Parcel post on a SUNDAY?

Well, hubby went off to the local store today and 2 mins later

the door bells rings...what's he forgotten? I thought,

so I went and answered the door to find a parcel post

van leaving the driveway...what the? then I look down and

see a parcel...for me Yay!!!!

We have never had anything delivered on a sunday, I didn't know

that they worked on weekends, or is it only because Christmas

is fastly aproaching?

Anyway, it was my swap gifts from Shez from

Enjoying Life in the

Tilda Christmas swap, Woohoo!

5 awesome looking gifts, all waiting to be unwrapped!

So I started with the smaller gift (great things always come

in small packages!) and I got 2 lots of christmas

ribbon. the second gift had lots of yumminess

in the form of a christmas stocking.

next parcel, this gorgeous Pyjama Snowman,

Shez has done an awesome job on him, he is so sweet!

He can hang on the wall, but I thought he looked more

comfy sitting down :o)

I absolutely love his carrot nose!

the next parcel had these gorgeous handmade Tilda Baubles

 

these are going to look stunning on my tree, I am aiming to have

lots and lots of handmade ornaments on there this year,

so these are just perfect!

and the 5th parcel, 2 sets of flower lights, these are so pretty

in real life, I will definately get some use out of these, I will just

need to keep them away from my daughter, she already has

her eyes on them lol!

and here they all are together

I absolutely love everything, thanks so much Shez, you have

been a fantastic swap partner!

Thanks again to Cat from Catina's Cottage

for hosting this swap.

 

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting!

Peta xoxo

Tilda Christmas swap

Hi everyone

I joined a Christmas themed Tilda swap over at

Catalina's Cottage after having so much fun during

her Tea Party swap some time ago.

I was paired up with the talented Shez

from Enjoying Life which I was really happy about

as I think we have simular tastes.

Anyway the idea of this swap was to send

- A Handmade Tilda Christmas Decoration

- Christmas haberdashery items

- An edible gift

- Anything else related to your partners likes.

so for the handmade items,  I decided to make a couple of

things, I got patterns from these Tone Finnanger books...

Sew Pretty Christmas Homestyle

Crafting Christmas Gifts

Pixie girl

Reindeer

Birds

and for the haberdashery items...

some fabric, 3 spools or ribbon and some ''christmas

potpourri''  buttons.

Shez said she like milk chocolate with flavoured

centres, so hopefully she will like a bar of cadbury

snack chocolate (had to behave with that in the house lol),

and ofcourse, as its is a christmas theme, I had to throw

in some candy canes!

Also, just for fun I added some christmas cards,

some wine/drink glass charms and

some curling ribbons and bows

hope you like your gifts Shez I had lots of fun putting these

gifts together! Thanks too to Cat for organising this

awesome swap!

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting!

Peta xoxo

who could these be for?

.....and the lucky lady is Shez!

These are the parcels that I have sent for the Christmas

themed Tilda swap. They should be getting to you real

soon Shez, hope you like them!

Don't worry it's not as scary a package as it looks :o)

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting!

Peta  xoxox

just for fun

I actually made this doll about 2 weeks ago,

but never got around to blogging her.

I combined 2 Tilda patterns to make this one,

she started as ine of the angel dolls,

but kind of changed to one of the other dolls,

the patterns were simular. I can't even remember

which ones I used, as I do have most of

Tone Finnanger's books :o)

I used cailco,which I stained with tea for her skin

and embroidery thread for her hair. Everything else

came from my sewing stash.

So have to make some more of these!

Thanks for stopping by

Happy crafting!

Peta xoxo

Meet Gertie

Hi everyone

Well I just had to have a go at one of the gorgeous

kits that Lisa sent me for my birthday

This one is called "Gertie Goat"

and she is from one of the many patterns/kits from

Bit of Whimsy dolls

I have to say that I am really happy with my first attempt :o)

my daughter has taken a liking too, but I think that's

partly because she is purple...her favourite colour!

Thanks again Lisa, she was so much fun to make,

might have to make Millie Monkey next

or Katie Kitten, hmmmm, which one...

also linking this up with Our Creative Spaces

well that's it from me for now anyway

thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting!

Peta xoxo

scissor swap recieved

Hi everyone

I recently participated in a scissor keeper swap

I have since sent my gift, which can be seen if you scroll

a little futher down :o)

My partner was Karri and this is the gift that she sent to me...

The scissor keeper opens to hold the scissors

inside. Karri also made a matching scissor fob

and added some hand painted wooden buttons

and wow, check out the awesome christmas

stitchery, will definately get some use out of that

with christmas less than 9 weeks away :o)

Thanks so much Karri, I really love these gifts

and thanks so much to Sandi for organising the swap too.

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting!

Peta xoxo

I'm 40 uurrgghhhhh!

Ok, so it was my 40th birthday last week

(still cringing at the sound of that!)

but on the plus side, I did get really spoilt,

I might have to turn 40 again next year LMAO

What did I get? this......

yep, a new computer :o) (I'm still doing the happy dance hehe)

hubby wanted to get me a laptop, but I'm not biggest fan of laptops,

I know I am crazy, I can hear you all from here, but I like a good

desktop computer!

Anyway, just have to share this story with you all...

Hubby went off to JB Hifi on the way home from work and he

found a nice little computer that was on sale for $490, I think

it was an Acer, so he came home with it, got my daughter

to help him set it up and what do you know, the darn thing

wouldn't boot up. He tried for a bit (he does know what

he's doing lol) and then rang the store. The Sales guy tells

him to ring E-machines (the manufacturer), you can imagine

hubby's reaction...quite colourful indeed!

He asks to talk to the manager, who then says bring it

in and we'll have a look at it (lucky it was thursday night),

anyway, so hubby insists we all go in!

The manager and a few other guys come and look,

expecting it to be some silly thing that hubby didn't do.

Hubby says "You bloody ruined my Mrs' birthday!!"

They realise the computer was not worrking correctly

and they don't have anymore of that model in stock!

That'd be right haha, anyway they look at hubby, who

is by no means a small fellow and quickly offer him a

free upgrade (Yay me!) so I ended up with this HP Compaq

which was on sale for $700. I'm happy!

Woohoo!!!!!

What else did I get? well, my niece LISA LEE who alot of you

may know, has a fantastic blog My Little Creative Wonderland

sent me this awesome gift...

3 full kits from  Bit of Whimsy Dolls

- Gertie Goat

- Millie Monkey

- Katie Kitten

all with fabric, patterns and everything needed to make

all three dolls. Lisa is absolutely addicted to these

dolls, I think she should almost have shares in the

company, with the amount she has brought...they are

so darn cute though!!!  I also got some extra fabrics

too as seen in the photo.

Thanks so much Lisa, I LOVE them all!

Oh and from family I also scored a $200 gift card

for Spotlight, (that's already got a bit of a beating lol)

a pretty photo frame and 40th glass

and some yummy alcohol :o)

(well, had to have some comfort in turning 40 hehe)

Cheers everyone, I had a great birthday!

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting!

Peta xoxo