Kelly

I’ve been featured!

My Etsy shop has been included in a Christmas gift feature on The Homeschool Classroom. There are lots of other homeschooler’s shops there to check out too.
This site is a great homeschooling resource with links to heaps more information.

Yet another Christmas giveaway!

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Anthony DeStefano – the author of Little Star has been kind enough to send me a hardcover copy of his book to share with one lucky winner. Simply leave a comment here and I’ll draw a random winner on Friday.
This giveaway is only open to Australian residents – sincere apologies to my international readers but my postage bill has been a little too high of late!

The winners are….

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Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

2 16

Timestamp: 2010-12-04 08:27:22 UTC

Meaning Tas has won the gift voucher to my Etsy shop and Kerry has won the handmade goodies.

Congratulations ladies and thanks to all who entered, better luck next time.

My hubby the budding photographer

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These shots were all taken in our garden. None have been edited.

Love this one.

We’re pretty pleased with our new camera!

I may disappear for a few days…

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My copy finally arrived in the mail today!! Can’t wait to start reading but I have an agonising wait until the children are in bed, it’s no fun trying to read with constant interruptions.

You can read about the author D.M. Cornish here.

In other news, I actually have a job interview on Monday! I’m more than a little apprehensive given that it’s many years since my last interview.

I’ll spare a few minutes sometime tomorrow to come back and draw the giveaway.

My Creative Space

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I thought it was about time I made some more gowns and blankets for Bonnie Babes. Unfortunately some dear people will be needing them over the Christmas period. These lovely soft knits were donated to me by Peta.

I must say this is one of the coolest salt resists I’ve done so far. I hand painted blue and purple on cotton in a wavy sort of a pattern then laid on the rock salt. I think this piece needs to be free motion quilted and made into a journal cover.

My darling daughter of 5 years has been desperately waiting for me to turn this redwork into a cushion for her bed ever since she saw me working on it. I might even get to it before Christmas – amazing things can happen! (ie. I’m procrastinating on this one!)

Thanks for visiting me today and don’t forget to check out other Creative Spaces here.

A reminder that my Christmas giveaway ends Saturday!

Care for Creation book review

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I was at first a little skeptical when asked to review “Care for Creation” by Christy Baldwin, as I think the whole “environment thing” has been blown way out of proportion and terms like “climate change” or “globalisation” have been misused and misunderstood.

I’m glad to say this book takes a commonsense and, very importantly, a biblical approach to environmental care and every day living. Christy writes about caring for God’s creation – reminding us that the world is not ours to own.

The well illustrated book is a common sense guide for children (and perhaps parents?) and introduces ways to make a difference each day. Every page includes a bible reference. At the end of the book are suggested activities and discussion questions.

Christy is a stay at home Mum from Ohio. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a master’s degree in Special Education.

You can also win a copy of the book here for a limited time.

Don’t forget to enter my giveaway this week!

Moving things along…

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Apparently some of you are having trouble entering the giveaway because a Youtube video I posted is covering the followers section on the sidebar! The funny things that happen in Blogger hey?

Anyway, enjoy the sunset and hopefully this post will move things so you can access the follower button again!

Christmas giveaway!

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As promised, it is time for my Christmas giveaway! I’m running it early so the winners (yep, two prizes!) can have their goodies in time for Christmas.

First up is a $25 gift voucher to spend in my Etsy store on whatever your heart desires!

Runner up will receive:

A patchwork needle book

Complete with a packet of very lovely Richard Hemming & Son crewel embroidery needles, size 2.

Plus this pretty cushion cover. All handmade by moi of course. The insert isn’t included so you would need a 36 x 36cm insert.

Now for the serious stuff.

To enter:

1. Leave a comment here. You need to be a follower. New followers are welcome to enter.

2. For a second entry into the draw for either prize please blog about this giveaway and link back to here. Then comment again telling me you blogged for your additional entry. You are welcome to borrow images from this post.

Winners will be drawn Saturday 4th December 2010.

Good luck!

Finished and well received!

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I’m happy to say I did finish the needle books in time for stitching group lastnight. It’s surprising how long it takes to hand paint, free motion quilt, then sew up one of these. Well worth the effort though – the stitching ladies loved them!

The interiors have a contrast fabric, a wool felt pocket and sheet of wool felt for the needles. They fasten with snaps.

So, this afternoon I’ll attempt to continue working on a skirt for me that has involved a little too much unpicking for my liking! Then there are those cushion covers to be made up, the top to be re – dyed, the baby gowns I really should get to, the multitude of embroideries to choose from………….

I should mention that I’ll be running my Christmas giveaway very soon so stay tuned 🙂