tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15571159281140628782024-02-19T15:51:31.726+10:00Rhythm & RhymeFollowing the rhythms of the days and the seasons and making a few things along the way.Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.comBlogger307125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-49388226146007595542013-08-05T19:58:00.000+10:002013-08-05T19:59:19.997+10:00Hear ye, hear ye! “Once Upon A Time” exhibition and workshop event in Brisbane<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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A fairy tale exhibition, with 30 local artists is coming to
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Illustrators, fibre artists, painters and sculptors will all
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The ten-day event will open on Friday 16th Aug from 6pm in
aid of the Make-a-Wish Foundation. There is opportunity to enjoy an evening of wine, art and fairy tale
magic; and let your creative juices flow in one of their fabulous workshops -
suitable for children as well as adults. Click <a href="http://thecreativeactivists.com.au/projects/" target="_blank">here</a> for a list of all
workshops. <a href="http://thecreativeactivists.com.au/projects/"></a></div>
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Arzu of zuzu&me, a fibre artist and craft
educator from the Sunshine Coast Steiner school ~ Noosa Pengari, is leading a class in how to make these beautiful
floating fleece fairies or needle felted toadstools ~ but places are
limited. please contact Arzu on <a href="mailto:zuzuandme@gmail.com">zuzuandme@gmail.com</a>. For a sneak preview of some of the pieces she is exhibiting, visit <a href="http://www.facebook.com/zuzuandme">http://www.facebook.com/zuzuandme</a></div>
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Wow, just wow ...she is TWELVE!<br />
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She is so grown up and beautiful, clever, bright, silly, funny, quirky, fit, healthy, fun, loving, tall! and deliciously wonderfully herself. I do love her so.<br />
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She put it a request for a <span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">Ferrero Rocher Croquembouche cake... I think I may have actually had a panic attack just before construction began but you know what? Melted chocolate is my friend - it didn't hurt that we are deep into autumn and the weather was quite cool.</span><br />
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<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">I made dozens of little 'roses' out of the chocolate wrappers and added some thin toffee shards to make it pretty - She was delighted, I was pretty pleased. It tasted divine!</span><br />
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We spent a couple of days of the Easter long weekend at our 'own but can't live in' old/new house. The bunny with the eggs found the girls even tho we were not at "we're other home" and they delighted in the early morning hunt through the dew and native violets.<br />
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We did lots of tidying up. First we un-bogged the tractor which has been patiently waiting for some dry, not quite so slippery ground since our rain sodden last visit. The big girl got in plenty more practice on the ride-on mower; first actually mowing the couple of flat acres around the house and then later driving about doing pick ups with the trailor on the back.<br />
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We hunted about and made lots of new discoveries, especially in the very overgrown vegie patch. The wee girl filled her easter basket with loads of bright red cherry tomatos which we added to our inside dinner of 'campside' beans (I'd give you a recipe but it is different everytime!).<br />
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The girls and I found a tiny nest with four abandoned teeny tiny eggs and the prettiest little feather. I am not sure what kind of bird built and later left the nest, I will have to do some more investigating.<br />
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We have found a tenant, so there will be no more trips south to our little hinterland hidehole until we can call it home. So we left a new letterbox with gnome type personality to stand guard til we get back.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">* Rabbit pattern is one fr<span style="font-size: xx-small;">om the talented Linda of Mamma-<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4<span style="font-size: xx-small;">-</span>Earth</span></span> <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bunny-rabbit-pattern" target="_blank">Molly Bunny</a></span>Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-26393246676489289572013-03-17T20:17:00.000+10:002013-03-17T20:20:12.989+10:00Little fox...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork"><br /></span><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">Once upon a time there were three little foxes</span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">Who didn’t wear stockings, and they didn’t wear sockses, </span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">But they all had handkerchiefs to blow their noses, </span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">And they kept their handkerchiefs in cardboard boxes.</span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork"></span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">And they lived in forest in three little houses, </span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">And they didn’t wear coats, and they didn’t wear trousies.</span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">They ran through the woods on their little bare tootsies, </span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">And they played “Touch Last” with a family of mouses.</span><br />
