Silence

The silence is over, I'm back after nearly a blog free month.

Firstly I had a wisdom tooth removed a week and a half after being on the wrong antibiotics and told it was sinus... finding a new doctor i think!

Then I flew to Brisbane for some R & R and reembered on the plane that i forgot my camera! Clever me packed a bag inside a bag though and felt silly doing it but seriously the second case was full after a week so I was glad I did it.

I picked up some lovely yarn & the Nov/Dec issue of Crochet Today! Sept/Oct hasn't even hit the shelves here yet.

Next I had a shopping list of all the things you can't get in The Ville, the hardest thing to find on the list was the size 11 ladies thongs required by my 11 year old daughter. Yes that's not a spelling mistake, the girl is tall and since returning home I'm now sure she's taller than me but I'm not pointing it out to her anytime soon :)

I also caught up with some lovely friends, my auntie, uncles and cousins. love those guys to pieces and didn't realise how much i missed them!

This is my beautiful friend Dani who used to work with me in Darwin many years ago. She is very special to me and actually had a dream about me being pregnant and told me about it. I took a pregnancy test (we worked in pharmacy) to prove to her I wasn't pregnant and it turned out positive. Hello twins!



One of the many Bizarre stories of my life!

Right now I'm busy making a xmas stocking for Selina's swap and I don't really want to spoilt it for my partner if she happens to peak, but I might take some sneaky shots so you can sneak a peak.

Bringing back the good stuff

This is me aged 2 and a half I'd say. Our family went to visit Nana in Enoggerra for Christmas and my parents must have loved me because they bought me the best present ever. I remember playing with this Tree house for hours and hours. I bet mum thought it was the best present ever too!

Over the years I have wondered what happened to my Tree house. I even stalked eBay for a while to get one but they were all incomplete or cost half my grocery bill in postage and I just couldn't justify it.

So you could imagine my joy when I found out they had reproduced it and pimped it up a little. I asked my older 2 kids if I should get one and they convinced me i should so i went ahead and ordered it (because you should always take advice from 11 year olds when there are no other adults around :) Dman will be getting this for Christmas i think, breaking all my rules of buying and supporting hand made. Forehead slap! I just had to... damn you awesome childhood memories. I'm thinking I'll make a playmat for it so it will come complete with handmade goodness aswell...


Now to convince fox that the price is okay and that it's a unisex toy...lol

PS. since i ordered it, I have found it cheaper and in stock on other sites

PPS. don't tell fox

My creative space...

Is more like a creative adventure, and this is the begining.

It's going to be a blanket much like Amelie's but this time I'm using some rather bold Kaffe Fasset fabric just for fun.

And now for some more viewing pleasure, turn the channel over to Kootoyoo the home of Creative Space's.

For the mermaid lover

I made this mermaid pencil case using denim & appliquing the mermaid on first using The same pattern as Dman's Pirate Quilt. And ofcourse I had to use the fish fabric for lining.








The birthday girl seemed impressed.



This arrived in the mail today from Bendigo Woolen Mills and I couldn't be more excited. I've been using Lion brand cotton yarn, which is nice but too thick for the project I'm about to start. I love that they sent me colour charts too with actual yarn samples. Big toothy grins all round.

Now to create...

This week...

I was surprised to find out both my older kids qualified for shot put in the zone inter school sports representing their school.

And my eldest son has been chosen to represent his school for rugby union.

My youngest son went for his 4 year old check up and was supposed to get vaccinated but got a script for an ear infection instead.

The doctor tells me he should be able to draw a detailed picture of himself but all he can manage is a scribble. will have to work on that! His gross motor skills are normal.

I have ordered some cotton yarn from bendigo mills and while i wait for it's arrival I made...



rhubarb & lemon cordial, just improvised on this recipe a little by adding citric acid. So delish, and I made mini rhubarb muffins using the left over pulp from the cordial.



Made a drink bottle holder for my cousin who moved to Virginia, USA this year. I made her son one for his birthday earlier this year and she has been 'borrowing' it from him. So now she can give it back!



Inspired by the lovely Pip Lincoln and her yellow box project



portion controlled devil's food cake :)



And this is what I'm working on, it's going to be a pencil case for a mermaid fan's birthday.
will post more on this later.

Enjoy your weekend, ours will be spent cleaning up the garden on Saturday and dusting and cleaning walls on Sunday. Who wants to come to my place?