Craftsy Block of the Month Project

Well, it's now March & I haven't written in a while obviously.

What I am up to now ... I have signed up to The Craftsy Block of the Month (BOM) online class. Lots of fun! I haven't done much quilting & don't know any blocks or how to do them, so this is going to be my 1st big Quilt! So excited! My Mum bought me the fabric for it for my Christmas pressie (2011 Christmas).

I will admit, that is now March, & I still haven't started it ... but I have printed out the instructions - does that count? lol

Pop on over & check it out if you are interested. The class itself is FREE! You can use any fabric you want, you don't even need to make a quilt. You can just do the various blocks if you want. A great idea for anyone from beginners to experts.You can click on the above image to go directly to the class, or you might just want to browse the Craftsy site - then click HERE.You can join up at any time throughout the year, so you are not too late even now to join in!

I hope to update my blog each time when I complete a block, rather than do it on Facebook. But who knows, I may post on facebook as usual lol.

Happy crafting!

Addiction

Have you ever wondered what life would be like if we had no internet now? I know there is a lot of us who have lived without the internet & even without a computer. I know I have, but gosh to go the opposite direction & go from having it to NOT having it... feels like a hard thing to imagine. It is for me anyway.

I have just finished reading about Kellie Winnell & her 60day break from Facebook. You can read about it HERE. She was inspired to do this after reading another blog, where the woman was taking a 90day break! You can read about that HERE.

It made me realise that I too have the same problem. I spend nearly every minute of the day on the computer & on facebook either playing games or chatting. And it's not even really chatting, coz I never have the chat function on lol. It's just reading everyones statuses & being nosey & then occassionally replying to their comments or statuses. Gosh, I press "like" nearly every minute of the day.

Those who know me well enough (or those who read my status - you don't have to know me at all really. Weird really isn't it), will know that when I have no internet or power at home for a period of time, I come back & have a big list of things that I have actually done while not having access to the internet or power.

Power might be different - gets a bit dull during winter with no power I admit that ... I don't wish for that to happen often lol. But no internet gives a massive freedom or something to me. As long as I have the power/electricity I can go into my craft room & not come out for the entire day. I can actually FINISH many UFO's & WIP's lol. Believe me, there are a lot of them in that room! Go figure why the door stays shut - to hide it all! If I can't see it - does it exist? :oP

Another big thing that was mentioned on those 2 blogs that I read, "Kids wont be kids forever, they grow up and while I’m not going to miss it, I needed to take a look around.". It got me thinking. I'm not yet in the situation where I have that problem, mainly because Miss Abby is so young & is still sleeping a lot. Or maybe i'm using that as an excuse. Maybe the problem is me!

I have a phobia about going out of the house on my own with my daughter. Some, but not everyone knows this. I'm not talking about going to the letterbox - that's fine I don't have a problem with that. But where I live, it's fairly isolated. I don't drive, i'm deaf so I don't socialise with anyone around me. I don't know anyone. I don't have friends outside of facebook/ craft forums etc!

Miss Abby is now 14mths old & I can count the number of times I have taken her physically out of the house to the shops or out in the pram for a walk, with 1 hand! Baring in mind that i'm talking about when i'm on my own. When hubby is at work during the day. It is easier for me to just entertain her inside the house. We don't have a nice backyard, it's cold & doesn't get much sun at all - so I don't take her out there. I don't think she's actually ever been in the backyard come to think of it. There's a lot of steps leading down to the backyard & I guess i'm maybe just lazy. I don't even put the washing outside anymore - it just does into the spare room - which will be Abby's when the time comes.

So while my addiction to the internet /computer / facebook seems to take over my life, I do sit here & wonder how I can get away from it. But do I want to? Can I do it while knowing that it is actually here & its not broken or there is nothing preventing me from using it?