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">They didn’t go shopping in the High Street shopses, </span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">But caught what they wanted in the woods and copses.</span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">They all went fishing, and they caught three wormses, </span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">They went out hunting, and they caught three wopses.</span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork"></span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">They went to a Fair, and they all won prizes –</span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">Tree plum-puddingses and three mince-pieses.</span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">They rode on elephants and swang on swingses, </span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">And hit three coconuts at coconut shieses.</span><br />
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">That’s all I know of three little foxes</span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">Who kept their handkerchiefs in three little boxes.</span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">They lived in the forest in three little houses, </span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">But they didn’t wear coats and they didn’t wear trousies, </span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">And they didn’t wear stockings and they didn’t wear sockses.</span><br />
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">A. A. Milne</span> </span><br />
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I've been knitting again. This time for Mrs Bloom who lives in a place where she really doesn't need such things but well.... it is cute, yes?<br />
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The pattern is the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mr-fox-stole-my-heart--mini-fox" target="_blank">mini fox stole</a> from the highly talented and whimsical <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/tiny-owl-knits-2" target="_blank">Tiny Owl Knits</a>Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-49778811298541091242013-02-21T12:11:00.001+10:002013-02-21T12:11:15.085+10:00A weekend tease<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We bought a house, an old one...like 100 odd year old one. It sits on 8.5 acres of lushness and is the result of about 10 years of dreaming. BUT we can't live in it yet - complexities to tease me. So last weekend we went out to visit our house and play with the farm toys.<br />
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This post brings me such delight. Two years ago, maybe a lit<span style="font-family: inherit;">tle more</span>, I recieved a comment on this blog which read something along the lines of <i>"I have an idea. Please email me".</i> The author of that comment was Margaret Bloom<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of <a href="http://webloomhere.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">we bloom here</a></span>, her idea was <a href="http://webloomhere.blogspot.com.au/p/wee-peg-doll-gallery.html" target="_blank">a swap, a peg doll swap</a>. In the months that followed I made a firm and treasured friend and my house slowly but surely became home to dozens of tiny peg dolls...<br />
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In the years since, our family collection of tiny peg dolls has grown beyond the walls of the little doll house they first populated. They now peek out of bookshelves, stand tall on windowsills and dance upon tables. I find them in baskets and tiny boxes, in pockets and bags... in the bathroom and in beds. They never fail to make me smile.<br />
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And then<b>,</b> one day Margaret told me she was writing a book. A book to be filled with the little people and sprites, gnomes and creatures that were filling her house too! Over what felt like an eternity she fed me with little morsels and pictures that made me croon. I can't remember a time I was so restless with anticipation. <br />
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From the very beginning my favourite was the Michaelmas dragon; I can't explain why but I LOVE it. For me there was no question, it was going to be the first doll I made when I had my hands on the book.<br />
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And then it arrived :) The book feels great in my hands. It is weighty and bursting with colour and cuteness!<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>There are step by step instructions to make over 60 different dolls - dolls for every season, dolls for festivals, story telling and sheer sweetness. Patterns made to follow exactly or inspire new ideas. Doodle pages and painting tips, snippets of stories to make you want to read more. All things to make you smile.<br />
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I am so gratified to be part of Margaret's <i>Making Peg Dolls</i> blog tour (tho it is very likely I would have sulked and refused to answer emails if she had not invited me). I hope to do her creativity and cleverness credit with this little story crafted from a few wooden peg dolls, a bit of paint, felt, silk and just a little twist on the patterns in her book.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">O</span>nce there was a beautiful princess (Elizabeth). She lived in a castle and had expensive princess clothes. She was going to marry a prince named Ronald.<br />
