Crochet a long cushion...

Struggling with doing a post on my lap top, so have taken some pics of my crochet cushion with my iPad...so sorry about the quality of photos! Very pleased how my cushion turned out!

Bye For Now
Lisa

Crochet-a-long update

Late Friday afternoon I was feeling quite guilty, with only 2 crochet blocks done toward my Copenhagen pillow Crochet-a-long. All the other girls were going so well and leaving me for dust lol! So I decided I must make more of an effort...
 

before I got busy I thought maybe a cold beverage was in order...



yes that did hit the spot and just what I needed to get stuck into it
my crochet squares after a couple of hours

And after putting in another effort this arvo...

All 16 are now complete...now to crochet them all together

If you would like to visit the other girls to see there work I have put together the names below!!


Sweetcinnamonstitches
Sewwellmaide
Charlottesweb
eamylove
channelbankcreations


Bye For Now
Lisa

My Favourite Photo...

Well here's my missing favourite photo (from previous post) I have been amazed at the quality of photos that my new phone takes...

 

This arrangement came about as a little challenge for myself...to arrange some flowers with what seemed to be very little flowering in my garden...as it turned out I was pleasantly surprised!!!

My sister has created a badge for the crochet-a-long (on my sidebar), so for the ladies who have joined i will email the badge for you to use if you would like........and I will share a post my very slow progress!!!! Pleased we have no rules with this one!lol!
Bye For Now
Lisa

My week in Photos...

I won't ramble too much in this post as there's quite a few pics to get through


loving how I can be as creative with paper as I can with fabric...this tag is for my Project Life Album

Made up some Tomato Relish...this is to go in PL album too

Handy having some tags so i can add for a little gift 

enjoyed a glass of strawberry wine before cooking tea

picked from the vegie garden and a couple of eggs from the girls

photos printed today for...yes my Project Life!  

this one for fun...a couple of squirrels a garage sale find

I have come to the end of my photos and realized I have missed my favourite one...will have to share as I love it
So I will be back very soon with photo
Lisa

Kitchen reno...

Time has come to update our little kitchen...when I look at this photo all I see is green!lol! It has been quite exciting with the joiner visiting yesterday to take measurements, shopping for cooktops, ovens, lights etc.
The plan is to have white washed pine ceiling with downlights,
white tiles, white benchtops, extend the breakfast bar and have more cupboards underneath

new oven and cooktop

this is the oven and cooktop I have picked out. Induction cooktop and pyrolytic oven

We visited the Home Centre for a few ideas, I thought the lazy susan a great idea!

 I will post some progress photos as we go!
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Lisa

A Bit Of Everything in this post...

I have been trying to squeeze all my favourites things in these last couple of weeks...


Most of today was spent finishing of this months stitch-a-long project...Natalie Birds True Friends Tote from her Red Home book

Pleased how it turned out...I love Nat Birds designs!

a photo a my favourite rose after the rain

Trying out a new recipe book of Julie Goodwin and cooking Filet Mignon, and it was delicious!!!

And I have been playing with week 8 of project life. I am pleased I can be quite creative with my pages and combine scrapbooking and sewing with the machine. I will share a few pages in another post.
I hope to be back soon with my progress on the crochet along...we also have a few new ladies join us which is fantastic!
Bye For Now
Lisa

Spot the difference...

Can you remember this photo from a few days back??


Determined to make my scrapping area a bit more pretty

Can you spot the difference? lol Here's a closer look...

Some pretty floral fabric added to the back of the shelving...wished I had enough fabric to do it all in one colour as I loved the larger blue floral the best!

 

I little bit of gardening on the weekend...my garden has become a bit neglected over the warmer months, it so dry!!

And just for a bit of fun!!
Bye For Now
Lisa

My week in photos...

When I decided to start a Project Life Album, I wondered if I would be able to fill it with the weekly events that take place in my life...but boy was I mistaken! These are few pics that I have snapped over the week and I have to admit I am LOVING taking the photos!


We went out fishing on Monday (a long weekend here) and caught some fish for tea...and you can't beat freshly cooked flathead and homemade chips.  

I also decided that it was to hard having to scrapbook in another room, so I shuffled things around in my sewing room to make room for another table for scrapping. My sewing room needed a tidy up so the above photo is my favourite sewing spot 

And in the opposite corner I have set up my scrapping table. Can you see my new vintage toy on desk? Thank you Ebay!

 

And some early stitching this morning

Oh I love tidy! But how long will it last?? lol
Bye For Now
Lisa