tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33259627228456442352024-03-26T23:37:56.118-07:00Crafty ChookieCrafty Chookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556729081608289685noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325962722845644235.post-5871640595991612942011-11-30T04:09:00.000-08:002011-11-30T04:09:29.657-08:00November OPAM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">My OPAM this month are three Cloth Books.</span><br />
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I had the opportunity to work with the 4yrs old kinder group while one of the teacher's took a well deserved holiday..<br />
While there I came up with the idea of getting the children to draw on a piece of cotton and the I would turn it into a book.<br />
There were three groups with 22 children in it..A task in a half and three weeks later I manage to have all children do a drawing.<br />
But firstly we had to have a title. 'MY Favorite Thing To Do At Kinder Is?<br />
The children then drew a picture of their favorite thing.<br />
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The start of the sentence is eg: 'Sarah's favorite thing to do at kinder is? And then they would tell me what it is they like doing. They would then draw a picture using T-Shirt texters.</div>
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I then took it all home and painstakingly worked out how to put it all together..</div>
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After sewing the blocks together, I sew two button hole stitches and the thread a piece of ribbon to bind the book.</div>
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The teachers were amazed and the children so excited, they couldn't wait to sit down a find their story..<br />
The books will be raffled off to the parents to raise extra xmas money for the children's end of the year party.<br />
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A book of memories!<br />
From <br />
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</div>Crafty Chookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556729081608289685noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325962722845644235.post-58336596083828394502011-09-07T02:17:00.000-07:002011-09-07T03:50:39.801-07:00'A Touch Of Risque'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">This Piece Is called 'A Touch of Risque'..It was my boyfriend, Paul's birthday and I wanted to do something personal for him as a gift and so I decided to put everything that has inspired him throught out his band days into an Art Piece...</span></div>
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I then gathered as much information:</div>
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His favorite Band,</div>
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His favorite songs,</div>
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Shows the band appeared in,</div>
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Oh and I better not forget the name of Paul's band 'Risque'.</div>
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Also added some symbols..The symbol were done using textured paste over a stencil I made..I then painted them and highlighted them with gold.. <br />
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I put a wash over the article clipping once it was dry to give the art piece a rustic look.. <br />
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The guitar was the tricky part..Trying to paint it to exact tested my skills but I think I got close enought.</div>
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I used DMC cotton and sewed on the strings..</div>
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Thank you for stopping by.. :-)</div>
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</div>Crafty Chookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556729081608289685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325962722845644235.post-27598035879587658302011-08-30T18:36:00.000-07:002011-08-30T18:36:07.690-07:00My August OPAM!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">My OPAM this month is a'Bug Quilt' I made for my daughter's teacher..</span><br />
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I got the idea from Patchwork & Stitching mag Vol 5, No.7.</div>
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I blanket stitched around the applique.</div>
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I like to lay my work out before I sew it together.</div>
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I did a 'Stitch In The Ditch' to join the three layers of material.</div>
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The back of the quilt.</div>
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I'm very happy with the end result</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed looking at my pics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Blogging.. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Sometimes I amaze myself..Another post in the same month..Go Me! LOL</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Do you like my art-work?</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I've been doing some folk art lessons with a very creative lady called Anna, for a about 3 years..</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Every now and then we venture out and try new craft projects together..</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This one I put into my journal..I sponged the background, painted a rough vase and cut out some designs from a couple of napkins and arranged them..</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I am now hooked on napkins..Every where I go I look for new designs and then share them amongst the ladies in Anna's art class and they do the same back..Oh and so does Anna..A great way to build a collection...Napkins? Who would have thought...</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Anyways, Anna is doing a give-away for achieving 100 posts..</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Go Anna!</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">All you have to do is go to <a href="http://annarosadesigns.blogspot.com/">annarosadesigns</a> and leave a comment...Also take a look at her blog..She does some amazing works..</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">You can leave a comment on my too if you want..</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Love hearing from you..