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Unfortunately, a dragon smashed her castle, burnt all her clothes with his fiery breath, and carried off Prince Ronald.<br />
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...Finally Elizabeth came to a cave with a large door that had a huge knocker on it. She took hold of the knocker and banged on the door. The dragon stuck his nose out of the door and said. 'Well a princess! I love to eat princesses.....'<br />
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Elizabeth is a resourceful and clever princess and the dragon is a bit of a flaunt - 'is it true, said Elizabeth, 'that you can burn up ten forests with your fiery breath?' 'Oh yes,' said the dragon....<br />
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At this point I must abandon my story telling because I don't want to ruin the middle or the ending! It was not my intention that you would read this post and immediately sucumb to the overwhelming desire to buy <i>two</i> books - just one! The Paper Bag Princess has a most fabulous and unconventional ending and can be found free and well loved on the shelves of your local library. <i>Making Peg Dolls</i> by Margaret Bloom on the other hand is so new it is nowhere near a library shelf and will be so well love by you and yours, you would never want to return it anyway!<br />
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You can get your very own <span style="font-family: inherit;">copy </span>from one of these places -<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Making-Dolls-Crafts-Family-Activities/dp/1907359176">Amazon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Making-Peg-Dolls-Margaret-Bloom/9781907359170">The Book Depository</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/making-peg-dolls-margaret-bloom/1112160953">Barnes & Noble</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.waldorfbooks.com/item_2847.htm">Waldorf Books</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781907359170-1">Powell's</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/making-peg-dolls-margaret-bloom/prod9781907359170.html">Booktopia</a></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">February 4th: <a href="http://www.thecraftycrow.net/2013/02/making-peg-dolls-book-review-and-love-bug-peg-doll-tutorial.html" target="_blank">The Crafty Crow</a></span><br />
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February 5th: <a href="http://www.themagiconions.com/2013/02/making-peg-dolls-by-margaret-bloom-review-and-giveaway.html" target="_blank">The Magic Onions</a><br />
February 6th: <a href="http://thetoymakersjournal.blogspot.com/2013/02/making-peg-dolls.html" target="_blank">The Toymaker</a><br />
February 7th: <a href="http://lusaorganics.typepad.com/clean/2013/02/giveaway-making-peg-dolls-book.html" target="_blank">Clean</a><br />
February 8th: <a href="http://annabranford.com/making-things/making-peg-dolls" target="_blank">Anna Branford</a><br />
February 11th: <a href="http://www.redbirdcrafts.com/2013/02/making-peg-dolls-interview-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Red Bird Crafts</a><br />
February 12th: <a href="http://www.artisaway.com/books/craft-book-giveaway/" target="_blank">Art is a Way</a><br />
February 13th: <a href="http://softearthart.blogspot.co.nz/2013/02/making-peg-dolls-giveaway-and-child.html" target="_blank">Softearth's World</a><br />
February 14th: <a href="http://chocoeyes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chocolate Eyes</a><br />
February 15th: <a href="http://motherrhythm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rhythm and Rhyme</a><br />
February 18th: <a href="http://wildfaeriecaps.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Wild Faerie Caps</a><br />
February 19th: <a href="http://faithpray.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sacred Dirt</a><br />
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Day 1... a Monk Seal just hanging out on the beach soaking up the sun - so beautiful. We are so lucky!Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-33537925436685487742013-02-03T20:56:00.000+10:002013-02-03T20:56:54.485+10:00Mouse house... fat cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday the girls discovered a little mouse house under the mock orange hedge. A little grey mouse with a cute little twitchy nose poked its head out. The wee girl sat for hours waiting to see the little fellow again, she asked me for food to tempt it out. I told her it was getting plenty of food from the chook grains.<br />
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My beloved states that where you have chooks you have mice, where you have mice you have snakes. I've never seen any snakes but we have a couple of fat cats.<br />
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Last night we had friends round for dinner. Late in the evening while we sat in the breeze on the lower deck a cat shot past with 'something' dangling from her mouth (something furry and grey with a long tail).<br />
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The wee girl was quite distressed, the cat had 'her mouse'. A mummy mouse coming out to get food for all its babies! We followed the cat, she dropped the mouse in the lounge room and patted it playfully - it was clearly dead. Poor wee thing (clever cat). I turned to my wee girl and told her so, said there was nothing I could do for the little mouse... I was sorry but that is what cats do.<br />
