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Crochet update

Hello!! :0)

I cannot believe that almost 2 weeks have passed since coming back from the school holidays, the old feet haven't touched the ground!

Apart from a few seriously wet spells, (6 inches of rain one night) we had glorious weather at the beach. One of my favourite pics is on the last night when we were sitting on the beach for the traditional "cocktail hour" and we had this amazing sky to stare at.....

The sky was a mass of lines from the horizon up and as the sun disappeared the lines became more defined - it was just beautiful.

Well much to the amusement of my friends I managed to get LOTS of crocheting done, it was pure bliss......sitting up the end of the beach under the trees watching the kids play and hooking away ;0)

and I am very excited to say that after lots of ends to finish......

  

I got all of my squares done, complete and ready to sew together!!

Because of all the different sizes, 5cm, 10cm, 15cm, 20cm and 30cm squares it was a bit hard to sew or crochet together as I went. So last night I finally got around to lying it out on the bed and pinning to a sheet the way I want it to go together - a bigger task than i thought!!

 
So now I have it rolled up in the sheet and unravel and sew as I go. Being the virgin crocheter that I am, I couldn't think of any other way to do it?

I can't tell you how thrilled I am with the "out there" colour combinations, in fact i would do it again tomorrow with no problems at all!!

I am a little concerned about it going together "easily" as even though all the wool was the same brand and same ply (8) I found that some colours crocheted up a lot thicker or fatter, and coarser than other colours which I really found quite frustrating. Again, being a virgin crocheter i am not sure whether this is normal or not but I am sure it has made some of the squares slightly different in size than what they should be. I counted the rows of crocheting for each size square rather than measuring each one with a ruler.

I would have liked this to be quite a lot bigger and haven't decided yet to leave it this size or to add more, so I will make that decision after I have got this sewn together.
 

Last day of the week tomorrow, have a lovely weekend.

I am off now to sew while I wait for a chocolate mud cake to cook.

Thanks for stopping by.

Annette :0)

 

 
 
 

School Holidays are here

and this will be where we are for the next 2 weeks

at the beach in our caravan - yay!!

I took this photo from our patio with my polaroid sunglasses in front of the lense to see what it would look like and i kinda like it i think!! As you can see its only a hop, skip and a jump to the beach and if you don't want to walk that far you can just sit and look at it all day!!

Perfect ;0)

My laptop will be coming with me but last time I couldn't get any reception so not sure what will happen this time. I may have some serious catching up on blogs to do when I return. 

thanks for stopping by,

Annette :0)
 

International Crochet Day!

Hello, hope you are having a happy Sunday :0)

I have just learnt after catching up on the Crochet with Raymond blog that it is in fact International Crochet Day, so thought I would do a post on how I became inspired to get back into this craft and with some links that helped me understand and remember how to crochet as I hadn't done it since I was in year 6 at Primary School and that is a long time ago!!

When this issue of Better Homes and Gardens Magazine came out I knew I just had to give crocheting a go again and decided that I wanted the patchwork crochet blanket as the top throw for over our queen size bed.

Its the one that is in the basket at the front of the couch. (Mind you I love all the patterns in this issue!) It just so happened that the wool used was on sale at Spotlight, so Chris and I toddled off to purchase what was required, 13 balls and a hook and all coming in under $20!! I was very happy :0)

So home we came, straight through the door to the lounge, magazine open and straight into it!!

Now the pattern said to make 40ch and join with a sl st to form a ring. Now that makes a HUGE ring and just didn't seem right to me and after much frustration at trying to follow the pattern and not being able to do it :0( I decided to go looking of the internet for help.

That was when I came across Attic24 a delightful blog with the most wonderful crochet creations and even better, step by step with close up photos of how to make all sorts of wonderful things. It was then that I decided I would follow the general pattern from the Better Homes and Gardens magazine, ie use the same size squares and number of squares but with a different pattern.

So I was soon on my way to beginning my crocheting again, sitting in front of the computer with hook in hand and wool ready to go I began using this wonderful Summer Garden Granny Square Tutorial from Attic24.  I cannot tell you how excited i was to finish my first square - the kids were pretty chuffed too!!

This was my first square finished, the one in the middle

I know how time consuming writing tutorials are, but when you can see closeup pictures with simple instructions that make sense to people who are only beginning, it really is very much appreciated :0) So thankyou to Lucy from Attic 24 for helping me get back on my road to crocheting!! If you missed you can see my blanket pic update Here.

I was so determined NOT to stray from making my blanket but just could resist no longer and had to have a go at This Bunting Tutorial from Crochet with Raymond, and although it isn't finished I couldn't wait to show you, it is nice to do a different shape other than squares!!

You can see what it will look like Here.

For lots more crochety inspiration go check out i-crochet blog and i can assure you, you will want to go out and start crocheting immediately, so many wonderful links :0) 

For a great recycled crochet project check this out at KooKoo, I so want to do this for a big floor rug! I have an idea starting to come to mind.

I really want to give these Teeny-tiny-flowers a go from Attic24, as well as These crochet flowers and leaves and This hexagon how to as well!! Go check them out they are so sweet :0)  

I hope your Sunday evening is relaxing, thanks for stopping by and leaving your lovely comments :0)

Annette x  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

We grew a Love heart tomato

Much to Maddison's delight (well all of us really!) she found this on the tomato vine at this mornings picking :0)

A love heart tomato, cute huh?!

I was going to put some new and old recipes up on my recipe blog today but didn't get around to it and then thought I would tonight, but I can't bare to drag myself away from my crocheting!

I have got the bug really bad, instead of reading in bed every night, I am even lying back on my pillow and crocheting lying down instead of reading!!!

Nearly the weekend yay!!

bfn

Annette :0)
 
 

 

A freshly painted white wooden floor........

Was the perfect canvas to take some progress photos of my colorful crochet blanket......

 

I'm really happy with how its coming along, the random colours and sizes. Because i have changed the original pattern and done my own thing, I'm sure when the time comes to join the squares it is going to be a right pain in the *^#!! But I will cros that bridge when I come to it!

Off to do some more now :0)

Ax 
  
 
  

Jamiks Class has been changed to next weekend.

and I am coming for a sleepover I think ;0)

happy weekend to you.

A :0) 
  

Fiskars Photo a day for August

 
Hello, well I was determined to catch up and finish my month for the Fiskars Photo a Day Challenge. As I said in my post yesterday, I have taken pics just not had enough hours in the day to upload etc. And I have followed Kims prompts more than I thought, it seems I did that till the 25th then went off the rails, LOL!! So here are are my last 9 pics for the month.

Day 23 - Home Sweet Home. I have been painting part of our "home sweet home" at the moment so I decided to use a pic of the colours and the inspiration behind the colours which was a set of cards I had published in Stamping and Papercraft magazine using Heidi Grace Paper and Fiskars tools.