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I've had so much going on like kids, work, funerals and the many little distractions that seem to sneak there way in....BUT, the most surprising thing to happen to me was, finding out I have a high grade of dead cells on the cervix through having a pap smear...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I now have to have a biopsy and talk about options....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It was a shock...I am also going throught what the doc's say is pre-menopause..Not fun since I'm only 37...However, I have an overactive thyriod that has been playing up , which could be cause of my symptoms of early menopause.....It's so much to take in and very exhusting...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I missed my last months OPAM due to being extreamly tired and having the Can't Be's..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">When I had manage to somehow find some engery I spent it doing the house work, looking after my rugrats and some sewing...Not to mention the odd fill in at the kindergarten..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">My OPAM this month is my Jean Bag....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">So easy to make and a good way to recycle your jeans...You can find this free idea from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3325962722845644235&postID=7833390191931759799">justchic</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">It was my niece's 16th birthday and she loves zebras...I found this really cute zebra print from the last craft show in Melbourne and made her a pillow collection and a make-up bag to go with.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">I brought this really cute Bunny design that comes from the very talented Kerryanne of woodberry designs...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"> It was fun to do and makes a great easter present...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Do you remember theses Aussie icons? My good friends and I went to see them at Milano's hotel in Brighten..They were ace!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">Rach & Scott Carnes from 'Kids in the Kitchen'</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">As my message in the can says 'Thank -You'!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">Yep you are seeing a bean with a meassage on it...It was so cool to watch it grow and then being able to put it into the garden and grow yummy beans....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">I'm hoping they with make some 'Merry Christmas' ones....Would make a great gift...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">I got mine from my boyfriend Paul..He has a couple of shops that deals with everything you need for the garden</span>.</span>..<a href="http://www.caseyhydroponics.com.au/history.php">http://www.caseyhydroponics.com.au/history.php</a></div>
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Anyways, take care and make sure you have your pap-smear test done...Very important..</div>
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Hugs to you all,</div>
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I've done it..I completed this month's OPAM...But oh what a challenge..I started with the left over print that I used on the cushion in my last post..</div>
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I then chose a pattern from AP & Q magazine called 'Memories of Mum'</div>
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Such a beautiful title, I thought.. :-) Being mother's day this weekend..The pattern is by <span style="color: purple;">Cheryl Filby.</span></div>
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Instead of appliqueing the flowers, I used pastel pencil and colored the flowers in..I fixed the color using a textiles medium..</div>
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Once dried I placed each print onto a thin pallon to give it extra strength when I hand sewed around the outline of the flowers & hearts..</div>
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Instead of using only stitchery, I also used pastel pencils and coloured the design in.. I then put a fabric medium over the top and allowed it to dry over night..</div>
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To help stablize the material while stitching, I used a thin pellon and ironed it to the back of the block..</div>
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To make sure everything sticks, I quilted the boarders and backing..</div>
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Sew it together and finished it off <a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ldkdOhECNkg/TYCiTUtaylI/AAAAAAAAAe4/Z8Hj3HQcryk/s1600/DSC00929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ldkdOhECNkg/TYCiTUtaylI/AAAAAAAAAe4/Z8Hj3HQcryk/s200/DSC00929.JPG" width="200" /></a><br />with a zip..</div>
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And here is the finished project.. A 'Daily Cares' Cushion...</div>
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Here is a sneak preview..</div>
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Hello to you with big smiles from me...<br />
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So good to see you drop by...</div>
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I thought I would tell you about my collection..Well actually, I have a few collections, but the one I'm going to show you is about GOLLIES...</div>
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I love Gollies..I love the way they look..Love the memories they hold..Love the different names..Love the big red lips and the big afro hair..</div>
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So cute, I couldn't resist painting this Mammie..<br />
A design from the talented Kerryanne from <a href="http://www.woodberrydesigns.com.au/">'Woodberry Designs..</a><br />
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Every year my patch girls and I save our pennies for the crafts shows.. Cause who can resist a bargin or a new idea..</div>
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One of my favorite stores is <a href="http://www.craftcubby.com.au/">'The Craft Cubby'</a></div>
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That's where I buy my collection of Golly Pins.. I have one more to collect 'Pin 2', and then I have the lot..</div>