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She accepted my words and walked away. Five minutes later she sobbed, distraught - I had to do something! I did the only thing I could, wrapped it gently in a paper towel, stroking its little warm body and remarking how soft and pretty it was as we did. Then we went downstairs to the back garden (one adult and four little girls) dug up some soil from under a border rock and gently laid the mouse to rest. She picked a frangipani and cried a little.<br />
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She cried some more a bit later and again this morning. Her little three year old mind is so busy. In her short life we have burried our 18 year old cat and two very nice chooks - she was facinated by the process - daddy digs a hole we put a creature in, plant something on top and then she skips off to play - not this time. This time something <i>died</i> and it was sad, her tiny little heart broke a little.Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-33262872485148921702013-01-29T11:24:00.002+10:002013-01-29T11:24:57.223+10:00Pretty blanket making<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://motherrhythm.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/ahh-it-has-been-another-long-break-but.html" target="_blank">Remember all that cotton fleece I bought?</a> Well I've been busy hooking<br />
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All three of them! I have had to buy eggs! (the organic ones with cute little smiley faces on them.. the farm has a <a href="http://www.sunnyqueen.com.au/chooktracker/?#" target="_blank">live web cam chook tracker</a> which is kinda fun).</div>
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They are pretty feathers but it takes quite a bit of energy and protein to grow new ones so I'm feeding them treats and being patient.. (sort of).</div>
<br />Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-70975311794890085032012-12-21T00:09:00.000+10:002012-12-21T00:09:12.866+10:00A final visit from her tooth fairy...Children have 20 baby teeth. I know this now, tho I hadn't really thought about it until a wee toothfairy began visiting five years ago.<br />
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My big girl and I read a story way back when that first little tooth wiggled out. The story was by <a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Shirley-Barbers-Tooth-Fairy-Shirley-Barber-Shirley-Barber-Illustrated-by/9780867888676" target="_blank">Shirley Barber</a>, the pictures were beautiful. The story was ok but what I love is that it planted a seed that baby teeth become stars. From there our own story emerged.<br />
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I think money for teeth is meaningless. At least for my own child, who when her teeth started to fall and new ones bud was only 6. Instead her fairy left her little beads she could thread onto a bracelet, each bead came with a sprinkling of pink fairy 'dust'. (How cute was she?)<br />
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She started to write little letters and her fairy wrote back. Their friendship grew and the big girl asked questions like how the beads were made and how she got the gems for them, what happens to the teeth, why she was sometimes late....<br />
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Just so you know, Gnomes make the pretty beads that grace her bracelet
and they live deep under the ground among the roots where they dig for gems. A few years ago I got a
little fairy door to sit at the trunk of <a href="http://motherrhythm.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/worry-tree-and-fairy-tale.html" target="_blank">the tree her aunt painted on her wall</a>– to make it safe for her fairy to get in and out, stay out of the rain (because fairies cannot fly with wet wings) and
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Teeth seemed to fall in pairs or clusters with sometimes long stretches of months between fairy visits. A few months ago the last lonely one wobbled its way out, a little note was written and she waited.... Pandora (her fairy) visited one night and left a little note asking her to be patient, she had not been forgotten but she needed more time.</div>
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Five years of creative story telling wove a beautiful blanket of joy around me and my girl. Her bracelet was full to bursting with 19 beads and no room for one more.</div>
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<a href="http://serpentmandalas.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Lindy Longhurst</a> is a localish artist, her imagery is full of colour and whimsy; perfect for a fairy tale. Pandora visited Lindy and together they created a final gift for my big girl in trade for her last tooth.</div>
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Lindy's attention to the details of our story is exquiste. Here is my big girl and her final tooth, on her wrist is her beaded tooth fairy bracelet. She is wrapped in <a href="http://motherrhythm.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/quilt-and-rainbow.html" target="_blank">the quilt I made her for her 10th birthday.</a></div>
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Here is Mia, her cat, who sleeps quite regularly on her quilt and is sitting patiently by the little fairy door. In the sky are 19 bright stars, one for each of her baby teeth Pandora has already collected.<br />
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This is Pandora flying in to collect the 20th tooth, trailing behind her is her magic pink fairy dust<br />
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and here are the gnomes, deep in the ground amongst the roots with the gems.<br />