It is actually Maddisons room and she would dearly have loved me to paint big stripes in ALL those colours, in fact she came up with all sorts of creative ideas!! BUT we, or more to the point "I" have painted it in the soft lupin, (the Mauve) with very glossy white on the ceiling (I LOATHE FLAT WHITE CEILING PAINT, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN IN OUR CLIMATE!!) and white glossy architraves. The men at the paint shop look at you like you are insane when you tell them you are putting gloss on the ceiling!! Not them doin the cleanin ;0)

Day 24 - Your Favourite Fiskars Tools.

Most of my tools are Fiskars, but ones that I use over and over are my squeeze punches and my clear acrylic stamp blocks as well as my big guillotine......and the list goes on!!

Day 25 - Faces

 
  

I just couldn't go past this piece of artwork by Maddison, it sits on my desk, I love all the faces and the bright colours, makes me smile :0)

Day 26 - Clothing, okay i haven't done this one so I have slotted in a pic of my crocheting instead, its sort of like clothing, sits on my lap and keeps me warm while I am doing it ;0)

Day 27 - Your Indulgence. Okay first thing that sprung to mind here again is just sitting at the end of the day with my feet up and crocheting while watching television!!

Day 28 - Your Weekend. For me as well as painting this weekend most of it was taken up preparing my class for Jamiks....

Day 29 - A photo of your choice. For this one I chose a pic of a science experiment the kids bought home from school, they have wrapped soil and birdseed in chux wipes which sit in a cup of water and grow!! They have been sitting on our windowsill and our cat Paris thinks they are a great way of getting her daily grass intake!!

  

Day 30 - Your handbag.  At the moment I am using this beaded vintagey looking hadbag that I picked up at the op shop for $6.00!! I love it, its warn in and soft and just the right size, not everyones cup of tea but i have had so many comments with people asking where I got it from!!

Day 31 - Winter. Funnily enough after hearing on the radio on the way to work this morning that tomorrow is the start of Spring I had been thinking how little of a winter we have had. I wasn't sure what I was going to take until I heard the kids splashing around in the pool at 6.00pm this evening!! Definately a sign that winter is leaving us behind!!

YAY!!  A whole month :0) Now I am determined to get my monthly calender pages complete!! (5 months worth!)

Have a great week :0)

Annette x
 
 

  
 
  
 
  

Jamiks Scrapbooking and Photography Studio Class

It has been a mad house here, I have fallen off the bandwagon the last week with my photo a day for August that I have been playing along with. I have been taking photos, but not of the prompts that Kim has been giving us for no reason other than I haven't had the time to jump on the computer check what we are prompted and them photograph and upload!! I have been painting Maddisons room, so have been very focused on doing that rather than sitting on the computer, you know, before you know it you are surfing the www and not getting anything else done, so as hard as it was i left the computer off!! Mmmm not sure what I will do there! Might play catch up or just include my pics I have been taking so I have a pic a day to scrap at the end of August. Its all about taking pics I guess and Kim has certainly managed to get me doing that again :0)

Annnnnyway.......I am off to Tully this weekend for a fun class at Jamiks Photography and Scrapbooking Studio.

Here is a little sneaky peak of some bits, we will be painting, stamping, using rubons, using our packaging as elements in our creations and generally having a good time :0)

Karyn always has a generous and very enticing kit to play with and its the little extras that really get your creative juices flowing :0) There is a couple of layouts for the class and when we chose the ribbon for the class Karyn said she would present it on a cute little dolly peg. i just couldn't resist making it into a real little dolly ;0)

A card or two including using our packaging as elements.

Looking forward to it :0)

Annette x 
  

 

 

 
 
 
 

Fiskars photo challenge Day 21 and 22

Day 21 of the FISKARS PHOTO A DAY CHALLENGE is something that makes you happy. I always get a buzz when I see yummy stuff come out of our garden, so to walk into the kitchen and see these deposited on my sink direct from the dirt definately made me happy :0)

and Day 22 - something that really bugs me.

Yes I know you can relate but what REALLY BUGGED ME was when my dear daughter informed me waaaayy after it happened, that the largest dog of the house had in fact cocked his leg on the side of my washing basket WITH the washing in it......YUK!!!

Normally I wouldn't leave the basket on the ground but I thought because it was so sunny and the washing was drying quickly I would take the next bundle off the line and add it to the first and bring it upstairs all at once. But because the wee had dried so quick and  I was none the wiser to what had happened, I had piled the rest of the dry washing off the line and on the top and got son #1 to carry it upstairs for me, ready to fold.

And you know what you can bet your bottom dollar if big dog did it then little dog would have followed suit!!!!

I cannot type here what I said but I am sure you can imagine!!

So I will leave you with that charming thought of my wee'ed on washing, needless to say I am washing it AGAIN!!

Enjoy your Sunday evening.

Annette :0)

Shadow Shot Sunday

It has been sooooo long since i have participated in HEY HARRIETS SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY that I can't remember!! It was back in the day when there was maybe 15 players, LOL!! Now, my goodness usually closer to 100 players. 

Even though I haven't played for some time, you sort of never stop noticing the shadows all around you, even the kids are very accustomed to looking for shadows to photograph.

So while in the kitchen through the week, (when am I not in the kitchen!!) I spied these shadows on the windowsill.

When we went op shopping the other day we came across these little glasses that stand about 7 cms high and for some reason they sparked memories of when my Grandma used to pour a nip of whiskey to make a whiskey and milk (aaaghhh yuk!) drink for my Pa. They looked old to me, whether or not they are I am not sure, anyway we got the 4 of them for a $1.00 and Chris made these tiny little gardens in each one and they sit on my window sill - they are very cute and make me smile everytime I see them. With the afternoon sun coming through the window, they cast some wonderful shadows.

He even put tiny little shells in for decoration!

At the same time I noticed the power cord casting another good shadow.

Visit the lovely blog of Tracy AKA Hey Harriet to check out what the other shadow shot chasers have found.

Enjoy what is left of the weekend.

Annette :0) 

 
  
 
  

Yay its Friday........

Its just about that time of the afternoon to have a nice cold beer and for some reason it just tastes that little bit nicer on a Friday afternoon. :0)

Again I am playing catchup for my Fiskars Photo a day challenge, i am struggling a bit to get photos downloaded every day and the posts done everyday, but still managing to snap some pics each day.

So for day 18 we had your mode of transport.

For us it is the trusty Tarago - great when you have a largish family and whenever you have extras or if reli's come to stay, everyone can fit in fairly comfortably.

Day 19 - your computer

Nothing terribly earthshattering here, LOL, we manage on a laptop. 

Day 20 is an abstract closeup...

