just something I'm playing around with...

Something that will hopefully stop me losing my embroidery scissors quite so frequently...

I've had these little scissors since I was about 15, and they're still awesome, except that I'm always losing them. I have a real problem with it! I have even had to go out and replace these scissors on a couple of occasions, but these are still my favourite pair.

And so an idea started to form about what I should do about it. It was sparked by a project in a recent handmade magazine. It looks nothing like that project now, it's much more basic and had me practicing my friendship knot bracelet skills from way back. I often wondered if they'd ever come to good use... ;)

It's also a great way to use some of my vintage cotton reels and buttons!

I'm thinking about decorating the reel a little more, what do you think? And if you want me to make a tutorial for these, just leave a comment below and I'll see what I can do...


And on another note;

I got some mail love today...

the stamps I won in Steph's owoh giveaway

and the first of the fat quarter's from the sew mama sew swap...

2 fat quarters from Jacqui a.k.a. hazelnutgirl

Feeling the love here! :D

just a couple of things I've won recently...

So the huge OWOH giveaway is over, my prize has been won and is about to fly all the way over to Aussie...

I wondered if I'd win anything this time around, I entered almost everyone's giveaways and with fingers crossed hoped like everyone else who'd been doing the same as me that I'd win.  Now that so many more people are involved in OWOH there are probably less opportunities to win something now, but like I said I had my fingers crossed...

Well, I won two OWOH giveaways! :)  YAY!

First up, I won the giveaway Robin from Robin's Artful Musings

 

Some gorgeous little ATC's :)

And then, some really awesome K &Company Amy Butler Lotus Greeting Stamps from Steph at StephJacobson.

I can't wait to use them!  Steph said to me in her email that it's snowing up a storm where she is, that's just so hard to imagine when it's been stinking hot here.  In fact, on Thursday,  Auckland (New Zealand) had it's hottest day since the 1870's.  32 Celsius.  I realise that's not as hot as Australia's been having, but it's real hot for us wimpish kiwi's! ;)

And then on the very same day as all these were being drawn I won the most awesome handmade bag from Mary at Make it Smirk!

It's the Estelle Bag which you can get a free pattern for from Burda Style! :)  It's so awesome, and I was so lucky to win it - especially since I was the last person to enter!!!  Go check out Mary's blog - she's another great kiwi crafter!

I feel very blessed to be a part of such a generous blogging community, and it's just so much darn fun sharing all the goodness!!

AND THE WINNER IS...

I finally did the draw for my OWOH giveaway and its...

drumroll please!


KRAFTY PANDA!!!!

Manda can you please email me with your details and I'll post you out what you've won!!!

mandapanda said...

Wow, what a beautiful giveaway, and a great blog to match! Please enter my name into the hat!
Manda. http://kraftypanda.blogspot.com
P.S I'm from Aus and I just love your button bracelets!

She was commenter number 364, and I figured out the winner using the random number generator found here.


Other news...
I managed to get around to converting the red velvet cupcake recipe into a gluten-free, dairy-free recipe and I'll put that recipe up on my recipe blog soon...

They're so delicious, and this time they're RED!!! hehehe!

They've gotta be my thing for favourite thing friday... I know I missed last Friday's, but I have to tell you that these little red morsels of deliciousness could easily be good enough for two Friday's worth of favourite things!!!!

I have some more Valentines Day goodness to share, but since Mr Sew-Funky has got today off work, I want to go share some time with my true valentine... :)

My OWOH Giveaway...

This is the second year I've been a part of this giveaway, and it's grown exponentially this time around. At the moment there are 900 giveaway's going on around the internet, and I have 315 entries to my giveaway!

This was what I offered up last year, and I got 107 entries...


I won these giveaways last year...

Kimono Tag Fold Holder
From Bridget of Fruit Salad

Earrings
From B.B.Bellezza
No Pic to show, but look at all the wonderful jewellery she makes!

Cupcake Girl Painting
From Jenn of Noodle & Lou

From Beverley of Blog 'Til You Drop

Handmade Greeting Cards
From Adriann at A Day in the Life of...

I just wonder if I'll win any giveaways this year, I've got my fingers and toes crossed! ;)

And who will win my giveaway?

You've still got 8 days to enter...

NOTE:

YOU HAVE TO ENTER ON THE SPECIFIC POST THAT YOU CAN FIND BY CLICKING ON THE ABOVE PHOTO TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ENTRY INTO THE GIVEAWAY!

chooks...

Last Friday, I posted about how much I love the fresh eggs my chooks lay for us. Then, we had a 3 day drought of no eggs at all, murphy's law I guess. Paisley Jade commented on that post that her chicken's weren't laying either, and I began to wonder if there was something going on that I didn't know about...


Then today they began laying again and we had 2 very beautiful brown eggs! YUM! Aimee had them for her lunch... Nothing quite like eating eggs laid that very same day!

BTW, Kristy, I have no idea what type of chickens we have - they're just ordinary brown feathered chooks that we got when the girls had calf club day at their school. :)

UPDATE; After Little Miss Flossy's comment I now believe that my chickens are Rhode Island Red's :)

Don't forget to enter my OWOH giveaway!

If you want to know more about the giveaway or want to enter some more take a look at the gypsy caravan! At the time of writing this post, there are over 600 giveaway's going on. WOW!!

peace...