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Thank you Lindy from the bottom of my silly, sentimental, fairy tale heart.</div>
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You can go meet Lindy in person, every Saturday & Wednesday she is at the <a href="http://www.eumundimarkets.com.au/" target="_blank">Eumundi Markets</a> on the Sunshine Coast. Failing that, visit her website <a href="http://www.serpentmandalas.com/" target="_blank">Serpent Mandalas</a>, her <a href="http://serpentmandalas.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">blog</a> or like her on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/LindyLonghurst" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> and best of all you can go shopping at her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LindyLonghurst" target="_blank">etsy shop</a>!</div>
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Last week I went to a <a href="http://www.thermomix.com.au/" target="_blank">Thermomix</a> demo. Now I am not really a fan of the fancy machine (nor its price tag). It has some great features, I am particularly impressed by the milling bit. But let's face it I am an old bag and I have been married for almost 20 years and I have cupboards full of contraptions that do the same stuff.<br />
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My friend who is still deciding the merits of the machine for herself asked the demo person "what can it make that is not <i>slop</i>?" tis true really - it can't roast stuff all lovely and brown and you can't smell the onion slowly frying in butter with garlic swirling through. I am getting side tracked.<br />
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I was impressed with the super quick sorbet the demo person whipped up. I thought to myself, I bet I can do that in my 20year-old food processor. So I did. YUMMMMMMMMMMM!<br />
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4 handfuls of frozen raspberries<br />
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<br />Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-6517847636851777842012-12-11T14:53:00.001+10:002012-12-11T17:13:56.311+10:00Ahh it has been another long break but today I have been prompted to dust off the laptop and remember my password!<br />
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Way back (such a long time ago I can't even really remember when) Mrs Bloom, from <a href="http://webloomhere.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">We Bloom Here</a> hosted a brooch swap. I had dug my heels in some time ago and announced I was not going to do anymore swapping (deadlines and I are not the greatest of friends). But Mrs Bloom smiled sweety and next thing you know I was fretting about what I was going to make!<br />
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Today (some months late but it is ok because the lateness was mutual) my partner and I swapped in person while our little ones played in a local park. How very cool. Turns out in the time since signing up for the swap Stacey, from <a href="http://domesticartisan.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Domestic Artisan</a>, has moved house and is 'practically' my neighbour (<span style="font-size: xx-small;">practically in that I <i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">could</span></i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> walk to her house if I was feeling <span style="font-size: xx-small;">particularly enthusi<span style="font-size: xx-small;">astic<span style="font-size: xx-small;">)</span></span></span></span></span>.<br />
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Stacey made me two chicken brooches. I LOVE them, particularly the lanky legged one (she looks somewhat like our very own Dingabell). The wee girl is currently wearing the yellow one. I forgot to take pictures of my creations but they were <i>very</i> green (Stacey likes green).<br />
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On the way home I dragged the girls into the local yarn shop and bought a little cotton...<br />
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I am going to make these <a href="http://planetpenny.co.uk/crochet-rainbow-mouse-pattern/" target="_blank">mice</a> and a blanket full of these <a href="http://heidibearscreative.blogspot.com.au/2010/05/african-flower-hexagon-crochet-tutorial.html" target="_blank">African flowers</a>, the big girl says she is going to help.<br />
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Oh and in a small (vain) effort to play blogging catch up we bought a house (will come back to that another day) and we grew some beans (This obviously gives me great credit as a farmer, yes?)<br />
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xx Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-5668610954213055352012-10-29T10:12:00.000+10:002012-10-29T10:12:26.293+10:00little snippets of craftinessI think that at some point soon I will be free to come back and more than just dabble in blogland... this year has just been a little crazy - just had a lovely image of myself in a full circle skirt, spinning around and around!<br />
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I have managed a little craftiness lately - for little people birthday gift requests, It was fun, I do wish I had more idle time...<br />
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This little duck was for a first birthday gift. I haven't blown the dust off my scroll saw for such a long time, I was a bit nervous! I drew a nice gentle curved 'thing' to ease myself back into it and only broke one blade.<br />
