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Christmas Craft: Placemats
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 – 1:20 pm | 4 Comments
Christmas Craft: Placemats

Here’s a project that took so much longer to complete than I thought it would! I bought 8 round craftwood placemats and set about adhering these cute red and white Mozi paper napkins to them …

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geeky WordPress stuff
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 – 11:29 am | One Comment
geeky WordPress stuff

I have been installing a few new WordPress plug-ins to my blog and doing a bit of behind the scenes fixing up around here:

I sorted through all the plug-ins on my blog and upgraded to …

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painting fun
Saturday, October 20, 2007 – 7:02 pm | 3 Comments
painting fun

On Tuesday, there was a session at Brindabella on Bush Painting. Kristy did a great job of taking the class and we all went home with a great piece of art.

Kristy originally learnt this …

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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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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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patchwork apron
Thursday, May 24, 2007 – 10:58 pm | 5 Comments
patchwork apron

Remember this from yesterday? I wasn’t too sure what it would become…

Well, it became an apron!

I used two tea towels (dish cloths) that are taupe with a red stripe and attached the patch piece on …

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chocolatey goodness
Saturday, April 7, 2007 – 4:53 pm | One Comment
chocolatey goodness

This is what I did this afternoon:
 
I had two very eager (and greedy) helpers of course.  Once we had used up our Easter moulds (must buy more for next year) I hunted around for anything …

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a productive day!
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 – 11:01 pm | 2 Comments
a productive day!

Today I did a bunch of sewing.  And not for business reasons, but for my little girl.  First up, was poor little naked Angelina Ballerina.  I picked her up while out thrifting one day and …

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behold…
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 – 11:18 pm | No Comment
behold…

behold… a tissue holder!

There are many more tissue holders at flickr - this one was made with the wonderful assistance of this tutorial and using fabrics that I hand stamped. Which reminds me, my big …

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dolly quilts
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 – 10:42 pm | 2 Comments
dolly quilts

Tonight while watching NCIS and Numbers I finished up some handsewing.  A year ago I scoffed at handsewing, now I happily do it.  I was sewing the quilt binding for two little dolly quilts.  Emma loves …

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fabric stamping
Sunday, March 18, 2007 – 4:33 pm | 3 Comments
fabric stamping

I have been having fun with these:

and these:

and this:

Stamping your own fabrics is fun!

Stamping your own fabrics is addictive!

Stamping your own fabrics is easy!

All I did was get some stamps (foam, mounted or unmounted - …

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mini books for Christmas
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 – 11:29 pm | One Comment
mini books for Christmas

Well, Christmas is over for another 363 days. I hope it was wonderful for you - I had a great time with family and friends. It’s so great watching the kids get into the fun …

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