Instructions were to show texture and all the little nitty gritty bits, not sure if this is what Kim had in mind so I just interpreted it in my own way!! I have texture and shape and I love the green of our freshly picked and cut shallots from our garden.

I have also made these chocolate cakes this afternoon for the customary "Election Day Cake Stall" at school tomorrow. They still have to be iced and little tags stating the ingredients. I like when you get muffins or cakes actually presented like this in the cafes or shops, (with the paper that they are cooked in wrapped around them.) I think they look nice and stops peoples fingers all over them, so I am thinking I might present them like this in the morning, we shall see how we go.....

Enjoy your Friday evening and the rest of the weekend.

Thanks for stopping by.

Annette :0)

 
  
 
  
  
  

Day 16 and 17 of the Fiskars challenge

Day 16 - Housework...basically it never ends does it?

Day 17 - an animal.....

The lovely Miss Paris :0)

I have managed a few more big squares of this......

So wishing I could start piecing it together....no far too early, still lots more to go......sigh, but I am loving its brightness :0)

Back tomorrow to show you some card shares, with some new Fiskars punches.

bfn

Annette 
  
  

What an absolutely glorious day

it has been up here in FNQ, in fact the whole weekend has been perfect!  Even at this hour of the afternoon (5.00pm) the kids are just about to jump into the pool.

Day 15 for the FISKARS PHOTO A DAY CHALLENGE is a photo of you, no hiding behind cameras or the like, it has to be you in the flesh!! So Christopher obliged and after many photos, we settled on this one.

A la naturale, LOL!! No straightening of the hair and just in sloppy weekend mode ;0)  Can't believe we are half way through this challenge already.

Hope your weekend has been as pleasant as ours, have a happy week ahead. :0)

bfn

Annette x 
  

Day 12, 13 and 14 Catchup

Hello :0) Hope everyone is having a nice weekend!

It certainly is glorious weather up here, although some of the coldest nights we have had in a while.

Well i have been managing to take my pics for the Fiskars Photo a Day Challenge that Kim is running, but just not managing to get them posted every night. So I am playing catchup again.

Day 12 - the "Most Fun" thing in your day. Now this one I didn't check until later in the evening to see what the prompt was so I was a little limited. But I did have some "happy mail" turn up so that will be my pic for this prompt....

It was a lovely surprise to receive 2 of the new Fiskars Lever Punches in the mail, and I'm looking forward to getting creative with them :0) Thankyou Fiskars Fairies ;0)

The next prompt for Day 13 was "Tea or Coffee", while I do like a cup of black tea, I am definately a caffeine girl, and far too much of a caffeine girl according to my husband!

A couple of years ago the family got me a cappucino machine for mothers day, and it gets a pretty good work out!

Todays prompt for Day 14 is "Landscape or Scenery" which is perfect for me today. Annually we have a very important race in our little town The Great Pyramid Race and Country Fair up the "Walsh's Pyramid" and as I sit and type it is actually taking place, there are helicopters flying around everywhere filming and we are sitting on our verandah watching the runners go up and down the 922m mountain..... the weather is perfect, a cool breeze and perfect conditions.

 

So thats it for me today, have a fantastic weekend, we are off down town for a look see as the runners start arriving back. 

And just for the record, yes I have walked up to the top and back, and it was very well worth it for the fantastic view!

bfn

Annette :0)
  
  
  

Catching up on Photo a day

Hello :0)

Well I have been diligent with taking my photos each day but I just haven't had time to post until now.

So Day 9 is your "diary or calender" or how you keep track of the things you have to do through the day. Nothing exciting here for me just a good old diary that i write everything in and I am also a bit of a "write on your hand" girl! This is how my hand usually looks after a day at work!! I might add, I go crook on my kids if they come home and have written all over their hands, maybe I should practice what i preach ;0).

Day 10 - "Your Morning"..... hmmm, probably one of the most full-on times in a household of 6 and what to photograph for this?? There are many things that make up my morning but the one thing I am always looking at is the clock. Everything has to run by the clock to get through all the chores that have to be done in order to get everyone out the door and to where they need to be on time. Yep and by the looks of this photo it is high time I cleaned the clock, LOL!! Amazing what shows up in a photo!

Day 11 - "Black and White" for this one I chose to use the black and white setting on the camera, and i often find myself gazing out the window at the white steam that billows out of the Mulgrave Sugar Mill, so that is my pic for day 11.

yay up to date and after a day at the sports carnival I am ready for bed.

Drop on over to the Fiskars Blog to see what the other participants are coming up with, its interesting to see everyones different takes on the same prompts.

Thanks for stopping by.

Annette :0) 
  

 

I fell asleep on the lounge.........

and didn't post my day 7 pic for the photo a day challenge on the Fiskars Blog even though I had taken the photo and was all set!!

Today's prompt was a "Portrait".

 Now I did take a pic of me in the true hold your camera out in front, slightly up (so you don't see my chumpy chin ;0) style, because it was my last day of being 43 and a good opportunity to take the once a year pic right!! Birthdays don't particularly bother me, its just a number as far as i'm concerned... so i will show you that one....

 
But this is my other portrait one that I am really happy with, Christopher with one of our dogs - "Chase" He can spend hours in the yard with him and even though he looks scary cause he's big and brindle, he really is a big softie who loves all the attention in the world and in particular loves Chris.

I snapped this from the back stairs while these guys were down in the driveway and oblivious to me being there.

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Day 8's prompt is "Sport or Exercise" which everway you choose to interpret it.

So I chose to interpret it through watching our kids exercise (a bit naughty, not sure if thats exactly what Kim had in mind ;0)? )but it was while the kids were having a soccer match. Now I actually took this pic on Friday afternoon, cause it is such a rareity these days for all the kids to be home at the same time let alone "playing" together! It was so nice to see them having a good friendly, slightly competitive game of soccer ;0) Maddison and Jesse on the left versing Nick and Christopher on the right and me participating from the verandah behind the camera :0)

Here's the mottley mob, wheelie bins for goals and slight sledging on the side ;0)
So now I am up to date with my prompts and I am off to supervise the cooking of my birthday cake - mud of course and being made by Maddison, we are doing it double because tomorrow is Nicks Birthday and normally we have a mudcake each, but I have to work tomorrow so won't be able to cook it. Its a big birthday week in the house, Jesse on the 5th (yes we had mudcake then too!!) and then me and Nick!

Enjoy your Sunday.

A :0)

  

Yay its Friday.......

Don't you just love a Friday afternoon? I know i do!! The chance to kick back and relax just that little bit more than you do through the week cause you know you don't have to go to work on Saturday, yay, (even though i do like where i work mind you ;0)

Well day 6 of the Fiskars Photo challenge has rolled around and todays prompt is "Your craft space".