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I also brought 'Gollyville'.. A huge applique quilt, which is still in the packs... I am number 206 on the collectables list..</div>
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This painting came from a few appilque patterns I got from <a href="http://www.craftcubby.com.au/"> 'The Craft Cubby'..</a></div>
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It was my first experiance at folk-art and thought gollies were a good start..</div>
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I have so many Golly patterns, I'd be here for a long time putting up pics. However, now that I'm doing the OPAM this year, I might actually pull out some patterns to do...<br />
LOL, I've just finish a painting I started before Christmas last year... It's a Jamie Mills-Price design 'Home Sweet Home'.. She has a site called <a href="http://www.betweenthevines.com/">'Between The Vines'</a>... Well worth having a look.. She has such beautiful designs..<br />
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Here are some more folk-art work I did, again designs from <a href="http://www.woodberrydesigns.com.au/">'Woodberry Designs'</a><br />
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I hope you enjoyed my collections of Gollies.. From Me and my good friend Bobby the Golly, we would like to say "How we love ya" when you stop by.</div>
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Have an ace day..Take care and be safe.</div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made this cute brooch cushion, a pattern you can find on a blog called <a href="http://ourshabbycottage.blogspot.com/">"Our Shabby Cottage" </a> . I added some vanilla scent to the polly fill before filling to add that extra special touch...</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a 14" cushion with ruffles around all edges...I sewed a loose stitch then sat on the couch watching one of my favorite show's, CSI and a couple more, pulling the string...</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had some plain pillow cases that just happened to be the same colour cream I was using, so I sewed a strip of the jaguar print to match..</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the set together.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">And I still have some material left over to add to my Jaguar collection.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hummmm, what to make next?</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have started my next OPAM for March. I saw my creative friend working on her's and loved it and wanted to have a go at trying & applying the same technique.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here is a sneak preview..</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Big smiles to all,</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Crafty Chookie</span></strong></div>Crafty Chookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556729081608289685noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325962722845644235.post-7750373033880157342011-02-04T20:02:00.000-08:002011-02-04T20:02:25.909-08:00'Loving the Sun'<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hello :-)</span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">Thank you for dropping by to take a look at my blog...</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">It's been a fantastic week for me..I love it when the sun's out...It inspires me to do some gardening....After all the rain we have had...It's hard to keep up wth the maitenance..Everything is growing so fast....My poor vegetables are very confused with the weather pattern...I am growing plants that wouldn't normally grow this time of the year....But hey, I'm loving it cause I get to do more seedlings and watch my garden grow....</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">Sarah my 6 year old and I went to bunnings just for dirt and walked out with plants, pots, sunflower seeds and the dirt....That store to me is like Spotlight...You only go in for one thng and end up leaving with much more.....Do I feel guilty?.....Absolutely not cause I love what I do and if I can inspire at least one of my children to be like me, what could be better...LOL</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">School went back yesterday...A bit silly, going back to school on a Friday when its the weekend and their off again..</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">My son Maison is not happy to go back...He can be a very negative boy and takes all my effort to try and get him to see and think in a more positive way...</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">Just incase you don't know, Maison suffers from Sleep Apena.....He not long had an operation on the cartligde of the nose as it was all bent causing breathing difficulties....He has a sleep study test coming up on the 29th Feb...I really hoping there has been some improvement...If not he's back onto the C-pap machine...</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">As you could imagine...Not getting enough sleep makes an angry boy...</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">For the next two weeks, I have been asked to fill in at the Kindergarten. Yippie! One of the teacher's broke her hand...Not good for her but good for me..Can't wait to meet the next group of 4's...They are so cute at that age...</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">Did you notice the OPAM button on my sight?</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">I am pleased to say. I have joined this years OPAM with Peg <a href="http://happyinquilting.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-blogger.html">'Happy In Quilting'</a> and Kris <a href="http://tagalongteddies.blogspot.com/">'Tag Along Teddies'</a>....</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">Should be a good way to finish off some UFOs....</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">Well that it for now...Oh hang on..I haven't finished...</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">We've have had some wild weather lately..Please stay safe and continue to smile :-) :-)</span></em></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Arial;">Hugs all round...</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">xxx CRAFTY CHOOKIE xxx</span></em></strong>Crafty Chookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556729081608289685noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325962722845644235.post-34881067391851757722011-01-25T03:18:00.000-08:002011-01-25T03:18:29.826-08:00Where or where did this pattern come from?