Made By Hand - Crochet Dishcloths

I am really enjoying crocheting cotton dish cloths for One Crafty Mumma's swap. They are simple and quick to make, which is very satisfying  especially at the end of a long, tiring day.

Today I have taken advantage of some sunshine to finish off a  few  ends and a row or two between hanging out loads of washing and before I head off to the hairdresser for a long overdue cut.

Linking with Christina's Made By Hand

Ornamental

 

Sweet little glass baubles, so perfect on my miniature tinsel tree

 

The ornaments I made for Christina's ornament swap:

 

I borrowed these beautiful photos from Kathy's Blog

 

sent to Peta

And the gorgeous ones I received:

 

Racheal                                                                  Hannah

 

2012 -  Our Ornament tradition continues. The delicate beaded Butterfly is for the Big Girl and the metal Ballet Shoes with bling for the Ballerina, of course!

 

 

And I just had to share this pic of my cousin and his adorable baby, Milla! Is she not the cutest?

 

 

 

In My Creative Space - Random Crafting

Working on a secret Christmas Ornament for the handmade ornament swap

 

Here is a little sneak peek. Can you guess what it is?

More embroidered pillowcases for newly weds

 

 

and a little knitty fellow for a reptile lover.

A real crafty mix!

More crafty stuff over here, as always!

Winter op-shop Swap

I am so happy with all the goodies from my swap partner Hilary.

 I have big plans for this...stay tuned!

I love, love, love this.

Thankyou Hilary for spoiling me xxx

You can see the things I sent to Hilary over at her blog and check out the other swaps on flickr. It was so much fun!

Sneak Peak

 Winter Op-Shop Swap

A little teaser for Hilary - in the post today!

Feeling Inspired

.......by the colour orange

and this is the result....

my pin cushion for Clare's Craftroom facebook swap,

using a recycled pillowcase and cocktail napkin and a  vintage button or two

*the gorgeous plant was given to me by my friend Julia yesterday...

I hope it survives!

A Photo Shoot

Meet Kevin the Square Bear. He likes watching motor sports, growing vegetables and pottering in his shed. When it came time to take his photos, his little pal Kermit wanted in on the action. He is going to misss him terribly when Kevin finally goes off to his new home.

"Jess, I'm on my way tomorrow, hooray!"

Meet my new boyfriend

His name is Kermit and he is partial to porridge, line dancing and scrabble. He is a little on the shy side, but Jess has trusted him to my care. And just between you and I......I am in love!

P.s Don't tell Mr M that there is a rival for his affections!

Oh My Goodness...

...I have been lucky

Thankyou to lovely Anita for my gorgeous pincushion and needlebook (complete with pins and needles) I LOVE them.

And Thankyou to Gorgeous Kate for running this swap.

I was also lucky to win a give-away over at Find, Make, Do.

Now I just need to find some time to do some stitching!

My Creative Space

Now that I have packed away the groceries, and tidied a bit......

I will be putting the finishing touches on my pincushion and working on my Give-away Bear. In amongst making signs for the garage sale and pricing the last few things. The end is in sight!

Put your feet up at the home of My Creative Space

Hugs Swap - The big reveal

Time to reveal what the lovely Celine in the UK made for me (image borrowed from her blog), and what I sent to her.

Rambling post, featuring hugs, luck and my postal service

a little sneaky peek....

a "large letter" is on its way to the UK, with a mug hug and coaster designed especially for Celine as part of the Hug Swap.

Can't wait to receive mine. I love the postie even though he is so incompetent that he ALWAYS folds my magazines. Even though I have a LARGE letterbox. Sometimes he comes at 12.00, sometimes at 2. Occassionally at 4pm. The other day he came at sometime between 7pm and 8am!!! I have even seen him having a nap under a big tree. So I never know when to expect his arrival. I do know that I am expecting some exciting parcels in the near future thanks to Hayley and Nikki.

The other day I found an English penny (which I promptly picked up) in the carpark of the brand new Woolworths that incidentally and very conveniently has just popped up not too far from my home. Was that the start of my good luck, I wonder???? Finding the penny or the building of the Woolies???? I guess we'll never know :)

Polka Dot Annie

This is the doll I made Treann for the Polka Dot Swap. I had a hard time getting her away from Miss C!

My Creative Space

The very wonderful Mr Monkey very kindly offered to work on my newest chevron scarf for me today. He understood that due to working all day, slaving over a hot stove to produce a nutritious, budget conscious dinner and then rushing off to a meeting, would leave very little time for any creating. (*Refer to fine print.) Ain't he great.

A huge thanks to my lovely friend Treann, who sent me this wonderful, helpful guy as part of The Polka Dot Swap. No if only he could wash the clothes, make the lunches and mop the floors....

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* The fine print:

Work - relief day at local kinder (5 hour session)

Dinner - cheese and spinach filo parcels, with bacon and onion green beans and carrots (Source - How To Feed Your Family for $75 a week)

Meeting - Outward Bound Parent Info Session (Miss A is soon to be thrust into the wilderness with no hair straightener or skinny jeans)

Polka Dot Swap

This parcel is on it's way to my swap partner Treann. Hope she likes what's inside.....