At the moment for me i have actually packed away my papercraft into 3 big plastic containers, to have a little break for a while and catch up on some different crafts. I didn't have to think about this prompt very much cause its always lying around on the lounge or in the car if i think i can squeeze in a couple of rows ;0)

Its my crocheting!! Portable craft :0)

And a few more pics, I'm well on the way, but i really still have lots to do.......sigh!

13 Colours in total, mixed up to form any colour combinations. My blanket consists of:

 4 x 30cm squares,

14 x 20cm squares,

24 x 15cm squares,

53 x 10cm squares and

104 x 5cm squares.  

A total of 199 squares, i have finished 55, about a quarter I guess, oh man I thought i had done more than that!!!!

I had to change the original pattern because it wasn't making sense to me, probably due to the fact that i haven't crocheted since i was taught by my year 6 teacher, who taught the whole class to crochet a doily. Now that I think about it, it was an enormous task to teach a group of 11 year olds to crochet, and it was much more detailed than what i am doing now!! Anyway I can't wait to sew all this together it is a patchwork crocheted blanket but i may have to make it a bit bigger to fit a queen size bed.

When you piece it together you actually show the seam so that it adds another dimension to the finished piece, so instead of sewing with right sides together and hiding the seam, you sew with wrong sides together and show the seam.

Okay I'll stop, i'm sure you are quite sick of looking at my squares by now!!

Tomorrow I will post the links that helped me get back on the crocheting band wagon.

Be sure to pop over to FISKARS and check out what all the other girls are photographing, Kim certainly has her work cut out for her, shes doing a great job collating it all:0).

Have a great weekend all.

Annette :0)  
  
  

  

Day 5 of the Fiskars Challenge...........

Oooh late tonight, but still made it ;0)

Day 5 of the Fiskars Photo a Day Challenge is "Whats on your Tv". I have done a collage of a show that our 2 younger kids watch, I think it is called "Daisy"?? I just love the pictures, whenever it comes on the kids yell for me to come quick cause they know I love it. I love everything about it, the colours, the characters and the fact that you can see all the watercolour paint marks.

Cute huh?

Short and sweet tonight, my bed is calling. Be sure to drop over to the Fiskars blog to check out everones takes on Kim's photo prompts.

Lastly a big Happy Birthday to DS#2 who turned 17 today.

Happy Birthday Jesse.

bfn

Annette :0)  

14 years we have been travelling this road........

The road to school that is!!

The prompt for day 4 of Kims photo challenge on the Fiskars Blog is "Somewhere you go everyday" (or almost everyday). The first thing that came to mind is the trip to and from school everyday. This is the 14th year and we have only 2 years remaining until we are finished with Primary School. Its a sight I never get sick of looking up the Mulgrave River Valley as we go over the big bridge.

It used to be a very popular swimming spot but when the new bridge was built last year, workmen spotted a crocodile in the water so since then it has been signposted as  "No Swimming, crocodiles Inhabit the area"!! Which is a shame. If you look closely you can see the rocks on the bottom of the river bed the water is lovely and clear.

Thanks for stopping by, pop on over to the Fiskars Blog to see all the other participants take on the prompts, its amazing what a varied array of pics pop up.

I am going to endeavour to update my blog somewhat over the next couple of weeks with some lovely new blogs i have visited, one of my favourite crocheting blogs (Lee you will want to race out to the shops straight away and get hooking, in a crocheting sense that is!!;0).

Hope you have a relaxing evening, i am off to somewhere else I go everyday - backwards and forwards to the bloomin washing machine and clothesline!!

bfn

Annette :0) 
  

A favourite part of the day in our garden....

Day 3 of the Fiskars Photo a Day Challenge is "In your garden" however you interpret the prompt. So after work - dentist - groceries and home it left me at the time of the day when I do love being outside, when the sun is going down over the mountains. Even if it isn't a particularly pretty sunset with bright colours, I still love the dark silhouette against the fading blue sky. I turn the flash off to keep the palms and folaige quite dark.

I also see it like this from my kitchen window when I'm cooking dinner and find it a very pleasant way to end the day :0)

Its nice getting back to taking pics on a daily basis again.

Have a happy and relaxing evening all.  

Annette :0) 

 

And finally I have made it here..........

My goodness, how long has it been? Can I remember how to drive this thing, lol!!! It has been soooo long since I have blogged and I was determined, come hell or highwater that it was going to happen this week!!

I am back into the workforce after being a stay at home mum for 20 years and have been so tired, lol from using my brain again that creating and computers at night (the only time when I get 5 minutes to myself!) were not foremost on my priority list. I must be getting into a bit of a routine now cause after dropping by the Fiskars Blog today I acutually felt like blogging and taking part in the Photo a Day for August that Kim Geling is running, thankyou Kim you have managed to inspire me:0) Kim is posting a prompt a day and there are plenty of girls playing along already, be sure to pop over and have a peek.

So I have just emailed my pics off to Kim tonight and thought i would post them here as well.

Day 1 - food

Pikelets jam and cream that Maddison and I made for smoko. A favourite in this household.

Day 2 - What are you reading?

 

At the moment I am obsessed with reading anything and everything to do with crocheting!! And at the moment believe it or not, that is my craft of choice!! The pic in the magazine is what I am currently working on and i gotta say I am loving it ;0) 

It has been so long since i have done this that i can't even remember how to put the borders around my photos :0( I have deleted the bloomin photo 4 times trying to do it!! So if anyone can refresh my memory I would love to hear!!

I am off to crochet and curious to see what tomorrows prompt will bring.

bfn

Annette :0)
 

With the leftover........

Instead of another layout I have made a little photo stands out of stationery clips (can't remember the correct name?? bulldog clips??? not sure!) using the leftover bits and pieces from tomorrows class at Jamiks in Tully.  I remember seeing this idea quite some time ago, but just can't remember where, either bloghopping or reading a mag.

Amazing to think that the flower is made from a piece of paper that started the size of a small dinner plate!!

See you tomorrow :0)

A

 

 

 
  
  
  

Lest we Forget

ANZAC DAY

by D HUNTER

I saw a kid marchin’ with medals on his chest.
He marched alongside Diggers marching six abreast.
He knew that it was ANZAC Day - he walked along with pride.
He did his best to keep in step with the Diggers by his side.

And when the march was over the kid was rather tired.
A Digger said “Whose medals, son?” to which the kid replied:
“They belong to daddy, but he did not come back.
He died up in New Guinea on a lonely jungle track”.

The kid looked rather sad then and a tear came to his eye.
The Digger said “Don’t cry my son and I will tell you why.
Your daddy marched with us today - all the blooming way.
We Diggers know that he was there - it’s like that on ANZAC Day”.

The kid looked rather puzzled and didn’t understand,
But the Digger went on talking and started to wave his hand.
“For this great land we live in, there’s a price we have to pay
For we all love fun and merriment in this country where we live.
The price was that some soldier his precious life must give.

