I am Simply a guest .

Just a little excited I am .

Kerryanne from Shabby Art Boutique

invited me to be a guest poster for

her Simply Christmas theme .

Me!

Yes I squealed , I really did !

Of course I said yes but then the doubts crept in .

Have you seen the lineup of guests she has

organised to do posts , oh my !

The ones who have already done

their posts are also a big act to follow .

The project I finally decided on was Honey Pots .

You will need to go to Kerryannes to find the tutorial

and to enter the giveaway .

Leave a comment with the answer to this question -

What would you fill the Honey Pots with ?

You could win this Honey Pot full of

Christmas goodies .

Better hurry though Christmas is coming .

tuesdays treasure

Recycling twice .

I know some of you may have seen this before

but it is still a treasure .

My box began as this daggy , dull piece .

A coat of white paint really freshened it up .

I then lined the lid inside and fitted my

 embroidery cottons in.

Why is it a treasure ?

Because my husband bought the box for me

from a garage sale many years ago

and because every time I'm looking for

threads I smile at my pretty new box .

Join in we'd love to see your treasure .

just so you know about Tuesdays on a Monday

As the silly season is racing towards us

I thought now might be a good time to wind up

Tuesday Treasures .

You have all made it so much fun and interesting

but I think what spare moments I have would

be better spent creating new treasures

instead of dusting off the old ones .

My last Tuesday as hostess will be

November 16th .

There are still two Tuesdays until then

so I'd love for you to play .

I couldn't do a post without a photo

and I thought I'd show off some of

my pretty crockery .

Gosh I love that word , crockery ....

I do use my pretty crockery all the time

it doesn't live in the cupboard .

I hope you join in tomorrow .

a winner and a star (in my eyes anyway)

I have the winner of the Vignette magazine

but while I have you here (captive) I'd like to tell you

about a winner in my family .

My beautiful daughter was invited

to sing at one of the local vineyards .

The vineyard was once a shearing shed

and still has the old floorboards and rustic charm .

Just another one of the many reasons

I love living in country Australia .

My daughter sang like an angel .

Besides the fact that I cannot hold a tune , really,

cats have run howling from my singing ,

I think it takes great courage to get up in

front of a crowd of people and speak

let alone sing .

Proud mother is a little understated for how I feel .

I think I've probably held you here long enough with

my family tale so here is the winner ......

Monika from Homemade Home .

Monika is from Ireland would

you like to hear about my Irish heritage ?

Thought not !

Thanks to all who entered there will be

another giveaway very soon .

Monika would you please email me

with your details .

Vignette Giveaway

I ordered Vignette by Leanne Beasley from Sandy

at Cookies and Cream Craft and as always

my order came very quickly .

Just as quick was one of my sisters who

saw the magazine and thought I would like it,

she sent it to me and both copies arrived today !

Now it really is a beautiful magazine with

lots of lovely ideas but do I really need two copies !

I'm a sharing kind of girl so I'd like to give

one away to you .

If you would like a copy of Vignette please

just leave a comment on this post .

Overseas bloggers are welcome too .

I'll let you know who gets the spare copy on

Sunday evening Australian time .

P.S . Sandy from Cookies and Cream Craft will 

have my patterns in her shop next week , yay ! 

This giveaway is now closed .

Thankyou for your interest,

there will be another giveaway

very soon .

colourful friday

I'm really sorry to be flaunting more beautiful canisters

for Colourful Fridays at Robyns .

Do I sound sorry , ha !

If it's any consolation some of these are

so old and faded that it is quite hard to call them pink .

my creative space

This was a makeover I mentioned a while back .

I scored two of these stands with cubby holes and wanted

to paint them and use them to store fabric in The Craftroom.

You'd think they would have been painted ages ago

especially as I am married to a painter but

my whining fell on deaf ears and I had to paint

them myself which is why it has taken so long .

They aren't really finished , just blog finished .

 I couldn't resist filling the spaces with fabric

 and craft stuff and I think they have all settled

in so nicely it would really be a shame

to pull it all out and disturb them .

So I'm going to say one is finished now .

More creative spaces at kootoyoo .