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I'm really enjoying setting up my new website! Look, I now have a page for all my cloth designs - with thumbnails too! :) Don't forget to update your rss feeds in both your blog readers and favourite lists (http://www.sew-funky.com/feed) so that you can keep up-to-date with what's happening in the sew funky world.  I'll be having a giveaway, beginning next week, for one world - one heart and

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Come and take a look, but remember, it's a work in progress.www.sew-funky.comUPDATE: Moved over and started posting. Shop not fully set up yet, but all old blog posts have been moved over. Please bookmark www.sew-funky.com and update your RSS feeds.Thanks.

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and it's not even electric! ;) my new pasta machine   photo by Briahna I've just posted a recipe for gluten free pasta over on my almost forgotten foodie blog...  So delicious!

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my new pendant to celebrate life ovaryless!

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2009 has been a tough year for me, for regular followers I don't have to go into details. For new followers, You'll just have to take my word for it. But with 2009 almost over, it's time to start looking up, and thinking about all the good things that next year will hold.To start with there is Jamie Oliver - well, 20 hours of Jamie courtesy of Mr Sew Funky who brought me his box set for

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Today was a hard day for Mrs Sew Funky - but she's been able to move around a bit, so it's called progress, even if it comes with pain.Tomorrow will be a tough day as Mr Sew Funky has to go back to work and will only get to the hospital by 5pm.

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Mrs Sew Funky is recovering well in hospital. The operation went well, despite some hospital politics causing a very emotional start to the day yesterdayUnderstaffing and an emergency in another ward today, combined with dodgy hospital equipment meant that Mrs Sew Funky was with out pain meds for three hours this morning (before I arrived) which set her recovery back a bit.A very tiring day for

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So, tomorrow morning I'm going to be getting my surgery done.  I'm feeling a lot better about it all.  There were a few hard days, namely yesterday and Tuesday, when it actually hit me that I am going through with it all.  I am feeling upheld by the prayers of everyone around me and much more ready to do this thing!  :) Thank you everyone for all your kind thoughts thus far, I know there will

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crawl into a hole and not come out till it’s over Source: Silent Illusions

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Winner of Red Dawn & cards; Kristy of PAISLEY JADE Winner of Cupcake Tea Wallet & cards; Nadine of PLEASE PLEASE GO TO SLEEP Winner of the Funky Ruched Brooch & cards; Amber of CREATIVE HEART Congratulations to you all, I only wish all of the entrants could get a prize!   Winners were chosen randomly using the random number generator found here! My hysterectomy is only days away now, and

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That's right I'm having a giveaway extravaganza right here, right now! My blog has had it's 100,000th visitor and I think that's something to celebrate! There are going to be three different giveaways, so three of you, my wonderful readers, will win something I've made.  I've decided to give away a few of my favourite makes, each with a wee set of little miss cards. All you need to do to

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hmmm... What can you post on, when your camera is missing?! This is a picture of what the BRCA1 gene looks like.  Isn't God amazing, an artist in even the small things! One week to go until my operation, trying not to think too much about it.  But it's still there. D.

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Thanks for bringing this you tube vid to my attention Mr Sew-Funky!

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to buy a fat pig crafty thing home again, home again jiggity jig! So many fun people and things to buy that I couldn't possibly remember everyone, here are a few stand-out people though! I'm loving the organisers of Crafternoon tea - Luisa & Trent, you guys do a brilliant job of bringing it all together without a hitch!  Thanks so much. :) Now, onto the things I bought and swapped - I

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Back in March I posted on this very blog about my struggles because of carrying the BRCA 1 + genetic mutation.  I now have less than two weeks to go until I actually do something practical about it.  I'm booked in to have a radical hysterectomy on December 4th.  I appreciate all of your prayers and kind thoughts as I go through this mammoth event in my life. It has been a fairly terrible year

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Meet my new funky brooches.  I had a brain-wave on Sunday and came up with these super cool little accessories.  The sock monkey fabric had just been sitting around waiting to be made into these... At 5cm in diameter, they're sure to be commented on! :) Available in my shop now.

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Yep, I've managed to quickly spend the profits of Saturday's market.  I bought and swapped for some fabulous crafty goodness, and also spent a good hour at Spotlight buying new fabric to make some more items to sell.  The crafty addiction cycle goes on... kiwiana goodness... I've found that you can find great fabric in the curtaining department! some fabric to make things for the boys.

