This will be me...

...for the next few days, reading books that should have been read ages ago that is due way to soon for my liking. If only I was one of those super organised people that could start working well in advance of when things were actually due, for now though I'm just going to have to endure the pain and sacrfice a few hours of sleep a night.

Dreaming of Crocheting.

It has been mentioned here a lot by both Claire and I can't crochet, we've tried, we have read lots of books and seen lots of demonstrations but we can't seem to get the hang of it. This doesn't mean we are going to give up, just that when we do manage to learn it will be all the better. There really is no reason why we shouldn't be able to crochet either. The blanket in these photos was created by our Aunty and given to our Mum for her 21st Birthday I think. Aunty Shelly is a little younger then Mum too, so she must have made it when she was in her teens I think and means that this blanket is more than 30yrs old, I hope i'm not insulting Mum when I say that. I really love it, I like the colours and thinking about why our Aunty choose them for our Mum, and all the time, effort and planning that would have gone into making it. It would have taken a while, because its huge, probably about the size of a queen blanket. Its perfectly made too, everything is the same size and tension (i think that is the right terminology) and it only shows a few signs of aging. I can't wait to master the art and get started on my own.

Brown Owls '09'

Claire and I are Brown Owls this year, and really couldn't be more excited. We have yet to attend any classes, which is really lazy of us, but are keen to attend soon, I know we both want to develop our lack of crocheting skills, but a nice 'bring your own' session sounds like fun too.

I like these badges ALOT, I have chosen the blue one for our blog, because I think it will match and because I think its Penelope's favourite colour. I'm going to put the purple one up for Claire, because I think the two will look good together and its Mum's favourite colour, but she can change it if she likes. Thanks to threebuttons for designing them, they really are just lovely!

A visit to Yarn Barn!

Today mum and I visited our favourite place to buy yarn, the Yarn Barn in Coburg. It’s a great little shop full of great range of colours and fibres. Mum is going to knit a jumper out of the cream wool on the cone and I am determined to teach myself how to crochet Grannie Squares. I’ve been trying very hard to learn but I don’t seem to get anywhere. I think the colours I picked would look great in a blanket so I won’t give up. I hope that in the weeks to come I’ll have some squares to show you.

Lemonade!

The lovely beck from Dandelion has awarded us with a lemonade award, which means she thinks our blog shows great attitude or gratitude, which is so kind of her. We really like her blog too, her country adventures in our favourite town, her trips into the city and all her nice thoughts on her family are just great.

In the same vein other blogs we are always apperciating are, Handmade Romance which is just full of the nicest images and thoughts, fine little day which is new to us but really amazing, and teddy bears wednesday which is always fun to read!

Something New...

I recently brought my self a new lap top. Its pretty exciting, but the thing I'm most excited about is that I got to make a new bag for it. I'm really proud of this bag I think Its the most well thought out thing I've ever made. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. The fabric is from IKEA, I've had it for a while now. I knew I had to use it for something special because I love it so much. I also lined it with denim and padded it with quilt batting. The only problem I had with it was that at some parts it got so chunky I had to hand sew on the handles.

Camberwell Market.

On Sunday I will be at the market selling things, not McCranky things but other op-shop finds i have been holding on to for far too long, prices will be low and hopefully there will be a good range of things to see, come and visit, I will definitely say hello!

tunes

I've had to do a lot of study of late, here is the msuic that has been helping me through.

early easter.

the other day I got an early Easter gift, a nest of chocolate speckled eggs and a rose.

Genki Sale

I finally made it to the Genki sale the other day and brought these two navy tops. One is cotton and lovely with frills and buttons the other is wool and warm and nice. I'm really going to miss little genki, and hope something just as nice takes its place.

Lee st Primary School Fete.

This past weekend I visited a local primary school's fete, along with markets and garage sales fete's are one of my favourite places to visit. I like looking at all the stalls, browsing the trash and traesure and hunting through the books. I like buying things from the cake stand and seeing all the kids craft. I never expect to find much but was really happy with these two carved wooden boxes, I also got a couple of books and some cakes too.