Maybe a lot of people don't know what I mean. I'm sure a lot of people use their phones to contact friends & family etc. I don't. My email & my texting is my only form of communication with anyone. And in reality the only person I email is my Mum & my hubby when he's at work & I want to talk. Other than that it's Facebook which is my door to the world & communicating. So can I give it up? Or do I want to? I'm not sure.

I have stopped playing my games as much as I did, but that time now gets taken up with googling & surfing the net. Finding new ideas & patterns etc that I "Could" make, if I ever got off the bloody computer.

I'd like to be able to say that in 30 days time I could blog to update & say that I have been offline more. That I have been outside more & taken my daughter to the shops etc. But I don't think it will happen. Not just yet anyway :o(

Maybe it's my depression. It certainly doesn't help my depression by sitting here all the time i'm sure. Not getting any sun during the day - mind you it's hard to find ANY sun at the moment. Where I live it's very covered as we are in the national park.

I dunno, maybe it's all just more & more excuses. Maybe I secretly like being a type 1 diabetic, suffering depression & being deaf. Maybe they are all such good excuses for being who I am & acting the way I do.

Maybe I just need a F%&^ing life! Whatever it is, I hope that it will go away & that I won't hurt my daughters upbringing by abandoning her or by not being 'present' when she needs me.

Happy crafting!

Jail time?

Today I went to court ...

... to get some pieces of paper signed for the bank! :oP

That got your attention didn't it! lol But yeah, we went to the Court house to get yet another document completed for some refinancing. Gosh, so frustrating! And to think it all started back in April! It's now middle of July & we're almost finished. Wish we could afford to just sell the damn house & buy another one all at the one time rather than sell & not be able to. But instead we're keeping it & renting our current place.

Ick! Don't you hate being an adult sometimes! Sheshh lol. The only thing Miss Abby is currently worrying about is whether she can get my attention through the safety/baby gate by grabbing the middle book in a pile that's on my side of the gate & not hers causing it to topple over & make a mess :oP

Nothing done today, still feeling really out of it at the moment. It's cold & miserable weather, so just really wandering around in a daze all day & then cooking tea at night time for when Hubby gets home. Abby's got a little cold I think but also teething, so she's sleeping heaps & so not much is happening at all.

Happy crafting!

Perfecto!

... my eyesight that is lol. Had a long overdue appt with the ophthalmologist today. Theoretically I should be going every 18mths (I think lol) due to having type 1 diabetes. It's just one of those things that should be done to keep checking to make sure its all gewd. However, me & appts are not the best of friends to say the least! Not to mention the time & money involved in doing it all. So it happens - but not as often as it should.

So anyway, today was the day. Had the full checkup done. No retinopathy! Which occurs in about 50-60% of people with diabetes within 18years of diagnosis (according to the leaflet I read today lol). Me however is not part of that percentage! (So far anyway!). Coming up 23years since my diagnosis & no complications at all with any part of my body in relation to my diabetes anyway lol. So YAY me! I'm sure i'm one of the only ones in my family that doesn't have glasses (in any form - full time or reading). So YAY again lol.

We went to the shops before the appt to have a look around & hubby being such an enabler made me buy 3 TV DVD Boxsets from Dick Smith Electronics! Nawty nawty! ;o) Honestly - he MADE me buy them lol. So I now have 2 more seasons of Desperate Housewives & 1 more season of Brothers & Sisters added to my addictive collection. Their usual prices are around $59 - $79 each & at DSE they were $25! Can you say BAA-gain!? lol

What else has happened since I last blogged? Hmm, I bought some yummy fabric from the Fat Quarter Shop in the USA. Worked out cheaper to buy 0.5m of each piece of fabric that I wanted from there including the postage from US to Australia, then it would have cost me to get 0.3m of the same pieces of fabric from the cheapest place I could find online within Australia. Crazy times in the money world!

Here's the fabric i've ordered ... but what am I making? Hmmm ;oP Time will tell (or at least I hope it will lol). 