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I had so much fun, met so many great people at the super, well-organised Crafternoon Tea!  Can't speak highly enough of how fantastic the day was.  I sold a lot of my loyalty card wallets, sew-funky cards and brooches! what my table looked like... My daughter came along to help - Thanks Hope! It was funny how we were sitting under the auspiciousness of this... I know that I

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And I'll be there...  So come on down if you're anywhere near that part of Auckland today! As it says in the poster above, it's at the Trinity Methodist Church Hall in Kingsland from 10am to 2pm. So go grab a coffee or brunch at one of the Kingsland Cafe's and then mosey on down to the Crafternoon Tea. Plus, don't forget to enter my giveaway - you have until November 30th. D.

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Meet my new monsta, Anne...  Isn't she just the bee's knee's with a smile like that?! I decided that something must be done about all the sad faces appearing on my monsta creations...  Enough is enough, can't some of them be happy?! She's now up for adoption over in the sewfunkyshop, and I'll be bringing her along to crafternoon tea on Saturday too!  If you're anywhere near Kingsland, don't

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New brooches in the shop.

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You can now purchase sewfunky products at the local Franklin gallery shop - Artefact.  Artefact is run by Franklin Arts, Culture & Library Trust. It's so exciting to actually be selling my creations in a real store. :D  I am jumping up and down with excitement here!  I can barely contain myself!!! D.

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Yep, but it's for a good cause! I'm busy making some polka dot things for a swap I'm involved in.  It needs to be mailed by the end of the month, so I thought I'd better get cracking! sneak peak Have a neat day, and don't forget to enter the giveaway! D.

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We have been so blessed over the past couple of months to see yummy things growing in our garden.  It's amazing all the surprises we've had.  Cape gooseberries, apples, feijoas, raspberries, and a range of vegetables grow in our garden. Even the cat didn't want to miss out on the fun of harvesting... yummy, red goodness It was the first time I've ever eaten raspberry muffins within

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Lot's of fun.  Sold a wee bit.  Happy.  Tired.  Write more later.

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It's all gone a little doily mad at the sew-funky house.  It all began with an upcycled skirt and has progressed to doily loyalty card wallets and even a doily piece of art.  doily upcycled skirt The skirt was upcycled from a comfy old pair of jeans.  I cut the crotch out and by using the bottom half of the jean leg was able to infill the space - so cool, and easy.  The old jeans had an

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It is impossible to take a good photo of one's hairclips by yourself.  After NINE tries I managed to get something only slightly half decent.  At least you get the gist of what these look like. Made from a deconstructed cotton crocheted cardigan (so GROSS), these are actually quite cool.  I painted them with acrylic paint - both sides - and then sprayed them with matt varnish.  Then,

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Part of doing craft markets is about how you display your wares.  After pondering about how to display my flower brooches I had a brain-wave.  Yes, those still occur occasionally in the sew-funky household ;).  I have, literally tons of old plastic knitting needles, which I hate to knit with.  I prefer metal needles. So in the interest of upcycling and using what I have lying around, I came up

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my new favourite thing... my brooch as a corsage and my new favourite thing to make... more loyalty card wallets... D.

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source|fridgedoor.com

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Yep, I went crazy and made some more tea wallets to sell at the markets. It's a fun way to put to use all of that nice japanesey fabric that I have in my stash!I'm loving the red two...5/11/09 Postscript;I've just sold the cute red tea wallet (the one with little pink flowers). :) Helena was wandering around with a plastic bag to hold her rooibos teabags in her handbag. I opened her eyes to a

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I've been thinking of making some of these for a little while, and was inspired to put idea into action at the Craft Market on Saturday! Thanks for the encouragement Jodz! You Rock!They are basically an extension of the good old tea wallet and are for all those customer loyalty cards you get at cafe's and stores. I've also included a couple of coffee sachet's for times when you might get

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Something new for the markets...These are so fun to make, and after a quick trip down to the local fabric shop I was able to finish them by sewing on the brooch back. Before we go any further, I must tell you all about the saga of my brooch backs. I jokingly told my daughter that I bet I'd find the ones I'd misplaced in the shift, if I bought some this afternoon, and... sure enough, I found

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One of the main reasons I had so much fun at Saturday's Craft Fair was because of all the great people that were there! So much fun was had!Most of the people I met didn't have blog's, unfortunately! So I can't link to them on here, but I would like to mention them, anyways.There was Carolyn from Stampin'Up who does the neatest boxes and packaging, I was inspired.Deb from Delicious makes really

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It's always fun doing something new... And yesterday's experience at the craft fair was no exception!  Jodee (left bottom corner) and I (top right corner) had so much fun selling what we'd made and meeting new crafty people!  So much fun! I sold a little, but laughed a lot and the experience was so worth it!  It gave me new ideas for more craft markets, and an excitement to do more.  The

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about tomorrow's craft fair! Everything is packed, ready to go first thing tomorrow morning.  I have a basic idea of how I want the table to look and most things are priced now!  YAY! xbox game boxes are for height on the table - I swear! ;) I will let you know how it all went tomorrow - wish me luck! :) D.

