#1 - The beginning

So I'm doing Blogtoberfest again. Last year I was awesome at it! This year I know I won't be AS awesome but am going to try and put forward a good effort. Being creative, using time wisely, having the botherance and remembering to blog daily are the realities most of us will face doing Blogtoberfest, but it is rewarding, fun, you find other amazing bloggers out there, and you are inspired beyond your expectations. So that's why I'm taking up the challenge again. Look forward to lots of reading and networking over the upcoming month!! 

Join in over here!

Wreath-ing

I bought a pack of polystyrene wreath's for a few dollars a while ago.  They sat in my drawer for  a while.  Then a bunch of my Pinterest friends kept pinning awesome wreaths.  I figured it was time.  My first inspiration was this...

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This oozes my personality and gorgeousness.  I don't have hessian though.  So I had to be creative.... and came up with my own version.

I love it just as much.  Even though it was photographed on the front door, it hangs in the doorway of my craft room, because husby "doesn't care for wreaths".  Haha!  I did cheat on the back of my wreath though.  I used pins to secure the hanging trim because the wreath is made of polystyrene, I knew the cheats method would be sufficient.

Last night and this morning I experimented again with a smaller wreath.

But this one has nowhere to live.  Need to decide what to do with it.  

Aren't they pretty!!   I love making wreaths, but won't make anymore cause I have no use for them hahahaha!

PS.  Don't forget about my wool giveaway. 

PPS.  No giveaway wool was used in this wreath...although it was tempting :P

Water mark

I'm ready for a bit of a change.  I get bored easily.  It's dangerous!  I like to change things all the time.  But that will need to change soon.  I'm looking into putting together a more permanent and personalised look for my blog in the upcoming months.  But in the meantime, I need to change something, and the easiest thing is to change my watermark that I use on my photos.  Which one do you like best?

I think my favourites are #1, #7 & #8. 

What do you think?

PS.  Don't forget about my giveaway.

Who I Am.

I believe.....

- In myself.
- That men and women are equal.
- Laughing heals just about anything.
- In God the Father, his son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost.
- Everyone deserves to feel loved.
- Everyone has been blessed with talents.
- My shortcomings can be forgiven.
- I am on Earth for a reason.
- I can always be better.
- That families that eat and pray together, stay together.
- In fairness.
- Families can be forever.

I am.....

- Talented.
- Clever with my hands.
- A multi-tasking extraordinaire.
- A craftaholic.
- A wife.
- An internet junkie.
- A receptionist.
- A great lover of green.
- Organised.
- Grateful for the simple things.
- Loved.
- A daughter of God.

I am Christy.  I am a Mormon.

Life through the lens of an iPhone

I am really bad at taking my camera with me to places, so my iPhone camera helps me out quite a bit.  Thankfully it doesn't take that bad of picture (for a phone anyway).  So here's my life in pictures over the last couple of months.....

My first double yolker, only took 26.5 years.

Discovering the antique sewing machine that has been hiding in mums sewing table all these years.

Sole of my 2 week old shoe disembarking on it's own journey whilst at work.

Hilariously packing husby into the trailer whilst moving.... very overtired.

Rings got re-plated and polished.

Got new shoes!

Celebrated husby's birthday with a giant delicious berry trifle.

Used and abused a 50% off Indian voucher....

Enjoyed the view from our balcony on our mini holiday.

Finding the best pickles in Australia

Tempted to buy

Making the twin towers out of lego in memory on 9/11.

 So, what have you been up to?

PS.  Don't forget about my giveaway

A little bit frazzled

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I have had a shocking 24 hours.  Pretty suprised I haven't cracked and sobbed like a baby in the corner yet...... yet being the key word.  You know what would cheer me up? 

If you entered my giveaway!

Thank the heavens I can go home tonight and eat chocolate until I feel sick.  And then I can crawl into bed and have weird sugar high dreams all night, and laugh about them tomorrow, while I make awesome crafty goodness.

CLOSED Giveaway: Baa Baa Black Sheep, Have You Any Wool?

