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I’m back from a great night away in Brisbane for my husband’s work Christmas Party. Lots of free alcohol, good food and great people to chat to all night. It was lots of …
read more »What’s been happening over the last week? Well, myself, my husband and my three kidlets have all been sick over the last week or two. Not very good scheduling I must say! …
read more »I’ve made another Puppy! I need to stop being slack and make a bunch of these up for the store.
read more »I drew these freehand and then cut a stencil and painted them onto calico and then staple-gunned them to some square canvases.
read more »I keep reading about this quilting book by Denyse Schmidt and now I really want to order a copy for myself! Thanks to Laura at Thimble I found some excerpts from the book online. …
read more »Here is my entry for this week’s Illustration Friday. The theme this week is STRENGTH. Not especially happy with this but here it is anyway.
Elephants are a very strong animal. …
I have been really stuck with this week’s theme over at www.illustrationfriday.com - STRENGTH. I just couldn’t seem to come up with a mental image that worked for me.
Anyway here is something, …
I have just updated my links list a little bit - have a look over there on the right column. I have reorganised the links so that the Australian Crafters now have their own …
read more »My beautiful boy Jack said to me today: “I love you so much Mum cos you’re beautiful and you’re always so nice to me.”
In other news, I have been knitting a scarf for a …
read more »I’ve done a bit of beading lately but I haven’t posted the pics, due to feeling like crap - see recent post on PMDD to find out why. But I’m back to normal …
read more »This great booklet of knitted toys from Jess Hutchison has just been re-printed.
I missed out last time but I’ve got one reserved for me this time around! I haven’t actually knitted anything …
read more »Every month for about a week I feel like crap. No, it’s not PMS (Pre Menstrual Syndrome) but PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder). PMS includes things such as: bloating and weight gain, breast …
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I really miss this boy. Jack left for school camp yesterday. He’s only 8!
I’m sure he’s having the BEST FUN EVER but I miss him. More than I thought I would. I hope he’s warm …
Happy Anzac Day! This is the day in Australia and New Zealand that we remember and thank all those who have served in war, and especially the ANZACs who fought at Gallipoli in WW1. Many …
How would you like to WIN a shopping voucher worth $150 to spend at Mathilda’s Market, here in Canberra this Sunday?
Mathilda’s Market is full of some of the best of Australia’s crafters and designers, selling …
How would you like to WIN a shopping voucher worth $150 to spend at Mathilda’s Market, here in Canberra this Sunday?
Mathilda’s Market is full of some of the best of Australia’s crafters and designers, selling …
Today was Mathilda’s Market - a new market to Canberra (today was the second time) and I went along to take a few photos.
I didn’t have a stall there today and I won’t be having …
On Sunday, I was Event Photographer for local self-published success story, Tania McCartney who was launching the second children’s picture book in her Riley series – Riley and the Dancing Lion.
above: Tania’s newest children’s book, …
