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14 December, 2011

Six White Boomers

Just in case you thought my white kangaroo decorations are a figment of my imagination, I can prove they're not.  Yep, they do exist but you won't see them hopping down the main street of my country town.





Check out the video, evidence of white kangaroo.  I bet most kids these days haven't heard this song, it's a bit corny but lots of fun a beauty in fact.



Hope you're having a beautiful day.



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05 December, 2011

The Winner Is

Congratulations Jodilee from Smple Perfect Life.  You are the winner of my Christmas Stocking Giveaway.

This is the stocking filled to the brim

The draw went something like this - very basic but fair.

List of entries - 71 all up

Neatly cut then folded

Into the bowl they go and precious son picks the winner

Jodilee's name comes up
Thanks to everyone who entered and visited my blog.  Heartfelt thanks for the lovely comments and sincere thanks to the dear people who decided they would like to follow my blog.  Now I have to make sure I provide content that makes you want to visit again and again.

Hope you have a beautiful day.

02 December, 2011

It's A Beautiful Day - Singing and Pinning on the Weekend

                     Start the video, scroll down nice and slow and enjoy




Source:  http://youtu.be/OBfqABtOoxI


                                                       

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Pinning & Singing on the Weekend Pinterest Party













Link back to Natasha to join in the party





Heart is a bloom



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Up through the stony ground


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                              Out of luck





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                                   No space to rent in this town





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                                                                   Traffic’s stuck


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My friend

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Don’t let it get away


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Take me to that other place


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On the road, no destination

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Love this town


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Don’t let it get away

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Take me to that other place


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It’s a beautiful day, teach me

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                            See the world in Green and blue


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China is here



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Canyons


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Bedouin Fires at night


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Oil fields at first light

                                                                     

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See the bird


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Don’t let it get away




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I hope you have a beautiful day

01 December, 2011

Crazy Christmas Wreath

My first decoration for the festive Christmas season went on display last night.  With three adult males living in this home, you'd think at least one would have noticed this crazy wreath as they entered the front door.


Nope, not one.  You can probably guess how the rest of the evening went?

Yep, it was all downhill after that.



Don't forget to enter my Christmas Stocking Give away - still a few days to go.  Scroll down to my earlier post for the give away details.   Cheers to all visitors and stay safe.

28 November, 2011

A Christmas Stocking Stuffed with Goodies Awaits You

Giveaway now closed - winner to be announced soon


2011 Christmas Stocking Giveaway



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Today launches my 2011 stocking giveaway.  I’ll be holding a giveaway for the Christmas stocking pictured below as part of the 2011 Stocking Giveaway  being hosted by Robin at RSIslandscrafts.
The winner will be drawn on December 5th
One Christmas Stocking
Measurements
Cuff to heel is 33.5cm (13") 


But wait, there's more than just a stocking.  Inside the stocking you will find SIX other gifts.  

#1.   A handmade felt Kangaroo.  You can hang Redmond in a cupboard as he's filled with homemade scented pot pourri or on the Christmas tree.


Redmond The Kangaroo

#2.  A Tea Towel, celebrating beautiful Australian flora.

Tea Towel

#3.  A handmade Woven Felt Heart decoration for the Christmas tree.

Woven Felt Heart

#4. A packet of Christmas paper serviettes.

20 Paper Serviettes

#5.  A Japanese Temari thread decoration for the Christmas tree.

Japanese Thread Temari

#6.  Christmas bunting - eight little Christmas stockings all in a row.


Christmas Stockings Bunting

This give away is open to everyone, doesn't matter where you live. It will run from November 28th through to December 4th. On December 5th the lucky winner will be announced. 


As my son said, "That's a tidy prize mum, seven gifts all up.  Cool".  Therefore you need to do a couple of things to participate in the Christmas Stocking Giveaway.
1 entry into the draw = A comment will do nicely - that way if you're the lucky winner I have your email contact whereby I can get your address. 
2 entries into the draw = If you want to become a follower that would be cool too.
All entries will go into a bowl and my dear son will draw the lucky winner on 4th December.  I will post the details of the draw on the 5th December and pop the prize in the post as soon as I have an address from the winner. 
I'd love you to share where you plan to eat on Christmas day.  Are you entertaining family and friends at home, going to the beach or sitting by a nice warm fire?  If so, how many at your gathering?  If not, what will you be doing on Christmas day?  As for me, I'm hoping 15 family and friends can make it to my place for Christmas lunch and I'm so looking forward to it. 

Merry Christmas to my visitors and thanks for visiting.

I look forward to your comments and hearing about your plans for the big day.
Other blogs participating in their own Christmas Stocking Giveaway can be found here


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23 November, 2011

Angel Tree Topper That Kids Can Make - A Tutorial

There's Plenty Of Time
When you're asked to look after a friends children for a few hours what's the best thing to do? Keep them busy of course.  So rather than panic, I went to my trusty little craft room for inspiration and did some picking and plucking from my stash.

                                     
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As long as I had glue, ribbon, foam shapes and all sorts of other goodies I had a good chance of keeping the kids happy while mum was away.

She Doesn't Have To Be Perfect
Keep it simple and use whatever you can find in the cupboards.  Kids have wonderful imaginations so you'll get quite a surprise with the end result.

Angel Tree Topper

Things To Collect
Material off-cuts or coloured paper for the gown; cardboard; pipe cleaners or fine wires; foil paper; ribbon; lace; sequins; beads; curling ribbon; foam ball; dressmaker pins; craft  glue; scissors; cardboard; glitter; sticky tape.

Gather The Kids and Get Started


Material to make the body shape
1.  Use a piece of cardboard to make a cone shape and hold in place with sticky tape.  Check that the cone is the right size for the head, then trim the bottom of the cone if the form is a bit wonky. If you want the angel to be able to standalone, add some cardboard to the base of the cone.  Just like this, alternatively, skip this step if you want your angel to sit on top of your tree without falling off.


Check the head fits the shape
Add a base to the cone














Cover the cone with material or paper of choice, gluing the paper to the cone or you can sew a seam on the material so it fits the cone snugly.  Tuck the material into the top of the cone.  Glue the ball to the top of the robe set aside to dry.  

Material to make the wings and halo

Halo
Wing


2.  Next make the wings and halo using the pipe cleaners.  Twist two pipe cleaners together and join to make a circle.  Make two of these for the wings.  Make a smaller circle for the halo and leave a small length for the stem of the halo.  Wrap foil tightly around the pipe cleaners and I found that I had to cover the foil with sticky tape for added firmness.  Then shape the wings. Decorate the halo with sequins or beads, ribbon or foil.  Set aside to dry if using glue.

She's starting to take shape

3.  Glue facial features onto head and glue or use pins to attach curling ribbon to head.  We used a dressmakers pin for the nose, sequins for the cheeks and attached them with pins and then glued a red sequin for the mouth.


4.  Pin the halo stem to the back of the head.  Attaching the wings is the hardest but we found pinning the wings to the material worked best.  You might have to readjust the shape of the wings to suit the angel.  Same with the halo, adjust it to suit.  Tie bows using ribbon or lace around the neck.


Angel Tree Topper

Angel Tree Topper is completed.  The time went so fast making her and we had heaps of fun.  Think I might make a gold Angel next time.  Thanks for visiting.