last post …

goodbye old bloggy home, hello new!

This is my last post over here and I’ll be updating my blog at it’s new home from now on. yay!

If you’re reading this before midnight (Brisbane time) Fri 6th Aug 2010 you can still enter the little giveaway, details here….

Thanks for taking the time to change your readers, subscription, feed, link etc….. xxx

there’s still time…

just in case you missed my post on Saturday about my blogs new home ,

I wanted to pop back  in and let you know there’s still time to enter my GIVEAWAYS, details here.

Apologies for any inconvenience but a big THANK YOU for taking the time to change your reader, subscription, feed, blog roll link  etc ….. xxx

see you there!

a fun little GIVEAWAY

I’m moving my blog and I know change can sometimes be a pain  so to make the transition easier for you Dear Reader I made you some little gifts …

.. little pincushions for you :)

& because it’s pleasant to look at nice bottoms…

If you would like to win one of these here’s what you need to do…

Go to my blogs new home  at www.acuppaandacatchup.com ( it kind of looks almost the same so you’ll hardly even noticed I moved ;) ).  I made a post for each pincushion so you can comment on the one you’d like to win & yes, if you want a chance to win all 3 go for it and comment on all 3 posts! For an extra chance become a follower and  leave a comment to let me know you followed.

By all means please leave a comment here but you won’t go into the draw to win, sorry.

The giveaway will run until Friday 6th August 2010.

Good luck, I’ll see you over there…

{ I think I managed to move almost all the old posts over to their new ‘home’ but this old blog spot will just sit and ‘be’ for a while anyhoo }

a better week …

While work is still a little ‘grrrrr’, I know we will push through the bump in the road and it’s all about perspective really. I have had a really nice week all in all … actually I’ve had another fab year (thanks Mr F xxx),  I’ve caught up with friends, had big chats to my sister on skype, my brothers eye  is mending  albeit slowly but he is mending, I won some stuff (thanks Katy & Kaye xxx), received some blocks in the mail (thanks bees xxx), I   made some stuff, got inspired by stuff and then made some more stuff …

and because a neat- ish behind is always nice…

I’ve been making some more stuff too …….. for YOU!  Hopefully I will get it finished over the weekend so watch this space …..

Have a fun weekend

xxx

hexie holder

Last night I made a little zippy pouch for my partners hexies to travel in….

It only seemed right to add a little ‘cuppa’ to it ;)

I used a really great tutorial from Flossie Teacakes to make the pouch.  Have you visited Florence before? She makes lots of lovely things and she writes nicely too, it’s a nice place to hang out.  Her tutorials are great too, lots of pics and well explained. I like this zippy pouch tute as it has nice neat zip ends which you can’t see in the pic.

Hexies are all wrapped up and ready to ship out…

hexie fun

For some crazy reason I didn’t sign up to the  { Handsome } Hexies Swap last round and continually kicked myself as I watched scrumptious hexies being sent and received.  So after promptly signing up this time around I have been busily hexie sewing and completed my 25 little hexies last night for my secret partner…

The hexie size I went with is 5/8 inch, not nearly as teeny tiny as these or these !

I hid a couple of hexies when I took the pic – my partner has a specific ‘like’  and I think it would give the game away. I’ll share later of course ;)  I hope you like your hexies partner, they’ll be heading your way this week. xxx

hop to it

I grew up on a hop farm, my family still farm there and though I am thousands of miles away, it will always be ‘home’.  So these funny, green flowers  that smell a bit odd (in a good way) & make beer taste yummy hold a special spot in my heart…

And for a bit of weekend cuteness….remember this?… here it is in it’s new home…eeeek!

big red sky

last night, I looked out the back window and was greeted with this  breathtakingly beautiful, big red sky….

stunning.

new specs

Yesterday i picked up some new specs – I only need them for driving and the movies etc but it’s still nice to have a change. Weird head angle webcam shot coming up so you could see the best bit … yummy green arms :) yay for green specs.

great company

We’ve been having one of those fortnights – a  bit work stressy and not enough play, you know?  Added to that, my brother has been in and out of hospital with a bad eye injury and it’s hard when you just want to be near your family but you’re oh so far away.

Yesterday we spontaneously decided to take the day off and go to the zoo. And it was the perfect recharge we  had been needing.

We live about 40 mins from Australia Zoo and it is fab.  We wore khaki cargo pants – it’s only right.

I especially love the otters and the tigers and the wombats but most of all I love these great ladies….

The ultimate time wasters, I could have hung out in their company all day :)

I also christened my new jumper – it was a chilly blustery day and we don’t get too many of those. I’m not a knitter – I really really wish I was but have had too many failed attempts to mention -  luckily I have a very dear friend who is and she kindly knitted this up for me. Thanks Bron xxx

The pattern is available via here