oh deer

 

Oh deer me !

Time has gotten away again .

I was going to have the tutorial ready for my little craft bag

but I spent the day yesterday going around to garage sales

which is where I found this gorgeous deer .

 

The older man who was selling it told me many times

it was a very special deer because it was Eyetalian.

Yes he really said Eyetalian with great emphasis on the Eyetalian.

I was very close to telling him I  don't really care where

it came from as long as it was going home with me .

 

Anyway with me being so cosmopolitan and continental

and buying exotic items from garage sales I didn't get your tutorial done.

I will get my act together this week .

 

Also this week I will be having the giveaway for the Cosmo threads

and a few other bits and pieces .

The giveaway will be for Aussies only and you must be a follower .

 

You'll have to excuse me now I'm off to find a spot for my Eyetalian deer .

soon to be a .....

 

Well hello there , how are you ?

 

I've been making myself a little bag to carry small bits of craft in .

Not earth shattering stuff but it makes me happy to

make something just for me .

 

Do you make things for yourself ?

 

I'm enjoying it and even though I know no one else

is ever going to look inside the lining or examine the stitching

I'm still trying to do it all properly because I know it will

drive me crazy if I know I haven't done it right .

 

 

If this little bag turns out I may just do a tutorial for it

if you are interested ?

 

There is also a small giveaway coming up that

may just have something to do with these gorgeous Cosmo threads .

 

Seeya soon , thanks for coming over .

no chocolate easter

 

I don't eat a lot of chocolate .

This probably offends some people so I am sorry .

 

I do know I am not the only one ~ some people don't eat it at all !

 

I made some crepe paper carrots and filled them with popcorn.

 

They look happy and fun !

They are very , very quick and easy to make . 

 

 

Just cut a large triangle from orange crepe paper.

Cut a long strip of green crepe paper.

 

Fold the triangle in half along the long edges and tape together .

Fill with popcorn or whatever you can use nuts or lollies even .

Pull the top of the carrot together and tape it closed .

Wrap the long green strip around the top and secure with tape .

Cut the greenery with scissors to make it frilly .

 

So there you go , even if you don't have chocolate you

can still have some Easter fun !

again with the carrots

Here is the link to my fabric carrot tutorial .

It's not far really just hop over to my new blog

A Confetti Life.

Have fun !

just a little ripple

 

I love to crochet .

I can't read a pattern and I am all self taught .

I don't know the names of the stitches.

All I can do is look carefully at someones work

and try and copy it .

Although I have been crocheting since I was a small grub

I haven't gotten far past the very basics.

 

But I don't mind as I don't need to put my glasses on to crochet

and I can almost just lie down and do it .

I don't need to think about it much at all

 

especially when I'm doing repetitive stitching like in my new granny ripple .

 

I've even joined in with a group of girls in a ripplealong .

 

It's great watching everyones progress .

You're welcome to watch us too just pop over here .

don't worry , be happy

Do you remember a while back I made a curtain for my laundry ?

Everytime I go into the laundry I admire my pretty curtain .

 

So when the curtain that backs my glass bedroom door fell to pieces

I thought I would just make another hankie curtain .

 

With my hankie curtains I don't measure .

I don't pin .

I don't worry too much about any of it .

 

This new curtain makes me so happy too .

 

It doesn't take much .

 

How are things with you ?

 

What's making you happy ?

please be seated

 

There is something very satisfying about picking

up a daggy piece of furniture

 

 

and turning it into

 

something really nice

 

and very pretty.

 

This piece is going to be really useful too because when

I was working on it I discovered it has a space under

the seat that I could file documents or.......

 

 

.... other important things .