Nothing to do

You would think i had nothing to do & all day to do it in, wouldn't you? the housework will wait, the faeries don't visit here very often. LOL
Look what i finished off this morning, the face is a bit lopsided, but that adds character, now i have to make a smaller one for Emma, the pattern was for 6mts size, it looks like it would fit a 6yr old to me.

Next pic, hooray i finished my cardi at last, except for buttons, I have a couple that suit but Murphy's Law, not enough of either one, the joys of living in a small town without many shops, I have to wait til I go somewhere to shop, there's always ebay but I can't touch, feel & compare.

Next pic is of the frost out of my kitchen window, (u can see the curtains reflected in it, that's yellow tulips in bottom left corner, not grot. LOL) it was too darn cold to go out im my jammies to take it, it was one morning last week, can't remember which day, but take your pick, because most days last week started out that way, check out my garden ornaments, not many urban back yards have unique ones like me LOL, caravans yes, tractors & slashers maybe, but D6 dozers? it was sitting there for a few days, waiting for the float to pick it up & take it to the next job. Any wonder i gave up trying to have flower gardens. LOL

Next pic is from the week before last, when we woke up to a winter wonderland, snow fell through the night, didn't have time to take any pics in the yard before we left for work, so this one is the only decent one I got, MOTH reckons I am mad, I wound the window down & was snapping away as we drove up the Tumba road, of the snow over the town, most of the pics were a blur of bushes as we went past them, I aimed one shot at Vics house, but missed it altogether.

last pic is the atc i did for the F & F swap, the theme is birds, done & posted on time for a change. Hope the next theme is an easy one too.

Guess I better go and finish vacuuming etc, before someone about my size trips over it in the hallway, It's a wet & miserable day here today, a good day for crafting or sitting by the heater, knitting or crocheting.

So bye for now. Be good til next time. Helen

Back again it has only been a week this time LOL, I thought I would show & tell my bit of creativity for this week, the 1st pic is the applique block I did for me cos I liked it, might use it on a bag, I think

The pic below is the one I did for the block swap, weren't supposed to embellish it so I left the birds off it, as I didn't get to Gundagai on Weds, ( the MOTH stuffed up my plans as usual) so I don't know who were the lucky ones that won the sets of nine blocks, the trouble is if you win , you then have to make them up into a quilt, so it is really a booby prize LOL

I had a bake up this morning and made a couple of batches of "muffins", started out the first batch was going to be pumpkin & sultana scones, & as I never measure my ingredients the mixture was way too wet, if I add more flour that would make them heavy, so I grabbed the muffin pans & filled them, still had more pumpkin left so I mixed up another batch, this time used orange juice, instead of milk, so I guess they're orange & pumpkin.

And of course I had to have a taste test, the last pic is of the muffin scones with my homemade prize winning blackberry jam, it won a 1st at the local show, & no, it wasn't the only one in the section, that would have been a hollow victory LOL

Anyway must go and check the mail, get another handful of bills out of the box, as it is early in the month that's all there will be, maybe as it is Mothers Day on Sunday there might be a couple of M D cards for me LOL. So bye for now. Helen

Back again

Hi folks it's been a while since I blogged, I'm still around, don't know what I been doing the last five months, but been busy doing it. I finished the jumper that I started last winter & delivered it to the craft shop before Easter. I found it a real chore, don't usually take orders, but it is one of my old favorite patterns, so i made an exception, same as the one in the pic below, she wanted it in a larger size, well it's done now, haven't collected the cash yet, should have charged double. LOL. Went back to finish the cardi for myself, which I put on hold, to do that one, it's all knittted up & just waiting to be sewn together. Not been very creative on the papercraft front either, sent off (very late) my School themed Family & Friends ATC's without taking a photo of them. below is a pic of the April ATC, Showtime theme, how goods your memory Pauly? that pic of the carousel pony is the applique cot quilt that I made for Shaz when she was a baby,(she now has 3 babies of her own) which I scanned then reduced down to fit, then printed on card, stuck PP on, cut it out & paper peiced, spent half the night & most of the day on them.

Better stop rambling on, get stuck into my homework for the patchwork block swap, left that til the last minit too, got to hand applique a birdhouse onto cream homespun, we meet in Gundagai on Weds.

So til next time, you no the drill, if you can't be good
Cheers Helen