Also bought some more Bernina Bobbins off ebay from the US as well. So hard to find the ones I want/need for my sewing machine! Several places nearby usually stock them but were currently out of stock & apparently their freight is high when they order from their suppliers so they don't order for small quantities & therefore don't order/restock very often. So - back to the good ol' USofA for me & my money :oP

Other than that, not a lot happening. Have been de-cluttering the kitchen cupboards & working out how to get my Food Processor (that I got for my birthday) into a cupboard instead of having it on the small tiny kitchen bench that we have here lol. I think there may be some progress in that area - but still needs a bit of working to get it to fit!

I'm in the middle of making a little soft toy for errr Miss Abby or hubby LOL. It's a dragon, which is hubby fave (he was born in the year of the dragon which is where that addiction comes from). It's such a cute pattern which I found on Etsy a while ago & then found someone in Australia selling the kits! Even better as it saves me from gathering it all lol (i'm lazy!).

Here's the designers website Fluffels. Some really cute softies/patterns available! The pattern I have is for Yoki the Dragon. Might have to make it in the Pink or Purple after I do the green one ;o) lol. Mind you, I really need to finish this green one before even THINKING of starting another one! So many UFO's in this craft room of mine :o/

 

Here's the place where I bought the kit in Australia Crafty Mamas. A great little website & heaps of PDF patterns available too which I always love! The owner of the site posts FREE within Australia too! Even better!

What will tomorrow bring? I'm guessing / hoping lots of sleep! Miss Abby was up all night last night cranky little kid! So I haven't slept in errr a while anyway - so why am I still here at 11.30pm? Absolutely no idea!

Happy crafting!

Wow! What a week that was!

I wrote my last blog at 1.28pm local time on Tuesday this week ... soon after that the power went off! Assuming it was going to come back on within an hour or so I didn't worry too much about it.

By 4pm, i'm starting to think it may be a little longer! Txt'd hubby at work & asked him to ring up the power company & get a status report. When he replied back that it was off til about 7pm, I needed to start getting things ready! So, ran around the house cleaning up so we didn't have Miss Abby's toys lying around the house to trip over in the dark. Shoe rack put into spare room with door shut so Miss Abby couldn't pull them off the rack in the hallway for us to trip over! Candles & torches sorted with new batteries etc. I was ready! Once it started to get dark, Miss Abby was in bed so I sat down & read my book under candlelight ... sounds romantic - but it wasn't it was cold & miserable LOL. (I think I was fooling myself into thinking that if I put lots of little candles on then it would warm me up too? lol)

But when hubby came home just before 7pm ... he came with more news! Power off til the next day ... at 10PM!  OK, that's alright - we had a specialist appt in town, so would be away for the day so no problems right!? So while we were in town that day, we went to a net cafe to just get an update since we had no news updates etc & stupidly enough, we don't have a battery radio to get updates from! Looked online to find out that trains have been suspended with limited bus services going up the mountains! And road blocks throughout the travel too! Yikes! lol.

Anyway, obviously we got home - but we certainly took our time. Stayed out & had takeaway for tea etc. Came home about 9pm on that Wednesday & 30mins later the power came back on! So that was lucky for us. Unfortunately, as i'm typing this on Saturday - STILL people in the rural areas of the mountains are without power & trust me - it is bloody cold at night time up here!

So, not much happening in terms of craft really this week. I did cut out a pattern for a soft toy i'm making on Tuesday afternoon before it got too dark, but other than that there was nothing done :(

After the power came back on, Thursday was recovery day. Finishing the washing that was in the machine in the middle of it's wash when the power went out on Tuesday, remaking vegemite sticks for Miss Abby that were 1/2 cooked in the oven when the power went out too.

 Here's the result the morning after my book read lol. Oopsies! Good job I didn't use these candles on the tables at our wedding aye! That was where these candles were meant to be used but we ended up not doing that. Phew!

Today, my big parcel arrived! Was meant to be delivered on Tuesday! We are assuming that the power outage may have contributed to the delay. Delay coming up the mountains from Sydney as motorists were advised not to use the road & defer plans etc. Not really sure what happened - but anyway it's here now!

