Author: Carly (Admin)

My sewing stuff has a home

I’m really really excited that my sewing stuff now has a home and that after 2 years we have finally worked out how to set up the lounge/dining room and actually taken action to get it done.

We swapped our current dining room and lounge room. They are one long room but have a archway between. This makes the bigger room a flexible room for eating and crafting and playing.
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We added a 2m*2.6m wardrobe! Most of my sewing stuff goes in the right of it, with a home for the ironing board and vacuum in the middle. They finally have a home instead of just floating around the house.
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The left side has the rest of my sewing stuff (yes I have a lot!) and will contain other things like craft, board games and christmas stuff.
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Because I think the cottons and satins are pretty, I’ve put them in the display cabinet.
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The new dining area, with extra chairs and table, can now take 12 people! Now I just need a kitchen big enough to cook for all of them.

I’m on a baking ban

I am… really… well… maybe…
After last weeks RSPCA cupcake effort, I’m on a self imposed and DH imposed (who cleaned most of it up) baking ban… but the Sunday just didn’t feel right without being in the kitchen, so I made pizza dough 😉 It is cooking not baking right?

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Pinapple, mushroom, chicken and ham

There is also a loaf of fresh bread about to go into the oven too. … My name is Carly and I have an addiction…

Flower photos

I got a really smooth run to our Mt cootha concert today, which meant that I turned up 30min early. So what does one do armed with a digital camera, a beautiful day and wonderful gardens… take pictures of course 😉

Click the flowers to see a slideshow
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Grady’s First Nappy

The first time I saw this print, I fell in love with it. This little nappy is the first of hopefully many cloth nappies for Grady. Enjoy little one!
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Oh and it feels really good to be sewing again! Things got a little stressful before the webdu conference and I just couldn’t focus properly, which meant I spent more time with the quick unpick then the sewing machine. Now that I’ve had a little break, I’m really excited to get back into sewing and final bring together the pieces promised for Grady, Lisa, Sammy, Grace and Andrew.