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will be a goodie! My good friend Jodz and I are going to be having a table at the local craft fair.  It's exciting, because it's been a long time since I've done any craft fair's and it feels good to put my toe in the water locally! some monsta's that will be there... Franklin Pakeke Lions hold craft fair's at the Pukekohe Town Hall, cnr Edinburgh St and Massey Ave on the fourth Saturday

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Just for fun, and because I saw it on someone else's blog...Here goes and feel free to do it if the mood takes you-1. Where is your mobile phone? bench2. Your hair? down3. Your mother? passed4. Your father? work5. Your favourite food? cherry-ripe bars6. Your dream last night? none7. Your favourite drink? coffee8. Your dream/goal? happiness9. What room are you in? craftroom10. Your hobby? sewing11

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This is exactly how I feel today.  Yesterday was a very long day, as Briahna went in for her long awaited tonsillectomy.  We waited 2.5 hours just for her to go into the operating room and then of course there was the 4 hour wait until she was able to go home after the surgery.  During this time I was unable to contact my normally contactable hubby because his cellphone was playing up (

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Last night our beautiful cat, Clementine gave birth to four equally adorable kittens... Unfortunately, one died. I'd named this one Smudge because it was white with a smudge of grey on it's head and had a little grey smudge of a tail.  It was very cute, but I was worried right away when it seemed sluggish to want to feed. It died overnight, and so now there are three beautiful kittens! 

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Red is for my good friend's son, Sean, Purplo will be up for sale when I do the local markets in a fortnight! :) These are addictively fun to make, and since this photo was taken this morning another monsta, Bluebleo has been born too!

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and it's been almost a month since I last posted. It's funny how easy you can get out of the practise of blogging - way too easy!  Especially when I really didn't think I had anything good to post about.  This year has definately been my annus horribilis, it can't get much worse than losing a parent. I have been working on just getting through the rest of the year.  In December, I am going to

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This is my new favourite chocolate bar...  It's DELISH! And that's all I can say about it as I'm about to take another bite! ;) D.

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On the weekend we made our semi-regular trip to real groovy, so that I could add to my burgeoning collection of cool books and okay music...This time, I tossed up between buying some of the latest vampire buzz books and some neat recipe books - the food won out!People who know me, know my love of all things cupcake - but they may not know I have an interest in vegan food. That's because it is a

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Yep, it's that time of year at our house.  Lot's of birthday going's on's!  A couple of weeks ago it was Hope's and now it's Aimee's turn.  Luckily for Aimee, I think I have my craft mojo back, at least in a small way. Lookie, what I'm making her for her 11th Birthday tomorrow! Well, a sneak peak anyway...  still unfinished, but thank God for husbandless evenings, because tonight I'll finish

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It’s not that unusual when everything is beautiful It’s just another ordinary miracle today The sky knows when it’s time to snow Don’t need to teach a seed to grow It’s just another ordinary miracle today Life is like a gift they say, wrapped up for you everyday Open up and find a way to give some of your own Isn’t it remarkable like every time a raindrop falls It’s just another

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This is something that my kids and I have been involved in for the past couple of years - it's a fantastic lesson in giving to others, and they always have fun trying to find neat things to give at the local $2 store. :)Now is the time to be thinking about doing this, so that kid's all around the world can get a wee gift this Christmas. It doesn't cost much, but it's a totally worthwhile

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This gives new meaning to the term "packed in like sardines"!

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I meant to post this recipe a couple of weeks ago, when I made it with the last of the golden kiwifruit we were given - it's super yummy!2lbs Kiwifruit, peeled and sliced2 Bananas, peeled and chopped3 Onions, chopped fineGrated zest of 1 LemonJuice of 3 Lemons1 cup Raisins1 cup Raw Sugar1 tsp Ground Ginger1/2 tsp Paprika1 tsp Allspice1/4 tsp Ground Cardamom1 Tbsp Salt1 cup White VinegarPut all

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Hope under her new zig-zag quilt reading Eclipse on her 13th Birthday!

