Forgive Me Bloggers For I Have Sinned, It Has Been Over A Week Since My Last Post

Where have I been?....I hear you call

Well I thought new laptop would equal lots of blogging! In fact a new laptop equals lots of online shopping!!

So let me please blameMiss B from Good Night Little Spoon for this! I was doing my usual perusal of my fave blogs and saw Bianca's Love At First Sight post. And that it was! I thought golly gosh gee whizz I like THAT dress. God I wish I was more cool and trendy. Off I meandered to www.modcloth.com to check them out.

After over an hour of browsing I settled on a number of items. Now let me say I have never bought clothes online before. As much of a computer and internet nerd I am - I was never comfortable buying clothes without trying them on. But I wanted these clothes so bad I took a chance and picked 3 out of the hundreds of things I had added to my basket. As I have yet to install photoshop and microsoft office onto the laptop you will have to click through and see what they look like for yourself!

• Soda Fountain Dress


• Living The Dream Skirt


• Portrait Perfect Dress

You will be happy to hear they arrived and all fit me perfectly....I have been modelling them each day at work -photos to come sooooooon!!!!!

SO THANK YOU B!!!

My next purchase was tights and socks.......they have yet to arrive

THEN I realised how much I loved my Hoooked Zpaghetti cushion I made, so I ordered 3 more spools of their cool and funky fabric yarn!! Check them out and get yourself some chunky needles and have a go! It took me one and a half spools to make the cushion cover. Gwen shipped my order out super quick and I got it before the end of the week!!! AWESOME!

So forgive me for my lack of posting-I have been crafting I PROMISE!!

Off to the Hottie Challenge Exhibition tomorrow...very excited!!'

Expect lots of photos from the event!!

Hottie Challenge Completed At Last

So after lots of procrastination I finally finished the Hottie Cover for this FAB competition.

I had tried to theme this hot water bottle along side the cause the competition-which was in aid of - Margaret Pratt Heart and Lung Transplant Research....I immediately wanted to make the hot water bottle cover like an upper torso. I decided to use felt as I thought it would be practical for a cover and it would be great to see the anatomy of the body in contrasting colours.

UNFORTUNATLEY the felt I got lacked structural integrity and was a pain to work with. The stitching showed up a bit too pronounced on the ribs than I would have liked but this was a project on a budget after buying my new laptop so it will do.

After seeing all the others on Cam's blog I know I should have spent more time on this....some of them are just fantstic!

oh well.... next time!!

I can't wait to see it on display in the gallery in a few weeks!!

Like A Child On Christmas Morning

I lay in bed chatting to chef boy, complaining of a head ache and not wanting to go to work.
Beep- one new email.
"Your parcel is now with the driver"

I quickly jumped out of bed- Gotta go! My new laptop is being delivered to work today....

Oh the excitement!!!

I waited by the post room until Aus Post had done their morning drop and proudly carried my parcel back to my desk.

It's Soooo nice. And fast with lots of RAM....now I have to wait for work to be over so I can go home and nerd it up.

Wuuuuu

For My Crafty Girls

I found this awesome list on Pepperstitches today. Gonna print it out and hang it up where I can see it everyday!!!

 



 

Knight In Shining Armour

Aunty meg was kept busy this weekend.... A trip to spotlight with the soon to be 5 year old nephew of Chef Boy led to an afternoon of crafting this cool Knight costume. Mr E sat himself down on the floor cushions and watched Horton Hears A Who while I crafted away.
I also made another costume with the off cuts for his 2 year old brother and they both played in their outfits all day.
Success!

A Labour Of Lurve

So here it is ....
This is what stopped me blogging last week and nearly caused me to go blind: Chef Boy's new embroidered tshirt.





His reaction: "aw wow, that's awesome! Kinda wish I had given ya a better tshirt to do it on now!!!"
My mums reaction: "that's nice love.....but what is it?"

Please tell me it looks like a set of headphones to you!!!!???

A Year Later....

This time last year I arrived in Australia with my life in a suitcase (and one box that i shipped a few weeks earlier). It was incredibly scary and exciting all at the same time. Exams finished and financials in order, I left for greener pastures/ employment opportunities. I was very lucky to be arriving to a warm welcome from Chef Boy and his fab family. I moved in with Chef Boy's parents and became an honorary Irish daughter to them. They kept me fed and watered untill I found my job and got a house of my own. Having all that support certainly made the move that bit easier I must admit and I am very thankful for all their help. Mummy Two Hoots has been very brave this year and has kept herself busy in my absence with quilting.....

I miss all at home - but for now it makes sense to be here where I can get work!

A year on I have accomplished soooo much:

• Still living with Chef Boy - That is a big accomplishment for us both- We havn't killed each other yet!!


• A job


• A visa


• A great little home


• A new car


• An Iphone


• Learnt to sew


• Started blogging


• Made some awesome great new friends


• Kept in touch with old friends at home


• Kitted out the house with furniture


• Survived my first Christmas away from home


• Grown my first vegetable garden and not killed it!


• Graduated from my bachelors

Lots and lots and lots
It was a big year!!
So to celebrate I baked a yummy brekky for chef boy and I last weekend.