bee-abi

The badge which i made!

2011-03-13T13:38:00.004+11:00

Here is the badge that i made for 'Sew It Together'. Its for Becky. I enjoyed making it too. Cross stitch is a personal love of mine. The pattern for the scissors and letters in the name was from a book called 'Made In France'. Last year i also learned how to crochet with 3 ply polycotton which is where the idea came from for around the edge of the pin cushion. The name badge will attach onto our lanyards and once the event is over (unpick the clip on the back) and Becky has scissors and pincushion for her mobile sewing time which she should never lose because it has her name on it.

I'm glad that i participated in the name swap. Now i have to make five items for the swap on the day of the convention. I have a few ideas but this week i have to get cracking.

My name badge

2011-03-09T15:53:00.003+11:00

My name badge arrived today for Sew It Together - SIT.

I absolutely love it. Lisa from The Red Thread made it for me in a name badge exchange.

I will proudly wear it at the blog craft event later this month.

It arrived wraped in tissue in a white box with red and white gift card attached.

I appreciate all the attention to detail in her work.

Thanks Lisa for your clever crafting.

Fiona x

So much has happened

2011-03-03T17:40:00.003+11:00

Yes so much has happened since i last blogged. I have had a break from blogging but i'm back. I'm attending Sew It Together on 26th March which i am looking forward to. Last month my daughter started pre school which we are both enjoying very much. I even spent two hours at the library this week drinking a capuccino over reading magazines.

Here is a picture of miss C going to pre school i thought that i would share.

Till next time.

Happy crafting and bee-abi!

xxx

We visited santa today!

2010-12-12T16:34:00.004+11:00

Yes we visited Santa at Myer in the city of Sydney today. I was very impressed. The Santa was great and very witty. We loved the train ride too very much and even wrote and posted Santa a letter. Yes we did have to que up and it was something we knew we could not rush through. All up i think we were there 70 minutes (but who was counting). I would definitely consider revisiting again next year.

My sisters wedding!

2010-11-22T08:37:00.006+11:00

My beautifull sister was married on saturday morning up at Nelson Bay. The weather was just divine. I had a wonderfull day and it proved a little too much for my little precious one who fell asleep seated at the table. I wish them every happiness as a beautifull married couple.

Its my lucky day!

2010-11-17T16:04:00.002+11:00

Oh my goodness. I just opened my letterbox to discover that we have won tickets to the wiggles concert in December. It was a competition in my local newspaper. I just feel so elated and gratefull to win. My nearly three year old will love it but we won't be telling her till closer to the day. It just goes to show that you never know your luck in the big city!

Birthday Cake!

2010-09-29T08:39:00.002+10:00

Yesturday i baked a birthday cake for our wonderfull friend and good neighbour.
Well there certainly is an art to cake baking especially the birthday kind.
Firstly i overbaked the cake by 10 minutes. Hence a very crisp perimeter.
So i consulted my womans weekly kids cakes book and decided a frog it would become. So i traced a frog shape onto glad bake a traced out the shape with a knife. All good so far till some of the lower edge side came away. Oh well i will fill that in with icing i thought.

Next i don't have green colouring only rose pink. Oh well a rose pink frog it was to become. Then i didn't have enough icing to cover the top and sides (it was a coles packet buttercake mix which came with icing). Oh well i made more icing and managed to colour up the icing a very close match. Then decided while icing that the shape i had cut out worked for a fairy or angel. Our neighbour is a special angel always with a smile to greet us and makes wonderfull things in wood on his scrollsawing machine which he gifts to others. He is a real gem.
So a fairy angel it was to become. My daughter was pleading for a fairy for her and frog for our neighbour.

It all worked out in the end sharing some cake, candles and tea at afternoon tea!

I now realise that it all takes practise to make perfect!

A Sunday of craft!

2010-06-30T21:50:00.008+10:00

Last sunday i indulged in a wonderfull day of craftiness!

We all met up from 9.30am onwards at a cottage in Lilyfield.

Ladies travelled from all parts of sydney to share the day crafting to our hearts content.

I participated in my first swap of which i received these lovely goodies.

Thanks for a lovely day ladies of good food, conversation and productivity!

Been gone for a while!

2010-05-16T20:02:00.009+10:00

I appologise for having been absent from my blog for four months.

In that time i completed round one of this and have lost 8.3kg in weight. I am now 9kg off my goal weight and have signed up for round two which started yesturday. On saturday night we celebtated in style all our 12wbt successes at the cargo bar in Sydney. Here is a photo of Mich and I. What a lovely lady and fantastic mentor.

We also had a punishing workout in the domain saturday afternoon which i am now suffering for with thigh muscle soreness.

I finally finished a scarf which i knitted my husband too for his birthady in May. Gee its good to finish craft projects especially knitted ones as they take me so long.

Now must get back to the craft needle books i am sewing for the craft room swap on Sunday.
Till next time!
Bee-abi (be-happy)
xxx

The Craft Room in the Hills!

2010-02-05T13:55:00.006+11:00

Well last night was fabulous! We had nine ladies join together to share and sew together.

Lots of chatting was done exchanging laughs and learnings about each other.

Thanks for joining us. Can't wait till Thursday 4th March for our second.

More time away!

