Central Market

I took the kids to the Market today which meant getting them up early because I don't like to have to look for a car park I like there to be lots of choice so we were there by 8.45.  As usual we did a quick scout around to find the good stalls and work out what we would buy then headed for the coffee shop for Hot Chocolates for the kids and a Latte for me mmmmm.    We shopped for veggies and a few other things that would be ok in the car for a while and then I decided to take the opportunity to head up to the mall on the tram to do a little bit of shopping for me (new camera bag).  

I haven't been on the new trams before and they were quite quick and not very crowded because we missed the morning peak but I did have to sit backwards which isn't a good move for me but I didn't feel sick but it was only a short trip.  I picked up by bag and then headed back to the market on the tram again.  

Then it was off to buy yummy cold meats, fish and chicken and head on home.

And The Winner Is...........

Vivian 

Please email me your snail mail address and I will send you your necklace.

Fabulous Break

What do you think these 4 are doing?

They are searching for a hole in the grass for the Totem Tennis.  I found it as I was taking the photo from 20 feet away.

Then there was time for some golf.

A little Footy Practise .

And of course a few visits down the beach which was absolutely perfect all weekend.

All in all it has been a great weekend break.

I should be

Well I should be making the kids lunches and getting them round up for school but I am not.  I should be feeling energised but I am not.  

I went out stitching last night and that was quite fun (not so much the stitching but the girl bonding time which has been sadly lacking).  Picked up some fabric to make a yummy skirt.   I think I told you I was waiting on the arrival of a couple of skirt books.  One was way off but the other was absolutely fantastic full of how to draft any skirt pattern and then ideas for making so many cool skirts so I am off sometime today to get black lining to go with my red poppies on a black background which I plan to make into a uber cool skirt.

Don't forget to get your comments in for the giveaway there aren't many there so you are in with a chance if you do it soon.

Give Away - Endurance Necklace

Here is my Endurance swap piece.  I am really happy with it and I think it looks great with a black T-shirt which is my essential piece of wardrobe at the moment (don't ask me how many black t-shirts I have because the number will change by next week).

Below is the one I am giving away.  The message in the bottle is “Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.”  When I was making this those terrible fires were happening in Victoria and I thought it was a fitting tribute to the people who have lost so much.

Just leave a comment with this post and I will draw it in a weeks time.  And what did the other girls make I hear you ask well here is the picture.  As usually the tags are just as good as the pieces so they are included in the picture as well.  I think we all did a fantastic job.  

^%$$#@ Australia Post

My mailbox was full today but not with the stuff I really wanted (apart from the fabric).  My books and the Endurance Swap is missing in action (I know one of the parcels has got to Victoria) beginning to wonder if I put the wrong address on my post bag (0h well must be taking the scenic route).    Once we hear that the other parcel has got to its destination in QLD I will prepare the  give away post.  

I did get my one ebay bargain but they ended up way to big so will have to find some other project to do with these salt and pepper shakers. If I make a necklace out of these I'll end up in a neck brace  or take an eye out if I move suddenly.  Thankfully Christina had better luck and is more of an ebay expert than me and found some minature shakers and is willing to share her win with me.  I think I will give ebay a rest for a while.

Thought I would share with you the fabric which of course I got from QFD.  Not sure about the dark pink one but all the rest look pretty good together I thought they might go well with my Swanky collection but some of them are a bit out there will have to see small pieces might be alright.  If this fails want to use them in Kellie's new pattern which is to be released on Tuesday.

Ebay Angst

I have been having a bidding war this morning on ebay over some silver salt and pepper shakers and I have given up in disgust.  I want them for a mixed media jewellery piece that I saw in one of the mags I got last week.  Paying over $20 for something I hope to chop up and use for a spirit vessel was not the way it all played out in my head and I was starting to get a bit obsessed so it was time to back away.  Oh well better luck next time...where are those 99c bargains that everyone else seems to get obviously I am not looking in the right places.  

Here are a couple of more ATC's that I completed on the weekend.  Can't say that I love them all that much but at least they are completed projects which isn't happening too much around this place (probably because I am spending too much time on EBAY.

Another thing I am doing this morning is waiting impatiently for the postie.  The endurance swap should be here as well as my skirt books that I planned to use today on my last day off for the week to be sewing or at least looking at don't you love the ever reliable Aussie Post.