Some things this week

1. Mum and I had another lovely day at Emu Plains Market last weekend, I had lots of dangling things in my stall this time,  I thought it looked pretty all flapping in the breeze. 

2. I made some crochet flower trim, I think I will try this in a finer thread next time as this one has turned out fairly chunky, I wonder if it will fall apart if I cut it into smaller lengths.

3. Pom-poms were being made the other night to decorate a creative swap I am taking part in over on Instagram.  I love how this variegated wool made them look all speckled, a little bit like fireworks.  I think I will make some big ones of these to decorate my shop :) 

4.....And here are my swap presents all wrapped and ready to send, I have felt a little bit of pressure to make my parcels look pretty as there is a very high standard of wrapping going on in this swap!! I don't want to be the one who disappoints her recipient!  

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My new wool studio is coming along nicely, the plaster walls are going up tomorrow I think, so I will do a post on the weekend and show you all the progress, it is exciting!  I have just placed an order for some new yarns for the shop in anticipation of all the extra space, I have over 50 colours of Cascade 220 Superwash coming next week and some lovely painted cottons too,  looking forward to setting everything up!  Next on the wishlist are some Noro yarns and some new Debbie Bliss too, hope the bank balance stretches that far! :) 

And I have finally conquered my newsletter fear, I wasn't happy with my first go at making my newsletter, so ditched it and redid the tutorials and had another go, and I think this one is a lot better, so will be sending it out soon!  :) 

What have you been up to this week? 

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weekly stills

1. I am on the home stretch of this little blanket, hopefully I'll have a proper tadah for it later this week, just depend on how long it takes to weave in all the ends.  My favourite bit. Not.

2. The lovely pincushion I received as part of the Pincushion Swap I took part in, thanks so much Louise! I hope the one I sent got to it's destination ok!( Swap organised by Tash and Bec of Little Bit of Thyme and Handmade and Home, good one ladies! :) )

3. More crochet stamps on the go.

4. I love the colour of this wool I bought at the Wool Show.  It is actually even nicer in real life, sometimes it is hard to find good shades of green, and I love this one!

5. Taking five while the floors dry, what else is a girl to do! :)

Joining in with the other weekly stills people over at The Beetle Shack.

What have you got planned this week? 

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Weekly Stills....

1. A zigzag washcloth on the go, I've got a few other patterns to try out 

before I am all wash clothed out.

2. I've been in the garden this week and found a nice little crop of spuds

 in a bed I was clearing out. Score!

3. Getting inspired with some new mags.  Love that dahlia!

4 +5. My new lunch box, soooo cute!  by Fiona Hewitt's Wu and Wu.   Something very girly in this house of males.  Love her stuff.

6. I received my swap parcel from the Vintage Sheet Swap , lots of lovely fabrics and an extra little treat, thanks Zara for organising this lovely swap.

I got mail...

Hello!

I have been taking part in a washer swap organised by the lovely Jodie from Jellywares, and the other day I received my swap parcel in the mail.  I can't tell you how nice it was to get mail other than bills and bank statements! 

My lovely parcel was from Annie who has a lovely blog called Flower Garden,  look at the gorgeous flower photo cards she included, right up my alley!  A beautiful washcloth and parsley seeds were the other part of the present, and I love them both!  

Thanks so much Annie, I loved getting my swap parcel !

Swapping things is so much fun, and you always discover new interesting people out there in blogland!

I think it is a lovely way to connect with people, especially for someone like me who is not great at the whole commenting and interacting with readers thing.  

Have you been part of a swap before?

Have a great day! 

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mid week happenings......

 Hello!

What's been going on? 

My week has been hurtling along quite pleasantly, the eldest has had exams and has been on and off school at odd times, we had a basketball semi final ( grand final in a fortnight), orthodontist appointments, one kept and one forgotten (doh!), night tennis in perfect still weather and a few other things.

I have been trying to get back into some fitness and have started at the gym (again), it is surprising how much time this takes out of the day!  Must persevere though, got to fit into some bathers for summer!

Still got a bit of new crafting in too!

This is what I have started last night, I'm just showing you a sneak peak as I have something special in mind for this little scrap........I'll let you in on it soon!  Hopefully I will get cracking on it tonight and have more to show tomorrow!  

( as you can see I am still loving the stripe!)

On another note, I was having a little roam around blogland and came across this very interesting Advent Swap. I know Christmas is ages away, but I seem to find these fun things when sign ups are closed, so thought I would make an effort to get involved early.  It seems that a lot of people are only sending within the UK due to postage costs, so I thought it would be good to give all the Australian peeps the heads up so some of us might join in and send to each other!  Go have a look at it here if you are into swaps, it looks like a fun one. It's a lovely blog too, called Hookin with Laalaa.

Thank you so much for all the lovely comments recently, I really appreciate you all taking the time to say such nice things about my crochet, I am glad you all can enjoy my little colour trippings!

There are so many lovely, encouraging people out there, thank you so much for stopping by!!