blog block

Heard of 'writers block'?, well I guess I have had 'Blog block'...............lol.

The last few months have been a wee bit of a roller coaster with sickness with the family and myself, a couple of deaths, a marriage breakdown (not mine) and on the positive side, a new baby. On the 2nd of September my new great nephew arrived. I had to wait until he was 9 days old to see him because of my bugs. It was worth the wait though. He is so beautiful............

This is Thomas.

Little one also had her dancing comps at the beginning of September. She did her very first jazz dance on stage. I was so proud of her. She danced to Strawberry Kisses.

Yep...I made the costume. I really am enjoying the costume making now. Not as scary as I first thought.

Well that's it for now

Jules

He's done it again

My son never ceases to amaze me. Long story short, I was in charge of buying the sewing teacher, from Steve's high school, a mud cake for her birthday and Steven decided it would be better to make her one. So the night before the cake was needed, he came up with the idea of a messy sewing basket (hers is always in a mess because the students get into it like little mice and muck it up). He made all the sewing accessories and the cake on the Friday night. The next morning he iced the cake and filled it with the accessories. The teacher was pleasantly surprised and amazed. So was I. Steven is just getting too good.

Jules

Musical 18th

Stevie has done it again. He was asked by a friend if he would make a guitar cake for their son's 18th. He accepted and after looking at the receivers guitar, made a replica. He got paid for this one.

He is so clever

Jules

there were 5 in the bed...................

and the little one said.........................cough, cough, splatter, spit................lol

5 down, 1 to go. 5 of us have had the flu over the past 10 days. We have never been so ill.

Any way, enough complaining.

10 days ago I had the pleasure of attending my niece inlaw's baby shower. I haven't been to a baby shower in years. It was so much fun. There were four young pregnant women there at different stages. Of course I had to touch all their bellies and say hi to the bubba's. I am sure I must freak some mums out but I just can't help it...................lol

I only had three days to come up with some gifts for our 'mum to be', as my invitation got lost in the mail. Typical Australia Post. Luckily I was chatting to my sister who asked if I was going or I would not have known about it.............lol. Here are the items I made her.

Little one made the card.

snoodle doll

huge bag

burp cloths

On Wednesday when Little one was feeling better, she decided to make the doll I bought for her on her birthday last month. She only needed a bit of my help, sewing around curves and cutting the pattern. She did the rest.

Gather your supplies


start sewing

Stitch a beautiful face and stuff the doll

Introducing...........Ruby.

Jules

New to me

While away in Sydney, did I mention Rose and I went to Sydney???? hehehe Anyway, Sue, who we stayed with, taught me a crochet technique I have never seen before. It is called 'broomstick lacework'. It involves a very large knitting needle and a crochet hook. I used a 12mm needle and a 4.5 hook and made myself a beautiful scarf. I love this technique and hopefully will do a baby rug soon.

Sue was using a 15mm plastic needle but I found it too slippery to work with so I bought a wooden needle. I could only get a 12mm at the time but I am very pleased with the end result.

Now I have a little story to tell.........................................

Whilst in Sydney, I went off to take a photo and asked Rose to look after my Banana Bread

I turned around from where I was and zoomed in to take a photo of Rose and look what I spied.................................................

Rose texting............Banana bread alone................

A Pigeon lurking...........................

Rose still texting...................banana bread still alone.................A pigeon swooping

'Was that a pigeon?'...........................

"Nah just my imagination.................mmmm Banana bread'...................


Well I never!!!!!!! I should not have worried about the pigeons.....................

Hehehehehe..................Just joking, Rose had her own banana bread but it was so funny. Sorry Rose. Just too funny not to share....................love ya

Jules

Sydney Aquarium

Since Rose has put the sites of Sydney on her blog, I thought instead of boring you with the same pics I would show my favourites from the aquarium. (I had so much trouble with my camera I am going to go to lessons on how to use it) So pop over to Rose and see what we got up to.

We really enjoyed the aquarium. We entered while it was daylight and came out at dusk......... Here are some of my faves.

A face only a mother could love...................

Who cares about finding Nemo.............I found Bruce........Shmile.......hehehe

HELP!! HELP!!! The suction is really bad in these parts



TELL ME ABOUT IT!!!!!!!

Who is looking at who here????????? Don't you love photo errors.

I love this too..............It's CAMERA FISH!!!!

BOO!!!!

If I stay very still she might go away...........I loved this little man.

I really want to return to Sydney. I loved it. I would like to take the family to see it all.

Jules

P.S Hey Rose, where to next?........we must go first to make sure we can return with the family. It is the only sensible thing to do...............

Annie's arrived

Marcel over at Aunt Pitty Pats held an Annie swap.

My swap partner Jillian received her Annie this week and today I received mine. She is so cute. Jillian also sent me a pattern, fabric and a card. Thank you Jillian for finding the time to create my Annie. I hope your girls are both well now.


Jillian's Annie to me




My Annie to Jillian

Jules