A Hat and a Moose!

I got a parcel from a very special friend today. I met Catherine (Calidore) in blogland and have been lucky enough to meet her in 'real life' (remember the axe murderer story??). She sent me a handknitted hat to replace the one naughty Jimmy ate. This one may not be possum wool or from New Zealand but it is so very precious and appreciated. It fits perfectly. Thank you Catherine, I can't wait till we catch up again.

The 'horsey one' and I headed off to Mum's town this morning for an Orthodontist appointment. It was very chilly when we set off and after hearing on the radio it was 3 degrees no wonder it felt cold!! The 'horsey one' was having spacers in preparation for having braces fitted next Friday. The appointment went well, we think! He put some spacers in her bottom teeth and we thought she was only having top braces at this stage!!! Oh well I'm sure he knows what he is doing and we will find out for sure next week! The best part of the day was catching up with Mum and seeing what she has been creating. She has almost finished the Christmas Quilt (a Hatched and Patched pattern) and is well on the way with Irish Birds (think that is what it is called, a Lynette Anderson pattern). She has also completed this Christmas moose! He is so cute and I can see a lot more being made closer to the silly season. She said he was quick and easy to create. I cannot remember who the designer is but can ask Mum if anyone would like to know.

Cupcakes galore!

We held our RSPCA cupcake morning tea at work today. It was a great success. I think we raised about $80 which is fantastic. Two other staff members contributed and when I arrived at work Tammy had a tablecloth on and two bowls of beautiful camelias.

She had made these yummy chocolate and cream butterfly cakes with some mini m & m's for decoration. They didn't last long.

She also made these Lemon Diva cupcakes, inspired by the first season of Masterchef. I was lucky enough to enjoy one of these.

Tammy has made these before so when they appeared they were in great demand, butterfly cakes with jelly and cream.

Bob had his daughter home on the weekend so she made 'frog' and 'pig' cupcakes for him to bring in.

I made two plates of these cupcakes with sparkly sprinkles and the cupcake toppers that I had made.


These are my flowerpots that I think were my favorite. They were so easy but the end result was great.


How cute are these 'beach babes'???? I just love them!


I also made these clown faces, perhaps my least favorite but still cute and popular.


I was able to bring home a few cupcakes but it was amazing that out of 10 dozen cupcakes there were not a lot left. A few Mums took some home with them at the end of the day, what an easy dessert!!!

Feeling weary......

What a day! I have been in Warrnambool all day with the 'horsey' one at a competition. I jump judged so sat in the cold wet and wind all day. I am starting to thaw out now - just!!! It was a good day with the 'horsey' one and Henry coming 2nd in only their first grade 3 competition. Since getting home I have decorated 62 cupcakes for tomorrows morning tea, clowns, beachbabes, potplants and sparkly sprinkles. I am now eating the beautiful roast dinner SH has prepared and going to bed!!! Photos tomorrow!

A little project!

On Monday at work we are having an 'RSPCA cupcake day' morning tea fundraiser.One of my colleagues and I are supplying the morning tea and as I'm out for the day tomorrow I have tried to get organised today. SH has agreed to bake the cakes in the morning for me and I will decorate them when I get home. Today I made some cupcake toppers. Not perfect but I am pleased with my first attempt. I found some very cute animal stickers and by joining two identical ones over a toothpick got the result I was looking for. (Sorry not a very technical explanation there!!). I am looking forward to using them on Monday. I'll share my other cupcakes then!

Even fewer words Friday!

I have been sitting here contemplating and wondering why I have nothing to say? Am I just that boring? or is my life that mundane? and decided that there has to be at least 10 things I am thankful for today! Here goes.......
1) It is Friday , the end of the week and I didn't have to work today and I still have the weekend to tick everything off my list that was missed today!
2) Fresh sheets on my bed, there is nothing nicer than snuggling in warm, crisp sheets.
3) Having coffee with friends, always good for the soul.
4) A waxing appointment, my eyebrows can be seen in public again!
5) I managed to do some Christmas shopping today and my sister's parcel may even be sent on time by sea mail!
6) Chatting with a wonderful friend on the school steps, solving the problems our year 12 students face together, knowing we are not alone.
7) I am very grateful the house didn't burn down when SH left the hotplate on at lunchtime and that I found it in time!!!!!
8) My Gilmore Girls DVDs, I am up to season 3 and still loving them, especially when there is still no tv at our place.
9) Homemade Baklava from a very dear friend who knows how much we love it.
10) The company of a sleepy cat, something very comforting about that!

Thought I might struggle for a little while there!!! I am thinking over the weekend I may finally work on the rest of the posts for our US and our Kimberleys holidays, then I can finally get our photo books organised for them as well before they are just a distant memory.
I apologise if the contents of this blog are not always crafty or interesting but I am trying to use it (especially posting each day) to document the little things and the real everyday things of mine and my family's life.
Thanks for dropping in!

Few words Thursday!!

I never thought my life would be such that I would struggle to find something to say each day!!!! (Has anyone noted that I have been posting with remarkable regularity lately???)
This is the first sign of spring in our garden and survived the weather yesterday. Spring can't come quickly enough for me this year!!

More destruction!

We woke this morning to a terrible storm with heavy heavy rain. It has been like that all day with terrible winds as well. Around the area paddocks are flooded, there have been a lot of accidents and when SH was out of town he had to drive through a substantial amount of water to get home. While I was ironing this morning the tv all of a sudden lost reception, this happens occasionaly in bad weather so I turned it off and thought nothing more of it until I turned it on at lunchtime to watch a little 'Ellen', nothing , not a thing, so I looked out the window and in the storm we lost our huge ginormous antenna!!! Oops, no tv today, hopefully someone will look at it tomorrow and who knows how long until it is fixed!

Very hard to see in this photo but you can just see the crashed antenna on the left!

This is the second piece of destruction for today, if you guessed Jimmy you are right! This was my favorite, my only winter hat, so soft and comfortable, possum wool brought back as a gift from New Zealand for me. To say I was cross is an understatement, it is a wonder I could not be heard from the other side of the world!!! Oh well I will have to go hatless for the rest of winter now! Jimmy luckily is being allowed to live!

I bought this magazine last week and had no intention of confessing to it! To be honest when I saw it was for a 'beginner' quilter and came with an instructional dvd I had to have it. I feel very inadequate with my quilting knowledge which is probably why I do a lot of stitching and rarely finish anything. I am also not great at asking for help! I was thrilled looking through the magazine to see it had 12 projects , each focused around one technique. Of the 12 projects only 2 of them don't interest me but that doesn't mean I won't attempt them. I thought I may work my way through the magazine giving myself 1 project a month to work on. In theory this will take 12 months (yes I can do math!) but I am planning to start in September so I can get fabric for the first quilt when I am out of town later this month. Let's see how I go!!!!