For you to go to school my lad and worship God at will,
Someone had to pay the price so the Diggers paid the bill.
Your daddy died for us my son - for all things good and true.
I wonder if you understand the things I’ve said to you”.

The kid looked up at the Digger - just for a little while
And with a changed expression, said, with a lovely smile:
“I know my dad marched here today - this is ANZAC Day.
I know he did. I know he did, all the bloomin’ way”.

 

Lest we forget.  

 

ANZAC DAY

by D HUNTER

I saw a kid marchin’ with medals on his chest.
He marched alongside Diggers marching six abreast.
He knew that it was ANZAC Day - he walked along with pride.
He did his best to keep in step with the Diggers by his side.

And when the march was over the kid was rather tired.
A Digger said “Whose medals, son?” to which the kid replied:
“They belong to daddy, but he did not come back.
He died up in New Guinea on a lonely jungle track”.

The kid looked rather sad then and a tear came to his eye.
The Digger said “Don’t cry my son and I will tell you why.
Your daddy marched with us today - all the blooming way.
We Diggers know that he was there - it’s like that on ANZAC Day”.

The kid looked rather puzzled and didn’t understand,
But the Digger went on talking and started to wave his hand.
“For this great land we live in, there’s a price we have to pay
For we all love fun and merriment in this country where we live.
The price was that some soldier his precious life must give.

For you to go to school my lad and worship God at will,
Someone had to pay the price so the Diggers paid the bill.
Your daddy died for us my son - for all things good and true.
I wonder if you understand the things I’ve said to you”.

The kid looked up at the Digger - just for a little while
And with a changed expression, said, with a lovely smile:
“I know my dad marched here today - this is ANZAC Day.
I know he did. I know he did, all the bloomin’ way”.

 

Lest we forget.  

Stitching and nearrrrrly half way!!!

Stitched lots last night, but had to have a nanna nap this afternoon cause i was tired from sitting up all bloomin night ;0)

Square # 11, my coloured pencils

Square # 12 My scissors, or should I say one of my many pairs of scissors!

Square # 13 Some paint brushes on my craft desk, bit funny looking but when I asked the kids what they were they knew straight away, so a good sign!

Square # 14

My 39 stitches sewing hoop with the grid for the project and the threaded needle.

yay 14 down 26 to go!!

bfn

Annette :0)
 
  
  

39 stitches

Hello, an update for my 39 stitches, square # 8, is inspired by my class down in Tully on the weekend, its the little album we made, i included a pic of the real thing below, just in case this one doesn't make sense.  The kids knew what it was so thats a good sign, LOL!! 

I love that you can still get lots of dimension with the sitching, like the little "hinged rings" below on the mini album. Btw, "Floss" is my nickname, just in case you were wondering about my spelling credentials, LOL!!

And this one, Square #9, my Dell laptop, which I guess without it I would not have stumbled across this very project. Really wanted to put the letters on the keys, but you know, it was just TOOOOO tiny;0)

Square # 10 is the bowl of bananas and oranges.
 

I've nearly finished # 11, am just about to go and settle in front of the tele and sew.

A little "thankyou" to Mel Goodsell for her very kind words, thanks Mel :0), It was while browsing her blog and being inspired by her and Bella's stitching that i decided to have a go, and i must say I am loving it. Can't wait to see everyones FINISHED pieces ;0)

okay Survivor is on, (I am addicted!!) off to sew.

Have a happy night all.

A:0)  

  
 
  

A collage of pics from Jamiks class

Hello :0) I'm back to share some of yesterdays class.

Yesterday was no exception, as we always do, we spent a lovely day together down at Jamiks, I took lots of photos this time, which normally I don't get time to, mmm was I not working hard enough, I had time yesterday, LOL!! I decided to put them into a collage.

I have also put them in an album on the left hand sidebar so you  can go check them out just click on the link and then if you click on the photos they will come up to full size. 

I just couldn't resist showing you these delectable little beauties below, don't they look good enough to eat!! Well I thought so ;0) They are actually soaps!!

We get very spoilt when we go to Jamiks, Karyn always goes out of her way to add a special little touch every lesson, in this case everyone got a soap and little easter eggs on arrival. 

Thanks for another wonderful day Karyn and all the girls and a special thanks to the lovely Lynley who bought orchard flowers fresh from her garden for the teacher ;0)

Okay i am off to sew.

Hope your weekend was a good one, have a great week ahead.

Ax 
 
   

365 twenty ten update

02/01/2010

Rainforest Beauty 

03/01/2010

After The Rain

04/01/2010

A Delicate Home

Have a Happy Day

A:0)
   

twenty ten...bring it on!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR :0)))))

I hope your Christmas and New year were all that you hoped :0)

Our traditional chrissy at the beach was enjoyed by our family and as we speak is still being enjoyed with just under 4 weeks still to go down here at the caravan, spoilt and loving it!! ;0)

The weather has been perfect up until last night of course!! What would New Years Eve be without copious amounts of rain to see the New Year in, not to mention the wet season!! However our spirits were not dampened and a fine time was had by all:0)

So, amongst other things, one of my goals this year inspired by the lovely Ngaire Bartlam is to take an image a day for each day of 2010. It is something i WILL do and have started with my first one for 2010.  A walk up the beach to find amongst other things this....

wild hibiscus 01/01/2010 

If you would like to check out Ngaires pics you can do so by clicking here.....Ngaires 365 image a day, from 2009 .

I have put together a collage also of some happy snaps taken over the last couple of weeks.

The vivid blue sky against the sand and rainforest background just NEVER ceases to amaze me down here, love it :0)

Enjoy your new Year

A :0) 
  

 

i wish i had a maid to make this for me every day :0)
Yes okay, dream on i hear you say, well i will just pop on down and hang out washing load number 4........apparently the maid isn't coming in today, so coffee making and washing and every other domestic chore will be my responsibility today, sigh!!!!
A ;0)

A day of cooking using homegrown goodness!!

Hey finally i have gotten around to a tad of blogging!!

I had a fabulous day down in tully on Saturday at Jamiks, those girls are a hoot, had me in tears, of laughter that is!! Waiting on a few candid shots from Karyn, she has promised to send through ;0)

Thanks girls, look forward to the next time we meet :0)

Today was a day spent in the kitchen....

2 chocolate cakes

2 mud cakes

2 quiches

2 batches of potatoe, leek and ham soup.

I was a busy girl.

Chocolate cakes for school for Christopher who turns 11 on Saturday.

Mud cakes for the family celebrations, 1 to take camping and 1 to share tomorrow night when the big boys come home for dinner, yay!! :0)

for the potatoe and leek soup....

and these are all home grown, spinach, parsely, roma tomatoes and eggs from our girls.

