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Ok - im having troubles getting my hands on material/fabric at the moment - for many reasons. So if you have any you no longer want or need - send it to me! Email me if you can help.

Oh i've been soooo naughty today! I just cant seem to get my head totally into work - im doing what needs to be done - anything more - im too tired! So i have been surfing around, looking at all the the crafty people online. I recently had the joy of getting some items lent to me from another library - one of these being Anna Marie Horners Seams to Me . I really do love it - very 'me'! there is actually a project in it very much like a few i have done - covered/framed button frame pictures! Its so amazing how many books have been published in the last year with simple, beautiful ideas that i pretty much want to make every project in every book!

Ive slowly been writing my plan/sketching for selling my products - i still get a little nervous - many a time ive made a design up and felt so excited and alive, only for a few months later to see one very similar - if not the same and im so disappointed - thinking to myself 'damn - im not that original after all'! I will get there how ever. Im not a fan of ripping of other peoples intellectual property and dont like others doing it so i have to be selective in what i do, id be heartbroken if someone said i was a copycat.

Back to AMH - what a georgeous family! So - i have two fave fams now - soulemamma and AMH clan!

Since the other half and i were talking babies last night - we have come to a number we like - but only if we can financially do it! It makes me so sad to feel that - but we both want our kids and us to not feel like everything is a struggle - so if its at all possible - we will have more.
At the moment its soooo hard to imagine any more than Monet though! Every day she becomes more of a character and last night we found out we have an operation date for her. 8th September. Double whammy of both ears grommets, adenoids removed and tonsils removed. And they will be able to see if her throat is scarred or damaged from all the infectios she has had in her short life. She will be 2 on Sept 24!

Ok - so no joy in getting technical help - just a msg to relax and enjoy - which im already doing!

Its been so difficult to blog, or sew at the moment - we have a family situation that isnt too unique to Sydneysiders - at least families with 2 full time working parents! We leave at 7.30am and dont get home til 7.30pm. Its a long day - then night time routine takes you til about midnight!

BUT i do have a project i have set myself, a dancing/shoe bag for a friends daughter - i would love to make a fantastic intricate one - but as im still what i class myself as - a very beginner sewer - i will keep it sweet and simple, probably just a draw string bag with a soft lining. I do have some cute fairy ballerina material too!

I seem to be falling in love with some beautiful materials at the moment - this one and this one, oh and this and this!

Hope to start adding some pics of my small starts at crafting....i have all these pictures of things in my head - patterns cuts and shapes - but just have to learn how to get them out and onto paper.
One thing that never ceases to amaze me - how smart, creative and talented so many online crafters are - sometimes it feels a little overwhelming!

Bring on Spring!

Ok - so i emailed someone today - a fellow crafting/sewing blogger who has a blogger blog - as i am still struggling with why im not appearing on search engines when searching for sewing blogs. Its starting to get me a little annoyed, especially as i seem to have all the correct settings. So i sit here talking to myself...woe is me. Bloggity blog.

Mmmm ive just seen a rather bizarre car marketing message out my office window - Benny and the Vets - mobile vet. Took me a minute to get the name. Very catchy. Wonder if his name is actually Ben!
Looks like i will have to ask the much more technically minded Craigie to help me figure out what im doing wrong! Since i cant find any immediate friends living near us who have a blog!

Almost Friday!

Ok - so this week i havent had the time i really needed to devote to styling my new blog - but tomorrow i hope to have an hour or two! I have to teach myself how to add some photos in here, see if i can write a quick tutorial - for making this sweet little hat that has been a fashion statement at M's daycare - everyone wants one! Actually i think the staff would rather i cooked them a slowcooker roast - if the hints are anything to go by!

Even though today is overcast and not particularly warm - im just about bursting waiting for spring to come - i can smell it, its almost arrived!

Also - i have to start thinking if we are going to have a party for the little turtle - she will be turning 2 and i really would prefer a little close family BBQ at home - or in the park. Will have to have a chat with Mr Boss and see what he wants too.

Oooh - i even managed to change my URL name - thank goodness the other was not so great - wonder of all wonders this one wasnt taken!

Oooh - look at me! I figured out how to get that picture in there - wish i could have cropped the time stamp out! You guys dont care though do you? Lets you know its my photo too - not one i lifted from someone!

Today our little Miss Monet was a treat - as we got to daycare she screams 'Oh Yayyyyyyyyy', procedes to run inside and scream 'Hi everybody' runs to the pit and starts dancing to Hi5! She's a wild one! I added last night that she will be 2yrs old in 5 weeks - and was shocked as i cant for the life of me remember where all that time inbetween went!

Well - i think im getting there ....slowly. I still cant figure out why i cant be found by Googling....oh where is my computer Genie?

Life really is a library!

Gosh - the mind definately isnt on work today - as much as im a heads down get what has to be done..done kinda girl - i just want to keep learning how to blog!

Creation Day

Well - the day has come! I have decided to start my Handmade goodness blog - at the insistance of many. I have much to learn about blogging, you will have to bear with me in these beginner stages. Most of my blogging will take place where i can find snatches of time - between working full time, caring for the little one - and the big one! I promise you will get to learn some more of me soon - and i hope in the near future to learn more about you!