I am hoping to do some more crafty postings in the next couple of weeks so keep reading.
The other week, Jason also collected leftover rocks from the centre garden of our driveway and used them here to make an edge for our rose bed we want to create here in front of our porch. I haven't got a photo of the lattice that we put up against the porch rails. We hope to have a few climbing roses so the lattice will be a great thing. It is also useful as a barrier for Jarrah so she doesn't fall off the porch and get all prickled (when we plant them of course)!
This has made me very happy. I have such an awesome husband. He just totters round on his days off doing various things like this around the place and it makes me very pleased!!
The August Issue of Better Homes & Gardens magazine came in the mail today. And I will be watching the television programme tonight aswell. I'm having a right Better Homes and Gardens day. Yay!!
Might I add, the kitchen window is a good 2-3 metres off the ground. I suppose he's a typical, adventurous 10 week old kitten hey?
Above is a photo of the poster in the current issue of Frankie magazine. I really like it. I am already planning on framing it with some decorations added to it myself!
Australia's new Prime Minister as of today.
We will definitely go back next week!
And when I opened the boxes, I found these beautiful hair-clips.
I am totally thrilled with these and sent a message through to Jodie instantly to say THANKYOU!
Monday 21st June
Yes he did let off his fire pipes inside!!!
Be back later with today's snapshot of June!
Kez & Elisa (the new owners) also have a blog which you can find here. Above is the June mailout of the Giggle Club pattern & buttons that I received in the mail this week. I was so thrilled to receive it and can't wait to get stuck into it but I need to be patient and try and finish the projects that I have already started.
We had quite a few packages in the mail waiting for us when we got back home. I managed to open a few before going to bed but left the rest until today. I am glad that I waited until today because I either would have been too tired to completely appreciate the goodies I received or I would have been so excited that sleep would not have come so easily. Anyway, the next photo reveals a message inside the book I have been aching to get and feast my eyes upon the gorgeous stitcheries and projects inside that I can make!
Yes, it's 'Pieces of Me' by Janelle Wind. This truly made my day. I was so happy to hold this delightful book in my eager hands. Can't wait to get a stitchin'!
With Sprinkles of Sunshine...
Tonight, I started getting back into my crocheting. I am a crochet novice so don't expect really great things from me in this area just yet. I will do another posting some other time about what I am doing with these granny squares and the progress.
Yesterday, I did promise some photos of what I got up to at the craft day. Every second Sunday, a group of ladies get together at the hall here in the community where I live and we do whatever craft we want to do. It's a good chance to get some WIP's done or just that little bit closer to completion. I couldn't manage to get decent enough photos of what I did so I will tell you and try and post pictures of them completed at a later date.
I thought this shot looked pretty clever. I was sitting on one of those see-saw horse thingys and the sun was in a great position behind me to make it look like I'm actually on a horse. Giddy-up! Haha!
I love days spent with my man and little Sprout! And it was just a beautiful sunny day which made it so much more relaxing and fun. Tomorrow, I will try and post some photos of what I got up to at craft day today.
This is one of the postcards I received today. It was from a lovely 54 year old woman who lives in the Netherlands. She never even knew that I have always adored butterflies so this was really special to receive.
Speaking of my daughter, the next shot is of her and her love for shoes. Definitely a true girl here! She just loves putting on shoes. Every day the shoes at the door end up in every which direction of the lounge room after a shoe-trying-on session by Jarrah (as you can see, so do the toys. Sorry about the mess but it is like this every day and I have learnt not to clean it up during the day because it will only become messy again within minutes. I clean it up when Jarrah goes down to bed for the night, ready for a new mess the next day!) Here Jarrah has on a pair of my shoes which she was dancing to the music on telly in and nearly falling over in the process. She is such a delight!
And there was a lot of things that made me excited and happy yesterday and I couldn't fit it all into yesterday's post so I'll tell you today since I'm just as excited about it. I won a prize for the poem I wrote for Jodie and her Sweet Vintage embellishments. I didn't win the $50 voucher but she liked my poem so much that she is sending me something in the mail for it. I am so excited and totally thrilled that something of mine has been recognised! It's a great feeling! And I get something from Jodie which is even greater!
Another thing that made me very happy today was receiving a package in the mail with this vintage style jewellery box in it. I am really into owls (and also Russian dolls) at the moment and thought this was very cute. It will come in very handy to store some items in my craft room. I bought this off Etsy from Katadrian.
I was very proud of my creation. And it tasted awesome!
Jason set up our printer last night and today I used it to print out a pattern for a stationery folder that is designed by Melissa Goodsell over at http://melissagoodsell.typepad.com/day_to_day/
My daughter, Jarrah, goes to bed around lunch time every day. So when she goes down for a nap, I potter around doing things that I need or want to get done - the washing up, some laundry, some craft, watch some telly. Today, I popped on the DVD 'Love Actually'. I really enjoy this movie eventhough there are some crude bits and a bit of swearing. It is just a great movie with some great love stories. And I love Love. And a good laugh of course!
Today's snapshots are of my daughter drawing. I don't do this activity with her much because it can sometimes be a slightly messy activity. But today I thought I should get the paper and pencils and the stickers out for her to do her own thing with them. She absolutely loves stickers and will stick them anywhere if you let her! I did have to tell her that she is to only draw on the paper! As you can see by the second picture that telling her this once was not enough. Her groovy placemat has her mark on it now!! Oh well, kids will be kids.
I absolutely LOVE getting mail. I get really excited when I see some packages in the barrel that are all for me!! My latest hobby is Postcrossing. I love it! My stash of cards from all over the world is slowly growing. As you can see, yesterday I got 2 more. One was from Austria and the other from Finland.
With Sprinkles of Sunshine,
Anna
My brain was whirling with possibilities and concepts. This set me off looking up crafty, arty-farty blogs that I could relate to. I knew that there was ALOT of bloggers out there but I am just totally bamboozled with all the good stuff I can read from people like me who are crazily addicted to all that is crafty and creative. I felt rather insignificant. Any blog I wrote would probably get completely lost in this array of choices. But hey - you're reading it so please come back and see what I come up with to post every day or so! I haven't actually set myself a challenge of any sort but do hope to set small challenges for myself every now and then that I will blog about so keep reading! You might actually get something out of it for yourself!!
With sprinkles of sunshine...
Anna
Hi! I'm Anna...
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