I have searched Patternreview and blogland and have come up with zip with regards to this Vogue pattern.Which leaves me to think that • It is such a dud that anyone who did make it is too embarrassed...
.....the winners of my twin giveaway are Carla, who scored the kids pack and Sharon for the grown ups pack.Congrats to you both, just send me an email with your mailing details and your pack of goodi...
Before I get to the free stuff, I really should have mentioned the kindness of friends as well as strangers that I talked about in my last post.In the last week or so, we have had friends mow our law...
2012 has been a doozy of a year for us healthwise, which is partly to blame for my absence from blogland of late. (I won’t mention the C word, but that is what we are dealing with at the moment).So f...
I have finally, finally finally managed to finish another two of the vintage rompers for the girls. Getting these done has been like dragging a bowling ball through quicksand! Three rompers on the be...
Remember this romper from way back when?We have finally had a couple of hot days so E has been able to wear hers.The pattern was sized for a 6 month old, and even though the twins are now just over 7...
Miss C is turning 5! Woo hoo!And we are having a supergirl party to celebrate.We were supposed to have a party for her 4th birthday last year but we all came down with a nasty bout of gastro, which s...
Well Christmas has come and gone. And so has the New Year. And so has half of January. Sheesh. And I am still unpacking boxes of Christmas presents and toys!We were fortunate enough this year to hous...
Cos, you know I am seriously considering it!
I received my Op Shop Swap package from my partner Margaret today and boy does she know how to op shop!Mine mine all mine!I got a gorgeous fabric bag, mannequin with pins, 2 great kids patterns, some...
The lovely Jody Pearl is hosting a Christmas themed Op Shop Swap.So if browsing op shops (Aussie slang for thrift or charity store) is your thing pop on over to her blog for a goosey gander!Fortunate...
The first sentence of my last post reminded me of this sketch from The Fast Show.And this one. Because it has Johnny Depp in it.Hilarious.
Is what I will most likely be wearing this summer. Apparently the cavernous gap between my tummy muscles is unlikely to ever revert back to normal without surgery. Which according to my Doc can’t be ...
Is the question that everyone seems to be asking me. So here is a snapshot of my day.Wake up. Feed. Chuck. Poo. Feed. Poo. Sleep (maybe). Feed. Poo. Poo. Feed. Chuck. Cry (that’s me, not the babies)....
Is what our pediatrician said when he saw our two girls in their bassinette for their hospital check up.Which isn’t surprising considering E weighed in at 3.75kg (yikes!) and S was only 2.45kg at bir...
I know that I will be revealing the bubs gender by posting this before delivery day (and no, I am not having triplets! One of these rompers is for my sister who is expecting her first baby a couple o...
Thank you everyone who weighed in on my topstitching dilemma from the last post. In the end I decided to go with the majority who voted for a darker colour because a) you are all very smart and b) I ...
I am finally getting around to making up a cute vintage pinafore dress for Miss C but have hit a snag.I have a purplish pinkish pinwale cord fabric but cannot match the colour to a thread for the top...
Today our freezer decided to give up the ghost. Ordinarily this would not have been terribly much to worry about. But aside from having the usual frozen items, like erm 4 different varieties of ice c...
I can’t believe it has taken me a whole month to get 2 sweaters done!And to only have Miss C announce ‘But you know I don’t wear GREY Mum!”Sigh. And both the sweaters are more like a size 6 or 7 so t...
We have definately turned the corner from summer toward winter here, and while we are still getting lovely mild sunny days, our nights and mornings are distinctly chilly.So I really really need to ge...
I was very pleasantly surprised to be included in an Etsy Treasury the other day.Smokin hot by cynmb Olivia, Fine Art Print annmarshallart $27.00 Glisten ACEO -- Japanes... MagMoment $4.60 White Cat ...
Beangirl, in her infinite wisdom and taste, has deemed fit to tag me for a Stylish Blogger Award, and considering that I can no longer see my toes and when I turn sideways I resemble Mr Greedy more t...
That’s the kind of title you get when you have been reading Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox every day for the last two weeks!I could have called this post The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men, but seein...
Judging by the comments from my last post, readers of this blog are uncommonly smart or my quizzes just aren’t hard enough!Thank you for all of your nice comments; I am coming up to 20 weeks this wee...
What do I have in common with the following women?A. I am marriedB. I get mobbed by the paparazzi when I pop down to the shops in my trackie dacks**C. I am having twins (yikes!!)*for those of you liv...
January always seems to be a difficult month for me. As much as I love all the lead up to, and the fun and games of Christmas and New Year, January seems to be a vacuum of not much to do.In Australia...
This project may or may not be cheap depending on how you go about it, but for me it cost me nix as I had all the materials on hand (thank you ever increasing stash!).The criteria for our Christmas c...
We have actually had a few moments of sunshine in amongst the rain over the last few days, so at least we have been able to get out of the house which has lifted my mood considerably!And I even had a...
It is supposedly the second day of summer here and we have had nothing but rain – as in 4 inches in the last two days, which has put me in a decidedly grinch like mood.Plus the whole household has co...
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