<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I hope you all have had a good start to the New Year...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Unfortunately for me, I seen the New Year in and went straight to bed...I was so sick with the flu and it had to be when my lovey children went to visit their dad for the week....I was waiting a long time for a break too... :-( </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Anyways, about a year ago my Auntie passed away...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">As my mum was helping sort things out, she came across this very old Wall Hanging piece....I have hunted around but sadly I cannot find it to show you....(I haven't given up looking)..However, I did do an up-dated version of the pattern....The old wall hanger was put together with a lot of glue...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">With mine I used thread and a bit of tape....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I would really love it if someone knew where the pattern (idea) came from? I believe it's an old design as my Auntie had the wall hangers for a long time...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Over the holidays, it was my bestie's birthday...She's loves leapard print, so I made her a bag and a matching make-up bag to go with.....She was real happy....</span><br />
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My prayers go out to everyone who has suffered from the effects of the floods....Nature works in very mysterious ways and unfortunately we will never work out why....I am so proud to be an Australian/Koorie.....It touched my heart in many ways when I seen how quickly this Nation jumped in to help so many people in need..</div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Again I got spoilt with heaps of gift and more gifts a more gifts...Gotta love having a birthday near Christmas.....</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Ok....So what's been happening beside's turning a year older...</span></em></div>
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This is Sarah and her friends....Sarah did alot of work on the tree...And this is a group hug with the school teachers that made all this happen......A huge thank-you......</div>
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I was asked to paint this painting for a friend, which I believe is one of Kerryanne's design from <a href="http://www.shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com/">Shabby Art Boutique..</a>.."No Worries", I said with a huge smile from one cheek to the other, "but...... Can you quilt my Eye Spy quilt", I made for my partner's son.....What a fantatic deal and an awsome friend....<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__0x6DbKd2tY/TRhnBSgASkI/AAAAAAAAAdI/sFuQPibadII/s1600/DSC00664.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__0x6DbKd2tY/TRhnBSgASkI/AAAAAAAAAdI/sFuQPibadII/s200/DSC00664.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__0x6DbKd2tY/TRhmkLmFBUI/AAAAAAAAAdE/aH-jh-lbUXY/s1600/crafty+chookie+sig.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__0x6DbKd2tY/TRhmkLmFBUI/AAAAAAAAAdE/aH-jh-lbUXY/s1600/crafty+chookie+sig.png" /></a>That's me>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></div>Crafty Chookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556729081608289685noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325962722845644235.post-56931878209299286812010-12-12T15:53:00.000-08:002010-12-12T15:53:46.965-08:00I Got The Best Surprise Ever!!!!!!<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>Ok...Are you ready????</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Being sort of new on the Blog Land I had found it hard to generated interest to my blog...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So, I thought I would visit some blogs and leave a little <span style="color: purple;">'Please come visit my blog',</span> in the hopes that they would..</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One very , very, creative and inspiring blog I like to visit is <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Peg</span> </span>from <a href="http://happyinquilting.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-blogger.html">'Happy In Quilting'</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I pop over to <span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peg's</span> blog often as I admire what she does and asked her if she would pop over to my blog of a lookie, and she did and she also became a follower of mine.. <span style="color: #cc0000;"> :-)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I was blown away with the excitement that Peg came and left a comment...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>But wait, It gets better......</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids went to their Father's on the weekend, so my spunky boyfriend Paul, took me shopping for my birthday...I was so spoilt with clothes and shoes and an oldie but a goodie, 'The Best Of Aerosmith' c.d....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We chill-laxed the whole weekend....Was PURRRRRFECT.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After my fab weekend, it was time to get back to reality with the kids home....Their doing their thing while I took the time out to look at my blog in the hopes that I might have more comments....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>OMGoodness, Who, What, When and how did this happen????????</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Rubbing my Very Surprised eye's, was I seeing things?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There was 14 cmments left on my blog......????????</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A rush of amazement went through my body...I almost fell of the chair. I turned to my son Maison and he was looking at me in a weird way...but I didn't care...I just wanted to dance... I was so happy....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you SOOOOOOOOOO much <span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peg</span> for putting up a post about me on your blog....Huge hugs to you..</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And to all you beautiful bloggers who took the time out to come and look at my blog and put a comment.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">' What wonderful and insiring words you all left.....I am so pleased to hear that their is interest in what I do.....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I would love to send each and everyone an email showing my appriciation, but unfortunately I haven't worked that one out yet....LOL</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I will however try really, really hard to visit you all..'</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peg,</span> again</span> <a href="http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZUman000" target="_blank"><img alt="You Rock" border="0" src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_30_109.gif" /></a><br />
