Frazzled

Or how Tuesday Treasures turned into Tantrum Tuesday .

I had plans girls, my word I did !

Prepare the first post of Tuesday Treasures on Monday .

No internet .

Scratch that plan , just get the kids off to school in the morning and then prepare post .

One spewy kid at home .

One husband who works outside decided paint wouldn't dry in -3 degrees , wimp !

Do post , add linky .

Internet dropping out every time I almost got the linky .

Finally get linky , cannot get it to go under post .

Finally get post done while taking four phonecalls and dealing with spewy kid .

Go and get tyres for my car for rego (in the middle of doing a post)

Sorry no tyres today lady .

Found that you needed a backpack and a cut lunch

to get to the bottom of the post to leave a comment .

Left spewy kid with wimpy husband and escaped to

The Craftroom.

Played around with the dreaded yellow fabric .

The yellow fabric is what I use when I am trying out a new softie.

Mysterious , unrecognisable lumps have often made their way into my home

where I squint at the lumps and interrogate everyone asking what they think of it .

 It gets so bad family members run when they see

the dreaded yellow fabric approaching .

The yellow fabric would just not play nicely

even after I said secret , special words to it !

Really should have just left the yellow fabric alone .

It was just one of those days .

Let's just hope today is free of spew , wimps and yellow lumps !

Tuesdays Treasures

Hello I'm finally here for the first Tuesday's Treasures !

My first treasure is my most important one as this little girl was my very first doll .

I was given this doll when I was three and have never been too far from her since .

As I came from a large family where money was scarce receiving a doll was a huge thing in those days .

Long story that I will try and cut short but when I was born my parents named me Sarah Jane .

My father came across a not very nice lady a few days later named Sarah Jane and rushed back to my mother in the hospital and said they couldn't name me that and changed it to Clare .

I was often called Sarah when I was little so I immediately named my doll Clare Sarah .

My creativity obviously wasn't quite developed yet at age 3 !

Can't wait to see your treasures !

Add your name to the link below and visit some of the other Treasure blogs !

Today is Monday but tomorrow is

What the heck is Treasure Tuesday I hear you say ,

(I can't really hear you that would be really creepy .)

Treasure Tuesday is a new game starting tomorrow which so happens to be Tuesday !

It is a way to showcase your sentimental treasures ,

priceless to you but of no value to anyone else .

No it is not your kids or your husband

but those little things that are so precious to you alone .

It could be your family bible or a favourite childhood book.

A special vase given to you by your Nan or

a wooden toy made by your dad .

Your first quilt or a cherised tea set .

Anything that is a treasure to you .

It will be played along the same way as My Creative Space .

The only difference there may be is that Kirsty is an excellent hostess

of My Creative Space and I can't promise I will be as efficient as her .

I mentioned this game last week and some were a little concerned about choosing one item

so I think we'll just keep playing week by week and see how it goes .

I will be adding a linky thing here tomorrow to kick off

Treasure Tuesday and I'd love someone else to join in

otherwise I'm going to look like a real dag playing by myself !

So if you want to play dust off your memories and come along tomorrow .

I'm looking forward to seeing your treasures .

I just love that fabric ! Giveaway

Susie from I just love that fabric is now stocking my patterns in her online store .

Susie has the most beautiful fabrics , I know , check my Mastercard statement !

In the store now is a range of fabrics from Lakehouse called Dolly Dresses .

Beautiful fabric just perfect for making Little Party Frocks .

Susie is having a giveaway and you can win the Little Party Frock pattern 

and a fat quarter of Dolly Dresses fabric to make it in .

Wonder if I could enter anonymously just for the gorgeous fabric !

and then I did some hooking

I've been doing quite a bit of crochet lately and have become very fond of my hook with the thicker handle .

I can crochet for much longer and my hand doesn't cramp at all .

I have been on the lookout for a spare one but they aren't easy  to find and are a bit pricey .

I thought I'd have a go at making my own thick handles and I must say I am very happy with how they work,

in fact because they are softer I think they are better than the bought ones .

All I did was wrap masking tape around the bare metal hooks and slipped on pencil grips over the top .

The pencil grips had to be wriggled on as I wanted the masking tape thick enough to hold the grips firmly .

This way I can now have extra hooks as I had plenty of old ones with no handles .

I guess you could call me one happy hooker !

Winners and wondering .

Firstly the winners from my 200 post giveaway .
 1st prize of 3 different patterns from my shop is Jenny from Ohjoh .
 2nd prize of 2 different patterns is Little Eve and
3rd prize of one pattern is Jossie from Cybeles Patch .
If you ladies would please email me with your pattern choices I will send them off to you .
Thanks everyone for visiting and entering the giveaway and if you are dissapointed you didn't win ask your favourite craft shop to stock my patterns , hint , hint !

Now for the wondering ..... would you like to play a game ?
What is your most treasured thing ?
 Besides your husband , children and sewing machine what is most important to you ?
Maybe it is a dried flower from your wedding bouquet or your childs first drawing .
It could be your Nanas doilies or your Mums handed down dinner set ,
your first quilt or a favourite book .
No I don't want to rob your houses I'm just curious what others find priceless .

If you are interested I will put a linky thingy here on
 Tuesday the 1st July and we can call it
 Treasure Tuesday or something daggy like that .
I'd be so happy if someone wants to play .
It will only be for that week because really how many priceless things do we have !
Leave a comment on this post if you think it may be worthwhile , if I don't hear from you I'll figure it's a really stupid idea and I'll just get back in my box .


Are you waiting to find out about the photo of the stapler ? Why is it there?
Just 'cause it's pink !

200 times I've gone blah , blah ,blah !

Have you noticed that of my now 200 posts the majority of them have the label of "not much ",
 I think that says a little about me !
I don't want to turn this into a mushy post but I would like to say a big thankyou to all who visit and take the time to comment , I do appreciate it .
I also want to thank the girls who send me naughty emails as they seem to come at times when I really need a big laugh .
 A huge thankyou to the girls I have become phone friends with as well ,
it feels we have been friends forever .
There you go , more blah , blah , blah !
 Let's get on with the giveaway .
200 posts is a biggie (to me anyway) so there will be 3 prizes .
1st entry drawn will be any 3 of my patterns .
2nd entry drawn will be 2 of my patterns ,
3rd entry drawn will be 1 of my patterns .
Now if you unsure of my designs and you would like to see them in more detail hop over to my shop .
Don't jostle in there ladies it is only a small shop , I'll wait for you here .
I'll just have a cuppa out of my new teapot
while admiring my new canisters both bought at Vinnies this week .

I hope you had a good look and still would like to enter the giveaway .

Just leave a comment please .

I hope to be back early next week with the winners and lots more blah , blah , blah !