 
 


Chris would have a pink fit if he saw how many eggs i had in the bowl, he likes to see them all lined up on the door of the fridge, he still gets excited at the fact that the girls are actually laying eggs!

all whipped up ready to add some cream!!

so quiche and soup off to a friend for whom is very ill and we all take turns on a cooking roster to help out.

the other quiche and soup for our dinner, and all the cakes to ice in the morning before school, oh and Jesse (the baker/pastry chef apprentice of the family) informs me that he will take charge of the piping bag and decorate the mud cake when he gets home from work tomorrow arvo, so stay tuned for some pics of that ;0)

Have a happy Friday.

Hey Nic H are you blogging yet??!!

bfn

A :0)

Jamiks Photography and Scrapbooking Studio Tully

Hello :0)

I have been working away busily getting the next class at Jamiks ready, and if an acrylic album is on your list of things to experience then maybe this one is for you:0)

Karen stocks the entire Kaiser range at Jamiks in Tully and the beauty of this is you can mix an match with other lines as well. All products except for the paper and ribbon are Kaiser - easy to work with and come up a treat:0)

I hope you enjoy looking :0)...

 

If your like me and have lots of photos of flower, nature, insects, scenery photos, now is the time to get them into this acrylic Kaiser album.

This class will be full of techniques, you will learn how to incorporate your product packaging into your work, for instance the alphabet paper above is packaging, the tag in photos 1 and 4 are also packaging, altered to suit our album, and the plastic case in which your alpha stickers come, will be repurposed to make a pouch to keep your album safe!!

The paper is very versatile, so if nature photos aren't your thing, not a problem, really any photos would suit, a special event, birthdays, kids - anything goes.

I'm always in trouble for not showing enough detail with what the class will be, so I hope this long photo post does the trick ;0)

would love for you to join us.

Jamiks Scrapbooking and Photography studio, the phone number is up on the top left hand side bar.

Have a great day :0)

Ax

 

 

Roaming the Rainforest for Fathers Day

Fathers Day saw us up at Copperlode Dam for a picnic, with the youngest 2, Chris and Maddison. Lucky for us Daddy is able to go on the restricted access tracks through Wet Tropics Rainforest. So we went bush and followed the track from Copperlode Dam up to Mareeba on the Tablelands. I've collaged pics from the day and included some favourites at the end. As you can see it was a gorgeous day, these are straight from the camera, no tweaking :0)

 

My favourite.....

A ;0)

more sepia in the canefields on the way to school....

But first before we left for school... WE HAD RAIN, see those little drops on my VERY dirty window!!

Dropped the kids off and stopped to take some photos on the way home...

 

Have a happy weekend!!

Annette :0)

I have a thing for sepia photos at the moment....

I am on a bit of a "sepia photo" kick at the moment, don't know why, well actually on the way home from the footy last weekend i was mucking around with the camera while we were driving along, which is probably what started it.....

Well Ken actually did a very quick U-turn so i could get this little house, divine hey? I would love to know the history behind it, it is on the Bruce Highway on the Northern side of Cardwell, you can just see the new house at the back on the right.

just love how the clouds look in sepia, and look how dirty the car window is, lol. Splotches everywhere!!

More tomorrow, if you like sepia that is, lol!!  

bfn

Annette

 

Fiskars Colour Me Happy Challenge - all photos scrapped!!

Hello!!

How's the scrapping coming along for the Colour Me Happy Scrappers?

I have finally finished, not at all what i had originally planned, but hey, thats how it goes!

 

These are the tools i used.....

The circle squeeze punches for all my scallops (big half circles) they were also used for my little paint palletes, cut in half.  The little guilotine is perfect for trimming photos, or in this case for cutting up little photos. My border punch also for smaller decorative scallops. Other than those tools mentioned, some paint, black zig writer, white gel pen, ribbon and paint. My title was done using paint charts for the different colours and running them through the sizzix machine with an alphabet die.

So guys you have just under 9 hours to get your entries in, looking forward to seeing them.

bfn

Annette :0)

 

Hello!!

How's the scrapping coming along for the Colour Me Happy Scrappers?

I have finally finished, not at all what i had originally planned, but hey, thats how it goes!

 

These are the tools i used.....

The circle squeeze punches for all my scallops (big half circles) they were also used for my little paint palletes, cut in half.  The little guilotine is perfect for trimming photos, or in this case for cutting up little photos. My border punch also for smaller decorative scallops. Other than those tools mentioned, some paint, black zig writer, white gel pen, ribbon and paint. My title was done using paint charts for the different colours and running them through the sizzix machine with an alphabet die.

So guys you have just under 9 hours to get your entries in, looking forward to seeing them.

bfn

Annette :0)

The last 3 days of the Fiskars Colour me Happy Challenge are BLACK AND WHITE

My black and white collage....

 

My pic for day 1 is...

 

MMMmmm say no more!!

Pic for day 2.....

 

When my sister was up at the beginning of August we took a drive down the track to Babinda and spent a pleasant couple of hours poking around. This huge shackle is on the end of an even huger (is that a word?) anchor that is part of their War Memorial. As you can see it is kept in perfect condition, a lovely memorial and perfect for our black and white.

Wow, only 1 more day to go, can you believe it?!

okay for the final day i have 2 pics.....

 

A business in Cairns, my sister and i were driving around and came across this, so out the window she goes, good job Vick ;0). We sure are creative on the colour schemes up this way, lol!!

and this bloke was making our avairy birds go beserk.....

 

I'm sure i would be sqwarking as well if that big beak was looming over the top of me!

Check out the FISKARS BLOG to see more black and white.

Have a GREAT day everyone :0)

Annette 

Fiskars Colour Me Happy Challenge, Orange - day 4

Good morning!!

My Orange for today is this...

 

Yes construction is alive and well up in Cairns as well!!

I have a giggle everytime i see this photo, we stopped in the middle of the road (again!!) Ken was driving, i was hanging out the window and Christopher was mortified and slunk down in the seat yet again!! Just for good measure Ken tooted the horn a couple of times just so we could draw a little more attention to ourselves! ;0)

I have just popped onto my blog to have a look and realized that my day 1 pic isn't there so i am going to slot it in here, not sure what happened there!! But here it is....

Over at the ANZ FISKARS BLOG you can find more orange.

You can also check out this COLOUR ME HAPPY HOUSEKEEPING POST to get up to speed on the last colour, black and white.  

We are heading down the track to Townsville for the footy tongiht, Broncos V Cowboys, woo hoo, very excited, kids especially cause as well as going to the footy they miss out on a day at school ;0)

GO THE COWBOYS :0)

aX

Good morning!!

My Orange for today is this...

 

Yes construction is alive and well up in Cairns as well!!