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This is a Xmas Apron...With the left over material I made scrunchies to go with it,,,<br />
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An easy Xmas pressie to make...One of many dresses I have sewed together...The girls will be happy with their dresses....</div>
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An Australian Love Poem <br />
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(Who said Australians weren't romantic?) <br />
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Of course I love ya darlin<br />
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You're a bloody top-notch bird<br />
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And when I say you're gorgeous<br />
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I mean every single word <br />
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So ya bum is on the big side<br />
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I don't mind a bit of flab<br />
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It means that when I'm ready<br />
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There's somethin there to grab <br />
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So your belly isn't flat no more<br />
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I tell ya, I don't care<br />
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So long as when I cuddle ya<br />
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I can get my arms round there <br />
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No sheila who is your age<br />
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Has nice round perky breasts<br />
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They just gave in to gravity<br />
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But I know ya did ya best <br />
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I'm tellin' ya the truth now<br />
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I never tell ya lies<br />
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I think its very sexy<br />
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That you've got dimples on ya thighs <br />
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I swear on me nanna's grave now<br />
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The moment that we met<br />
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I thought you was as good as<br />
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I was ever gonna get <br />
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No matter what u look like<br />
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I'll always love ya dear<br />
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Now shut up while the footy's on<br />
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And fetch another beer<br />
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Here is the table topper I was quilting for my fabulous friend Anna of <a href="http://annarosadesigns.blogspot.com/">Anna Rosa Desings</a>....All done... :-)<br />
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It took a little longer than hoped, but its finally finished.. I wanted to fussy quilt but unfortunately my partner in crime LOL (the sewing machine) decided to play up...<br />
I ended up putting on the darning foot a did some merandering...And to make it a little fancy I sewed little tassles in each corner as I was doing the binding..<br />
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I have also finished the bathroom mirror boarder.....A dinner late was used to create the scollop edge and the paint design came from a soap plate....Consistency, Consistency & Hard Work...BUT I love it so much and can't wait to put it up and start decorating my bathroom.<br />
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Last week my daughter's fav teacher was leaving...I have to say, she was my favorite too...Straight away I wanted to make something for her as an appreciation for the interest she showed in my daughter.... 'A Brooch Cushion'....This design comes from a lady called Kathryn...You can find this cute pattern at <a href="http://ourshabbycottage.blogspot.com/">'our shabby cottage'</a><br />
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It's hard to know what colour people like, so I went with a soft tan & cream to match the cute ribbon flower I learnt to make from a book called "Creative Crafts"....To finish it off, I sewed a button onto the centre of the flower and put vanilla essence drops onto the stuffing to add scent...<br />
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Before i finish I just want to let you know what's happening with my son Maison...<br />
He finally had his operation on the cartlige of his nose and his adnoids cleaned up...He went in on Wednesday and although he looks really good, he is in so much pain...And night time is tuff as he can't breathe just yet...It's going to be a long journey, but one for the best...No cure for Sleep Apnea but he'll be a better boy during the day.... :-) No more breathing throu the mouth...<br />
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This week I take my daughte Sarah the Royal Children's on Thursday, for her check up...She was born with squints (crossed eyes)...She has had two operation so far and hopefully won't need anymore...If only she would take more care of her glasses...Just found them after a week of searching..grrrr....<br />
Anyways gotta keep going....Eventually this will all pass and the kids will be medically fine...<br />
