More Cards

I've not done much sewing, quilting nor knitting over the last few weeks ~ slack I know and I really do need to get moving on the RR swap as deadline is fast approaching...

I have however been doing more on the deck of me (I am time wasting probably, but I like to think of it as procrastination at it's best! plus brushing up on some more skills)

Week 3 ~ I am... 

 

Using two favourite fabric scraps, the I am is embroidered (I sooooo need to work on my handsewing skills!!!) the note says 'woman... wife... mother... daughter... sister... friend... I am ME

C. Creative

A. Ambitious

R. Reverie

Do you know how hard it is to find a descriptive word starting with R... I ended up reading the whole section of the dictionary to get this one. 

 

Week 4 ~ Symbol you love

 

Well this one was easy. If ever I get a tattoo - it will be of this symbol... one day I will do it! It's a Kryptonian Symbol as seen in my all time favourite TV Show Smallville... (*drool... thinking of tom welling for a moment*)

 

Week 5 ~ Ephemera from my week...

 

Apparently ephemera is disposable. Ticket stubbs from public transport etc. Stuff that is useable for a short time only. Well considering I go NO WHERE. This is all I had. A ticket stubb from 2006 (a concert pre-toddler!) and as it was sitting in my weekly tray awaiting a spot for it, I thought I'd use it for this card!

Hopefully next post will be sewing related... maybe?

Deck of Me...

I like to browse many blogs, on my many travels around cyber-land I seem to click on link upon link upon link and usually find myself in a completely different path to my type of creativity & I find myself saying in a whiny voice "I wanna do that too"

Last year I stumbled across Embers blog which had a link to her "deck of me challenge" ok so this has already been run and she is now currently running another challenge (which I fully intend to do if I finish the deck of me) anywho... your probably wondering why I'm wanting to do this NOW when it's over and done with. Well there is a reason, the reason being I was sick to death of tripping over my scrapping supplies in the spare room and I threatened myself that I would sell them all... this thought hung around for a couple of days until I needed to start raiding the stash of pens I have for my wreck this journal project. I realised when rummaging through my stash I have A LOT of stuff ~ I'd be silly to sell it, problem is I never seem to be able to do full page albums (I have in the past, but now I'm feeling scrapping stagnant) so I thought this little card challenge was just perfect... as it's done on a playing card (I've used a pack of jumbo cards) I can start small and hopefully it will give me an oomph to get over the line and start bigger pages once more!

So week one prompt: Something you are proud of... 

Answer ~ my daughter!

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I was so into it by the end of this one, I immediately started week 2!

Week 2 prompt: What is powerful to you...

Answer ~ Friendships

Now I'm off to complete the third week! And just maybe there might be some sewing blogged about soon... maybe???

Picasso Headquarters

While my very own little picasso went crazy with her paints earlier today...

Mummy took the opportunity to do some more wrecking... journal style :)

 

The initial plan was to fill water balloons with paint and pop them with darts (as seen in one of the scenes of The Princess Diaries)

No darts.

Oh well, I decided to try using a skewer from the kitchen instead, but as I had nowhere safe to throw it from I just started by jabbing the balloons. They wouldn't burst ~ grrrr!!!

So I grabbed some rocks from the garden and with my toe holding the book opened in a precarious position (trust me when I say my aim at any throwing type sports is none to straight and rather deadly... I know of only one speed - fast!!!) I started pegging them at the book and aiming for the balloons. Some hit, some didn't. Miraculously my toe went uninjured!!! What Fun!

Even the toddler came wandering over to have a look and thought it was quite a sight to see mummy throwing rocks, something I tell her every day not to do... (whoops)

And of course the dog had to come have a sniff.

I probably could have done more balloons and I really, really need to loosen up even more... but gosh this was a fun project! Try it - I know you wanna!!!

50 Books in '09

30 June marked the 1/2 way point of the 50 books in '09 challenge & although I am falling slightly behind on the challenge, I'm not too perturbed as I am still really enjoying it! I am also loving following what the other ladies are reading and getting new ideas to add to my already overflowing 'to-read' list :)

Book Number 22 was a mouthful and a delightful read. At some points I did find myself reading a page over and over before it would sink in - but soon enough it would pull me in again & I'd be trying to read just one more letter before bed each night!!! It really made me think of times during and after WWII and realise how lucky we are to live in a society like today's (although sometimes my nan, having lived thru WWII {albeit in OZ} would disagree and say it is worse nowadays!) Anyhow - I thoroughly enjoyed this story and at times found myself smiling along with each of the letters. The ending was so-so... I felt it sort of ended abruptly and I wasn't too sure of the last little bit when the story is sort of narrated by one of the other characters... but definately worth a read if you get a chance!

