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Here are a couple more cards that I have recently created for family members using the Cloud 9 Sorbet Villa Range of papers,and embellishments......I love the ribbon tapes! These embellishments make it so quick and easy to create a lovely...

Hi everyone, Hope you are having a lovely Friday.....thought I'd share a little project with you that I have just completed to give my Mother-in-law for her door at the Retirement Village where she is living. I thought she might...

Only three weeks till the amazing Fiskars Garage Sale. Mark the date in your diary as you will not want to miss this event. Too many bargains to name. Craft items as low as $1 and $2. You will kick...

Oh the shock of it- I'm wearing pants!
Fridays makes things a little more casual in my opinion, which may sound ridiculous to some of you but in my book it means not wearing a skirt.
Accessories are so important to me(if you haven't already worked that out!) and I can't leave the house without having my fingers, at least one wrist, and my ears adorned with jewellery.

Skinny pants: Savers
Shirt: V

The S.V. is the best beyond any doubt - tea in bed and then......

A Dibbern orange teapot with milk jug, and sugar bowl also in orange

and then 4 cups and saucers, green, yellow, burgundy and red.

WOOHOO

and a bunch of amazing roses- i am old fashioned when it comes to flowers

I feel like a small child who just got their first tea set.

Breakfast will be here

and dinner here

how will I get

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar.

Designer: Valerie Salmon Events such as birthdays get us snapping more pictures. Many of us have a great deal of standard 4x6 photos. Sometimes, it s great to scrapbook them without having to crop them. Here is a simple way to...

Fiskateers now has 5 LEAD FISKATEERS in the US.......Cheryl has stayed on and is now joined by 4 other new Leads.....Angela, Wendy Jo, Kelly Jo and Rebecca.Together they shall continue to Lead the Fiskateer movement across the world......my goodness how...

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Well, after a full weekend of nothing but knitting, (and frogging, but lets not speak of that!), there has been no knitting on the Casa del Random front.Monday was kinda busy, with canteen duty at school and general catch up after being away all weekend. Tuesday morning, first thing, I had am impacted wisdom tooth removed. I knew it was going to be bad, but I had no idea it was going to be that ba

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Originally uploaded by JoanmmMy children loved the Three Amigos with Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short, when they were young. The famous quote for us was "Everyone has to face their El Guapo" with whatever skills they had. (In the movie the villagers best skill was sewing)

I started the Duck sweater last year, and got cross with all the colour changes, so I put it away. I starte

Have you ever wondered what butterflies eat? They actually don't eat anything. They drink nectar from flowers and that's it.

Okay so that's my sad attempt at linking this post to this month's NaBloPoMo's food theme. hehe

Anyway, if you haven't seen in already, check out this fantastic post from Danni at The Butterfly Effect: "She's just a cute Tween...but she grows into a curvy Teen!"

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I use a combination of these nappies and basic flannel squares covered with a snib on Heidi. Only now she's growing out of the snibs i've had since she was born and they're starting to fall apart. So, rather than buy more plastic snibs i decided to knit woollen soakers instead.

I found this pattern after a few hours searching the web. The Punk Knitter's pattern is super easy an

we had pie last night at A'mews in Glebe
with Kris, the Snook, Emily the car and C.

IT WAS AMAZING

pre pie there was no point post pie as there was nothing to photograph!

That's what my nephew Willem called me last night when I sat down to knit in the evening. He laughed and said, 'Aunty Bells, you're a Knitting Head.'

Ah yes, Will. I am. And I rather like the title! He seems to have pretty much figured out that knitting is what I do.

And while we're on cute things, my mum sent me this photo a short while ago. He is visiting her today and she made him an apron an

In conjunction with the 2008 Next Wave Festival in Melbourne, Craft Victoria was pleased to be able to co-host Carly Preston's Paper Wall, a foray into 'craft in the public space' and a discussion on the relationship between interior and traditional craft methods.

We roped Carly into posting about her process:

Paper Wall is about generations, and more closely families and the passing down of kno

Mummy: So are you ready to go to Taekwondo?Max: That's not what it's called.Mummy: Yes it is.Max: No, it's not. That's not the right word. It's not the word I want to call it.Mummy: Ok, so what is it called?Max: That word that is the end of marshmallowMummy: Riiiiggghhht.Max: You know? Do you remember it?Mummy: I'm not sure I do remember that word, which word are you meaning exactly?Max : That wor

Irene, designed and embroidered by Mym, recently stolen from a storage shed during a house renovation in Balaclava, Melbourne. The thief in question is most likely a dealer (name withheld, as we have no proof). He went through the shed at his leisure, and only took the really valuable stuff, the things that had been in my friend Gillian's family for three generations. He also stole Gill's teddy (m

Have a look at this cute little accordian album I made very quickly last night using the Cloud 9 'Be Loved' range. I'm LOVE this range because, having sons, I don't often get to scrap using pinks. The album, completely...

needlework editor writes...Okay, maybe you can't actually ...Read the full post You can be Matisse!

I love this whole receiving unexpected packages from the postie business.

A gift from Dr F in London. Which BD was very keen to open

Love it. WB's first shoes!

So many generous people. I've never been a great present receiver, but this baby gig has changed that.

I realised that I didn't have a Batman icon, so I made one ;)

First of all I'd like to send out a big thank-you to everyone for all of the lovely comments I received on my last post..... The winner's of my big fabric bundle giveaway's are.......Email me through your snail mail address ladies and I'll get your prizes in the post..... I'm still keeping busy with the end of lambing.... Hopefully this little treasure will be my last bottle feeder...She's the run

sewing editor writes...I thought it might be helpful to compile a list of websites that offer Helpful Sewing Tips. Ya never know when you might need the help!
...Read the full post Helpful Hints

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Installation day today. Very weird to see a whole show packed into a wicker basket. It seems so unsubstantial! The ladies of HML are real wizzes at putting up a show - we go for the 'just wack 'em up there' random hang that leaves plenty of time for tea and scones - mind you today we'll be in prahran
which is one of those places we get to once every three years so it'll be fun t