Fire

My thoughts this week for all people devastated by the terrible fire's in Victoria - so many sad stories. Please help any way you can - I am going to help out Emi's Nan and Poppy who lost their house and everything in it not sure of the best way yet but so many great ideas out there about ways to help. I hope these poor families have peace in their lives soon xx

A blog about Weather

This is turning into a blog about weather - it is just so hard not to talk about it when you live here - plus there has been so much chatting about weather after Melbourne's heatwave - although I admit I am finding very hard to have sympathy because it has been 38C or hotter EVERY day since November and I know it will already be back to a lovely 24C or so in Melbourne now I'm sure (I know I sound bitter but it is true jealousy) plus when you have to spend the ENTIRE day inside except running from AC in house to AC in car to AC at shops with two small kids I hate it !!! Anyway enough bitching - the day we visited the water hole above it was 48C - not a typo - when we got a flat tyre and Vic had to change get out and change it was 47C Ugh!!!!!

Then came relief by the name of Dominic - however facing the first "blue" cyclone alert home alone with no husband to help me and freaking out about how do I tie up the trampoline was pretty full on - but we all survived there was so much rain it was crazy this was our backyard after about 10 minutes I rained like this for 2 days straight but it has turned the hills from brown to green which is lovely and the temp has dropped to a glorious 32C for a few days of heaven.

Heavenly enough for a BBQ at the beach

Anyway hope the weather is lovely where ever you are

Fabric Love

After 6 months of buying not a stitch of fabric - not even a sneaky metre here from Spotlight while your supposed to be grocery shopping let alone Amitie goodness - Dana sent me these lovely goodies from Amitie - Thankyou Thankyou

Gifts!

Here are some handmade gifts we received at our house

Hardi got this Aunty Cookie Softie From Dana

After lusting over this book that I was surprised to find in our local book shop with Ainhize - she surprised me with it - love love it - you can find it here

This is the ballerina costume I made for Ava which was changed to a fairy costume because when asked if she liked it she said "Not Really" - nice one

Beautiful felt Christmas ornaments made by my sister Katie

Christmas Joy

Finally I have been able to have some much needed creative time. Here are my handmade Christmas gifts for my sisters and Mum





















Vintage Coasters for Mum













Placemat and Coasters for Jess

Super Easy Super Cute Clutch for Eb from this book also got Placemat and Coasters from her book as well ....Love it

Set of 3 Drawstring bags for Cass who is about to go overseas

An In-Oversized-Handbag Nappy bag for pregnant Katie

Delicious Roast Chicken with Cherries and Red Onion for Christmas Lunch (prepared by Gordon ..... I mean Vic)










We escaped Billy but he did send some pretty sky to look at

I hope your Christmas was magical and filled with joy - New Year Resolution is to blog better but hey we'll see xx

Clouds and Clips

We have been getting some lovely clouds - never loved clouds so much but they bring a much needed break from the over 40C heat. Today it was only 31C - love it

The only reason I am talking about the weather is because zilch creating is going on here, not sure why, probably has something to do with two monkeys who refuse to synchronise sleep times. Keep attempting these clips but things keep messing up - glue not sticking , glue too strong, rivets wrong size, buttons wrong backs - hopefully things will work together soon

PS 2yo Ava took cloudy pic -Good job little lass x

Come on down to Cardboard town

After moving to a town with no recycling it is very hard to go back to throwing everything in the bin - Ava and I have been creating with our boxes....

Kitchen with oven and fridge
Her new car - the horn works just needs paint job
We have also made a post box and animal barn. I am saving our water bottles for a garden out of this book - which has so many cool vegies garden ideas.