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Just another quick post. I had a very busy weekend, i finally made time to get my hair done(pics soon) it took 8 1/2 hours you will understand when i post pics.And i made my first pillow well actually 4 pillows.They look soooo cute, i hope to take pics tomorrow.

I have a super busy day today i have a heap of work to get done before i take dad to a doctors appointment. Sorry about the lack of kniting content, i hope to back into it soon.

I hope everyone has a great day!

mmm spelt toast

Just a quick post. Not a great deal of knitting has been getting done. I did do alittle shopping, i went to Craft Depot in Pennant Hills and i got some great vinyl to make a bag i and some more fabric for some more pillow case's. I have taken pics but i forgot my camera so you will all have to wait.


On a totally different topic i went to a wonderful bakery/cafe today. It's called Brasserie Bread and it is on Botany Road. They bake all the bread on site and send it out to all the top restaurants in Sydney, they also sell all there bread onsite. What totally amazed me was that they use spelt flour and nobody ever uses spelt flour. I'm in love hehe. So this morning i am having homemade jam on spelt toast YUMMMM!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Pillow Talk

Are you ready for the best pillow cases you have ever seen. No thats good because they are not the best, but i'm very happy with them. I did take a pic of the stitching but pink on pink did not turn out that well. Anywho as you can see they have a nice big inside flap which i think is very important. I hope you like:)


Here are my buys from Borders & Hornsby Wool & Craft Nook.I totally love the holiday handknit book, it has so many great ideas in it. And as you can see a hank of point five i already have three hanks so i thought i can now make a scarf with a matching beanie.

And hopefully i can get some tips from the sewing book. Lets hope:) I haven't done any knitting in the last couple of days and considering the amount of ironing i have to do i don't think i will get any done tonight.

I hope everyone enjoys there week:)

Peace at last

Last thursday after work i thought i would go to hornsby, so i went to Borders (got a couple of books and mags) then went to Hornsby Wool & Craft Nook (got some fat quarters and wool ,pics later)Then i thought i would get some take away BIG MISTAKE. While i got a oporto bondi burger mmmmmm oporto.Mike got a chicken kebab. One hour later he complained of pains in his stomach, he went and laid on our bed and to make a long story short he spent the whole night with his head over the basin.

He had friday off work and he is now just starting to feel normal again.So with two late nights in a row and a insane day at work i spent most of saturday in bed(guess who doesn't have children).So not much craft got done at all ,but last night i made two pillow cases. I am so pleased with myself i know they are not prefect but i think they look fantastic. I will post pics tomorrow.

I hope everyone enjoys there week.

Oh so pretty

This is just a quick post (again) just to show off my cards and to show everyone how wonderful i am hehe.The pics are in order of how i made them, the first one was a little wonky but i do feel the others look better.You be the judge.


1st and 2nd



3rd (Mike's pick) and 4th

5th (My pick)and 6th

And a group shot. I am pleased how they turned out keeping in mind this is my first bit of sewing.


And to end it off a pic of my dads cat Lucky hehe. She has grown so much since mum and i plucked her from the backyard. And don't let her looks fool you she is so naughty,she is always getting into trouble. I hope everyone enjoys the rest of there week.

Flat out

Just a quick post. Really busy at work.I promise i will post pics tomorrow of the cards i made. I think they look fantastic hehe.I hope everyone has a good day.

Somone went a little crazy

And that someone was me:) I went to Spotlight on thursday unaware there was a sale on craft prints 50% off people. So i bought up for some future projects. I say future projects even though i haven't actually used my sewimg machine. Anywho i bought some great stuff, i thought i would make some greeting cards that are in a quilting book i bought.So i get home to realise i have all the fabric and no cards you know what this means don't you. Thats right i went back to spotlight on friday he he.

My first trip to spotlight.

My second trip to spotlight he he.

These are two books a bought a couple of weeks ago at borders. They have so many great ideas in them.I made a couple of cards last night i will have pics tomorrow.

Happy Knitting!

Happy Mother's Day

Just a quick post to wish all the mothers out there HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Iwent a little crazy at spotlight on thursday. I will post pics tomorrow. I am now off to my Mum's for lunch. Happy Knitting.

A brighter day

Todays post is a little bit more upbeat. It was Mike's 35th B'day on sunday. It was so cute all week i heard him muttering 35 only 5 years to 40 over and over and over:) Like all men he wanted something a little blokey(not sure if thats a word) so as well as some lovely Hugo Boss i bought him a Maglight.Yes thats right girls a maglight, he loved it, he walked around the back yard pointing it at everything. Aren't boys cute in a odd sort of way.We took him out to dinner sunday night to our local indian, and of course we made pigs of ourselves. It was a nice break.



I didn't take pics of the wonderful magligt ;) but i did take pics of some little treats i bought him. These are happy cakes from our local deli, they are one of my favourites.

Here we have some more treats, funny thing when i bought them lots of my favourites fell in to the trolly, i don't know how that happened:)

And now on to knitting. I started another beanie. I have to buy some 5.5mm DPN to finish it off. I hope i can get to the shops this weekto pick them up.

I haven't done a huge amount of the scarf, but i will get, even if it is at a snails pace.

And finally no post is complete without a pic of one of my babies. India napping as usual.

Thankyou everyone for your lovely comments and emails.

Dad

I have been thinking about how to start this post without it just coming out. But there is no way so here we go.

My Dad has Cancer. He has had it for two years but it is now getting to the stage that he is in constant pain, it has spread to his bones and he is now starting to lose alot of weight. It's so hard to watch a man that was once so strong and active just lay in bed all day and not leave the house. He does have his good days, but for the most part they are bad.

Mentally he seems fine, He use to get very depressed, but strange even he seems fairly clam and relaxed. He isn't at the stage where he needs full time care but mum knows the day is coming.

It's funny when i think about Dad and all the other people suffering in the world today my personal problems seem so tiny and pathetic they are not worth mentioning.

I hope everyone can enjoy the rest of there weekend with someone they love.

Sorry

Hi everyone. I'd like to start my first post since March by saying Sorry. Sorry that i never let anyone know why i stopped posting. I have had a number of issue to deal with, Some personel some Family related, Things that i do not really want to go in to now, but hopefully soon.
I haven't done a great deal of knitting or any other craft related projects for awhile. Although i haven't fully explained why i have been away i hope you can understand. Thanks.