I know their are children out there suffering a lot more...My children fortunately can be healed.... <a href="http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZUman000" target="_blank"><img alt="Woohoo!" border="0" src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_30_104.gif" /></a> Wow, now that I have filled you with so much....I hope you have a fantastic week...And remember..Christmas is not far away and neither is my birthday.....Hehehehe<br />
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Oh what fun I've had this week....I brought a stencil book at a bargin price once when shopping...As I usually do, I put the book on the book shelf and sort of forgot about it...It wasn't until I was looking for something else I came across the book again...</div>
As I was looking at the stencil book, a few ideas started popping into my creative little brain....<br />
I wanted to make some Thank-you cards for the children who came to Sarah's birthday, but I wanted them to look crafty and exciting.... This is what I came up with:<br />
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I stenciled three different colored flowers using the same stencil....</div>
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I then wrote a little thank-you note over the flower and gave it a soft wash with glitter added to the paint and brushed over the top of the whole card...</div>
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Because the cards were for the kiddies, I had put their first intial above the flower...</div>
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On the back of the card I had put one color and a little wash color over the top..</div>
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I then used a star stencil and stipple in a lighter color as a background..</div>
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Also on the back of the card I pasted a photo of each child....</div>
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To finish it off I put a hole through the top of the intial and put a tie on so the children can hang them up at home....</div>
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They were so excited when Sarah gave out the cards...Even the teachers were impressed....</div>
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<br /><br /><strong><em>I have finally put 'Country Romances' together..."Go Me"...Now all I have to do is put the boarders on, sandwhich it together and then the fun begins with the quilting...How I'm going to quilt it, I don't know..I only have a small machine and a small table..LOL..The quilt is huge...I am always open to suggestions and ideas...</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.smileycentral.com/dl/index.jhtml?partner=ZSzeb113_ZUman000&utm_id=7921" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.smileycentral.com/sig.jsp?pc=ZSzeb113&pp=ZUman000" /></a><strong><em>As most of us do...I have started another quilt...Well not really started...It's a UFO I've had sitting around and I have made it a mission to finish all my UFO's this year...</em></strong></div>
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<strong><em>I'm also quilting a table topper which I hope to finish this week, if not next week..</em></strong></div>
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<strong><em>It's a special quilt top for a special friend and I hope she loves it....</em></strong></div>
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I have finally brought myself a camera...I couldn't live without one anymore..So many pictures to take and no camera was driving me crazy..So I put myself first and went shopping...<br />
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The first week of the holidays have gone and my camera has been put to good use.<br />
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Paul and I went up to Eildon for a few days to do some more work on the caravan..<br />
When we got up there we went and had a look at the dam..With the amount of rain this winter, there was a lot of talk about the dam looking the best it's been in a long time...They weren't wrong..I couldn't believe the difference in water capacity compared to the start of the year....Great for the water sports..<br />
While up there we also went down town to take some photos of two of my favorite places I like to visit..<br />
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This is a photo of the craft gift shop where I brought the Kookaburra magnet..<br />
I couldn't help myself and brought a Possume magnet this time....Now to find another cast-iron pan!!!<br />
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While up at Eildon, I took the oppotunity to finish Sarah's party dress I made for her 6th Birthday Party we held for her on Sunday gone..<br />
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Not the right dress to be boucing around in..But she loved it and had the best time ever....<br />
Sarah woke the next morning saying, "Mummy I'm still 6 years old"...She is so gorgeous...<br />
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It's great being a mum and watching the smiles on my childrens faces seeing them happy...It makes me happy and a happy mum makes a happy house....LOL<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hello with big smiles.. :-)</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was doing some blog searching and came across a lady name Sarah who is doing a give-away..</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The prizes look great...</span></strong><br />
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<strong>Hello my friends....Can I firstly say, welcome to Spring....Whoo Hoo...</strong></div>
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<strong>I have been so busy working at the kindergarten....I've been given more hours than expected but I'm not complaining....The money helps....It's organising the kids...What a pain in the head...I'm not good at asking for help and feel really bad when I need to hassle my neighbour Anna to help</strong>.....</div>
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<strong>During the week I had finished another art piece...</strong></div>
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<strong>I have so many others bits and pieces to show..And I will as soon as I get a camera.....grrr</strong><br />
<strong>Thanks for dropping by and reading my blog...if anyone has any ideas on how to generate more interested folllowers, please share!</strong><br />
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<strong>It has been a huge few weeks for me,</strong><br />
