Meal Plan

I've been reading/following a few blogs lately and I've realised that I've forgotten all about meal planning. So this Easter break I'm reinstating it into our house!
Monday - Curried Beef and Noodle casserole with mash and greens
Tuesday - no idea LOL - I've been told I need to leave this one up to others because I am having a night off!
Wednesday - Chicken, Bacon and Leek fillets with potato bake and veg
Thursday - Roast Lamb with trimmings :) and Double Choc self saucing pudding for dessert
Friday - being good Friday we are doing Tuna Mornay with rice... an old family favourite and fish friendly!
Saturday - BBQ with a few fancy salads - I'm thinking german potato salad and maybe a roast veg and fetta salad. I might make some homemade icecream too :)
Sunday - homemade gourmet pizzas and of course easter eggs!!!

KK Sketch Challenge for March

A sketch challenge this week over at Kraftin Kimmies! We've had overcast weather for days, so its a horrid pic but you get the idea :)

KK Double Trouble Challenge

I'm scraping in again - here is 2 images on one card from Kraftin Kimmie. I do love these Rock N Roll images :)

Kraftin Kimmie Sketch

Its a horrid day here and I'm sick so I've decided to jump off the ferris wheel of life and spend the day crafting. I'm feeling much better for it. AND I managed a Kraftin Kimmie challenge! This one is a sketch challenge and I've used a few of my newest favourite papers on it too.

Whimsy Wee Suzi is all pink for a challenge!

I picked up my parcel from Lime Tart the other night and guess what was in there? YES my new stamps by Whimsy...... Isn't Wee Suzi adorable? I noticed that Whimsy Stamps have a challenge blog so I thought it would be fun to join in on this weeks topic - MONOCHROMATIC. Yep, pink pink pink!

Stamp found here: http://www.limetart.com/products/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=151_248&products_id=3016

Whimsy Blog: http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com.au/

Peter Peter ........

source: www.limetart.com/zestblog

Pop over to the Zest Blog for my latest post about Peter! Isn't he cute? And he has a twin - Fiona! I've created a little set with both of them. You'll need to click on the image to see them a little bigger, blogger didn't like my sizing LOL.

sharing...

A quick share of some craftiness I've been dabbling in lately -
a matching pair using some papers and stamp from Lime Tart! Another set I made last weekend, I was crushing on the combo of yellow and grey/silver and raided my stash to see what I had - yep, enough for a set :)

Finally, a set of mini easles - made with some more Lime Tart goodies for this month. At least I have a few spares now for when kids birthdays pop up!

Finally - a blog button........yep keep an eye out for my name this month :)

a bit of a head start....

Check out the Zest Blog for my post today. Its featuring some of the products from NEXT months kits :) Yep, I got stuck straight into them and so have them ready to show you early....

Pop on over to have a look (just click on the pic) !

Almost the end of October?

Where has the time gone?
Today, hubby has travelled to the Gold Coast, for Indy. I'm off to a Pink night tonight, breast cancer awareness fundraiser with all the gals from work - over 30 of us!!

We have had the odd day or two of decent weather and last weekend had a picnic in our backyard. It was so nice - that if the weather is good tomorrow, we will be doing the same thing.

I've been trying to do something creative lately. This is a sneek of a Step by Step I've got coming up on the Zest blog.

And I've managed to do some sewing, finishing up another lap quilt. LOVE the colours of this one, lots of lime, red and teal. I have four now all packed up and ready to give away.

I'm also updating the swap block girls. All parcels were posted over a week ago now. Hopefully you will all have them in your hot little hands. I forgot to take photos of the blocks beforehand - so I have no idea who belongs to who and the task proved rather difficult to keep track of in the end. BUT it did mean people would have recieved lots of beautiful blocks to use. I still can't decide what to do with mine, so they are sitting in a drawer waiting for me to get inspiration - and for my machine to be fixed.

I had better go and throw a slice in the oven. I'm trying really hard to keep the kids lunches interesting. No doubt there will be a squabble over who can lick the bowl :)

a finish

This quilt top has been a slow process... but now its finally finished. It measures 60" x 42", perfect for lounging around watching tv and keeping warm. I used a spinning block which was actually a lot smaller and used for a pincushion in the QFD Lets Stitch event several months ago.

