Sing Choirs of Angels!

Angels... harrysdesk decoration 2011

As in past years I have used my favourite medium , men’s neckties, to make a decoration for the coming Christmas season.

This year was no exception.

I love how often the angelic crowd are mentioned in the biblical Christmas story, and so they have become, for our family one of the big symbols we associate with Christmas.

Every year we give the girls an angel each to hang on the tree, or sit on the mantle piece. It’s a reminder to them that God is much bigger than they can imagine, that there are things in this life they don’t yet understand and that we are all called to be messengers of the good news…… just like the angels were on the first Christmas.

Siver and Sky Blue..... no two the same.

My great friend Cathy McKay has written the poem this year, and I am so thankful to her for that.

Each angel comes with a printed poem for you to hang or use in your advent activities.

All for $12

....made from reclaimed neckties, buttons and ribbon.

Time weary waiting

On the long silent God to speak

Angel voices split cold, black silence

Saturating the void with glory

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The dust-bound tremble, breaking under glory’s weight.

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Fear flees with a word

God has left the glory of the highest

Slipping to the cold, dark earth

In the cold, black silence

Speaking, being, bringing peace.

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Previously I have made stars and trees.

The angels, stars and trees can now be purchased via

• my etsy store,
• Recycled Market.
• …..or contact me directly.

Lots of new listings on Etsy… have a peek!

My etsy shop is full to the brim with Christmas gift ideas. Click on the owl below to have a look!

Updated Bag gallery… have a look

Make a photo slideshow

New Listings in my etsy shop.

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade allyadeney.etsy.com

Three bags in three days: BAG 2 – ‘yet to be named’

A new bag with owl detail. What will I be known as.......?

The bottom......

Very similar to the Mackay, but with an owl instead of a rosette, the unnamed bag could be used by both males and females.

The owl is removable, and/or inter-changable. There are three to choose from (only one comes with the bag).

Met 'Peggy' Owl

... and this is 'Saki'

'Barnett' the owl

Fleur de lis, wide stripes, spots and thin stripes.

Inside, keeping with the unisex idea, I have used a Japanese art inspired ‘Volcom’ T-shirt for the lining, together with white cotton ticking.

The inner pocket is the T-shirt sleeve! 4 small pockets to hold your keys and phone and wallet and anything……

oooohhh so many pockets.

shaped pockets especially for precious things.

The ‘Yet to be named ‘bag has an adjustable strap made from two ties. So the strap can go from  70cm to 150cm long. This means it can either be worn over the holder as a hand bag or over the body as more of a satchel style.

Measuring approx 30cm x 35cm it can accommodate a magazine or A4 notebook flat with room to spare for all those other essentials.

Both the front and the back are equally as interesting, so you choose which one is the facing side and place your owl….and any other interesting badges you may own, and wear it boldly.

the flip side of "Yet to be named"

Give Away: This is it!

You have only hours to make an entry in the blogoversary bag give away. Don’t miss out!

I have compiled a list of entries because I wanted to be sure everyone was entered the correct number of times! If I haven’t got you listed and you think you should be, let me know. If you are not listed and you want to be, there is still time!

But only until Midnight tonight!

1. Stepanie
2. Stephanie: Facebook
3. Stephanie : blogged at Moobear
4. Stephanie: tweet
5. Ali:
6. Ali: Facebook
7. Ali: blogged at Something this foggy day
8. Liz Cameron
9. Liz Cameron (fb)
10. Michelle
11. Michelle (fb)
12. Su
13. Sophie
14. Sophie: blogged at storms dressed as stars
15. Thora
16. Thora: Facebook
17. Laura
18. Laura: Facebook
19. Laura: blogged at Lily & Me
20. Nicole
21. Nicole: Facebook
22. Nicole: blogged at 168hours
23. Christine
24. Simone R
25. Simone.R: blogged at another something
26. Jo C
27. Jenny K
28. Jenny K: Facebook
29. Cathy McKay
30. Cathy McKay: Facebook
31. Cathy McKay: blogged at the Best Book co-op
32. Caroline E
33. Caroline E: Facebook
34. Caroline E: an extra because she wrote her comment as a poem. That certainly took some thought.
35. Rebecca
36. Lou Blencowe
37. Lou Blencowe: Facebook
38. charissa forrest
39. Heather
40. Heather: Facebook
41. Heather: blogged at epiphany
42. Kath
43. Kath: Facebook
44. Kath: blogged at listening space
45. Therese
46. Theresa: Facebook
47. Theresa: blogged at all my days all my hours
48. Mel
49. Susan Ravenhall
50. Susan Ravenhall: Facebook
51. Leah Egiziano
52. Meredith
53. Elizabeth
54. bec c

Give Away: Only 5 days to go!

Hey, do you want a new bag!

Only 5 days left to enter the draw for a free one as part of my blogoversary, don’t miss out.

Click on the photo and it will take you through to the details.

Give Away… don’t miss out!

Thanks everyone for entering so far … and blogging …. and facebooking.

Just in case you were wondering…. you don’t need to be an Australian resident to enter.I will get it to you where ever you are!

Don’t be shy

More details here

It’s my Blogoversary!

Wow, one year has passed and you are still here?

Thank you!

I have loved having a blog and a little label way more than I thought I would.

One of the things I like most about the combination of blog and label is I get to give things away.

To celebrate being here (in the blogospher ) I am giving something away.

Surprise, surprise.

….and this is the best one yet!

A Bag.

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To be in for a chance to win the bag of your choice from the ones in the above slideshow you need to do one or more of these things.

1.  Add a comment below for a chance to win harrysdesk bag. Tell me which one you like the best and why.

2.  For a second entry, add a link on your facebook page and tell us about it in the comments box below.

3. Blog about us with a link back here (mention it in the comments box below)

4.  Remember if you are not a blogger, you can still comment, but make sure you leave a contact email address!

So go for it.

I will randomly draw the winner on the 30th of May 2010 so leave your comments by then.

A new bag could be yours.

Thanks again for reading along on harrysdesk.

A new page ….

For the last month or so I haven’t been making anything for harrysdesk, but I have been doing a lot of thinking about the year ahead.
One of the things I am keen to put together are gallery collections of items that I have made.
I hope to make a number of separate collections. Bags, T-shirts, broaches, jewelry and others.
Here’s the first one. Enjoy!!

I am hoping that these will serve a couple of purposes.
1. I can have a record of everything I have made, and 2. It should make it easier to get a feel for what I do, without having to search through the whole blog.
What I would love from you, if you are willing, is some frank feedback. If you think the way I have done it looks naff, say so. I’ll still talk to you! Really! It would be enormously helpful to know what you think.