Ozzie inspecting the new arrival ... 

 My new toy unpacked & assembled! Bring on the weight loss & fitness craze baby!

Happy crafting!

Wild & Windy

It is so windy today here! I just can't keep warm! Crazy weather lol.

Well yesterday was a different day that's for sure! Started off nice & early with an appt with the Diabetes educator - My recent Hba1c results I had recently were pretty bloody awful to be honest. So GP made an appt for me to go to the educator. If I sound unenthusiastic about that it's probably because I am lol. I'm not saying I know everything about diabetes by any means, but gosh it's tedious sitting in the room for an hour or so going over everything that I know I should be doing & all of that when I just haven't. I know what i'm doing wrong, I know that I need to pay better attention, but I am just sick & tired of it sometimes (all the time). I need to get it under control & I want to, but it's bloody hard to motivate myself day after day. Especially in winter - anyone else have that problem. Motivation seems to disappear during the cold months I find. Maybe it's just me!

Anyway, after that delightful appt, I decided to do something that I haven't done alone with Miss Abby yet after 14mths (almost)... go to the shops alone with her! And believe me, it was hard. I felt like I had an anxiety attack walking out the door to get into the car to go to the train station! Yikes! I wanted to go & thought it was a good opportunity to do it while hubby was working from home yesterday, as he usually does that when I have appts because i'm deaf I obviously have a hard time at appts on my own. So hubby tags along & is basically my interpreter. Sucks, but until I find a doc that is actually willing to write EVERYTHING down for me, then that's the way it's gonna be.

So we did it! We went to the big shopping mall 1hr away by train. Unfortunately for me, I forgot it was the 1st day of School holidays so of course EVERY kid in the area was probably there too Yikes! Luckily, it didn't seem too bad - at least I managed to find a seat in the food court for lunch!

Got home to find that my sewing machine has been fixed & returned! Yay 24hr service not bad! But now I want to find myself the official Bernina Bernette bobbins because I have so many odd sized ones that I don't know which is the right size & i'm sure that is contributing to the crappy sewing sometimes. So i've looked online & the only place I can find them (so far) is a US ebay seller?! Surely that can't be right. Perhaps, Bernina stockists just don't like putting the bobbins online in their shops. Who knows! My local /nearby craft shop does usually stock them, but they are currently out of stock & it might be a while til they place their next order Doh! So will see what I can do. Would hate to buy from the ebay seller & find out they were just generic ones. Would be a waste, so think I will wait for the local places to have them then I can find some cheap ones the same size. Easier I think - just will take longer lol. Nevermind! I still have all the handstitching to do on my Sudoku Quilt right!

On Sunday I ended up adding snaps to a pile of bibs that I had waiting to get their velcro sewn on. Decided that I had some spare snaps, so could reduce the pile a bit. So that was great - some more stuff taken off my UFO pile Yay!

Wonder what I can do today to reduce the pile even more ;o) I'm hoping my new toy is going to arrive today too. Haven't heard anything yet ... it's not craft related unfortunately though lol. Will reveal what it is once I have it! Hint: It's BIG! Takes up 1m x 2m of floor space! Yikes - for a small house, i'm not sure how it's going to fit but nevermind - I will find a way!

Happy crafting!

A sunny winter's day

Very nice day up here in the Blue Mountains. The sun is shining, although it's still cold.

Scotty got pampered yesterday afternoon & is now looking a real furball of a dog! I prefer him with more hair I must admit, but it's so difficult to brush him - he's a real grumpy frump when it comes to brushing. Probably because we never did it much when he was a little pup, so now almost 5yrs on he's not used to it. So we pay someone to do it for us ... not surprisingly he's always on his best behaviour when someone else does it - go figure!