Unfortunately the light is fading and so it was hard to capture the lovely colours of the fabric. I used a scrappy binding for finishing, seeing nothing I had was quite enough. Lots of lovely wonky lines of quilting and a soft fleece backing ... YUMMY!

I hope the person getting it will like it. Its not too girly do you think?

school holidays

We've had a bit of a rough trot this holidays and have spent the entire time taking turns being sick. Hubbys parents called in for a short visit which the kids loved.
I've attempted some crafting but haven't gotten much done .
Here is some recent ones featured on the Zest Blog....
A layout of a recent 4WD off track trip we took, using Simple Stories papers.or A little treat box with window, which is also on the blog, including a downloadable PDF with the template for creating your own.

And lastly, the kids....all is well. Scott still needs to wear a patch for his eye each day but the good news from his review was that there was marginal improvement. I did manage to get a few photos of the kids before the weather turned bad....

Challenge!

I've spent some time colouring and creating this weekend. This is a card created with what was on my desk - in an attempt to clean up LOL. Its actually a trifold card...

I'm entering her into the BUTTON UP challenge (TGF) and the STITCHING challenge (fab n funky).

And a little sneek at something else I did today but I'm saving it for another time :)

Kraftin Kimmie Challenge

Another Kimmie Challenge is up on the blog... This time its spooky cards!

I know we aren't into Halloween much here in Oz but these cards sure are fun to create! Annie Rodrigue is such a talented artist....Isn't Charlotte a little 'mentally unstable' looking? I mean seriously, those dolls! LOL perfect for a spooky card without being too creepy!

I've used mainly digi paper for this one :) I found some old stickers and skull beads that we used last year for Alesias birthday party which was a Halloween theme.

I'm also subbing this one for the distress challenge over at Simply Create. I've scissor distressed the edge of the purple background and ink distressed around my stamped image.

sewing

Well, a few weeks ago I was convinced by my little fabric loving babe to make a pillowcase.

So today, I was sorting out all my fabric, attempting to squeeze it all into my boxes (so it doesn't look like I have 'too much' lol) and I thought I would use up the rest of the animal fabric and make a little drawstring backpack for Scottie - to match the pillowcase and make a bit of a sleepover set. No fear, I kept a scrap for some trimming to some boxer shorts for another day.

I even popped a small zippered pocket on the front - matching it up to the pattern so it didn't look out of place (yes, a clever mummy thinks of everything!). Thumbs up from 'the kid'.

Lets Stitch Block Swap Update

I've had a few emails flying around lately, and am updating on here to let everyone know about where we are up to on the block swap....

I have in my hot little hands blocks from Mhairi, Vanessa, Glenise, Tania, Kirsten, Florence, Jodie and myself.

So we are just waiting on 2 more lots to arrive. If they don't arrive in the next few days, I'll swap out what I have and send them back then post out the others later.

Thank you to everyone who has participated, swaps are lots of fun.

I know Mhairi is holding another swap for those participating in the CIJ event over at QFD Creative. Think about joining in - they are lots of fun!

Kraftin Kimmie Challenge

I wasn't able to sleep in this morning, and so I ended up at my desk creating this card for the latest KK challenge. The challenge was a recipe - to use chipboard, ribbon and a flower as well as a KK image. Heres my take on the challenge.

Its been a long time since I have managed to do a challenge of any sort and I'm happy with the result. This will come in handy, there are a few birthdays coming up and I think this might be ideal for a certain teenager, from her family ;)

boys boys boys

A little update from us. We have been busy... soccer is keeping us entertained on the weekends.
Scottie is doing well with his glasses. We are patching the weak eye daily and hopefully in a few more weeks will get a good result from the hard work. Time will tell. I do have to say, everyone comments on how cute he looks with them on (I'm biased, I think he looks handsome!)

Jack is of course never far when the camera comes out LOL. He has achieved a few more badges at Karate and is loving studying Fiji this term at school.

Finally, a pic of the pillow case that Scottie talked me into making this weekend - he chose the fabrics and told me what he wanted as far as a final look. He loves anything his mummy makes :)

And thats it for us lately. We have birthday season coming up. I need to be really organised this year, working fulltime.