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<strong>But firstly can I say, Thank you to Shelley Hobbs from </strong><a href="http://wickedlydivinecreations.blogspot.com/"><strong>Wickedly Divine Creations</strong></a><strong>.. I popped over to have a look at Shelley's blog and was amazed at the effort she had put into making her block stand out... I am always up for a change whether it be my hair, clothes, a holiday or kids that get a long (LOL) but also a blog change..So I asked Shelley how she did it and she kindly sent me some links to look at...</strong><br />
<strong>As you can see, I have used some clip art from <a href="http://cutencool-itkupilli.blogspot.com/">'Cute 'n' Cool'</a> and if you drop by <a href="http://shabbyblogsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/freebies">'Shabby Blogs'</a> you'll also find some great lables...Another great site is <a href="http://www.alegoo.com/comments/hugs/hugs-8.php">'Hugs Graphics and Comments for Friendster'</a>...It's my favorite site to visit...</strong><br />
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<strong>As most of you know, the craft show was recently here in Victoria...An event in which my patch girls and I save up our pennies for, cause for us it's like putting a child in a lollie store...There are so many things to choose from and if I could I would buy everything, it's all great..</strong><br />
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<strong>However, being the responsible person I am (LOL), I brought only what I needed....Would love to show you a pic of my goodies but I don't have a camera at the moment... :-(</strong><br />
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<strong>I visited my favorite store, </strong><a href="http://www.craftcubby.com.au/"><strong>The Craft Cubby</strong></a><strong> who do alot of Gollys of all sorts...I have collect the first Gollyville quilt and am seriouly thinking of getting the second Gollyville quilt...they said that there will be a third but no more after that....They also said they only made about 2000 of these quilts and I'm number 208...</strong><br />
<strong>I also collect the Golly pins...There are eight altogether...Every year we go to the show and every year</strong> <strong>I forget to write down what pins I have...So when we approach the store to get my pins, I turn to my friend Tracey with a strange look on my face and she say's, <span style="color: orange;">"You forgot again didn't you"</span>.... It's always pot luck...Fortunately I have a good memory and pick the one I didn't have....Just one more pin and I have the whole collection.....</strong><br />
<strong>Whoop Whoop cause I'm really happy about it.....hehehe</strong><br />
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<strong>My patch buddie took a photo of me holding this gorgeouse teddy bear</strong>...<br />
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<strong>It's on my list for next year....Just hope there not too hard to make.... :-)</strong><br />
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<strong>I'm going to tell you a little bit about my son Maison....</strong><br />
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<strong>Since he was a baby he always had breathing problems....As he got a little older he would suffer from croop really bad and at one point was given steriods to help him...Then when he was 5 he was put into hospital to have his tonsils and adnoids taken out....</strong><br />
<strong>I thought this was fantastic because he was still having breathing problems and he started to have nightmare sleeps, sleep walking and seriously freaking out...It would take me such a long time to settle him down...When he finally woke up he would be really upset, cause he didn't know what he was doing and why he was feeling the way he did...He would be very confused..</strong><br />
<strong>It got to a point where he didn't want to go to school and he wasn't concentrating...He put on heaps of weight and become very depressed and emotional...At night when he slept, I would count how many seconds he would hold his breath and then he would choke while trying to get it back...During the day he is</strong> <strong>always breathing through his mouth...</strong><br />
<strong>Something was not right and I wanted to get to the bottom of it...The ENT Doc, sent him to a sleep centre where he was finally diagnosed with <span style="color: orange;">Sleep Apnoea...</span></strong><br />
<strong>He then had to be put on a C-pap machine to help him breath...He found it hard wearing a mask and would wake up with red, puffy eyes...</strong><br />
<strong>Again off to the doctors to find that Maison has a <span style="color: orange;">'Septoplasty'</span>, meaning, the cartlige in his nose is bent to one side...Great I thought, now what?????</strong><br />
<strong>To help my boy breath, my only option was to go for surgery...We have been on the waiting list for quiet some time and finally a letter to come in for a pre-op....We go down to the pre-op only to be told they don't want to do it at that hospital, that it's to risky and he needs to go to another hospital that is better equip...They say my son needs to be in ICU for the first night cause it's a danger for him cause of the Sleep Apnoea..</strong><br />
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<strong>Great, back on the waiting list for another hospital...You would think they would know his condition by now and send him to the right hospital......Grrrrrrrr</strong><br />
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<strong>I am pleased to say, I have now got a job at my daughter's old kindergarten....At the moment I do fill in's when someone can't work but am hoping and praying that someday it will be more...It's the best job, cause I can still be here for my children...</strong><br />
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<strong>So, that's it for this week...I think...I know I have heaps more to talk about but I don't want to bore you anymore...hehehe..</strong><br />
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<strong>Enjoy your week and thank you so much for stopping by my blog...</strong><br />
<strong>Cheers,</strong><br />
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With the winter colds, kids being sick, school holidays and being ill myself, I haven't done much but make bags..<br />
I hoping when things settle down, I can get back to finishing off 'Country Roses' and creating heaps of new projects.<br />