I have a giggle everytime i see this photo, we stopped in the middle of the road (again!!) Ken was driving, i was hanging out the window and Christopher was mortified and slunk down in the seat yet again!! Just for good measure Ken tooted the horn a couple of times just so we could draw a little more attention to ourselves! ;0)

I have just popped onto my blog to have a look and realized that my day 1 pic isn't there so i am going to slot it in here, not sure what happened there!! But here it is....

Over at the ANZ FISKARS BLOG you can find more orange.

You can also check out this COLOUR ME HAPPY HOUSEKEEPING POST to get up to speed on the last colour, black and white.  

We are heading down the track to Townsville for the footy tongiht, Broncos V Cowboys, woo hoo, very excited, kids especially cause as well as going to the footy they miss out on a day at school ;0)

GO THE COWBOYS :0)

aX

Colour Me Happy Fiskars challenge day 3 of orange

Morning All :0)

Every morning and afternoon we drive past this...

 

I was lurking, lol,  on the main road through town i might add!! Otherwise i would have snapped off a few more shots showing some detail. We all nearly passed out when we saw what colour these people were painting their house, but with the matching shed and the imaculate gardens, it really is quite eye catching, not my cup of tea, but you know it takes all kinds :0)

More Orange can be found over Here

Enjoy your day.

Annette

Fiskars Colour Me Happy Challenge - day 2 of orange

Goooood Morning!!!

Day 2 of orange for me is....

 

This great big all day sucker that Maddison insisted on buying, it's huge!!

More orange can be found HERE

Look out later in the day for a "Colour me happy Housekeeping post", never know what you might find out ;0)

Happy orange hunting

Ax

Fiskars Colour Me Happy Challenge - NEW COLOUR!!

OOOOhhh I like it!! :0)

 

and my pic for today..... 

This shipping container is in one of the industrial areas up here, quite a unique way of advertising don't you think? Apparently this is the office!!

4 days guys is what you get to chase the colour ORANGE!!

More orange can be found over at the FISKARS BLOG.  

Can't wait to see where this colour takes us.

bfn

Annette :0)

Colour Me Happy - day 3 of Yellow

Hello, i hope you are all still in your PJ's and enjoying a leisurely cuppa and browse of the Sunday Papers!!

Yellow for me today is this......

  

Just realised i have put the wrong date on the photo, just pretend it says 23.08.09, lol!!

DS #2, Jesse is a first year baker/pastry chef apprentice.  The biggest seller in the bakery he works at is pies. They are absolutely delicious and are very well known far and wide. He asked his boss if he could make a new type of pie called a "breaky pie", that has meat, egg, tomato, bacon and topped with cheese, and this is one of them!! He brought a couple home for us to try, needless to say they were SUPERB!!

More yellow can be found over at the  FISKARS ANZ BLOG

Look forward to seeing your yellow today.

Annette :0)

Hello, i hope you are all still in your PJ's and enjoying a leisurely cuppa and browse of the Sunday Papers!!

Yellow for me today is this......

  

Just realised i have put the wrong date on the photo, just pretend it says 23.08.09, lol!!

DS #2, Jesse is a first year baker/pastry chef apprentice.  The biggest seller in the bakery he works at is pies. They are absolutely delicious and are very well known far and wide. He asked his boss if he could make a new type of pie called a "breaky pie", that has meat, egg, tomato, bacon and topped with cheese, and this is one of them!! He brought a couple home for us to try, needless to say they were SUPERB!!

More yellow can be found over at the  FISKARS ANZ BLOG

Look forward to seeing your yellow today.

Annette :0)

Colour Me Happy challenge - Yellow day 2

Good morning!!

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

My yellow picture for today is....

   

Christopher and Maddison were busy snapping off yellow pics while i was inside paying for fuel purchased!!

Yellow!!

Show us where you found yellow today.

More yellow can be found HERE

Happy hunting.

A ;0)

Good morning!!

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

My yellow picture for today is....

   

Christopher and Maddison were busy snapping off yellow pics while i was inside paying for fuel purchased!!

Yellow!!

Show us where you found yellow today.

More yellow can be found HERE

Happy hunting.

A ;0)

Fiskars Colour Me Happy Challenge

IS YELLOW!!

 

YELLOW!!!

It had to come some time right!!

From the 21st to the 24th August yellow is the colour we are chasing, can't wait to see what you guys come up with.

My yellow pic for today is .....

 

Now that DS #1 has come of age he needs a nice new pair of shoes to go clubbing with!!! Must say i was a little surprised at the choice of colour, but hey who am i to judge, lol!!

Have fun.

look for more yellow through the day over at the Fiskars Blog.

bfn

Annette ;0)

 

 

YELLOW!!!

It had to come some time right!!

From the 21st to the 24th August yellow is the colour we are chasing, can't wait to see what you guys come up with.

My yellow pic for today is .....

 

Now that DS #1 has come of age he needs a nice new pair of shoes to go clubbing with!!! Must say i was a little surprised at the choice of colour, but hey who am i to judge, lol!!

Have fun.

look for more yellow through the day over at the Fiskars Blog.

bfn

Annette ;0)

Fiskars Colour Me Happy Challenge - Last day of Green

Wow we are on our last day of green, can you believe it?

Couldn't do a green post without posting our charming little green ants, we have up this way :0)

 

and just for good measure from my archives cause i just couldn't resist!!

 

Isn't he just beautiful

 

And last one, I promise!! Just an old weed in the lawn, but look at that delicate little flower :0)

My blogging buddy from all the way over in W. Malaysia posted green on her blog last night in honour of our colour challenge. Please go visit M.Kate she has 4 wonderful green shots, including the most amazing vibrant green coloured starfish i have ever seen. And those water drops on the veges in my post yesterday, well M.Kate has perfected the water drop thingy, so go see ;0) CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT M.KATES GREEN PICS. 

Okey dokey this is it, last day of green. You know what that means, tonight is collage night, so all links and pics have to be in by 8.30 Aussie blog time over on the ANZ FISKARS BLOG and then get ready to chase your new colour bright and early Friday morning. 

Watch out through the day for all the last green day inspiration over on Fiskars too

bfn Annette :0)

 

Wow we are on our last day of green, can you believe it?

Couldn't do a green post without posting our charming little green ants, we have up this way :0)

 

and just for good measure from my archives cause i just couldn't resist!!

 

Isn't he just beautiful

 

And last one, I promise!! Just an old weed in the lawn, but look at that delicate little flower :0)

My blogging buddy from all the way over in W. Malaysia posted green on her blog last night in honour of our colour challenge. Please go visit M.Kate she has 4 wonderful green shots, including the most amazing vibrant green coloured starfish i have ever seen. And those water drops on the veges in my post yesterday, well M.Kate has perfected the water drop thingy, so go see ;0) CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT M.KATES GREEN PICS. 

Okey dokey this is it, last day of green. You know what that means, tonight is collage night, so all links and pics have to be in by 8.30 Aussie blog time over on the ANZ FISKARS BLOG and then get ready to chase your new colour bright and early Friday morning. 