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My cousin's daughter coveted a knitted horse at kindergarten so with the swift inbox arrival of one of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mamma4earth" target="_blank">Linda's magic patterns</a>, this little fella trotted into her life for her 5th birthday.<br />
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<br />Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-42483883932693176102012-10-04T21:21:00.000+10:002012-10-04T21:21:41.006+10:00A New Cherry DressThose who have been following along for a little while will know I have a fondness for a cherry dress.. <a href="http://motherrhythm.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/cherry-dress.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://motherrhythm.blogspot.com/2010/08/second-life-for-yellow-dress.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The wee girl has grown out of her last one (and we have passed it to her tiny cousin) which means she was in need of a new one - the best bit? it should fit for a couple of years because the straps can move from crossover to straight!<br />
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pattern by Natalie Larson - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-two-summer-sundress" target="_blank">The Two Summer Sundress</a> on RaverlyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-92013598996259448042012-09-11T15:42:00.000+10:002012-09-11T15:43:12.084+10:00I knitted a dog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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He is cute yes?<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Pattern from the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Knitted-Animals-Education-Anne-dorthe-Grigaff/dp/1903458684/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347342057&sr=1-1&keywords=knitted+animals" target="_blank">Knitted Animals</a></span>Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-80090363098503144902012-09-09T15:38:00.000+10:002012-09-11T15:43:53.296+10:00Making Pretty Girl SkirtsI have been gone so long from this space.. I've been doing stuff, lots of stuff - it did my head in a bit but I think I've got it together now...<br />
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Yesterday I made a couple of little skirts. The wee one had a little birthday party to go to, which required a gift and well, she wanted one too.<br />
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I had a long denim skirt which I didn't wear much, too long for this
town (weather wise ... I have no idea about style wise!) so I cut it up. Bonus is that I got a 'new' skirt too.<br />
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I kept the bottom edge as the new bottom edge so I only had to do one seam, and it was wide enough to make two skirts (in size 3). Along the hem of each I used cotton yarn to crocheted a pretty edge, added 'bits' and then overlocked on a cotton lycra waistband.<br />
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The purple edging I made first by using the idea from a tutorial by <a href="http://heidibearscreative.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Heidi Bears</a>. Heidi uses a really <a href="http://heidibearscreative.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/fabric-and-crochet-heart-tutorial-part_15.html" target="_blank">simple back stitch technique</a> to create a place to crochet into. The stitches I used are very simple - sc, 3dc, sc.. Heidi has a <a href="http://heidibearscreative.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/fabric-and-crochet-heart-tutorial-part_16.html" target="_blank">step by step tutorial</a> for that too which she created for a little fabric heart.<br />
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After I was in the swing of it I did a picot edge on the green one - 3sc, chain 3, slip stitch into third chain from the loop, 3sc.<br />
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Was fun, and EASY... might make some more... might crochet edges on the big girl's shorts!Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-39953930606437753472012-09-07T21:04:00.002+10:002012-09-07T21:04:45.431+10:00Boo!I'll be back in a bit...been a bit busy around here lately!Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-83778061938176449392012-08-01T15:21:00.000+10:002012-08-01T15:21:56.266+10:00Real egg custard without the processed white stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The wee one asked for custard for 'ssert' last evening, I was happy to oblige.<br /><br />
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For enough to feed two little ones as an after dinner treat (or one hungry one) you will need:<br />
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2 tsps or so of rice malt syrup (or maple syrup or honey of you are not avoiding frustose like me)<br />
1 egg yolk (ours came courtesy of 'Lavender' chook)<br />
3tsp corn flour<br />
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Bring the milk and vanilla to just below boiling point over a medium heat. Meanwhile, in a small jug, stir/whisk egg yolk, syrup and cornflour into a smooth paste. Carefully pour about half of the hot milk into the yolk mix and stir/whisk like crazy for a bit then tip the yolk mix back into the saucepan with the remaining milk and stir/whisk til it thickens. Eat with or without raspberries.Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-875931591161976912012-07-22T21:50:00.000+10:002012-07-22T21:50:46.842+10:00I think this cake counts as craft...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There was a fair bit of painting and ribbon twirling, gluing and praying to a higher being that it would balance... I re-read the fine print of the 'inspiration cake' instructions a billion times (pink, covered in musk sticks and actually looks nothing like this one...) <i>"This cake is not difficult, it is however time consuming"</i><br />
