in time to get you in the mood for St Patrick's Day on the 17th.

We hope you enjoy our offerings this month...especially those of our very talented guest WAHM.

Here's a part of a set I'm cooking up this week.

MMM, Cupcake Goodness

I'll be auctioning this little treasure off on Sunday at the stocking, to raise funds for the Bushfire/Flood victims. I'll have extra goodies to go in the auction if they auction hits certain levels, full details on Gossamer Dreams on Sunday. So you might just get the skirt, or you might get nappy/skirt, or babylegs/skirt. Just keep bidding and you'll end up with a gorgeous packet of goodies, with the funds going to a worthy cause.



This skirt is made from the Flipsy skirt pattern by Make it Perfect


It's fully reversible - so two skirts for the price of one and it's ever so cute.



Check out the gorgeous hem detail and the cute heart shaped buttons.

Shhhh!! Softies Sleeping

from Stacey, aren't they cute !!!

February Stocking

February...Valentines Day....all things sweet and lovely come to mind. The Gossamer Dreams team all agree that a sleeping child is indeed a sweet and lovely sight. With this thought in mind our theme for February is Sweet Dreams.
The first offering from Bits for Bots is this trio of sleeping wee babies complete with their very own sleeping bags.

The platties are multiplying!

Here's another one :)

Possum Pouches' Australia

Working with the theme My Australia was easy for me as I love everything about my country.However I have chosen to work within the endangered/threatened/at risk category. Pressure of other comitments means I had to cut back on my original list but am putting the final touches to some items, based on animals or places that are under some sort of threat, whether from global warming, loss of habitat, or human intervention or a combination of many causes.I had a lot of pleasure putting them together based on this theme.

A few changes

We've decided after much discussion to move the Gossamer Dreams store to a Congo Cart. Most of you know well how to use Congo Cart and it will also overcome the issue of overselling of products.

Please make note of a couple of points :-

Items are yours when carted however they will remain in your cart for only 5 minutes. Therefore you must checkout within the 5 minute timeframe to retain your products. If you do not checkout in this time, they will return to stock

Please check store listings carefully - some items will have postage included and others will have posted added on checkout.

Hyena policy - we are more than happy for you to Hyena on behalf of another, however, please make it clear in your comments, if the item is to be sent to another person. We will not resend invoices. Invoices will be sent to the purchaser as per the details listed in your purchase invoice.

Outrageous!!

And the team here at Gossamer Dreams is absolutely delighted to welcome Stacey from Outrageous to the Gossamer Dreams Team. Stacey will be a regular along with the 4 other wahms you know and love. Teamed with Guest Wahms, you'll find exceptional quality, design and outstanding goodies at every stocking.

You can find Stacey's Outrageous Pads stockists here

And here is a sneak peek of something that's coming just in time for our January stocking.

Plattie needs a home

This little one will be looking for a new home come the 15th. Made from bamboo/organic cotton velour and cotton corduroy and stuffed with wool this is one cuddly Platypus. As always I have hidden her from my children with promises to make them one each!

The Flag

The first of the Cherub's Kiss offerings for January. I'm very proud to be an Australian, so the flag was of course the first thing that came to mind.




It's a denim fitted, with lush red velour inner.



All the parts of the applique have been freehand drawn by me, and then appliqued one at a time with satin stitch on the machine.

Guest WAHM

and here's a peak from a our guest WAHM 'K'

Swimming betweeen the flags

Well here we are in 2009! Here's hoping you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We are all set to kick off the year with a fabulous stocking on the 15th. This month our theme is
My Australia. All the Gossamer Dreams contributors have been musing on what Australia means to us.
Here's a peek at the first offering from Bits for Bots. We had our first beach day of the summer not long ago and I take my hat off to our awesome Surf Lifesavers who volunteer their time to keep us safe. Here's a soft and squishy bamboo velour fitted for all those beach babies.

Just a reminder

Ladies, there is no Gossamer Dreams Stocking for December - the Gossamer Dreams ladies are all taking a much needed break. But we'll be back bright and breezy in January. Keep your eyes peeled from early January as we start sneaking up some wonderful goodies.