My peace is about to be shattered tomorrow, when the girls finally come home from their holidays at the beach. I am looking forward to it, two weeks of quiet is long enough!

It's been great to feel childless for a bit, we've caught up with a few old friends, watched lots of movies at the cinema! ;), and it's been nice to only have to think for myself for a bit.

So today is about preparing myself, and the house, for the children's imminent return. I did very little housework while they were away, preferring to hold close the mantra of "life's too short to clean". I now realise I need to get a little organised, vacuum the house and put stuff away!

I'll probably be a little quiet on the blog for a few days. Today, I'll clean, tomorrow, I'll be travelling all day 4 1/2 hours drive each way :( and Sunday and Monday will be spent loving the girls!

Don't forget to enter my OWOH giveaway!

If you want to know more about the giveaway or want to enter some more take a look at the gypsy caravan! At the time of writing this post, there are 400 giveaway's going on. WOW!!

One World - One Heart Giveaway

Included in the giveaway, as of Wednesday, 21st January;

one gorgeous day back pack (made with Lotta Jansdotter's "Simple Sewing" pattern... see examples I've made before here, and here, and here). You can see the above picture for the gorgeous fabric I made it with... :)

six sew-funky cards with envelopes

one

two

threefour
five
six

some handmade sew-funky dishcloths (photo to be added later!) :) I have designed an extra special cloth with love in mind for the OWOH giveaway...

I hope to add extra special surprises to the giveaway as we go along! Keep checking back for new additions!!!

One World One Heart is a blog-wide giveaway event. The original idea behind this was to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to interact, discover new and wonderful people, and in the process possibly win a prize or many prizes along the way.

Basically, anyone can enter, as long as you give me some way of contacting you if you win! The giveaway will be drawn on February 12th in time for that extra special LOVE day - Valentines Day! :D

Leave a comment below to enter, and if you like my blog subscribe to my (mostly) daily emails below :)

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4th OWOH Giveaway Prize Received!

My mail box has been kept extra full this past week with this being the 5th parcel I've received this week! This is really the one I've been waiting for though!!! What could be better than a painting with a cupcake in it!!! :)

It's all in the little details - Jenn wrote this on the back! :)

I love this so much, Jenn! My only problem now is, where do I put it!!! :) (Not that I'm complaining about that one - LOL!)

BTW. Jenn has a really awesome blog - Noodle and Lou Go take a lookie! :)

3rd OWOH Giveaway Prize Received!

Today I received this in the mail, all the way from the UK! This is a really fun pack of scrap booking supplies (all love related!). I can't wait to use them, and probably won't have to wait long cos it's me and my hubby's 13th wedding anniversary next month! :D

From Beverley of Blog 'Til You Drop

2nd OWOH Giveaway Prize Received!

I recieved the card set that I won from "one day in the life of"'s Adriann today!


Thanks so much Adriann. I really like them and it was fun to have to go collect a parcel at the post office! I especially liked the little tag you had around the tissue wrapped cards! :)

1st OWOH Giveaway Prize Received!

I forgot to post that I received this little Kimono Tag Fold Holder a week or so ago. :) I really like it and it has pride of place in my craft room! It was made by Bridget of Fruit Salad fame!

I WON!!!

I just can't believe it! I am finding it hard to breathe, let alone type! I didn't think I would win anything when I entered all the giveaways through one world - one heart. (I didn't enter all of them, just the ones I liked...) I have won four, make that FIVE giveaways!!! I can hardly believe it myself, I never win anything - just ask the hubby! I am trying to breathe here... I am so thankful to One World - One Heart and I'll definately take part in the giveaway community next time Lisa organises one!

Here's what I won:
Kimono Tag Fold Holder
From Bridget of Fruit Salad
received 19/02/08

Earrings
From B.B.Bellezza
No Pic to show, but look at all the wonderful jewellery she makes!

Cupcake Girl Painting
From Jenn of Noodle & Lou
Received 29/02/08

From Beverley of Blog 'Til You Drop
received 27/02/08
Handmade Greeting Cards
From Adriann at A Day in the Life of...
received 26/02/08
No Pic to show - I will post a pic when they arrive!

The winner is....

The winner is.... number 15 - Daydreamstudios - Babblings of an Altered Ego

Congratulations.

I had so much fun with this I am thinking I would like to do more giveaways - so keep tuned those of you who missed out!

I used the random generator you can find here.

One World - One Heart giveaway!

What IS ONE World-ONE Heart?
It is a blog-wide giveaway event. The original idea behind this was to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to interact, discover new and wonderful people, and in the process possibly win a prize or many prizes along the way.

Anyway, I was asked to participate in this giveaway - and I thought, okay, let's just do this! So I am giving away 2 knitted dishcloths - see pic below. The cloths were both made in recent knitalongs with a valentines day theme! Just leave a comment below to enter. The draw will be made on February 14th. I realise thats less than a week away - but go for it!

I have just switched off the comments on this giveaway - and I am going to randomly pick the winner - so drum roll please...

The winner is.... number 15 - Daydreamstudios - Babblings of an Altered Ego

Congratulations.

I had so much fun with this I am thinking I would like to do more giveaways - so keep tuned those of you who missed out!

I used the random generator you can find here.