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another Monday
Monday, June 9, 2008 – 10:18 pm | 6 Comments
another Monday

I really wish I could get to update this blog more often. It just never seems to happen, despite good intentions. Since starting my part-time job (which I am loving by the way) …

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four more
Sunday, April 13, 2008 – 7:10 pm | 7 Comments
four more

Yes, I know you are probably sick of hearing about me going back to work but I’m not sick of talking about it yet. My first day is tomorrow! I am feeling good …

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new beginnings
Sunday, April 6, 2008 – 6:59 pm | 4 Comments
new beginnings

Regular readers will know that I have been looking for a part time job for the last few weeks.  Well, I did it - I got a job!  I found out last Thursday and I start …

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go green
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 – 10:06 pm | 2 Comments
go green

Today is Blog Action Day and the theme for this year is the environment.

I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to see so many people making small (or big) changes in their day-to-day …

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another pillowcase dress
Saturday, October 13, 2007 – 8:31 pm | 5 Comments
another pillowcase dress

This afternoon we had a lovely time at our friends Nicole and Gerry, at a party to celebrate their Freya’s first birthday. It was so great, dressing up a little and having a few …

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Blogger’s Guilt
Saturday, September 22, 2007 – 2:54 am | 11 Comments
Blogger’s Guilt

Yes, yes I know it’s been ages. Hello again. I will try to be less slack about posting from now on. Did you miss me? Did you even notice? (sniff sniff)
If it’s any consolation, I …

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Pillowcase Dress updated
Monday, September 10, 2007 – 7:02 pm | 7 Comments
Pillowcase Dress updated

I have finally updated the original Pillowcase Dress Instructions that I put up about 18 months ago. At the time, I was really only posting it because I knew a lot of people were searching …

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preloved and reloved
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 – 1:02 am | One Comment
preloved and reloved

hello again! wow I have really lost the blogging mojo at the moment huh? I think it’s about time I tried to get it back so, even though I haven’t really got anything terribly exciting …

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cough, cough
Sunday, July 22, 2007 – 6:37 pm | 6 Comments
cough, cough

Hello from my sickbed. I am feeling very crap at the moment - all achey and headachey and coughy and sniffly. You get the idea. So if things are quiet here for the next few …

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shoes in order
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 – 7:42 pm | 4 Comments
shoes in order

I’m not sure if you are interested in my shoes or not, but today I got a bit organised and cleaned my cupboard up a bit. I got rid of bags and bags of clothes …

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button button
Tuesday, July 3, 2007 – 7:43 pm | 2 Comments
button button

I got a whole lot of wonderful vintage buttons today - all of these for AU $9.00! There are some really lovely and interesting and old buttons in here. I was very pleased when I …

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sew and tell
Monday, July 2, 2007 – 8:27 pm | 4 Comments
sew and tell

I forgot to tell you, dear readers, that last week I sold my doorstop old coverstitch machine (Brother 2340C) because quite frankly, we had never bonded.

I had fallen in love since the first time we …

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