When we went to the “Quilt & Craft Exhibition” in Melbourne we were thrilled to see the tea cosies made by Loani Prior. They are so much fun! Have you seen her work? Rhonda and I bought a book each and have started with a cosy which we thought might be a good one for beginners called “Hanky Panky” . This pattern is all squares so no need for a circular needle. We purchased some cheap wool in case we had lost the knitting knack. I was hoping to have a photo of both of our tea cosies but I think Rhonda might be too busy to catch up at the moment and I got impatient to show you so here is mine and when I catch up with my friend I’ll show you her cosy.
I have started on a different project now but once that is finished I will be deciding on another cosy – I luv ’em.
It might seem strange me making tea cosies because I’m not a tea drinker but there are people out there who will be getting gifts.
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I was so happy to see these prunus trees in flower yesterday. This surely is a sign that spring is not far away. The weather is still decidedly wintry but I’ll take any sign that any day now the weather will improve. 😀
Beautiful pink blossoms.
SPRING – bring it on!!!!
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Last Sunday we celebrated “Book Week” by sharing a lunch with family. Each family chose a book and dressed up to suit the theme. Not going to show you photos of the family in dress-ups ‘cos it could be a bit embarrassing for some (pointing at self :oops:). The books were –
The food was also themed to books. Here are some photos of some of the food.
The chocolate mud cake grassy hill where the green sheep was sleeping (oh no – I’ve given the end of the book away) and some sheep cupcakes.
little pigs in blankets
fairly self-explanatory I think.
Pork and crab (not shown in photo) meatballs.
There was also STONE SOUP and Dragons love TACOs but I don’t have photos for those.
Both little kids and big kids had fun 😆
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I have a few things to show you over the next few days, but first I have a card for a challenge. The August Challenge at Some Odd Girl uses this sketch –
and here is my entry –
Isn’t it a little cutie. The digital stamp “Octee” is of course from Some Odd Girl.
A close-up so you can see the glitter and shading. The sentiment is computer generated from words from the Beatles.
I made a spring by winding crafting wire around a pen and attaching it to the back of the octopus and then attaching it to the card. Now the image wobbles wonderfully and I’m sure a child would enjoy watching it jig around.
Are you singing that song now….. I have been since I started making this card.
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This is the last thing I should be doing today, but hey I love making cards and blogging so here I am. We have our next family themed lunch tomorrow so I should be cooking and cleaning up – I’ll get to that later 😆
This card is for the August challenge at Your Next Stamp –
This is the sketch to use for the challenge –
I’ve used a very cute stamp from YNS called “Nathan from the USA”. The papers are from Kaisercraft “Cock-a-doodle-doo”.
I’ve added some twine to replicate (well sort of) a lasso, and a few sheriff stars.
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I had quite a few sets of paper dolls when I was a child and I played with very often. I was very upset when my mum gave them away to a more appropriate aged little girl. 😦 So when I saw these lovely “doll” stamps from Prima I really had to use my self-control not to buy them all.
For the next crafty get-together I have an idea for these stamps. We won’t be using them on the day but getting inspiration from them – I’ll tell you more later.
I had great fun paper piecing the clothes and adding little bits and pieces. The stamps are really for mixed media but that is difficult for me so I just did my own style.
I’m loving these tags are from Prima which are made especially to use with the dolls. The papers I’ve used for all of the paper piecing are an old pad from Basic Grey “Wisteria”.
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Today I have some photos of my some of my grandies showing what we have been making when I’ve been babysitting. Do you remember growing grains of wheat on wet cotton wool in a saucer as children, well this is the same idea just with a bit more staging.
This is the first stage and it took a lot of concentration to glue the eyes and nose to the bottle 🙂
Phase 2. The grass has grown to provide some lovely green hair. These were made a while ago with other grandies.
I think the kids enjoyed making and watching them grow (nearly as much as grandma 😆 ).
Little sister missed out on having her photo taken – must have been asleep.
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Hello all, I’ve started to get some projects organized for the next crafty get-together. I asked for suggestions from the crafters at the last get-together, asking what sort of projects they would like at the next day. Ideas for small gifts was one of the suggestions. So … without further delay AND WITH photos this time here is the first project –
First off the ranks is a set for a new baby (girl in this instance). The photo makes the card and image look mauve but they are pale pink in real life.
Here is the circle card so you can have a closer look.
The image is from Mo Manning – cute hey. I don’t know if we will have time to colour on the day so we might have to just make the card and add an image at home.
We will also make a little shoe. I’ve added a little pair of furry new-born socks as the gift but you could add chocolate for the mother or other small items.
*** If you are interested in coming along (not sure when as yet) leave a comment or send me an email please. *** Remember I live near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia so that will limit your availability I’m sure 🙂
I will be back in a few days with another project for the crafty get-together. Another suggestion for possible projects was tags, so I’m more than happy to oblige.
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I must explain to you why I have made tags today. While we were at the Quilt & Craft Show my friend Rhonda was searching for Jar stamps & dies. We didn’t find any on the day but I think she has found what she wants now. I don’t want to steal her thunder but I was totally inspired by her Pinterest board of tags and my inspiration came from there. She doesn’t have a blog so I don’t think she will mind and I am more than happy to show you some of her lovely work if she agrees. The original tag I was inspired by is HERE.
You probably won’t be surprised that I already had a Jar stamp in my stash 😆 The stamp set is from Unity Stamps.
I cut the stamp out by hand. It is a perfect size for a tag. The sentiments come with the set.
I die cut some patterned paper and attached it to the top of the jar then trimmed it to the jar shape. Then I added some twine (just as you would with a real jar).
I lightly coloured the jar and sentiment to match the patterned paper and flowers. I think they would look so pretty added to some homemade goodies.
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Cards & Co
Cards & Co 