Watch out through the day for all the last green day inspiration over on Fiskars too

bfn Annette :0)

 

Well colour Me green - day 3

Hello, how is the green coming along?

Heres my green photo for today...

 

This pic is for our 3rd son Chris. Our vege garden is in full swing and he spends hours tending it!! So under instruction from him - (don't take the photos mum, until i have put water droplets on the leaves and the soil looks wet!!) mmm, wonder where hes learnt that from lol!!

So we have from top left : 1. choko  2. Capsicum  3. Cabbage  4. Mingonette lettuce  5. Cos Lettuce  6. Bok Choy  7. Baby Spinach  8. Basil  9. Chives  10. Parsely  11. Roma Tomatoes  12. Styling of the vegetable garden for photograph, lol ;0)!! 

For more green pics hop over to ANZ FISKARS BLOG.

happy green hunting

annette :0)

Hello, how is the green coming along?

Heres my green photo for today...

 

This pic is for our 3rd son Chris. Our vege garden is in full swing and he spends hours tending it!! So under instruction from him - (don't take the photos mum, until i have put water droplets on the leaves and the soil looks wet!!) mmm, wonder where hes learnt that from lol!!

So we have from top left : 1. choko  2. Capsicum  3. Cabbage  4. Mingonette lettuce  5. Cos Lettuce  6. Bok Choy  7. Baby Spinach  8. Basil  9. Chives  10. Parsely  11. Roma Tomatoes  12. Styling of the vegetable garden for photograph, lol ;0)!! 

For more green pics hop over to ANZ FISKARS BLOG.

happy green hunting

annette :0)

Fiskars Colour Me Happy challenge - green day 2

Good morning :0)

My green pic for today..........

 

 Living in the tropics, i guess it is green most of the time, in particular we are surrounded by sugar cane and mountains wherever we look. This picture is taken on our short drive to school every morning and afternoon. i have been driving it for 13 years and never get tired of seeing it. Its the perfect way to start the day :0)  

Well today i am posting more than my 1 green photo!! I am posting some frog photos i took down at our caravan last time we were there for my friend Lyn Dwyer, cause she has had frogs popping up everywhere lately in her blogging and her creations.

So these little fellows are for you Lyn and of course anyone else who might like frogs!!

 

 

 

 

 

I have quite a few friends who are petrified by frogs, as they tend to hide in the toilets up here and they can grow VERY big! They don't bother me at all, but i must say i have trodden on the odd one whilst getting up in the middle of the night, and that isn't a nice feeling at all and i'm sure the frog doesn't think so either!!

Pop on over to the ANZ FISKARS BLOG to see what green the other players have found.

Have a great green day.

Annette :0) 

 

Fiskars Colour Me Happy Challenge - NEW COLOUR IS UP AND ITS GREEN!

 

A quick whirl around the house this afternoon, found all of the above!!

Our 5th block of colour people - we are on the homeward stretch!

My photo today is this.....

 

Green Paw Paws down in the backyard, still another while before they turn yellow.

Look forward to seeing your green.

HOP ON OVER TO ANZ FISKARS BLOG TO SEE OUR BLUE COLLAGES AND TO CHECK OUT WHAT GREEN OTHERS ARE FINDING.

Have a happy GREEN day 

:0)

Annette

Shadow Shot Sunday

I have been chasing tiny teeny shadows this week, this little cocoon is 1.5cms high!! These things like living on our verandah rails.

  

And something a little bigger from my dish drainer, at least its good for something other than washing up, lol!!

 

For shadows all around the world check out HEY HARRIET and her fantastic collages.

Happy Shadow shooting.

Annette :0) 

Fiskars Colour me happy - blue day 3 and 4

Big catchup on blue, working yesterday so a day away from the computer.

Day 3......

 

Well i probably would be happy if i had a swig on this, lol!!

Not my drink preference but a very important ingredient for the garlic prawns my hubby likes to cook!!

Day 4...........

My last blue pic is this one.....

 

such a lovely colour blue, i was sitting in the car in a carpark making sure no one was around before i took the pic!! I couldn't get the whole car, cause i was too close, and i WASN'T getting out in broad daylight to take it, lol!!

For more blue inspiration go Check out the Fiskars ANZ blog.

FINAL BLUE PHOTOS OR LINKS (SHOOT ME AN EMAIL) HAVE TO BE IN BY 8.30 TONIGHT CAUSE ITS COLLAGE NIGHT AND A NEW COLOUR TOMORROW.

and some published work for me this week :0)

Seeing as we are looking at BLUE I thought i would share a card that was published in Australian Cardmaking Stamping and Papercraft, Volume 15 No 3 which is the current issue out.

I have used the rubons, stickers and alphas to tell a little story on the front of the card.

 

 

This extra big card (A4) size uses the Lil Davis "Away we go" range of papers and epoxy stickers, and rubon, also in this range is some gorgeous diecut paper papers, you can see the little aeroplane cutouts on the white card.

Okay i am off to post my shadow shot, better late than never!!

Hope you are enjoying your Sunday.

Ax

 

 

Well i probably would be happy if i had a swig on this, lol!!

Not my drink preference but a very important ingredient for the garlic prawns my hubby likes to cook!!

Day 4...........

My last blue pic is this one.....

 

such a lovely colour blue, i was sitting in the car in a carpark making sure no one was around before i took the pic!! I couldn't get the whole car, cause i was too close, and i WASN'T getting out in broad daylight to take it, lol!!

For more blue inspiration go Check out the Fiskars ANZ blog.

FINAL BLUE PHOTOS OR LINKS (SHOOT ME AN EMAIL) HAVE TO BE IN BY 8.30 TONIGHT CAUSE ITS COLLAGE NIGHT AND A NEW COLOUR TOMORROW.

and some published work for me this week :0)

Seeing as we are looking at BLUE I thought i would share a card that was published in Australian Cardmaking Stamping and Papercraft, Volume 15 No 3 which is the current issue out.

I have used the rubons, stickers and alphas to tell a little story on the front of the card.

 

 

This extra big card (A4) size uses the Lil Davis "Away we go" range of papers and epoxy stickers, and rubon, also in this range is some gorgeous diecut paper papers, you can see the little aeroplane cutouts on the white card.

Okay i am off to post my shadow shot, better late than never!!

Hope you are enjoying your Sunday.

Ax

 

colour me happy - blue day 2

There is not a day goes by that i don't look up appreciate

THIS.....

 

YES!! I know its only blue sky, but i still LOVE to look at it every day, when i am hanging out the washing in particular, at that time of the morning, its crisp, blue and perfect. (this is straight out of the camera, no tweeking btw ;0)

For more blue check out The ANZ Fiskars blog.

have a great day all

Annette :0)