My sewing machine went to the doctors today! Hoping to get a phone call tmw with what the verdict is. Fingers crossed its something easy, fast to fix & cheap! ;)

So now my craft room looks sad & empty (yeah right - hubby could only wish!). Must get in there this afternoon & get working on something non sewing machine related!

My Mum made some overalls/dungarees for Miss Abby a while ago & she brought them over in May when she was here. She didn't have time to add the snaps on, so she left the snaps with me for me to do them. Well yesterday (yes, the 3rd July!) I finally did them! Slack I know!

Happy crafting!

Win an AccuQuilt Go! Baby Machine!

How awesome would that be! They are not commonly heard of over here in Australia ... yet! Not many shops have them or have any mention of them etc. So how fantastic would it be to win one! Be the envy of all your friends! Me included! Just kidding - coz i'm going to win it ;o) lol

Anyway, i'm guessing you'd like me to give you the link now right?

Head on over to Turned Gypsy now for your chance!

Happy crafting!

My Sewing Machine is sick!

How was that to bugger up my sewing mojo!

Thankfully I have managed to sew the binding onto my Sudoku Quilt before it became sick - so that is OK. Now I can do lots of hand stitching til it gets back from the doctor :/ lol.

Oh dear, I hope I can find someone close & cheap! Wish me luck! 

Happy crafting!

I'm back!

OK, i've been away for a while in case u hadn't noticed lol. Lots been happening & i'm far too addicted to Facebook ;)

However, a craft craze is again on me - I am no longer a Kaszazz consultant ... it's just not for me I don't think. Very difficult to sell when you are deaf & the main way of selling is by face to face classes! I did try & I set up a few kits to buy online but it never took off unfortunately.

So i've gone off the papercraft faze for the moment & back onto my sewing! Treated myself to a new Bernina 610D Overlocker for Mothers Day! This is my new baby here next to my sewing machine :)

Have got several craft things happening - lots of little things for Miss Abby's bedroom to brighten up the dull white walls. One of them is a Patchwork Kite, designed by Tammy from Karamat, that I found online at the Moda Bakeshop. Looks gorgeous! The link to the Kite pattern is Here.

Here's a sneak peak of the one i'm making for Abby ... just got the tail & bows to do to finish it off now. I used 'Girlie Girl' Charm Pack by Moda.

Will be finished this weekend for at least 1 project i'm sure! I went to the Craft & Quilt Show at Darling Harbour, Sydney last weekend & oh my! I could have spent so much money - if I had it LOL. Was so nice dreaming though! Am really kicking myself as there was a gorgeous little quilt kit for a cot/toddlers bed with Owls & it was so gorgeous, but I just didn't have any money left by the time I got to that stall. So I wrote down the name etc & then emailed them when I got home ... got a reply saying they sold out at the show & the fabric is not available anymore! ARGHH. Don't you hate when that happens! Never mind ... i'll survive!

Happy crafting!

I have some news!

I am now officially a Independent Kaszazz Consultant! :)

Check out my special blog for it at Rebecca's Place with Kaszazz. Don't worry, i'm still keeping this one open as my own blog ;) Anything Kaszazz related however, will be on the other blog :)

So come on over & follow me there to find out about all things Crafty!

Also, if you have never heard of Kaszazz, feel free to check out their website! Kaszazz

Happy crafting!

Overnight Bag Pattern

Decided I wanted to treat myself & sew myself up an overnight bag for when I go into hospital. But want something that could double up as a Nappy bag later on ... So lately i've been looking online finding the cheapest patterns & the least postage lol ;o)

Today I found it! WooHoo!

Melly & Me Overnight Sleepover Bag
What was even better about this particular site was they had a sale & FREE postage! Yay! And I just bought the last one in stock :oP So you can't follow me to the shop & buy one for yourself - sorry lol. But i'll tell you what, they got some gorgeous fabrics in their shop too!

I have to say, I am a huge Melly & Me fan. I LOVE all the soft toy patterns like Leon the lion - who is also at the same shop ... maybe later on when I have some 'spare' cash ;o) lol.

