Colours of the Rainbow

I am going in a wonderful showcase being held on Facebook tomorrow night, being held at Blossom Dolls. You can check out all the wonderful creations here.  http://on.fb.me/1oC0pl9

Getting Ready for Christmas

I cannot believe how quickly this year has flown by, I have already started making my Christmas Decorations for this year.  I astounded myself when I realized I have finished all my Shopping for the girls, for the first time ever I was organized this year.  Yay.  Hope you all have a great day.

 

Time Flies

This year is certainly flying by, hard to believe my little girls are now in Grade 4 and 2.  I've finally got back into stitching and will start showing some pictures very soon.  Meanwhile have been making some of these pretty hair treats.

I made some tiny mini felt birds, which look very cute on hair clips, and I am loving making these felt roses, there are so many different ways to make them, each one looks different.

Pepes Petticoat

We have been busy working on these pretty dresses using a gorgeous Violette Fields thread Pattern.  Our version is a little shorter but looks just as lovely as the longer version.  We are taking custom orders for sizes 1 - 10 in this pretty pink fabric or the same fabric in pretty green.  Head over to our facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/PepesPetticoat  to see both version and find out more details.  Big E looks so pretty modeling the dress for us.

Have a fantastic day.

2 new firsts

I was so very excited to be accepted as one of the testers for Straight Grains (http://www.straight-grain.com) new Hanami Pattern.  My two firsts were that I have never tested a pattern before and  the second was this was my first dress created from a Straight Grain Pattern. 

I recently started purchasing patterns via the internet in the form of PDFS rather than going to the store and purchasing  pre-printed patterns.

I love the idea of supporting smaller artists.  I adore the Straight Grain website, such a creative lady with such wonderful clothing.  My girls love her patterns and that is enough for me.  Head on over to her website to see what other lovely creations the other testers created.  (http://www.straight-grain.com).

I started by printing then reading through the pattern before assembling the pattern pieces.  The instructions were easy to understand, and the pictures made it so easy to follow.  I will be the first to admit that I am no good at reading and following instructions, I am a get in and make it learn as you go kind of girl.  But the instructions in this pattern are so easy to read and follow, it was actually a pleasure to follow them.

This would be a fantastic pattern for any sewing enthusiast, no matter what level of sewing you were at. 

I love the fact that this pattern gives you several choices, so you could make a shirt or a dress. With or without a collar and 2 types of sleeves.  So I got my girls to choose what they would like me to make. 

They chose a dress, that crossed over a the back with tulip sleeves.

The dress came together quickly in the end, could easily be finished in a few hours if you wanted.  I chose a fabric from my fabric stash a pretty bright purple cotton with white dots.  This was a little thicker that I had originally intended to use but it is what my girls chose. In the end it didn't matter as you cannot tell that it is a thicker fabric.   I cut this pattern out in a size 7 as my girls are tiny for their age.  The pattern was true to size.

To sum it up a wonderful pattern that is easy to follow and create with simple instructions that make it a pleasure to create.

Now to get started on one for my oldest girl. 

Have a great day 

Its not bedtime

We had fun trying to get Little P to model our tiny tots flannel nightgown.  She was fine when we first put it on, for all of 5 seconds, then she must have thought it was bedtime.  What a fuss.  We did manage to get a few good photos.

Have a great day.

Flip it

To challenge myself and get back into sewing again, I've decided to join in with the ladies of Frances Suzanne  (http://francessuzanne.blogspot.be/).  Once a month they take a pattern and they flip with some wonderful results.

This months pattern is from straight grain (http://www.straight-grain.com/)
Its called Tinny. 

 

(http://www.straight-grain.com/)

I just adore this dress and can't wait to start creating one or two.  I've just purchased and downloaded my pattern ready to go.  Isn't it a fantastic dress.


 

A new venture

Its been awhile.  I've been working on a new Venture, which is now open for business.  Its called Pepes Petticoat (http://pepespetticoat.blogspot.com.au/).  A friend and I have joined together to create clothing for our little girls, aged 7-15, as we are having trouble finding clothes that we like for our girls. 

Our girls modeling for us.

Its been so long

Wow.  I can't believe how long it has been since I last visited blogger land.  Alot has been happening in my little part of the world  I am so busy I feel like a dog chasing his tail.

Its almost Bush Christmas time again, not long to go now and I have been busy creating lots of goodies for this fantastic event.

Lots of these kits being created in Christmas colours.

 

And lots and lots and lots and lots of these birds being stitched.  This is my latest design using a wonderful new wool which I adore.

 

 

Have a wonderful day.

 

Artist Trading Cards

I must confess I have become addicted to creating these little cards.  They are so much fun to make and swap.    I love the fact that you can use so many different elements when creatying this little beauties.  Here are a couple I put together for a swap earlier this year.

Have a fantastic weekend.

Its the simple things

The kids had so much fun decorating and playing with this empty fridge box over the holidays.  It really does only take an empty box, who needs toys?

I'm still kicking

Hello dear friends, I am finally on the mend and now up and about.   The girls have been driving us nuts they are not used to their mum being down and out.  Since I've been laid up nothing exciting has been happening, but I have managed to do a lot of crafting.  There are some benefits to having to leave your feet up.   The girls have a new little friend, heck, they adore him and he keeps them busy playing.