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My daughter, Hope, turns 13 tomorrow, which officially makes me a mum of a teenager!  EEEEK! I've made her a quilt, and she's getting the last two books in the twilight saga - plus a couple of other treats which should keep her happy!  We live in hope, anyway. I'd had great plans to do all sorts of things for her thirteenth, which is a super special age to be, but as with a lot of things

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The lovely Mr Sew Funky has given my craft room a nice little present: his old Apple Mac Dual 1.25 GHz G4 (He's just acquired a Dual 2 GHz G5 for his film and game websites). The G4 is a little on the old side, but still has plenty of grunt for my surfing, blogging and photoshopping needs. Mr Sew Funky also did a quick photo panorama of my craft room in it's present state. Click on the image

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This week I decided to join a new group of crafty ladies at a local church.  I'd been missing my old bunch of crafty pal's and needed a kick-start back into crafting.  Had it really been 7 weeks since I'd crafted?!?  All that shifting and grieving had done my head in! I was a little bit scared to being going cold into the meeting.  I only "knew" one woman there, and that's taking the "knew" a

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I guess my Mum and I had more in common than I first thought... She was a hoarder, just like me. And that has been fortuitous for me as we have been wading through all the crafty things she'd kept in storage. I have been adding big time to my collection of craft supplies.Whilst it's fun to add to what I have, it's also been a very difficult time. It's the little things really, the things

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YUM!  Actually, one of my favourite kitchen appliances is my handy dandy dehydrator.  I just hardly ever use it because of the terrible sound it makes - my ears are still ringing and it's been off for about 2 hours now! Anyway, as you know from my last post, we've been inundated with kiwifruit and so I thought I'd try something I've always wanted to try and that's kiwifruit leather.  It's so

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go ahead and make some jam! this is only half of what we were given... Earlier this week, I was blessed with being given a huge box full of golden kiwifruit, and left with a dilemma of what to do with them all.  We ate some and then the rest started to ripen and I had to quickly think about what to do with them all.   I hate waste! Kiwifruit aren't all that nice stewed (I've tried), and so

sewfunkynoreply@blogger.com5Pukekohe, New Zealand-37.20063 174.903626-37.234812999999995 174.845261 -37.166447 174.961991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525709060004537902.post-70745512154250071272009-08-04T11:26:00.000+12:002009-08-04T11:26:25.177+12:00

Learning to Knit from Max Alexander on Vimeo.

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... just enjoying setting up the new house, and loving living in a friendly small town. :) My craft room is not even half way organised, I can't really get my head around sorting it out at the moment.  The sun is shining outside, my children and animals are happy in the new environment and life is looking up. :) I can walk most places I need to go, and so Mr Sew-Funky and I are sharing the car.

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Just found this over on the kind over matter blog!Brought a huge smile to my face and I hope it does to yours too!Still getting on with the moving in at the new house, am loving living in Pukekohe. Hope is loving her new school. Briahna has been sick most of this week, but today it looks like the antibiotics are working - so it's off to school for her tomorrow! Aimee's taxi starts on Monday.

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My zombies can now be seen in the latest video from Minuet...I made them so long ago (March, last year) that I'd almost lost hope that they'd ever be "famous". Like it had all been just a dream when I'd been asked to make them! Yet, here they are in amongst the crowd of finger puppets. Thanks, Mr Sew-Funky for finding them.D.

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Saturday5° | 14° So far the forecast is for mostly sunny weather on the day we move! YAY! Being winter at the moment makes shifting house difficult. So hopefully the predictionsare correct! :) UPDATE:The weather forecast now looks like this - even better, but I do wonder why the change injust 5 hours.Saturday3° | 12°Oh, and by the way, this is my 500th post and to celebrate I'll be doing a

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I am beginning to get excited about the shift, more and more so as I pack up the house! :) Yesterday, I discovered this bag full of buttons.  Now, I thought I'd discovered all the buttons I'd had around the house and organised them into jars.  I was mistaken. Today, I rang the schools to organise enrolment (and leaving) of the eldest and youngest (the middle daughter get's to stay at her

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new song/video from Sally Shapiro

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Today, we all went into the city to watch the new studio ghibli film, ponyo. What an awesome little japanese film. :)Then to add to the Japanesey theme, we went to a little Japanese shop and I bought this sweet little soy sauce pot, a clear plastic umbrella (for my 12 year old daughter!) and a neat little elephant notebook. I could've spent a whole lot more, but the budget was tight.All in all,