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Day 1 - de-rock the little craft wood rocking horses to create hooves (little bit of sanding then go back to bed because I am dying with a nastly flu virus, as are both girls)<br />
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Day 2 - paint little horses (then go back to bed again with girls)<br />
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<br />Day 3 - twirl ribbons round sticks, bake cakes, ice cakes with amazing quantities of fondant stuff, stick horses in cake and then go to bed declaring myself too exhausted to continue (and too terrified to put the top on anyway)<br />
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Day 4 - Hold party at a local park so that I have to <i>transport the cake</i> several blocks and around MANY corners (this caused a ridiculous amount of stress to everyone but the birthday girl who was oblivious).<br />
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Sing Happy Birth Day. Blow out candle. Eat cake.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://teaforsix.com/2011/06/20/raspberry-yoghurt-cake/" target="_blank">* Raspberry yogurt cake recipe</a> from <a href="http://teaforsix.com/" target="_blank">teaforsix</a></span><br />
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"Well that was fun... what shall we do next year mum?"Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-56361686180236737932012-07-04T15:24:00.000+10:002012-07-04T15:24:02.326+10:00Oi! No eating in the patch!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tis strawberry season... the girls and I took my mum (who is visiting) for a little drive up the coast to some lovely ripe strawberry fields... we skipped a little though the rows and picked big fat, ripe berries and plonked them into our tubs. Loads and loads of them, there was some overflow - they were sweet and warm from the sun... they made our tastebuds tingle<br />
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It really was a delightful way to spend an hour - cause it just doesn't take that long to pick a couple of kilos of strawberries.. and I am only feeling a little guilty that we all ate one (or two) in the patch because a quarter of us can't read signs anyway.<br />
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and another quarter of us (me) paid $16 a kilo for the rest! Eeek! Ah well there are worse things to spend money on.<br />
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Happy holidays.Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-12566136504476869292012-06-20T19:48:00.002+10:002012-06-20T19:48:24.443+10:00Broken flipper repair shop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I went prepared for a long day of waiting.. to get the cast off, for xrays, for specalists to check all was good to go...<br />
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And then, quick as a flash (two hours) AH! The big girl can stretch her toes, scratch the itchy bits and WASH! I am here to tell you that after five weeks inside a cast that foot was ripe!<br />
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<br />Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080901829769518870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557115928114062878.post-36401232964847754342012-06-17T17:05:00.000+10:002012-06-17T17:09:15.166+10:00Pyjama PartyA week or two ago the big girl's piano teacher had piles of quality clothes all over her music room, she said she was clearing cupboard space and was asking just $2 an item. We found four beautiful little cardigans that fit nicely, a pretty skirt and a pair of funky PJs.. think we spent $12.<br />
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Now the big girl is not as long in the leg as a ladies size extra small and the shirt from the PJ's was never going to fit (besides a t-shirt is much more comfy to wear to bed than a shirt) so I hemmed the pants for her - draw string waist so no problem there.<br />
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I grabbed a pair of PJ pants from the wee one's drawer and set about making a matching sister pair.<br />
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I think it took less than an hour from inception to done. No hems either because I used the bottom of the shirt for the bottom of the pants!<br />
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They are cute yes?<br />
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When the pants were done, I still had two sleeves of fabric left... hmmmm<br />
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A bedtime sleeping companion of 10 years deserves a new pair of PJs every now and then too don't you think? (I made some for the wee one's doll too but she won't get the doll or its pants til her birthday)<br />
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My big girl is now a tween.. I had a little cry - a crazy happy can hardly believe it type cry. Her birth was an absolute stand out incomparable moment in my life, so many emotions and sensations crammed into seconds and then the mothering began..<br />
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So last Saturday, about an hour short of exactly 11 years since I first heard her voice, I raised a glass full of fine Australian Sparkling, met her daddy's eyes, took a sip and smiled.</div>
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Happy birthday sweetheart. x</div>
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