Have a great week.

Hello Again

Finally getting back on track here is little E overseeing the broken leg, making sure its comfy.  This is currently how I spend most of my days with my leg up.  The swelling won't seem to go away so I have been told to be a good girl and keep my leg up.  Still not allowed to put any pressure on it, so the crutches and wheelchair have become my best friend.  The upside to this is that I am getting a much needed rest and plenty of crafting time, which has been perfect, especially leading up to Bush Christmas.  The girls have been enjoying everymoment with Nanny and Pop, they love it here in the bush.

Thankyou everyone for your bestwishes, Looking forward to catching up with you all again very soon.

Have a great day.

Much needed break

I have been MIA for a few weeks now, and will still be for a few weeks to come.  I am currently stuck in bed with a badly broken leg and have been told to rest for 8 weeks.  So my blogging will be on hold till I am on the mend and can get up and about again.

Have a great day dear friends.

To Market To Market

We are off to Surat Fathers Day Markets this weekend.  This will be our first market for this year.  Now the weather is growing warmer we have decided to do a few markets to end off the year.

Surat is a lovely little country town about 1 hours drive away.  It is a great community, we enjoyed our visit to our last lot of markets there last year. 

I have been laid low the past couple of weeks with this nasty flew that won't go away.  But we solider on.  Emeline woke up with it this morning so I hope she doesn't get it as bad as what I have had it.  It has certainly drained all my energy.

I have also been busy making my felt decorations, here are some of the latest.

Have a great week.

Neglected

I am so sorry dear friends for being absent for nearly 2 weeks, we are a little overwhelmed with everything that is going on at the moment, I'm afraid I don't even know where to start, I feel like I am just treading water, getting things done but not really moving forward.   August, September and October are probably our busiest months on the property along with schooling etc...  It doesn't leave much time.

The girls and I spent the last few days in Charleville for the School of Airs Sports Cluster Muster.  The girls had so much fun catching up with their friends and learning new sports they are exhausted but estatic.

The girls at the school disco waiting for some dinner with their bestest friends (4 blonde princesses).  They were wearing these handbands with butterflys that flash bright blue lights, very cute, but very distracting on the eyes.  They were sad to have to leave their friends and come home, luckily it is only a short time till mini school where they will see each other again.  They get to talk to each other on air, so cute.

I have been making some inchies (1"x1" square) for some swaps..  These are what I have managed so far.  I must say, these are quite addictive once you start making them and the girls like making them to.

Have a great day.

Good Morning

Good Morning all, yes I am up bright and early this morning.  I have been up since about 4.00, the dogs woke me barking at a wild pig that has been coming around the house in the early hours of the morning, mmmm.  Might have to do something about that.  So I have been busy doing some tidying and enjoying the peace and tranquility before the girls wake up.

We have had a busy week this week, I am in a few swaps at the moment so have been busy trying to fit those in between everything else.

We made some more ATC's these ones are for a Stampin Up monthly swap I am in, the theme was Christmas, I don't have any Christmas stamps yet, so I did what I could with what I had.  Are they Christmasy enough?

I have also joined up to do a beginners art journal swap and some inchie swaps.  Thought I might try and give something different that I have been wanting to do for a couple of years now a go.  Swapping seems to give me the motivation that I need to get things done.

The girls have also been busy helping, here is an envelope that Em made.

I just adore these ladies that she draws, have to love those lips.  Wish I had lips like those :-)

I have also been slowing posting pictures of the beautiful stationary I received in Creative Collectives Snail Mail Swap.  So here are the photos of the goodies I received, I was very spoilt.

So many goodies, some are too pretty to use, the girls and I just like looking.

Have also manage to squeeze in some stitching time there is only three months to go till Bush Christmas and I have a couple of very busy months ahead with school stuff, so I am trying to get as many decorations done as I can.  Haven't taken any photos yet, but will post some soon.

Thanks for visiting.

Have a fantastic weekend



Week 4 Winner

The winner/s of my Christmas in July giveaway for week 4 are Julie, Congratulations Julie you have won first prize which is a pack of the 5 mini Christmas decorations, if you could please email me your address I will get these in the post.  And we also decided on a second prize of 3 mini decorations, the second winner was Tartankiwi.   Thankyou everyone for taking the time to stop by and say hello and enter my little giveaway.  I will do another one of these in November, to help everyone get ready for Christmas.

Have a great day

Week 4 Giveaway

For my week 4 giveaway.  I am giving a way a set of 5 mini decorations.  The ones pictured here are samples only, the ones in the set will match.  The set includes a mini felt heart, stocking, bird, mitten, and star.

All you have to do to win is leave a comment:-)

Thankyou for stopping by to visit.

Have a great week

What have we been doing

Goodmorning, once again another cold and frosty morning here.  We have had a busy week with dear husband going away and just the girls and I left to hold the fort.  There is so much more to do when he is gone, feed all the animals, check cattle (currently calving), check water... and the list goes on.  The girls enjoy doing all these extra jobs.

Also managed to squeeze in some crafting. 

I just adore this felt heart decoration that I have filled with lavender.