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At the moment, I could write a book about all the un-favourite things in my life, but instead, I think I'll just show you something that's become a new favourite. As you know, if you keep up with my blog, my mum passed away two weeks ago.  My eldest sister had to travel all the way from the UK.  A not so easy feat, especially with a 14 hour layover in Dubai - YUCK!  She couldn't get here until 6

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for all your kind words of support.  It certainly has been a very hard month for me, and not a whole lot of crafting has been going on around here.  Grief is a funny thing, it's like a barage of emotions hitting you all at once.  You feel like you won't get through and then surprisingly you do, for that moment, anyway!  I really wouldn't wish this upon anyone.  It has been so very hard and awful

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My Mum passed away on Thursday afternoon at around 4pm. I was lucky to be there when she passed away, and she will be missed terribly by me. How hard to imagine life without her.She was a follower of Jesus, and I know that there's a party going on in heaven right now, but I miss her. Alot. Her death was a shock, unexpected, even though she was ill.Yesterday morning, I woke up with this old

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packing up the craft room. I know that I will have another one in the new house, but... it's still sad to see most of it packed away!  You can see a peek of my sewing machine that's still out, but that too will be packed away. :( I am going to need to do something crafty over the next month, just for sanity, and I'm thinking of knitting some socks. :) We still haven't found a house to move

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Yep, that image represents the last few weeks I've had.Lot's has been going on around here, but the gist of it all, is that we are shifting house, getting a new car, and possibly the girls will be starting new schools. Also, my mother, who just came back from Pakistan has been in a perilous health condition in hospital. Aaaargh!And this is why the blog has been so quiet. Life totally got away

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I can't sew of I can't sew creations! Wanted to make more of a song and dance about this, but after being sick for the last four days, I just don't have the energy to be creative.

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I am participating in the Sew Mama Sew May giveaway day, which means that all you have to do to win this tissue case: is leave me a comment below!I'll be putting in a few buttons from my burgeoning collection to add to the specialness of the giveaway!Enter as many times as you like, and international entries are welcome!!!Postscript;Fine print: this giveaway will be open until May 31, with the

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What to do when the kids are sick.... I hummed and hawwed and then I updated the shop!dick and jane cardsshy little kitten cardsand funky fabric flower brooches are in stock now...

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ready to be made into brooches... Just a little bit of the creativity going on at my house at the moment.  Not a whole lot happening because I have two sick kidlets home from school at the moment! :( 

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Mrs Sew Funky has had an excellent end to the week, making a rather cool sock bag:And discovering that her trademark dessert, the microwave steamed pudding (a yummy version of what as a lad I used to know as a 'Spotted Dick') was just as yummy, if not more yummy, when made into a gluten and dairy free version:In other exciting news, FilmGuide has some great reviews (including LVK & NATM2 along

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This is what $1 brang me from Spotlight yesterday - loads of really nice buttons that I can't wait to use! :) I had a really productive decluttering day in the girls room yesterday - we threw away 4 bags of rubbish and gave 1 bag of toys away to the local Sally Army shop!  It feels good to have their room a little more sorted, although Aimee found it difficult to sleep in such a tidy

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very retro,  having been made from 1970's sheeting and curtaining... I am going to put a couple of them in the shop, so keep an eye out for some funky retro tissue cases...

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especially when they bring notes like these to me! I have to say after the weekend we had with Aimee it's nice to think that I'm her Number 1 Mum!  We only had her for half of the weekend, but she sure filled that up with "lovely" behaviour.  For example, pushing over a display of strepsils at the Greenlane Foodtown last night, after muttering all through the store that, she was "angry, stay

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Queen Anne teacup and antique brass tea strainer that I got on retreat last weekend. :) The teacups cost $1 for 3 cup and saucer sets and the tea strainer cost $5!!!Fun, and now I'm off to use them because my good friend Jenny-Lee has turned up with mallowpuffs and tea!!!! SCORE! ;)Postscript; Just discovered that the tea strainer was probably made between 1880 and 1920. How awesome is that,

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They are the two word's I can use to describe my mothers day weekend!  First off, I was on a retreat with one of my very best friends where I was spoiled beyond belief.  And then I came home to the extra special treat of SEA SEW! :D I cannot say anything negative at all about the weekend, it was ALL good.  The food, the company, the activities we did were all absolutely fabulous! On Saturday