Anyway, so now my mission is to TRY & decide what fabrics to use!! Arghh! I dunno if I can make a decision by my due date! LOL. Better start looking & thinking! ;o)

Happy crafting!

200 Posts!

Gosh, its taken a while to get to this stage I think lol. 200 posts! Geez, I spend too much time online don't I lol

Happy crafting!

Nana's 90th Birthday Card

Well, its possibly my 1st card for 2010!? But definitely a worthy one! Couldn't not make a card for my only Nanas 90th birthday now could I!?

I feel bad that I am unable to fly to NZ to be there on her special day, but obviously she understands & would much rather see me later in the year with her 1st great grandchild too ;o)

Nana is visually impaired, so I always try to make the cards a bit touchy feely, without being at risk of being opened by customs on their way over there! So, i've used my Spellbinder nestabilities for the first time FINALLY! I've had them for possibly 6mths or longer & never used them coz I didn't have the right gadgets for my Big Shot machine to use them. And then once I did, my Big Shot perspex plates (whatever the official word is for those lol) they have been so well used they were causing unwanted lines on my papers when I cut with them. So I had to go shopping for those too ;o)

So anyway! I've finally done a card & I can finally post a photo on my blog - coz I think i've done a lot of posts without photos (sorry! lol).
Close-up:
Things used for the card:

• Magnolia Stamp - Cupcake
• Kaisercraft bling
• Derwent Coloured Pencils & odourless solvent (along with blending pencil)
  

Update:

Well, I am finally back at work! Yay! Money coming in! lol. Not much tho, as i'm going back slowly ... not too slow or i'll be off again for maternity leave doh! lol. So did my 1st shift last Saturday & am working this Friday & Saturday. Was rostered on for Saturday, but they are short staffed & rang up today to see if I can fill in on Friday ... Umm YES!

Sooooooo, coz i'm not working much, my pay isn't much obviously. But I have managed to spoil myself just a teeny tiny bit! I found this fabric online the other day that is the same as scrapbook paper. Funny thing was, a few weeks earlier I saw some bibs on MadeIt & thought "how did they get those images onto the bibs ... I've got the 12x12" paper for those images". But thought they must have got technical & maybe illegal & scanned them onto the iron-on transfers or something like that. But then I was just browsing & found the actual fabric! And its on special! lol Even better lol. So now I have bought my chunk of fabric, I can share with you the website in case you'd like your own LOL. Postage costs more than the fat quarter of fabric :( So this is the one & only time i'll be buying from them I think. Although, they have Blush by Basic Grey for Moda on their site too, which is also a paper design that has been put onto fabric too. (Loving the paper turned fabric stuff at the moment lol).

So I got this "Mackenzie by Anna Griffin for Windham Fabrics" fabric from Quilt Fabric Delights which is based in Australia.

Have found a lovely website though that sells lovely fabrics called Bubbamia Fabrics (also based in Australia) ... I found the site through Facebook actually as the owner of the shop has a Fan page there too. She's a WAHM & it really is a lovely site & VERY cheap postage! She's only just started up the website, so not many fabrics in there as yet, but looks like something to keep your eye on as I think it will do well ;o)

Lucky Me!

So lately, I haven't been online much due to my network / modem (I dunno - I aint the geek in the house! Thats hubbys department! lol) playing up. So frustrating!!! I'm bored enough at home as it is since im not working at the moment & my belly is just getting bigger & bigger!

So im online & start blog hopping as ya do ;o) I raced over to Me and the Little Rascals as Samantha had a competition over there that I mentioned a couple of posts down about Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue which I really really love! ;o) No ... had not won that, but just below that post of the winner, was Another Winner & who was that? Moi! lol Just for being a follower! How lovely was that! Definitely made my day a little brighter (currently overcast outside lol).

Now I have the warm fuzzies :o) So big thank you to Samantha for bringing the warm fuzzies to my house lol.

