Anzac Day

Thankyou to all the Men, Women and Horses who have

served our country!

They shall not grow old

as we that are left grow old

Age shall not weary them

nor years condemn them

At the going down of the sun

and in the morning

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!

There is a new Colour swap over at Lydias Treasures

RULES FOR THIS SWAP:

You have to send you partner SIX gifts (as colour has six letters) of their favourite colour. At least ONE of the gifts have to be handmade. You can give six handmade gifts if you would like to.

It is only optional to send gifts in the letters of COLOUR. It is NOT a must for this swap.

for more info and to sign up, pop on over HERE 

and HERE

Peta xoxo



Happy Easter!

I made this bunny and bag based on Tilda designs.

They were going to be included in my OASS Autumn, but when I read

the rules properly, I realised that we couldn't use Easter related

items to fill the requirements of the swap.

Not to worry, I did come up with some other alternatives

and my little girl will happily accept them as part of her easter

goodies, so everything turned out just fine!

Thanks for stopping by

Hope you all have a fantastic and safe Easter!

Happy Crafting

Peta xoxo



OASS swap received

Yay I just recieved my OASS Autumn themed swap parcel!

I just found a nice parcel on my doorstep that came all the way

from New Zealand :oD

My secret swap partner was Michell and you can check out her

 awesome blog HERE

I absolutely love this bag (I did borrow the pics from Michell's

blog, I hope she doesnt mind, my batteries went flat in my camera)

and I also recieved some gorgeous souveniers from New Zealand

too, a book mark, Tiki keyring, pen and postcard

and also a cute little Moda fabric sampler in autumn colours.

 

Thankyou Michell, I really love my gifts and thanks again

to Cheryll for hosting another awesome swap :oD

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting!

Peta xoxo

Once a season swap...Autumn

I joined in Cheryll's  "Once a season swap"  and the theme

this season is AUTUMN

I must admit, I did find this one rather challenging,

as the colours of Autumn are usually the colours

that I avoid crafting with. It's not that I don't like

these colours, its just that I've never thought to try them.

My first thoughts were of Easter, as Easter falls in Autumn

here in Australia, but a closer look at Cheryll's

rules made me realise that I couldn't hide behind

the Easter bunny and had to come up with something

more related to Autumn itself.

I was lost for ideas, but finally came up with

some bits and pieces, and I do hope that

they reflect Autumn for my secret swap partner Fiona

I have just heard that the gifts have been recieved so I can now
share them with you :o)

I took the pattern for this bag from Janelle Wind's

Pieces of Me...

and here is the rest of the package I have sent...

...4 tea towels in autumn tones

2 scented candles (also autumn tones)

some Orange truffles

a fat quater of fabric

and a butterfly

Fiona is also in Cheryll's birthday fat quater club

and I know that she has recently celebrated her

birthday, so why not pop on over HERE and

wish her a fantastic day and also check out all

of her amazing creations too  :oD

Hope you like your gifts Fiona

and thanks again to Cheryll for hosting another

amazing swap!

Thanks for stopping by

Happy crafting!

Peta xoxo

heart swap

Hi everyone

do you remember this sneak peek?

well it was for Cheryll's Initial heart swap. I had to send to

Barb from Barbs Creations

I started tp worry that Barb hadn't recieved it in time but found

that she has posted about it on her blog, so now I can share the

rest of the image with you :oD

I also sent a heart notebook

a 3 pack of Ferrero Rocher

a 3 pack of Raffaello

and a fat quarter of love heart fabric.

Hope you like your gifts Barb :o)

Thanks so much to Cheryll too for hosting another

awesome swap!

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting!

Peta xoxox

Check this out!

Hi everyone

I know you're all well and truly over Christmas,

but I really had to share this, I was so excited lol!

where did I get this cool idea?

Gooseberry Patch Christmas Book 13

I love it, it's just one of those plastic wine glasses,

turned upsidedown filled with momentos and the bottom

glued on to finish it off. The book used an oversized

bottletop, but I just used the base of the glass, it fits perfectly!

The reindeer is a wine bottle stopper, I cut the cork down

to fit better inside and added a poinsettier flower and

some text, a bits of gold cord and glitter and a ornament

topper from an old bauble.

I can see myself making loads of these, you can add

anything your imagination desires, even photos :o)

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting!

Peta xoxo