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relief is at hand!Retreat starts in around 5 and a half hours, hurrah!but the weather looks like this...13°CCurrent: ThunderstormWind: N at 21 km/hHumidity: 88%Gotta love autumn for great weather! Still retreat's not about the weather and I'm really looking forward to long talks, good food, and even better wine! I bought a really yummy pinot noir to take with me, and Jodz always brings

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Pretty Frill ClothInstructions:Cast on 16 stitches using 4mm needles,using 2 strands of cotton yarn. I like to use an 8ply cotton yarn witha finger weight crochet cotton yarn.This cloth is made up of 4wedges, all exactly the same. Then the edge is sewn together, thethreads are sewn in and the cloth is complete. :)Every wedge:Row 1: K across row.Row 2: K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, knit to last stitch (11

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to this... A little bit cryptic, but this is my little present to my retreat buddie Jodz and I don't want to give it all away - just a sneak peek! ;)I discovered the neat retro purple apron in the sock bag, of all places, and I decided that it would be better re-fashioned/up-cycled into something great for my purple loving friend Jodz!!On a side note, I am LOVING my little wristlet pincushion,

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I'm loving playing around with wordle - go check it out yourself!! :)

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You will need:two paper templates; 7 inches x 6 inches (outer) and 8 inches by 6 inches (inner)fabric for both the outer and inner of your tissue casea packet (or two) of tissues1. Choose your fabric, these don't use a lot so you can cut into that favourite print for this one!Pin, and cut out the fabric using the paper templates you made with the measurements given.2. Place and pin right sides

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Funny how ideas change and transform into new and interesting things...I was wearing one of my cute new little wristlets out op-shopping yesterday, when a woman came up to me and asked me if I was a professional seamstress. (I wish.) I must've looked at her blankly weirdly and she pointed to my wristlet, which she thought was a pincushion.And right there and then, a most wonderful idea was born

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I am loving these neat little fabric bracelets. I based them on the pattern made by jchandmade's tutorial found free on her blog, changing the shape and the method that they are buttoned together, by using hand-sewn loops rather than hair tie elastic. :) You can find a neat tutorial on how to sew button loops on the ysolda blog.The one I am wearing in the photograph was made out of an old

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again, but differently...I love pop-up books, don't you?!I'm also thinking Lisa Hannigan just may be my new favourite artist! Her website looks totally crafty and super awesome - I just may need a copy of sea sew now!!

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I was busy updating the blog, when I turned around to find the dog inside (should've been outside!) and then heard clucking coming from the hallway!Aaargh! Chickens inside!!!Our chooks are free-range but not so free-range that they're allowed inside! I now have a fair bit of poop to clean up off the carpet!!! Grrrr! Funny though!!

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but I love google and the internet!Look what I found...when I was thinking about how much I hate to drive after this mornings trip to school. I sometimes wonder why we decided to put our girls into a little country school when I have to drive there and back, twice a day. Cos, I HATE TO DRIVE!Need to move closer to their school!Postscript;And, yes, this means SCHOOLS BACK! :)Not sure what to do

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what arrived in my postbox yesterday! Yep, my membership to Brown Owl's is official!  HEHEHE!  I only wish that I could attend meetings, which is a bit hard since there are none in New Zealand... So, I'm a little faraway brown owl as lonely as can be...

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Today is Anzac Day here in NZ and in Australia! From Wikipedia: Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.[1] The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, whose soldiers were known as Anzacs. Anzac Day remains one of the most important national occasions of both Australia and

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About a month ago, one of my favourite bloggy friends sent me these sweet charms made by resinator.!     Thanks Marion!  I love them very much...

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I'm loving doing needlework lately, and it seems the bug has also been caught by my wonderful 12 year old daughter too...my little toadstools... transfer from a 1970's woman's magazineHope's little toadstools... transfer from a 1970's woman's magazine rainbow cat... my own creation!Enjoying the simple things and the holidays, which will quickly be over. It's back to school on Monday! :(

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This is something that's been sitting in my brain for a while, just waiting to come out...Cute Puppy Yarn Holder closed and ready to use...a little something I added at the last minute... and to prove that cat's LOVE craft! or at least cat's always turn up when it's photo time!!!What do you think? I used an old cadbury drinking chocolate tin inside so that it would keep it's shape - great re-use

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We've just come back from visiting the dietician for Briahna. She basically agreed with what we are doing with her diet and gave me some interesting websites to check out, so I thought I'd post them here in case any of you were interested too!We will probably need to do some more investigation into whether or not Briahna is allergic/intolerant to chocolate as at easter she threw up major time

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