Here's my 1/2 way list in all it's glory! Bring on the next 28 books!!!

22/ The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

21/ The Friday Night Knitting Club - Kate Jacobs

20/ Bridget Jones Edge of Reason - Helen Fielding

19/ Bridget Jones Diary - Helen Fielding

18/ How to make a journal of your life - D Price

17/ Inheriting Jack - Kris Webb & Kathy Wilson

16/ Voyager - Diana Gabaldon

15/ Dragonfly in Amber - Diana Gabaldon

14/ Cross-stitch - Diana Gabaldon

13/ The Quilters Apprentice - Jennifer Chiaverini

12/ Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer

11/ Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer

10/ New Moon - Stephenie Meyer

9/ Twilight - Stephenie Meyer

8/ Family Baggage - Monica McInerney

7/ The Bad Mothers Handbook - Kate Long

6/ The Undomesticated Goddess - Sophie Kinsella

5/ Salvation Creek - Susan Duncan

4/ The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

3/ Bare Bones - Kathy Reichs

2/ Those Faraday Girls - Monica McInerney

1/ 3 Wishes - Liane Moriarty

Craft Zapped

Usually I feel a zap, which is followed by crafty goodness...

Today I feel zapped, zapped of any crafty goodness...

I've just spent an hour and a half at Spotlight walking around in a daze... I didn't do anymore than glance at the wool :o actually I lie, I did spend considerable amount of time poking through the bargain basket and picked up some sweet wool for $1.99 a ball - destined to become an overdue birthday scarf for my sister in law!

Photos to follow...

Updated To-do List

Whilst awaiting (not-so-patiently) the return of my sewing machine, I am compiling a list of everything I want & need to do to get myself motivated once more. I work better with lists, but the last one was too ambiguous and did not have enough oomph in it, so a fresh start and off we go...

1. Quilt (blk/red/wht) - tie in ends, sew on label {finish: IMMEDIATELY}
2. Knitted Scarf (celtic waves) - half finished {finish: end of next week}
3. Crayon Rolls (b'days approaching) {finish: one / week over next 4 weeks}
4. Knitted Washers x3 {finish: end of July}
5. Blog Giveaway Gift {finish: end of July} (stay tuned!!!)
6. Granny Blanket {finish: mid July}
7. Crochet Beanies {finish: before winter 2010 ;)

Cuppa Tea?

We had a Dorothy Tea Party here last weekend for Miss K's 2nd birthday. I made these little teacup bikkies for the kiddies (& well one or two may or may not have ended up in my tummy too ;)

Very Easy to make - although I'm fairly sure you aren't supposed to use red icing, but seeing as I was in the midst of icing the rose - I decided to use it to stick the pieces together!

Busy little bee...

Today I have...

• Finished an Amy Butler "Frenchy" handbag

Made with left over fabric from my Christmas Bag frenzy last year, an op-shop remnant of cord & lined with a cute vintage cot sheet :)

 

 

• Cut out & packaged up my fabric for the Round Robin Swap

 

 

• Made more progress on my knitted scarf

 

 

• Started a book idea that's been niggling at me...

 

As a bonus I've managed to: 

• Attack the bookwork with gusto
• Long overdue catch up with friends' blogs
• Slowly reading my way through 150+ entries on bloglines
• Started reading To kill a Mockingbird 

Looks as though my creativity & energy has returned!

So what did you do today?

4 in 7

7 days to go till we reach mid point of 2009 ~ 4 books to go till I read mid point of the 50 for 2009 Challenge :)

Can I do it? Honestly I don't think so, but pleased to see after a crazy few months I am still on target and surprisingly I'm not feeling pressured to hurry through the books just to get "numbers" I'm still genuinely enjoying the reading!

I've just finished reading The Friday Night Knitting Club *sob*sob* you girls shoulda warned me to have the tissues handy, totally NOT what I expected even up to the final pages - it sort of hit me from left field and had the daughter not been running at my feet and the TV blaring, I'd have been a blubbering mess. I really did enjoy it though, after a slightly stilted start (the writing was a bit too stiff for my liking to begin with) but it loosened up and I knocked it over in less than a week ~ not bad considering I managed to throw a party and cast on a scarf that is now a nice 20cm long (might be exaggerating on the length there folks ;)

I'm off now to read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ~ hopefully tis easier to read than the title ;)

Dorothy...

This was the cake I made for my DD's 2nd birthday party over the weekend!