What i've been up to lately

Well, its been a while since i've had a decent blog post aye, so I thought i'd catch you up on what i've been doing. But sorry - no photos just yet ... gimme a week or two & I should have some fully completed things to photograph! LOL

Firstly my pregnancy is going well. Am currently in week 24 & things are all going smoothly. My type 1 diabetes however is not as good as the docs would like it to be, but it is definitely heading in the right direction. I must say its under the best control i've had personally for a long long time lol. But I guess that doesn't matter for the docs lol.

So craftwise - i've been quite busy but still not as busy as i'd like! I'm not working at all at the moment due to my hearing loss being very bad. But hoping to get back to work sometime soon coz it sucks not having money to buy things for bubs! lol.

So yeah, i've been on the sewing machine heaps! Saving money where I can & finding free templates & patterns online to print out & make things for bubs myself using my little bit of fabric stash. Have found several bib patterns that I like, so have been making some of them. Have also been making soft balls with bells inside & plan on making some blocks/cubes the same way with bells inside too.

My Mum has a fabric stash as large (possibly larger lol) as my papercraft stash! So she's been a great help lol. Have been emailing her (she lives in NZ & im in Australia) with requirements & she'll search her stash & post stuff over if she has it lol. Love it! So currently waiting for a parcel from her which will have some black & white fabric so I can make some of those soft block/cubes I mentioned above.

My mum is a Neurodevelopment Occupational Therapist - & works with kids under the age of 5yrs who have developmental delays and/or disabilities. So she has a lot of experience & advice for me in what I can be doing for bubs when it arrives & what is perhaps better in her opinion than other opinions. So its been a massive learning time for me but i'm really enjoying all the advice so far that Mum has to offer!

Mum bought a handmade bib at a craft shop recently that she liked the look of & came home & made some herself. Coz it was such an easy pattern but knowing I HATE sewing binding around the edges (which this bib has), she's done the binding on several & is sending them over to me so I can do applique on them lol. So thats cool. Will be another thing I can add to my pile of things to make!

Also, several years ago Mum gave me a Quilt kit for my birthday that she had put together herself (Im not a fan of co-ordinating fabrics etc - so she's did that for me lol). I just have to sew it all together. Anyway, I never actually did it & recently Mum suggested I make it into a playmat for bubs! What a great idea! So that is my current project! I am about halfway thru it & today just bought another reel of thread so I can complete it as I ran out yesterday :( lol.

Have also found a pattern for a Diaper/nappy bag that I really like the look of. But am yet to buy the fabric for that, so at the moment its just a printed out sheet of instructions LOL.

As of now, I have many things on the go. I have not completely finished 1 project yet! Arghhh!!! Bibs need velcro on them then they will be completed, balls need a little circle on each end hand-stitched on (hand stitch = delays lol), & the quilt - well thats a long way off I think - for one thing I don't have the backing bought yet so yes, could be a while ;o)

So, that is my update. Sorry about the no photos! I do hope to have the photos done sometime when I complete each project ... I am also being very careful to keep track of the blog / sites that I get the instructions / patterns from so I can place that information with the photos I show. As I can't take credit for a lot of the designs! And also, you may find something you like - so then you can go & visit the site yourself & get yourself a free pattern ;o)

Happy crafting!

Blog Candy giveaway over at Me and the little Rascals!

Everyone who knows me knows I LOVE purple!!! I am a mad mad purple fanatic! So I am totally up for this blog candy giveaway! ;o)

So go over to Me and the Little Rascals blog & check out the candy for yourself! But just be warned ... its mine! :oP LOL

Happy crafting!

Happy New Year & Hot Gossip

Well, 2010 is here & boy oh boy its gonna be a massive year!

Some good things & some sad things happening this year for myself & family.