2010-02-03T20:43:00.006+11:00

Chantelle at Cresent Head

Caught munching on the iced vovo's for morning tea at Mount Seaview

We went away for Australia Day weekend to Mount Seaview then moved onto Port Macquarie for a few nights. The weather was hot and humid. Brett had a fall on Monday while we were on an easy bush walk, which required four stitches and visits to the hospital to have it re-dressed every day till we came home. He was carrying Chantelle at the time 14kg and a 5kg camera bag and to save her from falling his right knee took all the impact. Hows this i packed a first aid kit and purified water just in case. We did need it indeed. I'm now doing a first aid course in 2010.

We stayed in our camper trailer and experienced a ripper of a storm Thursday night in Port - 5cm in 45minutes.

Chantelle loves the camper trailer and calls it her cubby house. I unfortunately have not one photo yet of us with the 'trak shak'.

Looking forward to the craft room in the hills tommorrow night and catching up with Cass who is coordinating it.

Happy New Year!

2010-01-05T22:51:00.005+11:00

Happy New Year to you all. I was inspired by retromummy and have updated the look of my blog too which is something I had been wanting to do for some time. Lots has happened since my last post including my daughters 2nd birthday, christmas and camping on the weekend in our new camper trailer. Santa was good to me and bought me a new sewing machine too. I look forward to sharing with you in 2010 my new sewing happenings.

New Hushmatic - no more!

2009-11-24T20:26:00.007+11:00

This machine i inherited from my mother in law. A few months ago i dusted it off and gave it some oil. I was in need of a machine who could travel to the craft room wherever if may be. So on sunday at the craft room she let out three puffs of smoke, overheated (it was a real stinker in Sydney say high thirties inside) and she is no more. So i am now on the hunt for a new machine. I have been sewing since i was in year seven at school. Pictured below is the machine which I learnt to sew on and also inherited from my mum. She is special but lives in a cabinet.

So i am excited about the prospect of a new modern machine. I am however unsure weather to spend say up to $700- $800 and have fancy stitches etc and the like or just a $300 -$400 model. At some stage in the future i want to learn to quilt too. I will really enjoy shopping for a new machine. If santa doesn't come through there is always my birthday in April.

What a find!

2009-10-27T21:51:00.003+11:00

I popped into my local Borders today and picked up this beauty for just $2.50 yes $2.50!
It was reduced from i don't know what price originally to $4.95 and then was hanging out on the take 50% off me table for i don't know how long.
The designs are crafted from a Japanese designer called Miyako Kanamori.
I'm so excited to be able to give this creative art form a go!
Happy crafting!

Time Away!

2009-10-25T15:29:00.006+11:00

We are just back from a holiday to Trinity Beach (10 mins north of Cairns) and surrounds in North Queensland. My sister moved there earlier this year and it was great to catch up with her. We were there 8 nights in total and i returned to catch the flu but feel much better now i am on antibiotics. I am now seriously keen to sew myself a little dress for festive time! So much so that i bought a pattern yesturday. I'm off now to buy some fabric tommorrow which i think will be suitable. More of that to come soon!

The Dress!

2009-09-30T18:34:00.005+10:00

I had a lovely time away with the girls two weekends ago now. I had a productive time sewing this little number for my little girl. Its simplicity style 5695 view A made in size two. The yoyo details on the front are an extra touch. I loved making it and plan to make more! I'm off to the craft room now - lucky me!

Giveaway fun!

2009-09-17T20:54:00.003+10:00

Just mentioning a super giveaway happening at the moment. Click over to retromummy for your opportunity to win a pattern and fabric giveaway. Good luck!

Craft Retreat!

2009-09-16T22:32:00.012+10:00

Well i'm off for the weekend to spend a weekend doing craft with 5 other like minded ladies. Here are some photoes of us last retreat. I plan to sew my nearly two year old girl a pretty summer dress. Perhaps for me a summer hat!

A Day at the Show!

2009-08-20T19:51:00.006+10:00

We had a lovely day at the stitches and craft show today in Sydney. I had my 20 month old daughter with me and we prammed our way through the show. I was so pleased this year that they had special parking for people with pushers. Extremely considerate of the organisers compared to last year. Heres my stash off goodies purchased today. I hope to return Saturday child free to enjoy more.

How Lucky am I !

2009-08-09T20:08:00.005+10:00

Yesturday i received a lovely parcel from this lady. I was delighted to receive all these inspiring goodies inside. Thankyou so much Cass for your generous gift to celebrate three years blogging. I look forward to passing on the love with a giveaway sometime soon too!

Its finished!

2009-07-30T20:33:00.003+10:00

I have finally finished a cardi which i was knitting for my daughter. Its taken me just over two months and i'm just thrilled with how it turned out. Oh well she will get 4 weeks of August to wear it. I will have to start her winter cardi for next year well in advance of the fall of Autumn.

Blogging for dummies

2009-07-10T22:14:00.000+10:00

I feel so embarressed that its taken me 2 months to write my second entry. I borrowed Blogging for Dummies from the library (yes they do exist) and i hope to work through a few technical issues.

My first post!

2009-05-06T22:07:00.000+10:00

This is my first post to my new blogsite which is in its very early stages.
I went to my local church craft meet tonight where i resurected an old folk art tray started 20 years ago and never finished. I needed to practise comma strokes before i would even contemplate the nearly complete tray. I actually enjoyed folk arting again which surprised me.
I also had a lady teach me a little more crochet. I have my eye on a pattern which i want to knit my 16 month old daughter. In the book it says crochet this in ten hours which is encouraging. I mean you have to start somewhere.