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!

Yes sir, yes sir, 28 bundles full!  

It seems I have been on the receiving end of some Spring cleaning.  I have received more wool in the past month  from friends and family cleaning out cupboards then I have ever bought in my life!  I have so much that I don't even have somewhere to store it all plus I have no idea how to crochet or knit!!!!!

So, my hands are tied.  I HAVE to do a giveaway!  *super happy face*

There is feather wool, baby wool, mohair, polyester, snowball, nylon, acrylic, macrame jute.  There really is a bit of everything.  

For a chance to win this huge bundle of wool you need to be a follower of my blog, and leave a comment below telling me what you would make!  

Feel free to add the button on your blog or sidebar.

International entries are welcome.

Giveaway will close and be drawn at 9pm Thursday 6th October 2011 (Brisbane Australia Time)

Good luck everyone!

A sneak of our new place...

We have been moved into our new place (upstairs at mum and dads) for a few weeks now.  Over the weekend, we FINISHED unpacking, putting together, finding places for our storage items, and cleaned up!  I am so happy it is all done.  I am loving the space that I am continued to be blessed with for my crafts.

I now store my hairdressing supplies in my craft room, which is new, but I found those great black and white drawers which fits everything in perfectly.  I also have to put my filing cabinet under the desk, but I still have plenty of room.  I also have a window right next to the desk which is lovely for fresh air and sunshine.  In my old craft room, I never ever got sunlight!

Everything is still packed into my cube shelving and white drawers.  And there is that beautiful sunlight I was talking about.  

Waste not want not!!!  I am planning to measure up the top of these drawers so I can have some wood cut which will give me another space to maybe store something, or put something decorative.  I actually use scraps for 50% of my sewing projects.  You'd be surprised what you can make with them!

And a couple of my personal touches.  My Texan corner (hubby is Texan).  All that is missing is something with the Texan flag.  Maybe a project for the future!

My awesome plaque at the door of my room.  My sister got it for me for Christmas.  I love it!

And then there's the lounge room.  In moving in, we had to sell our couch as my parents had a few up in the lounge upstairs.  They're not the most gorgeous couches, but I'm trying to make do with what we've been provided with.

The couches are a little uncomfy, so I have plans to make a few more cushions so that I can lounge more comfortably!!  We also got rid of our coffee table because mum has an antique blanket box that had nowhere to live so we are using that as our coffee table.  I was worried about the top of it getting damaged so I made a topper.  Just a piece of chipboard cut to size, and covered with some nice tough fabric.  And then a piece of felt adhered. to the base so the staples don't scratch up the top of the box.  Not too bad I say!

There's isn't much else to show at this stage.  Husby's study is also the storage room, so his desk has boxes stacked up, our dining room set disassembled and stacked up.  Not the prettiest room.  And then our bedroom.... STUFFED with furniture.  Not pretty, but practical.  

It's time to start adding the little touches that make a home.  Thanks to Pinterest I have plenty of ideas!!  Now I just need to get started!!

Eager Beaver Bunting & a Button Hairclip.

I signed up for the Bunting Swap today.  I think I was excited, because I've already made my bunting!!!!!  I signed up to make 6.  

I wanted the colours, and patterns to work together in a funky way, and I wanted to use doilies.  

Originally I was going to do the traditional triangular bunting, but thought I'd mix it up a bit by basically cutting the bottom of the triangle off.  

I love they've turned out.

I also have attempted another funky hair clip.

I have started making another in black and white, and will probably keep on making other colours down the track.  I just love how they look!!!

Bunting Swap and stuff I've been making.

I'm joining into the Bunting Swap, and you should too!

And on another note.  I'm wearing funky accessories today which I made myself.  So I need to show you cause I think they're cool...

(oh and sorry for the horrific quality photos, I'm at work today!)

My brooch, and my somewhat matching hair clip!

Yay for funky stuff!  I have made a few more things too.  I'll definitely have to show you, along with my new craft room setup in the new house!