Start off in March with my Nanas 90th birthday! Woot! Then my birthday on 1st april (28yrs young so we don't need to chat about that LOL). May 2nd brings us the sad day being 5th anniversary since my Dad died :( But then we jump back to the happy days on the 10th May & celebrate 5yrs marriage with my hubby. June brings sad day again with the 5th anniversary of my cousin who I adored very very much & was extremely close to. I only have 2 cousins, so to lose 1 of them is a huge gap in my family.

Then (sorry don't actually remember when it was LOL), but sometime near the end of the year Hubby & I celebrate 10yrs of 'togetherness' lol. For those who don't know Hubby & I met online in a chatroom back in 2000. We met online in April/May 2000 & started a relationship kinda online near the end of that year. So officially we hadn't "met" at that stage, but we still like to say thats when we started lol. Met in real life in Feb 2001 tho, so maybe 2011 is when we should be celebrating the 10yrs lol.

Gossip alert: Now somewhere between May & June there is a big event happening ... which has been my secret for the past 4mths or so. Those who are friends with me on facebook would have found out the secret on NYE 2009 :P

Im preggers with our 1st child :o) So i'm scared shitless to say the least ... i've never held a baby let alone changed nappies or anything! LOL. My best friend recently had her 1st child, but she lives in NZ so I can't practice!! LOL.

So these days instead of doing any crafts I find myself online searching for help & dreaming of the day I can actually afford something towards the new baby! lol. Should find out this week hopefully if its got a "third leg" so to speak (in other words what the sex is! lol) or not! lol.

Just b4 Xmas hubby & I went to Toys 'r' us just for fun & had a look at the Baby section. I think that was what woke hubby up - realising the price of the furniture! lol. But having said that, we actually found some good bargins - lots of sales ... but alas, we had no money so didn't buy anything.

The future grandparents have put their names on a particular item that they want to buy lol, so thats 2 items out of the way I guess lol. Have worked out that things like changing tables are not essential & that the dinner table that never gets used by us is perfectly fine as a changing table :P The cat sits on it more than us! lol

We are currently renting & that bugs me since we do own a house but have to rent it out coz we moved out of the area & it makes me dream about owning a house here where we are coz it would be lovely to be able to decorate & do what we want. But we can't do no use dwelling on it I guess. There seems to be lots of things on the market that are removable. I've seen decal images to put on the wall that just peel off etc & shouldn't damage the walls etc. So never know may be able to try that at some stage ... when money permits of course!

Always up for some advice tho! I don't know ANYTHING! lol. Advice for places to look online in Australia or places to shop in Sydney would be awesome! Also places to avoid too! LOL.

So there you have it. That is the reason I had to give up one of my jobs at the end of last year that I posted about. I had really bad morning sickness & was totally unable to work as I had to leave on the 5.30am train! It just was not able to work for me at that time.

Fingers crossed I can get some crafty stuff done to post in my blog! I have my Sewing & Cross Stitch craving at the moment but I just can't motivate myself to get it out & start something!! lol. Arghh, just sooooo tired ... sure i'll get something done tho sometime ;o)

OMG if you've made it to the end of this novel Congrats!! LOL. Thanks for reading ;o)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas & all the best for 2010 to anyone who reads my blog ;o)

I have been very slack lately & not updating my blog for ages now. Haven't really had the mojo going for creating. But hoping that Santa may drop off some mojo tonight in my stocking!! lol

I have an announcement, but i'm going to leave that to announce in the new year sometime - so stay tuned! Feel free to follow my blog via the link on the right hand side of this blog somewhere around the top of the page lol. You just never know what it might be! Could have won the lotto or something ... na definitely isn't that or you'd have more blogs from me from overseas travelling all the craft shops LOL. Oh well, nevermind - theres always next year for that aye lol.

Stay safe & drink responsibly & all of that sorta stuff! Don't be in a rush to get places - my motto is you'll get there when you get there ;o) If everyone had that theory then maybe there wouldn't be so many accidents on the road :(

Anyway, that was rather a sad ending lol. So i'll change it to this: Merry Christmas & may all your wishes come true for 2010 :)