Welcome Back

Here I am. It has been a while. But now that there is a new camera in the house which apparently is so whizz bang all the photos will look fantastic regardless of the content, I have decided to resume blogging. We shall see how it goes.
Have to figure out how to do everything again first..
Deep breath.
OK.
So here are the best things I have made. And this is what they are always like! Imagine this in the shopping centres, walking in the streets and imagine how I feel quite a bit of the time...

These pics were taken on a recent trip to their Grandad's property. Can you see the coats we are wearing? It is winter, and on a large property like this there are plenty of areas for water to pool....

And so I am the mum, "Be careful in the water..." "Don't splash too much..." "It is cold - don't get too wet..."
But of course we all knew the outcome.

The girls were equally sopping and got really cold on the 300m walk back to the house. But I think they loved it. And luckily we were prepared with changes of clothes for everyone...
The joys of being a mum.

39 days

well only 39 days to go so what did I do?

1. started a new dishcloth/facewasher. I think we need heaps more. The girls love them.

2. I started a naughty mat - in super bulky yarn to put at the front door for well, those times.

3. got my first delivery of milk and bread from aussie farmers direct. More about that tomorrow after I get the fruit/veg pack.

40 days to go

Well as the sign says, 40 days to go (well approximately, at 3 weeks to go we will get definate confirmation of an unchangeable date!) and what have we done?

Today we have cleared up the garage so that we can move all our stuff down there as a "staging area" and alright we have packed up some stuff and minimised our clothes (again!) so that we have basically nothing to wear!

Then onto something crafty, so I pulled out my WIPs (works in progress, much nicer than UFOs - unfinished objects don't you think?) and finished off the sewing of one thing.

Yes! Isn't it cute? One of two that I am making for the girls. The centre panel and all fabrics used I bought with Spotlight vouchers my friends have given me for gifts recently :P (within 3 years shall be recent!) And I have recycled an old sheet as the backing for the doona cover. All that remains is to add snaps to the bottom, but I will wait until I have all the covers I want to do at the same spot before getting it out.

And then there is this. My lovely sock for me. Other people can take such good shots why can't I?

stashbusting swap

Here is what I received in the stashbusting swap on Ravelry.
How cool is the owl hat?!
And these wristlets are in my car cause I wear them all the time. And look at the blurry pic of the beret. Covers all my head. Wore it to the farmers market on Sunday it was great.

Paperbag Swap

Missy Mack hosted a paper bag swap recently. (have posted about it earlier somewhere) and I thought I should post these pics of what I sent and received.

This orange and green project folder and matching coffe cup bag were made by me for Levineke.

Then below in the pink and blue is my parcel (minus the Frankie magazine which had already been 'borrowed' by the time I go the camera ready!)

Anyway, 2 potholders (YAY my first for my new house!) and a toiletries bag complete with little bunny mirror and worry dolls.. Unfortunately my toiletry bag is being used instead as a fantastic sock project bag! It fits a sock project perfectly. Then I put it in my handbag (which is huge I admit!) and I am set for the day.

Swap parcels received #!

Ok this is the first of a few entries mainly for my aunt who sadly seems unable to get on to Ravelry!


First this is my Seuss swap package I got. The cat and the hat has been claimed by DD2 who constantly drags him around the house with her. The koolaid I will use for dying (I am getting into it.) ANd the scarf is a seussy looooong scarf perfect for the cold weather at the moment.




These next 2 photos are from my 80s sci-fi swap. Look at all the reading! The pattern up the back is for Yoda! How cool is that! Will post a pic when I make him..
Oh and the cowl, my first! Another item in use now. And the zippered purse is currently holding my project for yet another swap I am working on. Cannot show that cause it isn't finished.

thursday 4th

Hi all
well here is a sneak peek of the paperbag swap i sent to Levin as part of the paper bag swap. Have not heard if it has been received yet so cannot post bigger pics.

And here is a picture of some tops I appliqued for DD1. Am not really sure I should get her to pick pictures again. The fourth top (purple) she wants me to put a fire truck on. It kind of jars me cause there is a lot of orange and green that looks terrible with the purple. Oh well..

Have signed up for a lot more swaps so have to get cracking!