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Over the holidays, we went up to Eildon. It was so cold, especially at night, there was ice outside on the air cooler/heater. Paul had to hammer it off..<br />
We did manage to get the kids out and did a bit of fishing of the banks of the pondage. No luck on fish for dinner<span style="color: black;">.. </span><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">:-(</span><br />
I am always amazed at how fantastic the land and <span style="color: #274e13;">trees</span> are growing back after 'Black Saturday'. <br />
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My good friend Tracey and I thought we would make our mums a quilt for mother's day. We chose a pattern called 'Forget Me Not', (Sorry I don't remember who designed the pattern), and I had chosen reds and creams, Tracey chose blue and creams.<br />
My mum loves it and uses the quilt always..<br />
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I want to give out a huge <span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Thank You</span> to <span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Kerryanne English <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">from <span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com/">'Shabby Art Boutique'</a></span></span></span>. I enjoyed doing the course 'Embracing the Passion'.<br />
I have learnt things I'd never done before and it's great cause now I can help my children be creative when it comes to projects for school..<br />
I will surely keep it up and hope to become better in the future...<br />
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Be patient with me and my blog..I will get better at keeping up with my posts..(LOL)<br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><strong>I will try...</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Thanks for reading...<span style="color: #741b47;">:-)</span></span></strong>Crafty Chookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556729081608289685noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325962722845644235.post-41717662656657396142010-06-06T01:21:00.000-07:002010-06-06T01:21:44.751-07:00I Won!<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Hello bloggers...</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Where has the time gone?</span> With life's many challengers and changes, children to look after and so many projects to complete, there just never seem's to be enough hours in the day or night...And I still have so much to do..<br />
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But what I can tell you is, I <span style="color: purple;">won </span>an on-line competition with <span style="color: #cc0000;">Kerryanne</span> from <a href="http://www.shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com/">'Shabby Art Boutique'</a>...<br />
The course is called "<span style="color: red;">Embracing the Passion"</span> and I'm excited...I'm hoping this will help me find what it is that stops me from finding my inner creativeness..I know it's in there somewhere....<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__0x6DbKd2tY/S-OeDDQ-iCI/AAAAAAAAAOE/B5ALYPA_pEA/s1600/bags+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__0x6DbKd2tY/S-OeDDQ-iCI/AAAAAAAAAOE/B5ALYPA_pEA/s320/bags+005.JPG" tt="true" /></a>Again it has been a busy few weeks...And eventually I've manage to jump onto the computer before my son gets home from school to take over...LOL....He just turned 10 on the 1st May, but the poor boy had spent most of the day in bed with ear infections...Fortunately for him, we planned his party this weekend....My Daughter however got to celebrate, as she lost her first tooth... A day I won't forget......</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">To keep you up to date on 'Country Romances', I have put all the 2.5 squares onto each block...</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I still need to finish some blanket stitching and then I will start putting it together....</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">There are also three more boarders to put on and then the sandwhiching begins....</div><br />
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Over the past two weeks, my good friend <a href="http://annarosadesigns.blogspot.com/">Anna Rosa</a> and I had a few play- days together where we would find something interesting to make that we haven't done before...<br />
Anna had come across a purse pattern that is avaliable at <a href="http://quiltsalott.blogspot.com/2010/03/little-purse-tutorial.html">Quiltsalott</a> blogspot...I really like mine and had made a few more to give out as gifts...<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__0x6DbKd2tY/S-OeWoMzneI/AAAAAAAAAOU/grv1z8fYTng/s1600/bags+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__0x6DbKd2tY/S-OeWoMzneI/AAAAAAAAAOU/grv1z8fYTng/s200/bags+004.JPG" tt="true" width="200" /></a>We also made a tote bag that I'd come across in the <a href="http://www.handmade.com.au/currentissue.php">Handmade </a>magazine..I first made one for my daughter to see how it would come out..I liked it heaps but it was a little big, so I cut down the size a little and made another bag for my mum for mothers day..</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I have also painted a Paper Towel holder for my mum....The idea is one of <a href="http://annarosadesigns.blogspot.com/">Anna Rosa's</a> and with her guidence I painted it..I'm slowly getting the hang of 'Folk Art'..... :-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__0x6DbKd2tY/S-OeeTsXfmI/AAAAAAAAAOc/Bscf4Oxw0NU/s1600/bags+019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__0x6DbKd2tY/S-OeeTsXfmI/AAAAAAAAAOc/Bscf4Oxw0NU/s200/bags+019.JPG" tt="true" width="131" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__0x6DbKd2tY/S-OemsuvrxI/AAAAAAAAAOk/fPCKYDnrS4w/s1600/bags+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__0x6DbKd2tY/S-OemsuvrxI/AAAAAAAAAOk/fPCKYDnrS4w/s200/bags+003.JPG" tt="true" width="200" /></a>Wow my mum is going to be very spoilt this year....A long with the bag, I'm also giving my mum a few more handmade gifts.....One of the purses, a kitchen set (glove, tea towels etc..), some hand towels for her bathroom, a hand painted paper roll holder and lastly a plastic bag holder which I'm still yet to do....</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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